United Church of Christ, Federated
4 Church Street, Webster, Massachusetts 01570
Telephone: (508) 943-0061 Fax: (508) 943-6523
Email: HYPERLINK "mailto:uccfedwebster@verizon.net" uccfedwebster@verizon.net
Website: uccfedwebster.org
CHURCH OFFICE HOURS:
9am - 1pm Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
CHURCH STAFF:
Rev. Melinda LaMontagne, Ph.D. Pastor
Email: melinda.lamontagne@yahoo.com
Pastor’s office hours: Tues. and Thurs. 9am to 1pm
Lisle Hall, Church Secretary
Jean Jordan, Sexton
Greeters Gratia Graves, 7/11
D. & K. Diamond, 7/18
Lay Readers Caryl Savard, 7/11
Jim Morrison, 7/18
Coffee Hour Hosts W. Kalwarczyk, K. Livingston, D. Morrison, 7/11
G. Bannister, R. Dziedzic,
C. Plante, 7/18
UPCOMING EVENTS and MEETINGS
Sunday Church Council after service
1:30pm Christopher Hts. service
Mon. 9:00am Sleeping Bags
Tues. 6:00pm Prayer Shawls
Wed. 12:00-2:00 Bible Study
7:00pm Board of Trustees
Sat. 12:30pm Verna’s chemo party
United Church of Christ, Federated
“The church with heart in the heart of Webster”
Bringing together the First Methodist Church
and the First Congregational Church since 1949
JULY 11, 2010 at 10:00 a.m.
THE SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Relational Covenant for UCC, Federated
• We will pray together.
• We will interact with love, respect, and acceptance.
• We will take the time to listen to each other without interrupting, judging, or criticizing.
• We will listen attentively until the other person is finished speaking.
• If we disagree, we will provide respectful, constructive feedback.
• We will make every effort to relay the truth, never sharing unsubstantiated gossip.
• We will refrain from making judgments based on second-hand information.
• We will always work together to reach a common goal and agreement that suits all parties.
• We will honor confidentiality when it is asked for.
• We should always work toward the betterment of the entire congregation.
• We will refrain from making judgments about one another.
Gathering for the Word
PRELUDE
LIGHTING OF THE CANDLES
GREETING
One: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
All: And also with you.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
*CALL TO WORSHIP Caryl Savard
One: Please stand, as you are able, and join in the call to worship. Friends, let us gather here in the presence of God and one another and place our trust in God.
All: Show us your ways, God, and teach us your paths.
One: Let us turn to the One who is filled with mercy and love.
All: Show us your ways, God, and teach us your paths.
One: Even when the world turns its back, God is here for us.
All: Show us your ways, God, and teach us your paths.
One: Come, let us worship God.
*HYMN “We Gather Together” #131
UNISON PRAYER OF INVOCATION Caryl Savard
O Lord, mercifully receive the prayers of your people who call upon you, and grant that they may know and understand what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to accomplish them; we ask this in the name of your Son, Jesus Christ. Amen.
*ACT OF PRAISE “Glory Be to the Father” #71
TIME WITH CHILDREN Pastor Melinda
*HYMN “Jesus Loves Me” #191
Proclaiming the Word
FIRST READING Caryl Savard
Deuteronomy 30: 9-16 (Pew Bible, pg. 147)
SECOND READING
Luke 10: 25-37 (Pew Bible, pg. 735) Pastor Melinda
SERMON “Love Your Neighbor” Pastor Melinda
*HYMN “Jesu, Jesu” #432
COMMUNITY PRAYER TIME
After each prayer request, please repeat:
One: Lord, in your mercy.
All: Hear our prayer.
PASTORAL PRAYER
SILENT PRAYER
THE LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.
Offering of Our Gifts
OFFERTORY STATEMENT
“Through Christ let us continually praise God and share what we have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.”
CALL TO GIVING
COLLECTION
OFFERTORY “-------------------------------”
Regina Kontoes, soloist
*DOXOLOGY
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow. Praise him, all creatures here below. Praise him above, ye heavenly host. Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
*UNISON PRAYER OF DEDICATION OF GIFTS
We offer ourselves for the healing of the world, and for the transformation of lives. Use us and our gifts to bring joy, hope, and love to our neighbors. Amen.
Going into the World
*HYMN “The Old Rugged Cross” #504
BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE
* Please stand, for those who are able.
MEMORY BOOK: Milton Stebbins Shaw, 1916-1981
ANNOUNCEMENTS
WORSHIP ATTENDANCE:
June 27: 53 adults, 5 children.
July 4: 49 adults, 2 children.
CHURCH COUNCIL TODAY: We will meet after the service this morning. Next month, we will return to our regular first-Sunday meetings.
LET’S KEEP OUR SANCTUARY BEAUTIFUL: Please do not bring any open beverage containers into the sanctuary. Water bottles with caps are allowed.
LET’S KEEP OUR SANCTUARY QUIET: Please turn off your cell phones and beepers before the service.
THE GOLDEN BEES NEED HEALTH KITS: The Golden Bees need health kits that accompany the sleeping bags they make for the homeless. We need hand towels, wash cloths, soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, combs, and Band-Aids to complete the kits. You can also donate extra items, like shampoo or body lotion. As always, thank you for your generous support.
ATTENDANCE-REGISTRATION SHEETS: We encourage you to fill out the attendance-registration sheets in the pews every Sunday. This will help us with updating our records. Thank you!
CONVERSATIONS WITH PASTOR MELINDA:
I would like to meet with everyone who attends services at UCC Federated for conversation on Tuesdays. Your vision for the future of this beautiful church is important to me. Please sign up in the narthex, outside the sanctuary, or call/e-mail our office and reserve a time slot at 508-943-0061, or HYPERLINK "mailto:uccfedwebster@verizon.net" uccfedwebster@verizon.net.
CHOIR REHEARSALS: Starting Thursday, September 9, 2010, from 7-8:30 p.m., the choir will rehearse for performing during the Offertory on Sundays starting September 12. We invite all members and friends of the United Church of Christ Federated who enjoy singing to please join us. We will have child care available. If you have young children and feel the time frame is too late, please contact Verna Davis at 508-943-2969 or Jim Morrison at 508-943-8165 and the committee will work to adjust the time frame.
TO ALL COMMITTEE CHAIRS: Please contact the office to confirm your meeting times, and remember to call if those times change (508-943-0061). Many thanks!
CHANGE IS GOOD! Your generous donations of $$CHANGE$$ will be used to purchase yarn. The Prayer-Shawl Ministry team will CHANGE this yarn into beautiful, comforting prayer shawls and distribute them to our friends and neighbors who are hospitalized, ill, or shut in. We hope and pray to CHANGE loneliness into comfort; despair into hope; a frown into a smile. We would appreciate any donations of yarn, crochet hooks, and knitting needles. Please drop them off in the church office. We appreciate your anticipated support!
I want to take this opportunity to invite you to come and celebrate my joy and relief of completing my chemo sessions, thanking God for helping me to deal with the treatments that cured me of the cancer. A party will take place next Saturday, July 17, at 12:30pm in the Fellowship Hall of the church. Food, fellowship, and rejoicing in abundance. I hope to see you there. All are welcome. ~ ~ Verna
NEW MEN’S GROUP
Several male church members have expressed an interest in creating a group that would meet once a month for fellowship. Contact Tancrede, or sign up in the narthex, if you are interested.
THE FIRST READING
Deuteronomy 30: 9-16
Then the LORD your God will make you most prosperous in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your land. The LORD will again delight in you and make you prosperous, just as he delighted in your fathers, if you obey the LORD your God and keep his commands and decrees that are written in this Book of the Law and turn to the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach. It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, “Who will ascend into heaven to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?” Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you have to ask, “Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?” No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it.
See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction. For I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the LORD your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess.
A PARTY INVITATION