Veradale United Church of Christ

Spokane Valley, WA

VUCC After School Healthy Snacks Program Friday Sep 24, 2021

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All,

The Afterschool Healthy Snacks Program is starting up again this Friday, September 24th.  We would like to have VUCC volunteers to help pass out the snacks in front of the church to Progress Elementary School students (outside) as they get out of school.  We will set up and get organized with our supplies (snacks, drinks) at 2:50 p.m. and give out the items until around 3:30 p.m.  The kids get out of school at 3:15 p.m. which is when we will begin giving the snacks out.
If members can help, please contact Karla McNeilly at (509) 638-8540 or Jerry Brines at (509) 954-9319.  The school knows we will be out there this Friday!  Everyone helping should wear a mask. If you do not have one the church has them available.
Our monthly Fridays for this program will vary.  We plan to offer snacks one Friday each month working around the elementary school schedule for early release days, teacher’s development days and holidays.  We will send out notification to let everyone know what Friday each month in the future is scheduled for this program.
Thank you,
Joyce Walker (for Karla & Jerry)
Office Manager
509-926-7173

Sunday Worship Sept 12 and Bulletin

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Dear Veradale Friends and Members,
 
This Sunday, we will share in our Re-covenanting Pledges and we will learn about our Tree of Life, Caring, and Communication (TLCC). Last Sunday we began our Welcome Tent and will add to the tent each Sunday until October 3. Did you make a little tent for your home? Whom will you add this week?
 
The Gospel of Mark 6:7, “Calling the Twelve to him, Jesus began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over impure spirits.” While it is a little different from when Jesus sent disciples out, we are blessing some couples who are taking our church with them to California, Oregon, and Western Washington. Kathy and Sally are leaving for California this week, Glen and Ken move to Oregon in two more weeks and Don and Jan make their ocean home their year round residence in two weeks. Thankfully, we are a Zoom and Facebook church as well as in person! May these couples be blessed with the authority of those first disciples and may they have the authority to move spirits toward love and compassion!
 
This Sunday we will hear from Glen Scott and Joe McSwan in our How this Became My Church portion of worship. Last Sunday, Don and Jan and Naomi brought wonderful messages. Are you interested in just 3-5 minutes of telling your story?
 
Are you interested in becoming a member of the Veradale UCC? We will have an Exploring Membership opportunity after worship on October 17 and new members Sunday on October 31. Please, let me know if you are interested.
 
We will be on Zoom and Facebook and in person this Sunday.
 
For those in person this Sunday, we are continuing our Covid Careful practice:
1. Enter through the front doors.
2. Use only the one bathroom by the front doors.
3. Take temperature, contact information, and names at the door. PLEASE, I need your contact information if it is not in the directory. If we have a covid exposure, I need to contact you. Thanks!
4. Wear a mask We have N95 masks for all that want them.We will whisper sing hymns.
5. Keep chairs at 6’ apart. 
 
Below is the grant information, this Sunday’s bulletin and Zoom link.
 
With blessings,
Pastor Gen
(408)593-9556
Join our Sunday Zoom Gathering

 

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 Veradale United Church of Christ
An Open & Affirming Congregation
Worshiping God in Christ – Welcoming All – Working for Justice & Peace
“No matter who you are, or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here!”
Sunday, September 12, 2021 • 10:30 a.m.
___________________________________
10:20 Gathering and Prelude
Wayne Shull, Music Director
Charlie Salt, Acolyte and AV
Naomi Hanvey Facebook Monitor
Scotty Patton, Zoom Monitor
Rev. Gen Heywood, Pastor
10:30am    Worship begins:
God listens . . all the time!  All the time . . . God listens!

Passing the Peace of Christ and Welcoming the Light of Christ

(Think about who are you adding to the welcoming tent and why?)
Hymn: “Hush, Hush, Somebody’s Calling My Name” 604 (NCH)
Public Domain

Hush, hush somebody’s calling my name, Hush, hush somebody’s calling my name, Hush, hush somebody’s calling my name . Oh my God, Oh my God, what shall I do, what shall I do?

Sounds like Jesus, somebody’s calling my name, Sounds like Jesus, somebody’s calling my name, Sounds like Jesus, somebody’s calling my name.  Oh my God, Oh my God, what shall I do, what shall I do?

I am so glad trouble won’t last always. I am so glad trouble won’t last always. I am so glad trouble won’t last always.  Oh my God, Oh my God, what shall I do, what shall I do?

How this Became My Church
Glen Scott
Joe Swan
Recovenanting with God and One Another
Pastor: As we gather virtually and in person, we bring ourselves into the presence of the one God. Here we live out our mission of Worshiping God in Christ – Welcoming All – Working for Justice & Peace. Today, we renew our journey on the spiritual path with the Divine. We commit our lives to a discipline of worship, prayer, learning, exploring, and developing our spiritual life and practice. We commit ourselves to opening our heart, souls, and minds to develop a deeper relationship with the Divine in community worship, acts of faith, study, and prayer.
Questions for Recovenanting
Pastor: Friends and members of the Veradale United Church of Christ, will you renew your relationship with God and one another to be yourself, grow in Christ, and live with compassion.
All: We will.
Pastor: Will you be part of this community, sharing in worship, study, prayer, and the missional activities as the Spirit gives you guidance and your abilities allow?
All: We will.
Pastor: Let us pray:
Recovenanting
All: Creator God, we renew our devotion to the spiritual path. We seek a deeper relationship with you and with one another. We promise as best as we are able to share in the worship, study, prayer, and missional activities of this community. We promise to be here with you and for one another so that we may become one as you are one. Hear us, we pray.  Amen
Community Prayer 
Spoken Prayer
Silent Prayer
Lord’s Prayer
Response: Amen, amen, amen
A Time of Offering and Blessing of Gifts for Students
An Invitation to Share
Bring forward the offering of coats and school supplies
Dedication Hymn: “Holy Ground”
CCLI license #11038266

We are standing on holy ground and I know that there are angels all around. Let us praise Jesus now. We are standing in his presence on holy ground.

Dedication Prayer
Loving and Just God, we offer these gifts for our church and for the children of Progress Elementary. Bless all that we give that the warmth of your love and the strength of your hope may be known through us. We ask as we follow the way of Jesus. Amen
Listening for God
Message with Young Hearts: 
Who are you adding to the welcoming tent and why?
Scripture Passages 
James 3:1-12 NRSV
3 Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. 2 For all of us make many mistakes. Anyone who makes no mistakes in speaking is perfect, able to keep the whole body in check with a bridle. 3 If we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we guide their whole bodies. 4 Or look at ships: though they are so large that it takes strong winds to drive them, yet they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. 5 So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great exploits.
How great a forest is set ablaze by a small fire! 6 And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is placed among our members as a world of iniquity; it stains the whole body, sets on fire the cycle of nature, and is itself set on fire by hell. 7 For every species of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by the human species, 8 but no one can tame the tongue—a restless evil, full of deadly poison. 9 With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse those who are made in the likeness of God. 10 From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this ought not to be so. 11 Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and brackish water? 12 Can a fig tree, my brothers and sisters, yield olives, or a grapevine figs? No more can salt water yield fresh.
Mark 8:27-38 NRSV
27 Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” 28 And they answered him, “John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.” 29 He asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered him, “You are the Messiah.” 30 And he sternly ordered them not to tell anyone about him.
31 Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32 He said all this quite openly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. 33 But turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things.”
34 He called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 35 For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it. 36 For what will it profit them to gain the whole world and forfeit their life? 37 Indeed, what can they give in return for their life? 38 Those who are ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of them the Son of Man will also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”
Message: Responsible Speech
Silence
Announcements
New Members orientation Sunday, October 17, after worship. Suggested Membership Sunday on October 31 with our celebration of All Saints.
Tree of Life, Caring and Communication —TLCC training on October 24 (Maureen)
The Rapture Exposed books are in. Do you want a copy?
Anyone interested in having Coffee Hour to Go?
Our Light moves into the World God Loves

Hymn: “Hymn “God of Grace and God of Glory” 436 verses 1, 2, and 3 (NCH) public Domain

1 God of grace and God of glory, on your people pour your power; crown your ancient church’s story, bring its bud to glorious flower. Grant us wisdom, grant us courage for the facing of this hour, for the facing of this hour.

2 From the evils that surround us and assail the Savior’s ways. From the fears that long have bound us, free our hearts to faith and praise.Grant us wisdom, grant us courage for the living of these days, for the living of these days.

3 Cure your children’s warring madness; bend our pride to your control; shame our reckless, selfish gladness, rich in things and poor in soul. Grant us wisdom, grant us courage, make our broken spirit’s whole, make our broken spirit’s whole.

Benediction and “Love Round”
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Love, love, love, love, Christians this is your call. Love your neighbor as yourself for God loves us all.
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Sunday Worship Sept 19 and Bulletin

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Dear Church Friends and Members,
Thank you for your prayers for little Maya (11 months old). Marilyn says she is much better and at home. She had toddled through some grass that had bug killer on it, touched her feet and put her hands in her mouth. She is on the mend.
Kathy and Sally have arrived safely to their California home.
Today is Jan’s retirement day. You can send her a congratulations email at youngdcyoung@gmail.com
Glen and Ken are making their move to Ashland and Don and Jan are making their move to Long Beach. We send them with our love and look forward to seeing them in Vurch (virtual church)!
We need scripture readers for this Sunday. Are you interested?
 
Sunday, September 26, Wayne is away. Anyone want to sing a solo for the prelude or postlude?
 
This Sunday we will hear from Charlie Salt and Scotty Patton in our How this Became My Church portion of worship.  Are you interested in just 3-5 minutes of telling your story?
 
Are you interested in becoming a member of the Veradale UCC? We will have an Exploring Membership opportunity after worship on October 17 and new members Sunday on October 31. Please, let me know if you are interested.
 
We will be on Zoom and Facebook and in person this Sunday.
 
For those in person this Sunday, we are continuing our Covid Careful practice:
1. Enter through the front doors.
2. Use only the one bathroom by the front doors.
3. Take temperature, contact information, and names at the door. PLEASE, I need your contact information if it is not in the directory. If we have a covid exposure, I need to contact you. Thanks!
4. Wear a mask We have N95 masks for all that want them.We will whisper sing hymns.
5. Keep chairs at 6’ apart. 
 
Below is the grant information, this Sunday’s bulletin and Zoom link.
 
With blessings,
Pastor Gen
(408)593-9556
Join our Sunday Zoom Gathering

 

Meeting ID: 878 8402 0669Passcode: 098021One tap mobile+12532158782,,87884020669#,,,,*098021# US (Tacoma)+16699009128,,87884020669#,,,,*098021# US (San Jose)

 

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 Veradale United Church of Christ
An Open & Affirming Congregation
Worshiping God in Christ – Welcoming All – Working for Justice & Peace
“No matter who you are, or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here!”
Sunday, September 19, 2021 • 10:30 a.m.
___________________________________
10:20 Gathering and Prelude
Wayne Shull, Music Director
Charlie Salt, Acolyte and AV
Naomi Hanvey Facebook Monitor
Scotty Patton, Zoom Monitor
Rev. Gen Heywood, Pastor
10:30am    Worship begins:
God nurtures wisdom . . all the time!  All the time . . . God nurtures wisdom!

Passing the Peace of Christ and Welcoming the Light of Christ

Hymn: “O Grant Us Light” 469 (NCH)
Public Domain
O grant us light, that we may know the wisdom you alone can give;That truth may guide where’er we go, and virtue bless the lives we live.
O grant us light, that we may see where error lurks in human lore,
and turn to you our seeking minds and love your holy Word the more.
O grant us light, that we may learn how dead is life from you apart, How sure is joy for all who turn to you an undivided heart.
O grant us light, when, soon or late, all earthly scenes shall pass away, in you to find the open gate to deathless home and endless day.
How this Became My Church
Charlie Salt
Scotty Patton
Community Prayer 
Spoken Prayer
Silent Prayer
Lord’s Prayer
Response: Amen, amen, amen
A Time of Offering
An Invitation to Share
Dedication Hymn: “Holy Ground”
CCLI license #11038266

We are standing on holy ground and I know that there are angels all around. Let us praise Jesus now. We are standing in his presence on holy ground.

Dedication Prayer
Source of all Knowledge, bless these gifts of our time, talent, and treasure so that we may be your light of love for our neighbors and also our enemies.  We ask as we follow the way of Jesus. Amen
Listening for God
Message with Young Hearts:
Who are you adding to the welcoming tent and why?
(Last Sunday we added Travelers, Light which unites us, New friends, Water, Veterans who walk alone, Friends we haven’t met, LGBTQIA+ and all who have no place to go.)
Scripture Passages 
James 3:13-17 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Show by your good life that your works are done with gentleness born of wisdom. 14 But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not be boastful and false to the truth. 15 Such wisdom does not come down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, devilish. 16 For where there is envy and selfish ambition, there will also be disorder and wickedness of every kind. 17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy.
Mark 9:30-37 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
30 They went on from there and passed through Galilee. He did not want anyone to know it; 31 for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is to be betrayed into human hands, and they will kill him, and three days after being killed, he will rise again.” 32 But they did not understand what he was saying and were afraid to ask him.
33 Then they came to Capernaum; and when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you arguing about on the way?” 34 But they were silent, for on the way they had argued with one another who was the greatest. 35 He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, “Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all.” 36 Then he took a little child and put it among them; and taking it in his arms, he said to them, 37 “Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes not me but the one who sent me.”
Message:  Wisdom’s Works
Silence
Announcements
New Members orientation Sunday, October 17, after worship. Suggested Membership Sunday on October 31 with our celebration of All Saints.
Vigil for the Healing of the Earth on October 3, 3-4:30pm, Old Mission Landing, Near Cataldo’s Old Mission.
Tree of Life, Caring and Communication —TLCC training on October 24 (Maureen)
Our Light moves into the World God Loves
Hymn:  “I Want Jesus to Go with Me” 490 (NCH)
Public Domain
1 I want Jesus to go with me; I want Jesus to go with me; all along my pilgrim journey, Lord, I want Jesus to go with me.
2 In my trials, Lord, O comfort me; in my trials, Lord, O comfort me; when my heart is almost breaking, Lord, I want Jesus to O comfort me.
3 When I’m in trouble, Lord, O stay with me; when I’m in trouble, Lord, O stay with me; when my head is bowed in sorrow, Lord, I want Jesus to stay with me.
Benediction and “Love Round”
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Love, love, love, love, Christians this is your call. Love your neighbor as yourself for God loves us all.
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Sunday Worship Sep 5, 2021 plus Bulletin

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Dear Veradale Friends and Members,
 
We have news! We were awarded the grant for Sabbatical!  This is so exciting!
 
Remember this is Communion Sunday. For those at home, bring a little something to eat and drink. For those in the sanctuary, we will have communion to-go.
This Sunday will be our second where we take a moment in worship to hear from our community about How this Became My Church.  Last Sunday, Marvin and Sam brought wonderful messages. This Sunday Don and Jan Young will share a message as will Naomi Hanvey.  September 12, Joe Swan will bring a message. Are you interested in just 3-5 minutes of telling your story?
This Sunday’s message with young hearts is about what you are making. Anyone out there already making things for Christmas?
We will be on Zoom and Facebook and in person this Sunday.
For those in person this Sunday, we are continuing our Covid Careful practice:
1. Enter through the front doors.
2. Use only the one bathroom by the front doors.
3. Take temperature and names at the door.
4. Wear a mask We have N95 masks for all that want them.We will whisper sing hymns.
5. Keep chairs at 6’ apart. 
 
Below is the grant information, this Sunday’s bulletin and Zoom link.
 
With blessings,
Pastor Gen
(408)593-9556
Join our Sunday Zoom Gathering
 
Meeting ID: 878 8402 0669
Passcode: 098021
One tap mobile
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Meeting ID: 878 8402 0669
Passcode: 098021
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 Veradale United Church of Christ
An Open & Affirming Congregation
Worshiping God in Christ – Welcoming All – Working for Justice & Peace
“No matter who you are, or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here!”
Sunday, September 5, 2021 • 10:30 a.m.
___________________________________
10:20 Gathering and Prelude
Wayne Shull, Music Director
Charlie Salt, Acolyte and AV
Naomi Hanvey Facebook Monitor
Scotty Patton, Zoom Monitor
Rev. Gen Heywood, Pastor
10:30am    Worship begins:
God labors . . all the time!  All the time . . . God labors!

Passing the Peace of Christ and Welcoming the Light of Christ

Hymn: “They’ll Know We Are Christians by Our Love”
CCLI license #11038266
We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord. We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord and we pray that our unity will one day be restored. And they’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love. Yeah they’ll know we are Christians by our love. 
We will work with each other, we will work side by side. We will work with each other, we will work side by side and we’ll guard each one’s dignity and save each one’s pride. And they’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love. Yeah they’ll know we are Christians by our love.
How this Became My Church
Don and Jan Young
Naomi Hanvey
Community Prayer
Spoken Prayer
Silent Prayer
Lord’s Prayer

Response: Amen, amen, amen

A Time of Offering

An Invitation to Share

*Dedication Hymn: “Holy Ground”
CCLI license #11038266

We are standing on holy ground and I know that there are angles all around. Let us praise Jesus now. We are standing in his presence on holy ground.

Dedication Prayer
 Beloved God, Creator of all, we thank you with humble hearts. Bless these offerings that we work together and come a little closer to fulfilling your vision in our time and place. We pray in the name of Jesus.  Amen
Listening for God
Message with Young Hearts: 
What are you making?
Scripture Passage 
James 2:1-17 read by Gail Higand
My brothers and sisters, do you with your acts of favoritism really believe in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ? For if a person with gold rings and in fine clothes comes into your assembly, and if a poor person in dirty clothes also comes in, and if you take notice of the one wearing the fine clothes and say, “Have a seat here, please,” while to the one who is poor you say, “Stand there,” or, “Sit at my feet,” have you not made distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts? Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters. Has not God chosen the poor in the world to be rich in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him? But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you? Is it not they who drag you into court? Is it not they who blaspheme the excellent name that was invoked over you?
You do well if you really fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” But if you show partiality, you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it. 1For the one who said, “You shall not commit adultery,” also said, “You shall not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery but if you murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. So speak and so act as those who are to be judged by the law of liberty. For judgment will be without mercy to anyone who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.
What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but do not have works? Can faith save you? If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and eat your fill,” and yet you do not supply their bodily needs, what is the good of that? So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead.
 Message: Active Faith
Sharing Holy Communion
Those at home have a little something to drink and eat.
Those in church, expect a to-go bag.
Sharing Holy Communion
Pastor: Friends in Christ, we gather at our many tables mindful of the presence of God’s Spirit that is here with us.  We seek to honor the request of Jesus given in the scripture.  Of all the teachings Jesus gave to our ancestors, this he asked them and us to remember him.
When Jesus and his friends sat together at a Passover meal, Jesus took bread; giving God thanks and praise, he broke the bread.  He gave it to his friends saying, “Take this all of you and eat of it.  This is my body that is broken for you.  Do this in remembrance of me.”
After the meal had ended, Jesus poured out the cup and again he gave God thanks and praise.  He gave the cup to his friends and said, “Take this all of you and drink from it.  This is the cup of the new covenant.  Do this as often as you drink of it in remembrance of me.”
Let us pray.
All: Come, Holy Spirit come.  Bless this bread and this cup and all who have gathered in your Spirit. Help us to remember that you have dwelt among us. Help us to dwell in the world today as living temples of your presence. Bless us to remember your teachings, commandments, and example. May we be renewed in this sharing.  Amen.
Silence
Prayer of Thanksgiving
All: We thank you, God, for your presence  as we remember the Living Jesus. Through the power of the Holy Spirit, you are among us still, in each of us, and in all of your creation. Bless us to more fully live as your people. Amen.
Silence
Announcements
Our Light moves into the World God Loves
Hymn: “Won’t You Let Me Be Your Servant”  539 (NCH)
CCLI license #11038266
Won’t you let me be your servant, let me be as Christ to you? Pray that I may have the grace to let you be my servant, too. 
We are pilgrims on a journey, we are travelers on the road; we are here to help each other go the mile and bear the load. 
I will hold the Christ-light for you in the shadow of your fear; I will hold my hand out to you, speak the peace you long to hear.
 I will weep when you are weeping; when you laugh, I’ll laugh with you. I will share your joy and sorrow ’til we’ve seen this journey through. 
When we sing to God in heaven we shall find such harmony, born of all we’ve known together of Christ’s love and agony.
Won’t you let me be your servant, let me be as Christ to you? Pray that I may have the grace to let you be my servant, too.
*Benediction and “Love Round”
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Love, love, love, love, Christians this is your call. Love your neighbor as yourself for God loves us all.
Postlude

Sunday Worship 8/29/21 + Bulletin

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Dear Veradale Friends and Members,
 
Here in Veradale we have blue skies today. How is it where you are? How are you coping with the smoke? Delta Variant? Difficult people?
 
We still have some N95 masks. Let me know if you need them.
This Sunday, we begin a new moment in worship. We are currently calling it How this Became My Church.  It is an opportunity to learn about each other. I am looking for two people each Sunday to give a 3-5 minute story about how you came to be with this church. You have the freedom in that time to talk about your faith/ life’s journey or any other way you interpret the title. Let me know if you are interested in telling your story!
Our “Scavenger Hunt” for this our last Summer Sunday is “Bring something that you practice. Art, Music, Puzzles, Sports, Cooking, Dancing, Praying, Studying, etc.” 
We will be on Zoom and Facebook and in person this Sunday.
For those in person this Sunday, we are continuing our Covid Careful practice:
1. Enter through the front doors.
2. Use only the one bathroom by the front doors.
3. Take temperature and names at the door.
4. Wear a mask We have N95 masks for all that want them.We will whisper sing hymns.
5. Keep chairs at 6’ apart. 
 
Below is the bulletin and Zoom link.
 
With blessings,
Pastor Gen
(408)593-9556
Join our Sunday Zoom Gathering
 
Meeting ID: 878 8402 0669
Passcode: 098021
One tap mobile
+12532158782,,87884020669#,,,,*098021# US (Tacoma)
+16699009128,,87884020669#,,,,*098021# US (San Jose)
 
Dial by your location
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 Veradale United Church of Christ
An Open & Affirming Congregation
Worshiping God in Christ – Welcoming All – Working for Justice & Peace
“No matter who you are, or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here!”
Sunday, August 29, 2021 • 10:30 a.m.
_______________________________________
10:20 Gathering and Prelude
Wayne Shull, Music Director
Charlie Salt, Acolyte and AV
Naomi Hanvey Facebook Monitor
Scotty Patton, Zoom Monitor
10:30am    Worship begins
God is present. . all the time!  All the time . . . God is present!
Passing the Peace of Christ and Welcoming the Light of Christ
Bring something that you practice. Art, Music, Puzzles, Sports, Cooking, Dancing, Praying, Studying, etc.
Hymn: “Be Now My Vision” 451(NCH)
Public Domain
Be now my vision, O God of my heart; nothing surpasses the love you impart – you my best thought, by day or by night, waking or sleeping, your presence my light.
Be now my wisdom, and be my true word; ever within me, my soul is assured; Mother and Father, you are both to me, now and forever, your child I will be.
Riches I need not, nor life’s empty praise, you, my inheritance, now and always. You and you only are first in my heart, great God, my treasure, may we never part.
Sovereign of Heaven, my victory won, may I reach heaven’s joys, O bright heaven’s sun! Heart of my own heart, whatever befall, still be my vision, O Ruler of All.
How this Became My Church
Marvin Wilson
Sam Mumford
Community Prayer
Pastoral Prayer
Silent Prayer
Lord’s Prayer
Response: Amen, amen, amen
A Time of Offering
An Invitation to Share
*Dedication Hymn: “Holy Ground”
CCLI license #11038266

We are standing on holy ground and I know that there are angles all around. Let us praise Jesus now. We are standing in his presence on holy ground.

Dedication Prayer
 Radiant God, bless us and our offerings that we may be lights to one another in the storms of our time. Pour out your Spirit. Strengthen us with a certain hope in the Way of Jesus. Amen
Listening for God
Message with Young Hearts: 
Bring something that you practice. Art, Music, Puzzles, Sports, Cooking, Dancing, Praying, Studying, etc.
Scripture
James 1:17-27 New Revised Standard Version
17 Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.[a] 18 In fulfillment of his own purpose he gave us birth by the word of truth, so that we would become a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
19 You must understand this, my beloved:[b] let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger; 20 for your anger does not produce God’s righteousness. 21 Therefore rid yourselves of all sordidness and rank growth of wickedness, and welcome with meekness the implanted word that has the power to save your souls.
22 But be doers of the word, and not merely hearers who deceive themselves. 23 For if any are hearers of the word and not doers, they are like those who look at themselves[c] in a mirror; 24 for they look at themselves and, on going away, immediately forget what they were like. 25 But those who look into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and persevere, being not hearers who forget but doers who act—they will be blessed in their doing.
26 If any think they are religious, and do not bridle their tongues but deceive their hearts, their religion is worthless. 27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
Mark 7:1-8, 14-15. 21-23, New Revised Standard Version
Now when the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around him, 2 they noticed that some of his disciples were eating with defiled hands, that is, without washing them. 3 (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat unless they thoroughly wash their hands,[a] thus observing the tradition of the elders; 4 and they do not eat anything from the market unless they wash it;[b] and there are also many other traditions that they observe, the washing of cups, pots, and bronze kettles.[c]) 5 So the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not live[d] according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?” 6 He said to them, “Isaiah prophesied rightly about you hypocrites, as it is written,
‘This people honors me with their lips,
    but their hearts are far from me;
7 
in vain do they worship me,
    teaching human precepts as doctrines.’
8 You abandon the commandment of God and hold to human tradition.”
And
14 Then he called the crowd again and said to them, “Listen to me, all of you, and understand: 15 there is nothing outside a person that by going in can defile, but the things that come out are what defile.”
And
20 And he said, “It is what comes out of a person that defiles. 21 For it is from within, from the human heart, that evil intentions come: fornication, theft, murder, 22 adultery, avarice, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, slander, pride, folly. 23 All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”
Message: How Shall we Live?
Silence
Announcements
Our Light moves into the World God Loves
Hymn: Lord, Dismiss Us with Your Blessing 77 (NCH)
Public Domain
Lord, dismiss us with your blessing. Fill our hearts with joy and peace; let us each, your love possessing, triumph in redeeming grace. Oh, refresh us; oh, refresh us, traveling through this wilderness.
We give thanks and adoration for your Gospel’s joyful sound. May the fruits of your salvation in our hearts and lives abound. Ever faithful, ever faithful to the truth may we be found.
So that when your love shall call us, Savior, from the world away, fear of death shall not appall us, glad your summons to obey. May we ever, may we ever live with you in endless day.
Benediction and “Love Round”
Public Domain
Love, love, love, love, Christians this is your call. Love your neighbor as yourself for God loves us all.
Postlude

Sunday Worship Aug 22 2021 + Bulletin

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Dear Veradale Friends and Members,
 
Wow Church! We have had wonderful messages in the time I was away. Anyone have a message they want to bring? Let me know. It could be a written message in our newsletter or a message in worship. 
 
Is the Delta variant of Covid rising where you are? How is the smoke? We still have some N95 masks if you need them.
This Sunday, a special guest! Stacey Eliason is offering her talent this Sunday as a gift to the church for us letting her use the grand piano for practice. See Stacey at https://www.facebook.com/stacey.eliason/videos/10218878218043335/
Stacey is part of Chamber Music Marysville, The Chopper Brass, retired faculty from Edmonds College, and a member of Colville UCC. She comes back to our area to visit her mom and while in town, she practices at our church. See more at https://mrs-eliason.com
For those in person this Sunday, we are continuing our Covid Careful practice:
1. Enter through the front doors.
2. Use only the one bathroom by the front doors.
3. Take temperature and names at the door.
4. Wear a mask We have N95 masks for all that want them.We will whisper sing hymns.
5. Keep chairs at 6’ apart. 
 
Below is the bulletin and Zoom link.
 
With blessings,
Pastor Gen
(408)593-9556
Join our Sunday Zoom Gathering
 
Meeting ID: 878 8402 0669
Passcode: 098021
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Veradale United Church of Christ
An Open & Affirming Congregation
Worshiping God in Christ – Welcoming All – Working for Justice & Peace
“No matter who you are, or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here!”
August 22, 2021 • 10:30 a.m.
Assistive listening devices are available. Please contact an usher if you would like to use one.
Thank you for turning cellphones completely OFF prior to worship – they interfere with our sound system.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
10:20 Gathering 
Wayne Shull, Music Director
Charlie Salt, Acolyte and AV
Naomi Hanvey Facebook Monitor
Scotty Patton, Zoom Monitor
Stacey Eliason, guest musician
Prelude
   Song of Youth (Ungdomssang), op. 45, no. 1   by Agathe B. Grondahl
Stacey Eliason, guest musician
10:30am   Worship begins 
God is with us . . . all the time!  All the time . . . God is with us!
*Passing of Peace and Welcoming the Light of Christ 
*Hymn: 17 (NCH) melody and older words are in the public domain
Stacey Eliason, guest musician
1.All creatures worship God most high,
lift up your voice in earth and sky,
alleluia, alleluia!
Thou burning sun with golden beam,
thou silver moon with softer gleam,
O sing ye, O sing ye, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
2.Thou rushing wind that art so strong,
ye clouds that sail in heav’n along,
alleluia, alleluia!
Thou rising morn in praise rejoice,
ye lights of evening, find a voice,
O sing ye, O sing ye, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
3.Thou flowing water, pure and clear,
make music for thy God to hear,
alleluia, alleluia!
Thou fire so masterful and bright,
that givest all both warmth and light,
O sing ye, O sing ye, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
4.Dear mother earth, who day by day,
unfoldest blessings on our way,
alleluia, alleluia!
The flow’rs and fruits that in thee grow,
let them God’s glory also show,
O sing ye, O sing ye, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
5.And ev’ryone, with tender heart,
forgiving others, take your part,
alleluia, alleluia!
Ye who long pain and sorrow bear,
sing praise and cast on God your care,
O sing ye, O sing ye, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
Community Prayer
Spoken Prayer
Silent Prayer
Lord’s Prayer
Response: Amen, amen, amen
Stacey Eliason, guest musician
A Time of Offering
 An Invitation to Share
*Dedication Hymn: #277 verse 1
Holy, holy, holy, God the Almighty! Early in the morning we praise your majesty. Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty! God in three persons, blessed Trinity!      
CCLI license #11038266
Stacey Eliason, guest musician
Dedication prayer:
God of All, we humbly ask that your Spirit be pour out on our offerings of time, talent, and treasure. Multiply these tokens of our gratitude. May they strengthen our ministry to reveal your truth, justice, and peace. Amen 
Listening for God
Message to Young Hearts
Find something that protects you or that you protect
Ephesians 6:10-20 New Revised Standard Version Read by Lee Chilberg
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of God’s power. Put on the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For our struggle is not against enemies of blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to withstand on that evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.  Stand therefore, and fasten the belt of truth around your waist, and put on the breastplate of righteousness. As shoes for your feet put on whatever will make you ready to proclaim the gospel of peace. With all of these, take the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Pray in the Spirit at all times in every prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert and always persevere in supplication for all the saints. Pray also for me, so that when I speak, a message may be given to me to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it boldly, as I must speak.
Message: The Armor of God
Silent Reflection
Announcements
Our Light moves into the World God Loves
Hymn: “God Reigns o’er All the Earth” 21(NCH) 
CCLI license #11038266
Stacey Eliason, guest musician
God reigns o’er all the earth! Green hills and valley’s low, the farms and towns in golds and browns God’s grace and beauty show.  God reigns o’er all the earth! Stone banks and spreading plains, in rainbow hues – reds, yellows, blues – of stream and country lanes.
God reigns o’er human life! Through youth and aging years, in death, in birth, in grief in mirth, in all our hopes and fears. God reigns o’er human life! Our inspiration still. Through all our schemes, in all our dreams, we see God’s reigning will.
God reigns o’er time and space! In history’s bygone days, Christ’s faithful folk in reverence spoke to bring God earnest praise. God reigns o’er time and space! O’er galaxy and sun, through timeless years the cosmos hears the heavenly music run.
God reigns! Emmanuel! God with us every day, in all our past and to the last, our comfort and our stay. God reigns! Emmanuel! Let praise to Christ be sung! God’s presence here makes all things dear. Let joyful bells be rung!
*Benediction and “Love Round”
Public Domain
Love, love, love, love, Christians this is your call. Love your neighbor as yourself for God loves us all.
Postlude   
 “Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir”                  Johann Christoph Bach
             (From deep affliction I cry out to you, Lord)
Stacey Eliason, guest musician

Sunday Worship Aug 15 2021 plus Bulletin

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(Meteor shower: if your sky is clear August 11, from about 11pm to August 12, 2am, look East/North East)
 
Dear Veradale Friends and Members,
 
How are you? Is the Delta variant of Covid rising where you are? How is the smoke? We still have some N95 masks if you need them.
This Sunday is sure to be blessed — we have Michael Pflieger preaching and Sam Mumford leader worship. Hope you can join in person or on Facebook or Zoom (link below).
 
I will be away from tomorrow, Wednesday, August 11 through Tuesday, August 17. If there is any concern that cannot wait until Wednesday, August 18, please, call Wayne.
 
For those in person:
1. Enter through the front doors.
2. Use only the one bathroom by the front doors.
3. Take temperature and names at the door.
4. Wear a mask We have N95 masks for all that want them.We will whisper sing hymns.
5. Keep chairs at 6’ apart. 
 
Below is the bulletin and Zoom link.
 
With blessings,
Pastor Gen
(408)593-9556
Join our Sunday Zoom Gathering
 
Meeting ID: 878 8402 0669
Passcode: 098021
One tap mobile
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Meeting ID: 878 8402 0669
Passcode: 098021
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Veradale United Church of Christ
An Open & Affirming Congregation
Worshiping God in Christ – Welcoming All – Working for Justice & Peace
“No matter who you are, or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here!”
August 15, 2021 • 10:30 a.m.
Assistive listening devices are available. Please contact an usher if you would like to use one.
Thank you for turning cellphones completely OFF prior to worship – they interfere with our sound system.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
10:20 Gathering and Prelude
Wayne Shull, Music Director
Charlie Salt, Acolyte and AV
Naomi Hanvey Facebook Monitor
Scotty Patton, Zoom Monitor
Samantha Mumford. Worship Leader
Michael Pflieger, Message
10:30am   Worship begins 
God is good . . . all the time!  All the time . . . God is good!
*Passing of Peace and Welcoming the Light of Christ 
*Hymn: “Take My Life, God Let it Be”   448 (NCH)
Community Prayer
Spoken Prayer
Silent Prayer
Lord’s Prayer
Response: Amen, amen, amen
A Time of Offering
 An Invitation to Share
*Dedication Hymn: #277 verse 1
Holy, holy, holy, God the Almighty! Early in the morning we praise your majesty. Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty! God in three persons, blessed Trinity!      
CCLI license #11038266
Dedication prayer:
Source of All That Is, we you give thanks and praise.  Fill these offerings and our lives with your Spirit that we, your servants, may bring justice, peace, and kindness to the world. Amen 
Listening for God
Message to Young Hearts
Passage from the Book of Esther
Message from Michael Pflieger
Silent Reflection
Announcements
Our Light moves into the World God Loves
Hymn: “In the Bulb there is a Flower” 433 (NCH)
CCLI license #11038266
1. In the bulb there is a flower; in the seed, an apple tree; In cocoons, a hidden promise: butterflies will soon be free! In the cold and snow of winter there’s a spring that waits to be, Unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see.
2. There’s a song in every silence, seeking word and melody; There’s a dawn in every darkness, bringing hope to you and me. From the past will come the future; what it holds, a mystery, Unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see.
3. In our end is our beginning; in our time, infinity; In our doubt there is believing; in our life, eternity, In our death, a resurrection; at the last, a victory, Unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see.
*Benediction and What does the Lord Require of You
CCLI license #11038266
1. What does the Lord require of you? What does the Lord require of you?
2. Justice, kindness, walk humbly with your God.
3. To seek justice, and love kindness, and walk humbly with your God.

 

Sunday Worship Aug 8, 2021 plus Bulletin

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Dear Veradale Friends and Members,
 
How are you doing with the smoke? We still have some N95 masks if you need them.
 
I don’t like it either — the Covid-19 Delta variant is strong in our area. Thus, please, continue to wear a masks for in person worship. 
 
We will be on Facebook. For those on Zoom, the link is below.
 
For those in person:
1. Enter through the front doors.
2. Use only the one bathroom by the front doors.
3. Take temperature and names at the door.
4. Wear a mask We have N95 masks for all that want them.We will whisper sing hymns.
5. Keep chairs at 6’ apart. 
 
Below is the bulletin and Zoom link.
 
With blessings,
Pastor Gen
(408)593-9556
 
 
Join our Sunday Zoom Gathering
 
Meeting ID: 878 8402 0669
Passcode: 098021
One tap mobile
+12532158782,,87884020669#,,,,*098021# US (Tacoma)
+16699009128,,87884020669#,,,,*098021# US (San Jose)
 
Dial by your location
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Meeting ID: 878 8402 0669
Passcode: 098021
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcgymVnmzo
 
 
Veradale United Church of Christ
An Open & Affirming Congregation
Worshiping God in Christ – Welcoming All – Working for Justice & Peace
“No matter who you are, or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here!”
Sunday, August 8, 2021• 10:30 a.m.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
10:20am Gathering
Wayne Shull, Music Director
Charlie Salt, Acolyte and AV
Naomi Hanvey Facebook Monitor
Scotty Patton, Zoom Monitor
 
10:30am    Worship begins:
God’s love endures. . . all the time!  All the time . . . God’s love endures!
 

Passing the Peace of Christ and Welcoming the Light of Christ

Hymn: “Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning” 
Public Domain
Keep your lamps trimmed and burning (repeat 2x more) for this work is almost done. Sisters, don’t grow weary. Brothers, don’t grow weary. Children, don’t grow weary, for this work is almost done.
 
It’s our faith makes us happy (repeat 2x more) for this work’s almost done. 
Sisters, don’t grow weary. Brothers, don’t grow weary. Children, don’t grow weary, for this work is almost done.
 
We are Climbing Jacob’s ladder (repeat 2x more) for this work is almost done. Sisters, don’t grow weary. Brothers, don’t grow weary. Children, don’t grow weary, for this work is almost done.
 
Every round goes higher, higher (repeat 2x more) for this work’s almost done. Sisters, don’t grow weary. Brothers, don’t grow weary. Children, don’t grow weary, for this work is almost done.

Community Prayer
Spoken Prayer
Silent Prayer
Lord’s Prayer

Response: Amen, amen, amen

A Time of Offering

An Invitation to Share

Dedication 780 (NCH)
Praise God from whom all blessing flow. Praise God all creatures here below. Praise God for all that love has done; Creator, Christ, and Spirit, One.  Amen
 
Dedication Prayer 
Compassionate God, bless us and our offerings that we may practice your truth, patience, and love through these difficult times. Pour out your Spirit. Strengthen us to be the body of Christ in the world today. Amen
 
Listening for God
Message to Young Hearts
Find something that was broken that you were able to fix it.

Ephesians 4:25-5:2 New Revised Standard Version
So then, putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbors, for we are members of one another. Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not make room for the devil. Thieves must give up stealing; rather let them labor and work honestly with their own hands, so as to have something to share with the needy. Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only what is useful for building up, as there is need, so that your words may give grace to those who hear. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which you were marked with a seal for the day of redemption. Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice, and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children, and live in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
 
Message: As God Has Done
 
Silence
 

Announcements
 
Our Light moves into the World God Loves
Hymn: “Be Now My Vision” 451(NCH)
Public Domain
Be now my vision, O God of my heart; nothing surpasses the love you impart – you my best thought, by day or by night, waking or sleeping, your presence my light. 
 
Be now my wisdom, and be my true word; ever within me, my soul is assured; Mother and Father, you are both to me, now and forever, your child I will be. 
 
Riches I need not, nor life’s empty praise, you, my inheritance, now and always. You and you only are first in my heart, great God, my treasure, may we never part. 
 
Sovereign of Heaven, my victory won, may I reach heaven’s joys, O bright heaven’s sun! Heart of my own heart, whatever befall, still be my vision, O Ruler of All.

Benediction and “What does the Lord Require?” 
CCLI license #11038266
1. What does the Lord require of you? What does the Lord require of you?
2. Justice, kindness, walk humbly with your God.
3. To seek justice, and love kindness, and walk humbly with your God.
Postlude

Sunday Worship Aug 1, 2021 + Bulletin (Masks Required)

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Dear Veradale Friends and Members,
It was great to be in person and on Zoom last Sunday. We are continuing to create this new way of being together! For those coming in person this Sunday we will continue to
1. Enter through the front doors.
2. Use only the one bathroom by the front doors.
3. Take temperature and names at the door.
4. Require masks only for those who are unvaccinated* (changed, see below) — however, this may change to all of us by Sunday due to the Delta variant. Please, keep flexible.
5. Keep chairs at 6’ apart. 
 

We will share communion this Sunday. For those on Zoom and Facebook, have a little something with you. All those in person, we will have a little something for you to take with you. For those on Zoom and Facebook, I’m working on virtual gifts for you as well. I figure that you would not want a cookie picture and sending you cookies seems a little crummy – literally. What do you think of a high quality images you can use for your phone or computer wallpaper? Send me your ideas and I’ll start to figure out what we can do (images of prayer, the beauty of the Earth, the stars, storms, let me know what you think.)

*The Covid-19 Delta variant requires us to change plans about masks. Everyone will need masks for in person worship. I have been given some N95 masks that are available to all for use against the variant and the smoke. I can mail them to anyone who needs some. For those in person, you can have one for worship and take another for the days ahead.

 
Can you read the scripture this Sunday?
Please, send me your prayer requests.
 
We will soon be able to start collecting for the food bank again — watch for more news to come!
 
With blessings,
Pastor Gen
(408)593-9556
Join our Sunday Zoom Gathering
 
Meeting ID: 878 8402 0669
Passcode: 098021
One tap mobile
+12532158782,,87884020669#,,,,*098021# US (Tacoma)
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Dial by your location
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Meeting ID: 878 8402 0669
Passcode: 098021
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcgymVnmzo
 
Veradale United Church of Christ
An Open & Affirming Congregation
Worshiping God in Christ – Welcoming All – Working for Justice & Peace
“No matter who you are, or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here!”
August 1, 2021 • 10:30 a.m.
10:20am Gathering Prelude
Wayne Shull, Music Director
Charlie Salt, Acolyte and AV
Naomi Hanvey Facebook Monitor
Scotty Patton, Zoom Monitor
10:30am    Worship begins
God is with us.  . . . all the time!
All the time . . . God is with us. !
Passing the Peace of Christ and Welcoming the Light Christ
*Hymn: “Seek Ye First
CCLI license #11038266
1. Seek ye first the kingdom of God and God’s righteousness. And all these things shall be added unto you. Allelu, Alleluia!
2. We shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. Allelu, Alleluia!
3. Ask and it shall be given unto you seek and ye shall find knock and the door shall be opened unto you.
Allelu, Alleluia! 
Community Prayer
Spoken Prayer
Silent Prayer
Lord’s Prayer
Response: Amen, amen, amen
A Time of Offering
An Invitation to Share
Dedication 780 (NCH)
Praise God from whom all blessing flow. Praise God all creatures here below. Praise God for all that love has done; Creator, Christ, and Spirit, One.  Amen
Dedication Prayer
Loving God, bless our offerings and multiply them to fulfill your vision for our lives, our world, and this your church. We pray in the name of Jesus. Amen
Listening for God
Message with Young Hearts
If there was only one food you could have for the whole week, nothing else, what would it be?
Exodus 16:2-4; and 16:9-15 New Revised Standard Version
The whole congregation of the Israelites complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the fleshpots and ate our fill of bread; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.” Then the Lord said to Moses, “I am going to rain bread from heaven for you, and each day the people shall go out and gather enough for that day. In that way I will test them, whether they will follow my instruction or not.
And
Then Moses said to Aaron, “Say to the whole congregation of the Israelites, ‘Draw near to the Lord, for he has heard your complaining.’” And as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the Israelites, they looked toward the wilderness, and the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud. The Lord spoke to Moses and said, “I have heard the complaining of the Israelites; say to them, ‘At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall have your fill of bread; then you shall know that I am the Lord your God.’” In the evening quails came up and covered the camp; and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp. When the layer of dew lifted, there on the surface of the wilderness was a fine flaky substance, as fine as frost on the ground. When the Israelites saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. Moses said to them, “It is the bread that the Lord has given you to eat.
John 6:24-35  New Revised Standard Version
So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum looking for Jesus. When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?” Jesus answered them, “Very truly, I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For it is on him that God the Father has set his seal.” Then they said to him, “What must we do to perform the works of God?”  Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.” So they said to him, “What sign are you going to give us then, so that we may see it and believe you? What work are you performing?  Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” Then Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.  For the bread of God is that which[a] comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”  They said to him, “Sir, give us this bread always.”
Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.
Message: A Hunger Connection
Sharing Holy Communion
Pastor: Friends in Christ, we gather at our many tables mindful of the presence of God’s Spirit that is here with us.  We seek to honor the request of Jesus given in the scripture.  Of all the teachings Jesus gave to our ancestors, this he asked them and us to remember him.
When Jesus and his friends sat together at a Passover meal, Jesus took bread; giving God thanks and praise, he broke the bread.  He gave it to his friends saying, “Take this all of you and eat of it.  This is my body that is broken for you.  Do this in remembrance of me.”
After the meal had ended, Jesus poured out the cup and again he gave God thanks and praise.  He gave the cup to his friends and said, “Take this all of you and drink from it.  This is the cup of the new covenant.  Do this as often as you drink of it in remembrance of me.”
Let us pray.
All: Come, Holy Spirit come.  Bless this bread and this cup and all who have gathered in your Spirit. Help us to remember that you have dwelt among us. Help us to dwell in the world today as living temples of your presence. Bless us to remember your teachings, commandments, and example. May we be renewed in this sharing.  Amen.
Silence
Prayer of Thanksgiving
All: We thank you, God, for your presence  as we remember the Living Jesus. Through the power of the Holy Spirit, you are among us still, in each of us, and in all of your creation. Bless us to more fully live as your people. Amen.
Announcements
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Hymn:*Hymn: “Guide Me, O My Great Redeemer” 18 (NCH)
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1 Guide me, O my great Redeemer,
pilgrim through this barren land;
I am weak, but you are mighty;
hold me with your powerful hand.
Bread of heaven, bread of heaven,
feed me ‘til I want no more,
feed me ‘til I want no more.
2 Open now the crystal fountain,
where the healing waters flow.
Let the fire and cloudy pillar
lead me all my journey through.
Strong Deliverer, strong Deliverer,
ever be my strength and shield,
ever be my strength and shield.
3 When I reach the River Jordan,
bid my anxious fears subside.
Death of death, and hell’s Destruction,
land me safe on Canaan’s side.
Songs of praises, songs of praises
I will ever sing to you,
I will ever sing to you.
Benediction and “What does the Lord Require?”
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1. What does the Lord require of you? What does the Lord require of you?
2. Justice, kindness, walk humbly with your God.
3. To seek justice, and love kindness, and walk humbly with your God.
Postlude

Sunday Worship 7/25/21 and bulletin

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Dear Veradale Friends and Members,

It is great to be back with you!

Below is the bulletin for this coming Sunday. We will celebrate Helen Bonser’s life at 10am, share worship at 10:30am, and join a BBQ immediately after worship where we can visit and tell more stories about Helen. We will be in person and on Zoom and Facebook.

About this Sunday:

For those in-person, At 10am, we will meet in the Memorial Garden (enter from the back or the side doors in the sanctuary). At 10:30am we will worship in the sanctuary.

  1. Enter through the front doors.
  2. Only the one bathroom by the front doors will be used.
  3. Temperature and names will be taken at the door.
  4. Masks are required only for those who are unvaccinated.
  5. Chairs are set at 6’ apart.

Thank you for all the kind vacation wished. We had a wonderfully refreshing and busy time!

With gratitude,

Pastor Gen

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 Memorial Brick Ceremony Honoring Helen Bonser

Welcome: The grace and peace of Christ be with you as we gather to celebrate the life of Helen Bonser, a friend of our God, of this church, and all who gather here.  We gather at this time and in this place to praise God and celebrate how we have been blest to share life with Helen.  Today we will place a brick in this memorial garden to symbolize how Helen is part of the fabric of this congregation. We will share prayers, hear scripture, speak together of our memories, and we will have an opportunity in silent prayer to lift up to God the things  which we wish we could have said to Helen.

Hymn:  I cast all my cares upon you 

I lay all of my burdens down at Your feet

And any time I don’t know what to do
I will cast all my cares upon You

I cast all my cares upon You
I lay all of my burdens down at Your feet
And any time I don’t know what to do
I will cast all my cares upon You

I cast all of my cares upon You
I lay all of my burdens down at Your feet
And any time that I don’t know what to do
I will cast all my cares upon You
I will cast all my cares upon You

Scripture:

Amos 5: 18-24 The Day of the Lord a Dark Day

18 

Alas for you who desire the day of the Lord!

Why do you want the day of the Lord?

It is darkness, not light;

19 

as if someone fled from a lion,

and was met by a bear;

or went into the house and rested a hand against the wall,

and was bitten by a snake.

20 

Is not the day of the Lord darkness, not light,

and gloom with no brightness in it?

21 

I hate, I despise your festivals,

and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.

22 

Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings,

I will not accept them;

and the offerings of well-being of your fatted animals

I will not look upon.

23 

Take away from me the noise of your songs;

I will not listen to the melody of your harps.

24 

But let justice roll down like waters,

and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

Mark 12:41 -44 The Widow’s Offering

41 He sat down opposite the treasury, and watched the crowd putting money into the treasury. Many rich people put in large sums. 42 A poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which are worth a penny. 43 Then he called his disciples and said to them, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the treasury. 44 For all of them have contributed out of their abundance; but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.”

Words of Reflection: Wayne Shull

Sharing of Memories and Poems

Prayer at the placing of the Memorial Brick 

Merciful God, we thank you for your Word and we thank you for the life we have shared with Helen Bonser.  We thank you that you are present here where we grieve and feel our shared sorrow.

With faith in your mercy and wisdom, God of all, we  place this brick in honor of Helen. We are mindful of her love to this community, this church and people everywhere.  We hear her prophetic voice when we see acts of injustice. We hear her words of encouragement when we are moved to help others and to move our nation towards inclusion and compassion.

We know that Helens love remains with us. We pause in this moment to lift up to you prayers of the things we want Helen to know… (Silence)

Thank you God for receiving these prayers and giving them to Helen. Thank you that we can offer to you our thoughts and prayers that we want Helen to know.  We thank you that we may return to you throughout the days and years ahead  and offer up our thoughts and our delights that we want to share with Helen.  Bless us to know that Helens’s love is remembered in this garden and in the faithful lives we lead.

May all who enter this garden feel that they are in the presence of our ancestors of faith who love and encourage us to live this way of Jesus in the present as they did in the past. We offer this prayer with the words of Jesus,

Lord’s Prayer:

Invitation to worship: Let us move to our sanctuary where Helen worshipped, sang hymns, and prayed mightily that justice and peace might be made real in our lives.

Hymn:“Lord Prepare Me to be a Sanctuary”  v. 1, 187 (Sing!)

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Lord, prepare me to be a sanctuary,

pure and holy, tried and true;

with thanksgiving, I’ll be a living

sanctuary for you. (Sung 3 times)

Veradale United Church of Christ

An Open & Affirming Congregation

Worshiping God in Christ – Welcoming All – Working for Justice & Peace

“No matter who you are, or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here!”

Sunday, July 25, 2021 • 10:30 a.m.

10:20 Gathering and Prelude

Wayne Shull, Music Director

Charlie Salt, Acolyte and AV

Naomi Hanvey Facebook Monitor

Scotty Patton, Zoom Monitor

10:30am Worship Begins

God’s Spirit is with us. . . all the time! 

All the time . . . God’s Spirit is with us!

Welcoming the Light of Christ:

Hymn: “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore You” 4 (NCH)

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  1. Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee, God of glory, Lord of love; Hearts unfold like flow’rs before Thee, Op’ning to the sun above. Melt the clouds of sin and sadness; Drive the dark of doubt away; Giver of immortal gladness,Fill us with the light of day!
  2. All you works with joy surround you, Earth and heav’n reflect your rays, Stars and angels sing around you, Center of unbroken praise. Field and forest, vale and mountain, Flow’ry meadow, flashing sea, Singing bird and flowing fountain.Tell us what our praise should be.
  3. You are giving and forgiving, Ever blessing, ever blest, Wellspring of the joy of living, Ocean depth of happy rest! Loving Spirit, Father, Mother, All who love belong to you; Teach us how to love each other, By that love our joy renew.
  4. Mortals, join the happy chorus, Which the morning stars began; Boundless love is reigning o’er us, reconciling race and clan. Ever singing, move we forward, faithful in the midst of strife, Joyful music leads us onward, In the triumph song of life.

Community Prayer

Spoken Prayer

Silent Prayer

Lord’s Prayer

Response: Amen, amen, amen

A Time of Offering

An Invitation to Share

*Dedication Hymn: #277 verse 1

Holy, holy, holy, God the Almighty! Early in the morning we praise your majesty. Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty! God in three persons, blessed Trinity!      

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Dedication prayer:

Beloved God, we thank you for the gift of your presence in our lives. Bless these offerings that they may hasten the day when all creation lives in peace. Amen.

Listening for God

John 6:1-21 New Revised Standard Version

6 After this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, also called the Sea of Tiberias. 2 A large crowd kept following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing for the sick. 3 Jesus went up the mountain and sat down there with his disciples. 4 Now the Passover, the festival of the Jews, was near. 5 When he looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward him, Jesus said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread for these people to eat?” 6 He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he was going to do. 7 Philip answered him, “Six months’ wages would not buy enough bread for each of them to get a little.” 8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him, 9 “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish. But what are they among so many people?” 10 Jesus said, “Make the people sit down.” Now there was a great deal of grass in the place; so they sat down, about five thousand in all. 11 Then Jesus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated; so also the fish, as much as they wanted. 12 When they were satisfied, he told his disciples, “Gather up the fragments left over, so that nothing may be lost.” 13 So they gathered them up, and from the fragments of the five barley loaves, left by those who had eaten, they filled twelve baskets. 14 When the people saw the sign that he had done, they began to say, “This is indeed the prophet who is to come into the world.”

15 When Jesus realized that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, he withdrew again to the mountain by himself.

16 When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea, 17 got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them. 18 The sea became rough because a strong wind was blowing. 19 When they had rowed about three or four miles,] they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat, and they were terrified. 20 But he said to them, “It is I; do not be afraid.” 21 Then they wanted to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat reached the land toward which they were going.

Message: A Child Shall Lead Them 

Rev. Gen Heywood

Announcements

Our Light moves into the World God Loves

Hymn: ”Jesus Calls Us, o’er the Tumult” 172 (NCH)

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1 Jesus calls us o’er the tumult of our life’s wild, restless sea; day by day that voice still calls us, saying “Christian, follow me.”

2 As of old, St. Andrew heard it by the Galilean lake, turned from home and toil and kindred, leaving all for Jesus’ sake.

3 Jesus calls us from the worship of the treasure we adore from each idol that would keep us, saying “Christian, love me more.”

4 In our joys and in our sorrows, days of toil and hours of ease, Jesus calls us, in cares and pleasures, “Christian, love me more than these.”

5 Jesus calls us! By your mercies, Savior, may we hear your call, give our hearts to your obedience, serve and love you best of all.

Benediction and “What does the Lord Require?” 

CCLI license #11038266

  1. What does the Lord require of you? What does the Lord require of you?
  2. Justice, kindness, walk humbly with your God.
  3. To seek justice, and love kindness, and walk humbly with your God.