Veradale United Church of Christ

Spokane Valley, WA

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
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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 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
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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.
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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

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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?” 

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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.

July 25 2021, Helen Bonser Memorial at VUCC 10am

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Dear Veradale Friends and Members,

Welcome back to being in church.  We are having a memorial for Helen Bonser on Sunday the 25th of July at 10:00 a.m. in the Memorial Garden prior to the regular church service.  A memorial brick is going to be placed in her honor.  We are having a BBQ following service with hot dogs, burgers with the fixings and soft drinks.  Please let us know as soon as you can if you plan on attending so that food can be purchased accordingly. Also please bring a lawn chair for yourself and shade as required.  If it is too hot or otherwise inclement we will eat inside.  We look forward to your return to the church and especially for this most important service to honor Helen.  Again, please RSVP to this message to let us know if you are planning to attend the BBQ in particular!!
If you don’t have a key and would like to drop off your donated BBQ food early please do that on Wednesday, 7/21 between 1 – 1:30 p.m. when the Longevity committee is meeting at VUCC.  If you are bringing your food on Sunday, please have it at the church by 9:30 a.m. so we know what we have before the BBQ.
On behalf of the Committee for Longevity,
Cherall Anne, Marvin, Marilyn, Maureen, Don and Jan and Barb

Sunday Worship July 11, and Bulletin

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ear Veradale Friends and Members,  
 
Here is the bulletin for this coming Sunday, July 11, 2021.  There is lots of room for being in person.  We will be meeting in the fellowship hall as it has air conditioning.  Come to worship, cool down your body and warm your spirit!  We will also be on Zoom and Facebook.   There is lots of room for being in person.  We will be meeting in the fellowship hall as it has air conditioning.  Come to worship, cool down your body and warm your spirit!  We will also be on Zoom and Facebook.
 
About this Sunday: 
 
 For those in-person, We will meet in the air conditioned hall! We still follow our Covid Careful process and are making plans for when we will go mask free. 
1. Enter through South Side door this Sunday.
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 (we will have masks for forgetful folk). 
5. Chairs are set at 6’ apart. 
6.  If you want to print your own bulletin or bring your own Bible, that is welcomed.
7. There will be absolutely no eating or drinking in the building.
8. Singing continues to be with masks on and seated. 
 
Remember:  Pastor Gen is on vacation from June 23 through July 20. For any urgent needs call Wayne. Please, remember to pause in prayer on Tuesday Morning sometime between 9:00am to 9:30am. We will not be on Facebook.
 
 
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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 11, 2021 • 10:30 a.m.
10:20 Gathering and Prelude
Charlie Salt, Acolyte and AV
Naomi Hanvey Facebook Monitor
Scotty Patton, Zoom Monitor
Wayne Shull, Worship Leader
10:30am Worship Begins
God is good …All the Time!
All the time…God is good.
Passing the Peace of Christ and Welcoming the Light of Christ
Hymn:How Great Thou Art
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1.O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder, consider all the worlds thy hands have made; I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder,
thy power throughout the universe displayed.
(Refrain)Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to thee. How great thou art,  how great thou art. Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to thee. How great thou art,  how great thou art!
2. When through the woods, and forest glades I wander, and hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees; when I look down, from lofty mountain grandeur and see the brook, and feel the gentle breeze.(Refrain)
3. And when I think, that God’s own Son not sparing; sent him to die, I scarce can take it in; that on the Cross, my burden greatly bearing, he bled and died to bring me home again. (Refrain)
4. When Christ shall come, with shout of acclamation, and take me home, what joy shall fill my heart. Then I shall bow, in humble adoration, and then proclaim: “My God, how great Thou art!” (Refrain)
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”
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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:

Source of All that Is, we 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
Scripture
Amos 7:12-15 The Message
Then Amaziah confronted Amos: “Seer, be on your way! Get out of here and go back to Judah where you came from! Hang out there. Do your preaching there. But no more preaching at Bethel! Don’t show your face here again. This is the king’s chapel. This is a royal shrine.”
But Amos stood up to Amaziah: “I never set up to be a preacher, never had plans to be a preacher. I raised cattle and I pruned trees. Then God took me off the farm and said, ‘Go preach to my people Israel.’
Ephesians 1:3-14 The Message
How blessed is God! And what a blessing he is! He’s the Father of our Master, Jesus Christ, and takes us to the high places of blessing in him. Long before he laid down earth’s foundations, he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love, to be made whole and holy by his love. Long, long ago he decided to adopt us into his family through Jesus Christ. (What pleasure he took in planning this!) He wanted us to enter into the celebration of his lavish gift-giving by the hand of his beloved Son.
Because of the sacrifice of the Messiah, his blood poured out on the altar of the Cross, we’re a free people—free of penalties and punishments chalked up by all our misdeeds. And not just barely free, either. Abundantly free! He thought of everything, provided for everything we could possibly need, letting us in on the plans he took such delight in making. He set it all out before us in Christ, a long-range plan in which everything would be brought together and summed up in him, everything in deepest heaven, everything on planet earth.
 It’s in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for. Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes up, he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living, part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone.
It’s in Christ that you, once you heard the truth and believed it (this Message of your salvation), found yourselves home free—signed, sealed, and delivered by the Holy Spirit. This down payment from God is the first installment on what’s coming, a reminder that we’ll get everything God has planned for us, a praising and glorious life.
Message: Who Knew?
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Hymn:  O My Soul, Bless Your Redeemer;

 

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1 O my soul, bless your Redeemer;
all within me bless God’s Name;
bless the Savior, and forget not
all God’s mercies to proclaim.
4 As it was without beginning,
so it lasts without an end;
to their children’s children ever
shall God’s righteousness extend.
5 Unto such as keep God’s cov’nant
and are steadfast in God’s way;
unto those who still remember
the commandments and obey.
6 Bless your Maker, all you creatures,
ever under God’s control,
all throughout God’s vast dominion;
bless the LORD of all, my soul!
*Benediction and “Where Love and Caring are”
Where love and caring are there is God.
Where Love and caring are There is God.
Postlude

Sunday Worship July 4, 2021 plus Bulletin

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Dear Veradale Friends and Members,
 
Here is the bulletin for this Sunday, July 4, 2021.  There is lots of room for being in person.  We will be meeting in the fellowship hall as it has air conditioning.  Come to worship, cool down your body and warm your spirit!  We will also be on Zoom and Facebook.  
 
About this Sunday: 
 
 For those in-person, We will meet in the air conditioned hall! We still follow our Covid Careful process and are making plans for when we will go mask free. 
1. Enter through South Side door this Sunday.
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 (we will have masks for forgetful folk). 
5. Chairs are set at 6’ apart. 
6.  If you want to print your own bulletin or bring your own Bible, that is welcomed.
7. There will be absolutely no eating or drinking in the building.
8. Singing continues to be with masks on and seated. 
 
Remember:  Pastor Gen is on vacation from June 23 through July 20. For any urgent needs call Wayne. Please, remember to pause in prayer on Tuesday Morning sometime between 9:00am to 9:30am. We will not be on Facebook.
 
 
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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, July 4, 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, Worship Leader
Worship Begins
Love is calling… all the time!
All the time… love is calling!
Passing of Peace and the Welcoming of the Light
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.
Community Prayer
Spoken Prayer
Silent Prayer
Lord’s Prayer

Response: Amen, amen, amen

A Time of Offering

An Invitation to Share

*Dedication 780 (NCH) Public Domain
Praise God from whom all blessing flow. Praise God all creatures here below. Praise God above, you heavenly hosts: Creator, Christ, and Holy Ghost.
Dedication Prayer
Loving God, we thank you for the blessing to be able to give. May all we do and all we are reflect your power, grace, and love as we work to bring justice and compassion to the world. Amen.
Listening for God
Message to Young Hearts: Christmas in July
Scripture: Mark 6:1-13 (Good News Translation)
Jesus Is Rejected at Nazareth 
6 Jesus left that place and went back to his hometown, followed by his disciples. 2 On the Sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue. Many people were there; and when they heard him, they were all amazed. “Where did he get all this?” they asked. “What wisdom is this that has been given him? How does he perform miracles? 3 Isn’t he the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas, and Simon? Aren’t his sisters living here?” And so they rejected him.
4 Jesus said to them, “Prophets are respected everywhere except in their own hometown and by their relatives and their family.”
5 He was not able to perform any miracles there, except that he placed his hands on a few sick people and healed them. 6 He was greatly surprised, because the people did not have faith.
Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Disciples
Then Jesus went to the villages around there, teaching the people. 7 He called the twelve disciples together and sent them out two by two. He gave them authority over the evil spirits 8 and ordered them, “Don’t take anything with you on the trip except a walking stick—no bread, no beggar’s bag, no money in your pockets. 9 Wear sandals, but don’t carry an extra shirt.” 10 He also told them, “Wherever you are welcomed, stay in the same house until you leave that place. 11 If you come to a town where people do not welcome you or will not listen to you, leave it and shake the dust off your feet. That will be a warning to them!”
12 So they went out and preached that people should turn away from their sins. 13 They drove out many demons, and rubbed olive oil on many sick people and healed them.
Message: Feeling Something New (Scotty Patton)
Silence
We Remember Jesus: the sharing of bread and cup
Leader: Friends, we gather at our many tables mindful of the presence of God’s Spirit that is here with us.  We remember that Jesus walked among our ancestors and the Holy Spirit dwells within us today. We remember that Jesus asked for us to remember him when we eat bread and drink of a cup.
We remember that when Jesus and his friends sat together at a Passover meal, Jesus took bread.He blessed the bread as was the custom. He gave God thanks and praise. He broke the bread gave it to his friends telling them to remember him like this bread — broken for all. After the meal had ended, Jesus took the cup and blessed it giving God thanks and praise. He shared the cup saying that they were to do this and remember him. Let us pray.
All: Come, Holy Spirit come. 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: “Some Glad Morning” 595 (NCH)
 Some glad morning when this life is o’er, I’ll fly away
To a home on God’s celestial shore. I’ll fly away
I’ll fly away, O Glory, I’ll fly away
when I die, Hallelujah by and by, I’ll fly away
When the shadows of this life have flown, I’ll fly away
Like a bird from prison bars has flown,I’ll fly away.I’ll fly away, O Glory, I’ll fly away when I die, Hallelujah by and by, I’ll fly away.
Just a few more weary days and then, I’ll fly away To a land where joy shall never end, I’ll fly away. I’ll fly away, O Glory, I’ll fly away when I die, Hallelujah by and by, I’ll fly away.
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.
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Sunday Worship 6/27/21 + Bulletin

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Dear Veradale Friends and Members,
 
Here is the bulletin for this coming Sunday. All the bulletins are ready for the next four weeks and Joyce will send them out to you each week with the Zoom link. (I will not be sending or checking emails much for the next four weeks.) There is lots of room for being in person. We will be meeting in the hall as it has air conditioning and the forecast is for very high temperatures. Come to worship, cool down your body and warm your spirit! We will, also, be on Zoom and Facebook.
 
Debbie Sullivan, Helen’s Daughter, has posted to Facebook that the memorial for Helen has changed both the date and the place. As this may change again, please, contact Marvin for updated information. 
 
We will be remembering Helen with a special service when we place her brick in the Memorial Garden. More information to come.
 
About this Sunday: 
 
 For those in-person, We will meet in the air conditioned hall! We still follow our Covid Careful process and are making plans for when we will go mask free. 
1. Enter through South Side door this Sunday.
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 (we will have masks for forgetful folk). 
5. Chairs are set at 6’ apart. 
6.  If you want to print your own bulletin or bring your own Bible, that is welcomed.
7. There will be absolutely no eating or drinking in the building.
8. Singing continues to be with masks on and seated. 
 
Remember: I am on vacation from June 23 through July 20. For any urgent needs call Wayne. Please, remember to pause in prayer on Tuesday Morning sometime between 9:00am to 9:30am. We will not be on Facebook, and I will still take a moment to be with you in prayer wherever we are.
 
With gratitude,
Pastor Gen
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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, June 28, 2021 • 10:30 a.m.
10:20 Gathering and Prelude
Wayne Shull, Music Director
Charlie Salt, Acolyte and AV
Scotty Patton, Zoom Monitor
Naomi Hanvey and Marvin Wilson, Worship Leaders
10:30am Worship Begins
God is love …  All the time.
All the time… God is love!
Passing of Peace and the Welcoming of the Light
Hymn “The Gift of Love” (not in hymnal)
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Though I may speak with bravest fire,
And have the gift to all inspire,
And have not love, my words are vain,
As sounding brass, and hopeless gain.
Though I may give all I possess,
And striving so my love profess,
But not be given by love within,
The profit soon turns strangely thin.
Come, Spirit, come, our hearts control,
Our spirits long to be made whole.
Let inward love guide every deed;
By this we worship, and are freed.
Community Prayer
Spoken Prayer
Silent Prayer
Lord’s Prayer
Response: Amen, amen, amen
A Time of Offering
An Invitation to Share
*Dedication 780 (NCH) Public Domain
Praise God from whom all blessing flow. Praise God all creatures here below. Praise God above, you heavenly hosts: Creator, Christ, and Holy Ghost.
Dedication Prayer
Loving God, bless our offerings with your generous Spirit. With your blessing, we will fulfill your vision for our lives, our world, and this your church. We pray in the name of Jesus. Amen
Listening for God
Young Hearts from Marvin Wilson
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 NRSV Translation
 If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give away all my possessions, and if I hand over my body so that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Love never ends. But as for prophecies, they will come to an end; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will come to an end. For we know only in part, and we prophesy only in part;  but when the complete comes, the partial will come to an end. When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became an adult, I put an end to childish ways.  For now we see in a mirror, dimly,[b] but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known. And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
 
Message from Naomi Hanvey
Silence
Announcements
Our Light moves into the World God Loves
Hymn: “Bless be the Tie that Binds” 393 (NCH)
1. Blessed be the tie that binds
Our hearts in Christian love;
The sharing of a common llife
Is like that to that above.
2. Before our God we come
and pour our ardent prayers;
Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one
Our comforts and our cares.
3. We share each other’s woes,
each other’s burdens bear;
And often for each other flows
a sympathizing tear.
4. When we are called to part,
It gives us inward pain;
But we shall still be joined in heart,
And hope to meet again.
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.
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Offerings
Please, remember offerings can be given through the church website at https://veradaleucc.org
There is an orange donate button on the right side of the page.
or
send checks to Veradale UCC, 611N Progress Road, Spokane Valley, WA 99037
Thank you!

Celebration of the life of Helen Bonser Friday July 2nd 1pm

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Celebration of life For Helen Bonser Notice from Charles Smaltz
The Celebration of Life for Helen Bonser will be held on Friday, July 2nd at 1PM at the Manito Park Lawn, 1702 S. Grand Blvd. Spokane, WA 99203
Rev. Charles Smaltz officiating. Please message me ( Charles James Smaltz ) if you would like to speak officially during the service. As noted there will be a time for all to share.
All are welcome! We will have a very limited number of seats available, so please bring your own chairs or blankets to sit on if possible. Dress comfortably, just like Helen would! There will be an opportunity for family and friends to speak, share stories about her and
A potluck reception will follow. Please feel free to bring a dish if you like. Beverages will be provided.
PLEASE SHARE THIS in the community and with your friends and family.
This is the finalized version going Public. Please share so this day will be the celebration she deserves.
In Honor of Helen Andrine Lynam-Sullivan-Bonser:
Helen was born on November 03. 1942, in Bend, Oregon to Ruth Hannested and Everett Lynam.
Because of WWII, Helen spent her baby and toddler years living with relatives in Sioux City Iowa. Her daddy was a Navy Seabee in the South Pacific in New Guinea, Solomon Islands and the Philippines which kept him away from his new family during the war.
After the war, her family returned to Brothers Oregon where father worked on the Oregon highways.
On a dare, Everett put his name in a jar to win a homestead, and he won! The family settled on a homestead in Tule Lake California in 1947.
Helen and her little brother Stan loved homestead life. Living in a brand-new community of WWII soldiers and their families was a wonderful experience. All the homesteaders helped one another with planting, harvesting and potlucks. Ruth and Everett were leaders in the community. Everett fought for schools and roads in the new community.
From ages 4 – 18, Helen enjoyed school, friends, helping at home and daydreaming, like most girls do.
Helen won a scholarship when she graduated high school in 1960.
She married Richard P. Sullivan in 1961 and had two daughters, Teresa, and Debra Sullivan.
She earned a masters in Mental Health Counseling through Whitworth College after attending many different schools in other states, and other countries, supporting her first husband’s, Richard Patrick Sullivan’s, military career. She also worked as a Special Education Teacher, a Librarian and in Library Administration at the Spokane Public Library.
She was a tireless inspiration for her own two daughters throughout their happy childhoods with her. She was a wonderful wife and mother. She married Thomas R. Bonser in 1982. She became a loving devoted mother to his two sons from a previous marriage, but was unfortunate to lose them both, far too soon.
She joined a group known as PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays), she and her good friend Katie Urbanek, founded the first Gay Pride March in Spokane Washington. Under threats of gun violence, she stepped out in front of the marchers to protect them in solidarity. Her husband Tom Bonser was security for this and years of marches to follow. When her daughter Terri came out to her, she was concerned for her daughter’s safety, due to how the community treated people who were LGBTQ+. This motivated her to become active in PFLAG and become a tireless supporter of other LGBTQ+ organizations as well.
She used her Mental Health Counseling degree to support an overlooked subset of our city’s population. The LGBTQ community had her for a counselor, and few other counselors specialized in this area. She also coordinated physical health support in every area for her clients and Psychiatrist help when needed, many times for discounted cost. She didn’t want cost to prevent those in need from receiving her help.
She held men who were dying of AIDS when no one would touch them or go near them for fear of contracting the disease. She helped them and their families cope with the pain and loss, when needed. She reached out to the father of the first man who she was sent to. They were not getting along, and the man dying still so loved his father. She wrote the dad a letter telling him how wonderful a person his son turned out to be. They made up before his passing.
Always the activist, she worked tirelessly with many groups besides PFLAG. The Inland Northwest Business Alliance, TOPS, and many others to make positive change happen in this world and this community.
There is no telling how many lives she has saved, touched, and blessed throughout her life. It is more than one can count.
Helen passed away at 11:30 PM on June 10th, 2021, at home, with her daughter by her side, right where she wanted to be.
She is survived by her daughter Debra Sullivan, Daughter-in-law Shelby Hill-Bonser, grandchildren Jeffrey Bonser and Mikelynn Bonser, her brothers Stan Lynam, Joel Lynam, James Lynam, and her sister Stormy Mauri. Nephews Garrison Lynam and Greg Lynam. Nieces Grace Feltner, Kelsie Mauer, Gaylen Rose Thompson and Vickie Dodd, She was preceded in death by her daughter Teresa Sullivan and her sons Michael Bonser and Thomas Bonser, as well as her first husband Richard P. Sullivan and her second husband Thomas R. Bonser.
A celebration of her life will be held on Friday, July 2nd at 1PM at the Manito Park Lawn, 1702 S. Grand Blvd. Spokane, WA 99203
Rev. Charles Smaltz officiating.
All are welcome! We will have a very limited number of seats available, so please bring your own chairs or blankets to sit on if possible. Dress comfortably, just like Helen would! There will be an opportunity for family and friends to speak, share stories about her and
A potluck reception will follow. Please feel free to bring a dish if you like. Beverages will be provided.

Sunday Worship June 20, and Bulletin

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Dear Veradale Friends and Members,
 
Sending summertime blessings as today was the last day of school for many of our area schools!
 
Debbie Sullivan, Helen’s Daughter, invites everyone to join the Celebration of Life for Helen on Friday, July 2, 2021 at 1:00pm in Manito Park. She asks that everyone bring their own chair and she is planning a potluck in the park.Please see note at the end of this email about the plans.
We are worshipping in person (we have lots of room even with the chairs set at 6’ apart) and we will be on Zoom and Facebook.
 
About this Sunday: Do you want to read scripture? 
 
For those in-person, we still follow our Covid Careful process and are making plans for when we will go mask free. For now we continue:
1. Enter through front door (church wings will both be closed).
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 (we will have masks for forgetful folk). No Face shields unless they include a cloth mask which MUST be worn over the nose.
5. Chairs are set at 6’ apart. Please, do not move chairs.
7. The Bibles, Hymnals, pens, pencils, coloring pages are all removed from the sanctuary. If you want to print your own bulletin or bring your own Bible, that is fine.
8. There will be absolutely no eating or drinking in the building.
9. Singing in the sanctuary is with masks on and seated. 
 
Remember: I will be on vacation from June 23 through July 20. For any urgent needs call Wayne. Please, remember to pause in prayer on Tuesday Morning sometime between 9:00am to 9:30am. We will not be on Facebook, and I will still take a moment to be with you in prayer wherever we are.
 
I hope to see you on Sunday!
 
With gratitude,
Pastor Gen
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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, June 20, 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 wills wholeness. . . all the time!  All the time . . . God wills wholeness!
What is courage?
Find something or someone(s) you love very much. 

What does that love feel like?

Passing the Peace of Christ and Welcoming the Light of Christ

Hymn: God Made from One Blood
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God Made from One Blood all the families of earth,
the circles of nurture that raise us from birth;
Companions who join us to work through each stage
of childhood and youth and adulthood and age.
 
We turn to you, God, with our thanks and our tears
for all of the families we’ve known through the years;
The intimate networks on whom we depend
of parents and partners and children and friends.
 
Through families we’ve tasted the value of trust
and felt what it means to be loving and just;
Yet families have also betrayed their best goals,
mistreating their members and bruising their souls.
 
Help families in all of their various forms
to face with integrity struggles and storms;
Grant peace to our homes that will nurture the bud
of peace for the families you made from one blood.
 
Community Prayer
Pastoral Prayer
Silent Prayer
Lord’s Prayer
Response: Amen, amen, amen

A Time of Offering

An Invitation to Share

*Dedication 780 (NCH) Public Domain
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 these offerings of our time, talent, and treasure. May these be multiplied by your Spirit so that we may be a witness to this way of Jesus. Amen 
 
Listening for God
Young Hearts: Find something or someone you love most. What does that love feel like?
 
Mark 5:21-43
New Revised Standard Version

When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered around him; and he was by the sea. Then one of the leaders of the synagogue named Jairus came and, when he saw him, fell at his feet and begged him repeatedly, “My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be made well, and live.” So he went with him.
And a large crowd followed him and pressed in on him. Now there was a woman who had been suffering from hemorrhages for twelve years.  She had endured much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had; and she was no better, but rather grew worse.  She had heard about Jesus, and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, for she said, “If I but touch his clothes, I will be made well.”  Immediately her hemorrhage stopped; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. Immediately aware that power had gone forth from him, Jesus turned about in the crowd and said, “Who touched my clothes?” And his disciples said to him, “You see the crowd pressing in on you; how can you say, ‘Who touched me?’” He looked all around to see who had done it. But the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came in fear and trembling, fell down before him, and told him the whole truth.  He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease.”
While he was still speaking, some people came from the leader’s house to say, “Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the teacher any further?” But overhearing[b] what they said, Jesus said to the leader of the synagogue, “Do not fear, only believe.”  He allowed no one to follow him except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James.  When they came to the house of the leader of the synagogue, he saw a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly. When he had entered, he said to them, “Why do you make a commotion and weep? The child is not dead but sleeping.”  And they laughed at him. Then he put them all outside, and took the child’s father and mother and those who were with him, and went in where the child was.  He took her by the hand and said to her, “Talitha cum,” which means, “Little girl, get up!”  And immediately the girl got up and began to walk about (she was twelve years of age). At this they were overcome with amazement. He strictly ordered them that no one should know this, and told them to give her something to eat.

Message:What Kind of Risk Is This?

Announcements
 
Our Light moves into the World God Loves
Hymn: Bless Be The Tie that Binds 393 (NCH)
1. Blessed be the tie that binds 
Our hearts in Christian love; 
The sharing of a common life 
Is like that to that above.
 
2. Before our God we come 
and pour our ardent prayers; 
Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one 
Our comforts and our cares.
 
3. We share each other’s woes, 
each other’s burdens bear; 
And often for each other flows 
a sympathizing tear.
 
4. When we are called to part, 
It gives us inward pain; 
But we shall still be joined in heart, 
And hope to meet again. 

*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
Offerings
Please, remember offerings can be given through the church website at https://veradaleucc.org
There is an orange donate button on the right side of the page.
or
send checks to Veradale UCC, 611N Progress Road, Spokane Valley, WA 99037
Thank you!

Sunday Worship and Bulletin

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We are worshipping in person (we have lots of room even with the chairs set at 6’ apart) and we will be on Zoom and Facebook.

As we transition into this phase of the Covid experience, I’m wondering: what are you longing for most? One of things I hear often is the longing for community. It is a blessing to be part of this community.

If you are curious about church membership, let me know.

Do you want to read scripture for this Sunday?

Please, keep in prayer.

Jerry who is struggling through his second round of covid.

Walter Wilson who is struggling with serious digestive problems.

Helen who is under the care of hospice.

Marilyn as she continues to heal.

Our church to be found by those seeking a community and spiritual practice like ours.

Our nation’s need to protect democracy.

Our world as many nations need vaccines and help with the climate crisis.

For those in-person, we still follow our Covid Careful process and are making plans for when we will go mask free. For now we continue:

  1. Enter through front door (church wings will both be closed).
  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 (we will have masks for forgetful folk). No Face shields unlessthey include a cloth mask which MUST be worn over the nose.
  5. Chairs are set at 6’ apart. Please, do not move chairs.
  6. The Bibles, Hymnals, pens, pencils, coloring pages are all removed from the sanctuary. If you want to print your own bulletin or bring your own Bible, that is fine.
  7. There will be absolutely no eating or drinking in the building.
  8. Singing in the sanctuary is with masks on and seated.

Remember: Faith Leaders and Leaders of Conscience which is an outreach ministry of our church is offering a short story contest called “Brilliant Blunders that Left a Mark.” See the information at the end — Hope you can start writing now!

The next exhibit of the art work from the “Celebrate Curiosity” Art Contest will be this Saturday from 11am to 3pm at Center Place for the AAPI Day event.

I hope to see you on Sunday!

With gratitude,

Pastor Gen

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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, June 13, 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

Hymn: “Breathe on Me, Breath of God” 292 (NCH) verses 1, 2, and 3

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1 Breathe on me, Breath of God, fill me with life anew, that I may love the way you love, and do what you would do.

2 Breathe on me, Breath of God, until my heart is pure, until my will is one with yours, to do and to endure.

3 Breathe on me, Breath of God, stir in me one desire: That every earthly part of me may glow with holy fire.

Community Prayer

Pastoral Prayer

Silent Prayer

Lord’s Prayer

Response: Amen, amen, amen

A Time of Offering

An Invitation to Share

*Dedication 780 (NCH) Public Domain

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

Holy One, we thank you for the blessing to be able to give. May all that we have, all that we are, and all that we do bring forth your vision of a just and compassionate world. Amen 

Listening for God
Mark 4:26-34 New Revised Standard Version

 He also said, “The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground,  and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he does not know how. The earth produces of itself, first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head. But when the grain is ripe, at once he goes in with his sickle, because the harvest has come.”

He also said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable will we use for it? It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth; yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes the greatest of all shrubs, and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade.”

With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it;  he did not speak to them except in parables, but he explained everything in private to his disciples.

Message: The Kin-dom of God is as if…

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Our Light moves into the World God Loves

Hymn:  Hymn “Come, Let Us Join with Faithful Souls” 383 (NCH)

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1 Come, let us join with faithful souls

Our song of faith to raise;

One family in heart are we,

And One the God we praise.

2 Faithful are all who love the truth

And perfect truth proclaim,

Who steadfast stand at God’s right hand

And glorify God’s name.

3 And faithful are the gentle hearts

To whom the pow’r is giv’n

Of ev’ry hearth to make a home,

Of ev’ry home a heav’n.

4 O God of hosts, our faith renew,

And grant us, in your grace,

To join the songs sung by the saints

In every time and place.

*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

Offerings

Please, remember offerings can be given through the church website at https://veradaleucc.org

There is an orange donate button on the right side of the page.

or

send checks to Veradale UCC, 611N Progress Road, Spokane Valley, WA 99037

Thank you!

Silent Prayer 

We are Facebook on Tuesday mornings from 9am to 9:30am. Drop in to the Facebook prayer time or pause for a moment wherever you are and offer up prayers of gratitude and concern. 

Sunday Worship 6/6/21 + Bulletin

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Dear Veradale Friends and Members,

We are continuing to welcome our community in person(we have lots of room even with the chairs set at 6’ apart) and we will be on Zoom and Facebook.

As we transition into this phase of the Covid experience, what are you longing for most?

Are you interested in church membership? Let me know.

Do you want to read scripture for this Sunday? Let me know.

Please, keep in prayer.

Helen who is home and comfortable.

Wayne and Charlie as they travel for the celebration of Marj Shull’s life.

Our church to be found by those seeking a community and spiritual practice like ours.

Our nation’s violence that includes the violence with words, laws, loop holes, denial of healthcare, hate, and guns.

Gratitude for Michael Pfieger’s sharing her piano talent while Wayne is away, for John Caroll’s work on the sprinklers, for Don and Jan’s work at leveling out and setting the bricks in the memorial garden.

For those in-person, we still follow our Covid Careful process and are making plans for when we will go mask free. For now we continue:

  1. Enter through front door (church wings will both be closed).
  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 (we will have masks for forgetful folk). No Face shields unlessthey include a cloth mask which MUST be worn over the nose.
  5. Chairs are set at 6’ apart. Please, do not move chairs.
  6. The Bibles, Hymnals, pens, pencils, coloring pages are all removed from the sanctuary. If you want to print your own bulletin or bring your own Bible, that is fine.
  7. There will be absolutely no eating or drinking in the building.
  8. Singing in the sanctuary is with masks on and seated.

Remember: Faith Leaders and Leaders of Conscience which is an outreach ministry of our church is offering a short story contest called “Brilliant Blunders that Left a Mark.” See the information at the end — Hope you can start writing now!

The first exhibit of the original art work from the “Celebrate Curiosity” Art Contest will be this Saturday from 9am to 10am at Faith and Values Center at  5115 S Freya, Spokane (street number was wrong in last email).

I hope to see you on Sunday!

With gratitude,

Pastor Gen

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!”

June 6, 2021 • 10:30 a.m.

10:20am Gathering

Michael Pfieger, Musician

Scotty Patton, Zoom Monitor

Prelude: Come Thou Fount, Michael Pfieger

10:30am    Worship begins 

God wills compassion. . . all the time! 

All the time . . . God wills compassion!

Passing the Peace of Christ and Welcoming the Light of Christ: 

Hymn Be Now My Vision

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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.

Community Prayer

Pastoral 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:

Holy One, pour out your Spirit and make our offerings pleasing in your sight. May we be your presence in the world today. Amen.

Listening for God

Mark 3:20-35 NRSV

(Then Jesus went home;) and the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat.  When his family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, “He has gone out of his mind.”  And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, “He has Beelzebul, and by the ruler of the demons he casts out demons.”  And he called them to him, and spoke to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan?  If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.  And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but his end has come.  But no one can enter a strong man’s house and plunder his property without first tying up the strong man; then indeed the house can be plundered.

 “Truly I tell you, people will be forgiven for their sins and whatever blasphemies they utter;  but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit can never have forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin”—  for they had said, “He has an unclean spirit.”

 Then his mother and his brothers came; and standing outside, they sent to him and called him.  A crowd was sitting around him; and they said to him, “Your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside, asking for you.”  And he replied, “Who are my mother and my brothers?” 34 And looking at those who sat around him, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! 35 Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.

Message:Doing the Will of God

Silent Reflection

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 do for him 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: Loving God, you are everywhere.  We seek your presence and celebrate your love.  Come, Holy Spirit come.  Bless this bread and this cup and all who have gathered in your Spirit.  Refresh us and renew us as Christ’s body in the world today.  In the name of Jesus, we pray.  Amen.

Silence

Prayer of Thanksgiving

All: We thank you, God, for your presence at all our tables where we remember and experience the presence of Christ.  Help us to live more fully the way of Christ. Strengthen our faith, increase our love for one another, and let us show forth your praise in our lives, through Jesus Christ our Savior.  Amen.

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Hymn: “ Amazing Grace”

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Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost, but now am found, was blind but now I see

T’was grace that taught my heart to fear and grace, my fears relieved. How precious did that grace appear the hour I first believed

Through many dangers, toils and snares I have already come ‘tis grace that brought me safe thus far and grace will lead me home

My God has promised good to me, whose word my hope secures; God will my shield and portion be as long as life endures.

When we’ve been there ten thousand years, bright shining as the sun, we’ve no less days to sing God’s praise than when we’d first begun.

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: It is Well with My Soul

Offerings

Please, remember offerings can be given through the church website at https://veradaleucc.org

There is an orange donate button on the right side of the page.

or

send checks to Veradale UCC, 611N Progress Road, Spokane Valley, WA 99037

Thank you!

Silent Prayer 

We are Facebook on Tuesday mornings from 9am to 9:30am. Drop in to the Facebook prayer time or pause for a moment wherever you are and offer up prayers of gratitude and concern.