Veradale United Church of Christ

Spokane Valley, WA

Sunday Worship 8/23/20 and Bulletin

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Hi Everyone! 

Keeping a CHANGE. For those using Go To Meeting. we have changed to Zoom, See link below! The sound quality is better on Zoom. Check it out!
 
89.3 FM is our radio frequency when you are in the parking lot. If you want to get out of the house, keep healthy distancing, and listen to church — try our parking lot on Sunday morning!
 
We continue our fun for those with young hearts! Each week during August we will have a theme and everyone is invited to bring something that represents that theme. 
If you are on Facebook, you can put the story related to the theme as a post on the Veradale UCC page or on your own Facebook page and then link it to the live stream.  On ZOOM you can put the story in the Chat and show whatever you have brought to the others on the app. If you send me the something for this Sunday’s theme by Saturday, I may be able to select 1-3 of them to be share live. 
Themes:  
Sunday, August 23, Pieces that make a whole. Show a puzzle that you have put together and what it means to you. This could be a jigsaw puzzle, a crossword puzzle, a wooden 3-D puzzle — any kind of puzzle.
Sunday, August 30,The places we go. Show a path that you have walked that has meaning to you. It could be the labyrinth here at church, a trail in a park, or the sidewalk outside your home. What gives this path meaning?
 
The bulletin for Sunday worship  is also below. Remember worship is seen and heard both on Facebook and ZOOM (link below). Please, keep flexible about worshiping in person. If Washington State goes back to Phase 1, we will only have the worship team in the building. We are in this for the long haul. 
 
This Sunday, we plan to both worship in person as well as on-line.  For those who come in person, expect:
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).
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
8. There will be absolutely no eating or drinking in the building.
 
Please, let me know if you are coming in person this Sunday so that I can be certain we have enough chairs set out. Thank you.
 
Volunteers are still needed to sanitize the bathroom every Sunday. We have volunteers for two Sundays of the month and need two more. 
 
There is concern about a tsunami of suicides predicted for October through December due to the foreclosures on homes, evictions from apartments, the costs of health care, the loss of jobs, and so much more. We will get through this together! Please, if you or someone you know is talking about harming themselves or feeling hopeless to the point of not wanting to live, call the
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 
1-800-273-8255
 

Available 24 hours a day in  English and  Spanish. 
Yes, even harder times are ahead. We have come through hard times before and we will do it again! 
 
With blessings,
Pastor Gen
 

Sunday Worship on ZOOM

Every Sunday 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM (PDT) 

Sunday Worship-Veradale UCC

Join Zoom Meeting

https://zoom.us/j/98581223201

Meeting ID: 985 8122 3201

Sunday Bulletin:

     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 23, 2020 • 10:30 a.m.

Prelude

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: 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?

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 above, you heavenly hosts: Creator, Christ, and Holy Ghost.

Dedication Prayer

Holy One, we give you thanks and praise that we have this day. Pour out your blessings on our offerings. May they be multiplied to do your work of compassion and justice for all creation. Amen 

Listening for God

Message with Young Hearts: 

Pieces that make a whole. Show a puzzle that you have put together and what it means to you. This could be a jigsaw puzzle, a crossword puzzle, a wooden 3-D puzzle — any kind of puzzle.

Scripture

Exodus 1:8-2:10

Now a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. He said to his people, “Look, the Israelite people are more numerous and more powerful than we.  Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase and, in the event of war, join our enemies and fight against us and escape from the land.” Therefore they set taskmasters over them to oppress them with forced labor. They built supply cities, Pithom and Rameses, for Pharaoh.  But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread, so that the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites. The Egyptians became ruthless in imposing tasks on the Israelites, and made their lives bitter with hard service in mortar and brick and in every kind of field labor. They were ruthless in all the tasks that they imposed on them. The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah, “When you act as midwives to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birthstool, if it is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, she shall live.” 17 But the midwives feared God; they did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but they let the boys live.  So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this, and allowed the boys to live?” The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife comes to them.”  So God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied and became very strong. And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families. Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, “Every boy that is born to the Hebrews[a] you shall throw into the Nile, but you shall let every girl live.”

Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a Levite woman.  The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw that he was a fine baby, she hid him three months. When she could hide him no longer she got a papyrus basket for him, and plastered it with bitumen and pitch; she put the child in it and placed it among the reeds on the bank of the river. His sister stood at a distance, to see what would happen to him. The daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river, while her attendants walked beside the river. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her maid to bring it. When she opened it, she saw the child. He was crying, and she took pity on him. “This must be one of the Hebrews’ children,” she said. Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and get you a nurse from the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?” Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Yes.” So the girl went and called the child’s mother. Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child and nurse it for me, and I will give you your wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed it. When the child grew up, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and she took him as her son. She named him Moses,“because,” she said, “I drew him out of the water.”

Matthew 16:13-20, New Revised Standard Version

 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, but others Elijah, and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”  Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”  And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father in heaven.  And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.  I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”  Then he sternly ordered the disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah. be done for you as you wish.’ And her daughter was healed instantly.

Message: “Who do You say I Am”

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

 Announcements

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!

Chronicles of Corona

Tuesday at 9:30am to 10am on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VeradaleUCC/

Silent Prayer 

on Facebook every Tuesday morning from 9am to 9:25am https://www.facebook.com/VeradaleUCC/

Sunday Worship Aug 16, 2020 and Bulletin

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Hi Everyone! 
 
Thanks, again, to all who checked in last week. Please, let me know how you are doing especially if you haven’t checked in before.
 
THERE IS A CHANGE. For those using Go To Meeting. we are changing to Zoom, See link below! The hope is that the sound quality will be better. Check it out!
 
89.3 FM is our radio frequency so you can also hear church from your radios in the entire church parking lot, the school parking lot, the street parking in front of the church and the school yard across the street. (It will not reach any further). If you want to get out of the house, keep healthy distancing, and listen to church — try our parking lot on Sunday morning!
 
We continue our fun for those with young hearts! Each week during August we will have a theme and everyone is invited to bring something that represents that theme. 
If you are on Facebook, you can put the story related to the theme as a post on the Veradale UCC page or on your own Facebook page and then link it to the live stream.  On ZOOM you can put the story in the Chat and show whatever you have brought to the others on the app. If you send me the something for this Sunday’s theme by Saturday, I may be able to select 1-3 of them to be share live. 
Themes: 
This Sunday, August 16, Being Kind. Draw a picture, take a picture, write a poem, or tell a story about a time someone surprised you with kindness. 
Sunday, August 23, Pieces that make a whole. Show a puzzle that you have put together and what it means to you. This could be a jigsaw puzzle, a crossword puzzle, a wooden 3-D puzzle — any kind of puzzle.
Sunday, August 30,The places we go. Show a path that you have walked that has meaning to you. It could be the labyrinth here at church, a trail in a park, or the sidewalk outside your home. What gives this path meaning?
 
The bulletin for Sunday worship  is also below. Remember worship is seen and heard both on Facebook and ZOOM (link below). Please, keep flexible about worshiping in person. If Washington State goes back to Phase 1, we will only have the worship team in the building. We are in this for the long haul. 
 
This Sunday, we plan to both worship in person as well as on-line.  For those who come in person, expect:
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).
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
8. There will be absolutely no eating or drinking in the building.
 
Please, let me know if you are coming in person this Sunday so that I can be certain we have enough chairs set out. Thank you.
 
Volunteers are still needed to sanitize the bathroom every Sunday. We have volunteers for two Sundays of the month and need two more. 
 
Also, I have recently learned about the projected tsunami of suicides predicted for October through December due to the foreclosures on homes, evictions from apartments, the costs of health care, the loss of jobs, and so much more. We will get through this together! Please, if you or someone you know is talking about harming themselves or feeling hopeless to the point of not wanting to live, call the
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 
1-800-273-8255
 

Available 24 hours a day in  English and  Spanish. 
Yes, even harder times are ahead. We have come through hard times before and we will do it again! 
 
With blessings,
Pastor Gen

 

Sunday Worship on ZOOM

Every Sunday 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM (PDT) 

Sunday Worship-Veradale UCC

Join Zoom Meeting

https://zoom.us/j/98581223201

Meeting ID: 985 8122 3201

Sunday Bulletin:

     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 16, 2020 • 10:30 a.m.

CCLI license #11038266

Prelude

10:30am    Worship begins

God shows us the way. . all the time!  All the time . . . God shows us the way!

Passing the Peace of Christ and Welcoming the Light of Christ

Hymn: “O Christ, the Healer, We have Come”

melody is Tallis’ Canon tune 100(NCH)  CCLI #11038266

1 O Christ, the healer, we have come to pray for health, to plead for friends. How can we fail to be restored, when reached by love that never ends?

2 From every ailment flesh endures our bodies clamor to be freed; yet in our hearts we would confess that wholeness is our deepest need.

3 In conflicts that destroy our health, we diagnose the world’s disease; our common life declares our ills: is there no cure, O Christ, for these?

4 Grant that we all, made one in faith, in your community may find the wholeness that, enriching us, shall reach and proper humankind.

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 above, you heavenly hosts: Creator, Christ, and Holy Ghost.

Dedication Prayer

We offer our gifts of time, talent, and treasure, to your work, dear God, through this little congregation. Bless us know know we are in your presence even when we are apart. Guide us. Deepen our love for you and for one another. We ask praying with great faith. Amen 

Listening for God

Message with Young Hearts: Being Kind. 

Draw a picture, take a picture, write a poem, or tell a story about a time someone surprised you with kindness. 

Scripture

Isaiah 56:1, 6-8 NRSV

Thus says the Lord:

    Maintain justice, and do what is right,

for soon my salvation will come,

    and my deliverance be revealed.

 And the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord,

    to minister to him, to love the name of the Lord,

    and to be his servants,

all who keep the sabbath, and do not profane it,

    and hold fast my covenant—

these I will bring to my holy mountain,

    and make them joyful in my house of prayer;

their burnt offerings and their sacrifices

    will be accepted on my altar;

for my house shall be called a house of prayer

    for all peoples.

Thus says the Lord God,

    who gathers the outcasts of Israel,

I will gather others to them

    besides those already gathered.[

Matthew 15:21-28 NRSV

 Jesus left that place and went away to the district of Tyre and Sidon. Just then a Canaanite woman from that region came out and started shouting, ‘Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is tormented by a demon.’ But he did not answer her at all. And his disciples came and urged him, saying, ‘Send her away, for she keeps shouting after us.’ He answered, ‘I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.’ But she came and knelt before him, saying, ‘Lord, help me.’ He answered, ‘It is not fair to take the children’s food and throw it to the dogs.’ She said, ‘Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.’ Then Jesus answered her, ‘Woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you wish.’ And her daughter was healed instantly.

Message: “Wow” said Jesus.

Silence

Announcements

Our Light moves into the World God Loves

Hymn:  “I am the Light of the World” 584 (NCH) vs 2-4

CCLI #11038266

(Refrain)

I am the Light of the World. You people come and follow me. If you follow and love, you’ll learn the mystery of what you were meant to do and be.

  1. To find the lost and lonely one, to heal that broken soul with love, to feed the hungry children with warmth and good food, to feel the earth below the sky above! (Refrain)
  1. To free the prisoner from all chains, to make the powerful care, to rebuild the nations with strength and goodwill, to see all God’s children everywhere.(Refrain)
  1. To bring hope to every task you do, to dance at a baby’s new birth, to make music in an old person’s heart, and sing to the colors of the earth! (Refrain)

*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

 Announcements

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!

Chronicles of Corona

Tuesday at 9:30am to 10am on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VeradaleUCC/

Silent Prayer 

on Facebook every Tuesday morning from 9am to 9:25am https://www.facebook.com/VeradaleUCC/

Sunday Worship Aug 9 + Bulletin

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Hi Everyone! 

I’m so grateful to all who check in each week. It is good to know how you are doing!

Thank you for sending your love out through prayer. Continue to pray keep Maureen in your prayers as she recovers from surgery; Gae Ann as she recovers from pneumonia (and gratitude that it is not Covid!); Marvin’s Dad recovering at a rehab facility; Helen as she continues to recover from a stroke; and all who are struggling through this pandemic.

Some fun for those with young hearts! Each week during August we will have a theme and everyone is invited to bring something that represents that theme. 

If you are on Facebook, you can put the story related to the theme in the comments and have a picture on your personal Facebook page. On Go to Meeting you can put the story in the Chat and show whatever you have brought to the others on the app. If you send me the something for this Sunday’s theme by Saturday, I may be able to select 1-3 of them to be share live. 

Themes: 

This Sunday, August 9, A Boat Story. This could be a story about a toy boat, picture of a boat, book about a boat, your experience on a boat.

Sunday, August 16, Being Kind. Draw a picture, take a picture, write a poem, or tell a story about a time someone surprised you with kindness. 

Sunday, August 23, Pieces that make a whole. Show a puzzle that you have put together and what it means to you. This could be a jigsaw puzzle, a crossword puzzle, a wooden 3-D puzzle — any kind of puzzle.

Sunday, August 30,The places we go. Show a path that you have walked that has meaning to you. It could be the labyrinth here at church, a trail in a park, or the sidewalk outside your home. What gives this path meaning?

The bulletin for Sunday worship  is also below. Remember worship is seen and heard both on Facebook and Go To Meeting (link below). Please, keep flexible about worshiping in person. If Washington State goes back to Phase 1, we will only have the worship team in the building. We are in this for the long haul. 

This Sunday, August 9, we plan to both worship in person as well as on-line.  For those who come in person, expect:

  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).
  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
  7. There will be absolutely no eating or drinking in the building.

Please, let me know if you are coming in person this Sunday so that I can be certain we have enough chairs set out. Thank you.

Volunteers are still needed to sanitize the bathroom every Sunday. We have volunteers for two Sundays of the month and need two more. 

Also, I have recently learned about the projected tsunami of suicides predicted for October through December due to the foreclosures on homes, evictions from apartments, the costs of health care, the loss of jobs, and so much more. We will get through this together! Please, if you or someone you know is talking about harming themselves or feeling hopeless to the point of not wanting to live, call the

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 

1-800-273-8255

 

Available 24 hours a day in  English and  Spanish. 

Yes, even harder times are ahead. We have come through hard times before and we will do it again! 

With blessings,

Pastor Gen

 

Sunday Worship 

Every Sunday 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM (PDT) 

On Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/VeradaleUCC/

Or

Please join our worship from your computer, tablet or smartphone. 

https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/361630909 

You can also dial in using your phone. 

United States: +1 (872) 240-3212 

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New to GoToMeeting? Get the app now and be ready when your first meeting starts: 

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Sunday Bulletin:

    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 9, 2020 • 10:30 a.m.

Prelude

10:30am    Worship begins

God with us. . all the time!  All the time . . . God is with us!

Passing the Peace of Christ and Welcoming the Light of Christ

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

Public Domain

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.

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 above, you heavenly hosts: Creator, Christ, and Holy Ghost.

Dedication Prayer

 We thank you, Patient God, for being with us through all the joys and struggles of this life. Bless this offering for your little Veradale church.  May we witness to a day when all people and all creation are respected as your own. Amen 

Listening for God

Message with Young Hearts: Bring your Boat Story. 

This could be a story about a toy boat, picture of a boat, book about a boat, your experience on a boat. 

Scripture 

Matthew 14:22-33 Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, but by this time the boat, battered by the waves, was far from the land, for the wind was against them. And early in the morning he came walking towards them on the lake. But when the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified, saying, ‘It is a ghost!’ And they cried out in fear. But immediately Jesus spoke to them and said, ‘Take heart, it is I; do not be afraid.’

 Peter answered him, ‘Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.’ He said, ‘Come.’ So Peter got out of the boat, started walking on the water, and came towards Jesus. But when he noticed the strong wind, he became frightened, and beginning to sink, he cried out, ‘Lord, save me!’ Jesus immediately reached out his hand and caught him, saying to him, ‘You of little faith, why did you doubt?’ When they got into the boat, the wind ceased. And those in the boat worshipped him, saying, ‘Truly you are the Son of God.’

Message: Out of the Boat

Silence

Announcements

Our Light moves into the World God Loves

Hymn:  “It’s the Old Ship of Zion” 310 (NCH) two verses

Public Domain

Refrain: It’s the old ship of Zion, It’s the old ship of Zion. It’s the old ship of Zion, get on board, get on board.

  1. It has landed many a thousand. It has landed many a thousand. It has landed many a thousand, get on board, get on board. (Refrain)
  2. There’s no danger in the water. There’s no danger in the water. There’s no danger in the water, get on board, get on board. (Refrain)

*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

 

Announcements

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!

Chronicles of Corona

Tuesday at 9:30am to 10am on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VeradaleUCC/

Silent Prayer 

on Facebook every Tuesday morning from 9am to 9:25am https://www.facebook.com/VeradaleUCC/

Renewing The Memorial Garden

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Dear members and friends of Veradale UCC,


The Life Deacons are delighted to let you know that memorial funds will be used to purchase and engrave paver bricks for members of our congregation who have passed away.
 
You can remember family members or friends with a memorial brick. The cost per engraved brick with first and last name will be $25.00.
 
Please, make checks payable to VUCC Memorial Funds. 
 
Contact Don Young with any questions
(509)979-0228

Sunday Worship and Bulletin Aug 2, 2020

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Hi Everyone! 

Thanks to all those who checked in last week. I helps me to know how you are doing and that you get these emails. Please, let me know what is happening in your part of the Land of Corona. Also, please, keep Maureen in your prayers as she recovers from surgery; Gae Ann as she recovers from pneumonia; Marvin’s Dad recovering from being in the hospital; Helen as she continues to recover from a stroke; and all who are struggling through this pandemic.

Remember, it is Communion Sunday this week. For those of you attending from home, please consider having something to eat and drink that you can bless and remember. For those in the church building, we will have a little communion to-go package for you.

Two improvements for this week:

  1. Sound: we have worked on getting the sound on Go To Meeting to be as good as on Facebook. We hope this week will prove our work successful!
  2. Message to Young Hearts returns with fun August plans — Show and Tell!

Each week we will have a theme and everyone is invited to bring something that represents that theme. You will place a picture and a story in the Chat or Comments of Facebook and/or Go To Meeting. If you send me the something for this Sunday’s theme by Saturday, I may be able to select 1-3 of them to be share live. 

Themes: 

This Sunday: Something Shared with you and why it is important (example: I carry a rock from the Dead Sea in my coin purse. It was shared with me when our guide said that we could take a rock with us. It reminds me of my journey there and all the people through the ages that have been there.).

Sunday, August 9, A Boat Story. This could be a story about a toy boat, picture of a boat, book about a boat, your experience on a boat.

Sunday, August 16, Being Kind. Draw a picture, take a picture, write a poem, or tell a story about a time someone surprised you with kindness. 

Sunday, August 23, Pieces that make a whole. Show a puzzle that you have put together and what it means to you. This could be a jigsaw puzzle, a crossword puzzle, a wooden 3-D puzzle — any kind of puzzle.

Sunday, August 30,The places we go. Show a path that you have walked that has meaning to you. It could be the labyrinth here at church, a trail in a park, or the sidewalk outside your home. What gives this path meaning?

The bulletin for Sunday worship  is also below. Remember worship is seen and heard both on Facebook and Go To Meeting (link below). Please, keep flexible about worshiping in person. If Washington State goes back to Phase 1, we will only have the worship team in the building. We are in this for the long haul. 

This Sunday, August 2, we plan to both worship in person as well as on-line.  For those who come in person, expect:

  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).
  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
  7. There will be absolutely no eating or drinking in the building.

Please, let me know if you are coming in person this Sunday so that I can be certain we have enough chairs set out. Thank you.

Volunteers are still needed to sanitize the bathroom every Sunday. We have volunteers for two Sundays of the month and need two more. 

Also, I have recently learned about the projected tsunami of suicides predicted for October through December due to the foreclosures on homes, evictions from apartments, the costs of health care, the loss of jobs, and so much more. We will get through this together! Please, if you or someone you know is talking about harming themselves or feeling hopeless to the point of not wanting to live, call the

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 

1-800-273-8255

 

Available 24 hours a day in  English and  Spanish. 

Yes, even harder times are ahead. We have come through hard times before and we will do it again! 

With blessings,

Pastor Gen

Sunday Worship 

Every Sunday 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM (PDT) 

On Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/VeradaleUCC/

Or

Please join our worship from your computer, tablet or smartphone. 

https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/361630909 

You can also dial in using your phone. 

United States: +1 (872) 240-3212 

Access Code: 361-630-909 

New to GoToMeeting? Get the app now and be ready when your first meeting starts: 

https://global.gotomeeting.com/install/361630909 

Sunday Bulletin:

   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 2, 2020 • 10:30 a.m.

Prelude

10:30am    Worship begins:

God is giving . . all the time!  All the time . . . God is giving!

Passing the Peace of Christ and Welcoming the Light of Christ

Hymn:” Break Now the Bread of Life” 321 (NCH)

Public domain

1.Break now the bread of life, Savior to me, as you once broke the bread beside the sea; Beyond the sacred page I seek you, Lord; my spirit yearns for you, O Living Word.

  1. Bless now the truth, dear Christ, to me, to me, as you once blessed the bread by Galilee; Then shall all bondage cease, all shackles fall, and I shall find my peace, my all in 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) 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

 We offer these tokens of our time, talent, and treasure to your service God. Bless and multiply them that we may bring your compassion and justice to all your creation. Amen 

Listening for God

Message to Young Hearts

Scripture

Romans 9:1-5

I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience confirms it by the Holy Spirit—  I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my own people, my kindred according to the flesh. They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises; to them belong the patriarchs, and from them, according to the flesh, comes the Messiah, who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen.

Matthew 14:13-21

 Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a deserted place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns. When he went ashore, he saw a great crowd; and he had compassion for them and cured their sick. When it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a deserted place, and the hour is now late; send the crowds away so that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves.” Jesus said to them, “They need not go away; you give them something to eat.” They replied, “We have nothing here but five loaves and two fish.” And he said, “Bring them here to me.” Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.  And all ate and were filled; and they took up what was left over of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full. And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

Message: Something to Share

Sharing Holy Communion

Those at home have your drink and bread. 

Those in church, expect a to-go bag.

Pastor: We gather at this time mindful of the many who have gathered before us and those yet to come. We are grateful that we have this day together. 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.

When Jesus and his friends sat together at a Passover meal, Jesus took bread… 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 here. We offer ourselves 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 known to us in the sharing of this meal and in the sharing of this community. We remember that 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:  “Let Justice Flow Like Streams” 588 (NCH)

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  1. Let justice flow like streams of sparkling water, pure; enabling growth, refreshing life, abundant, cleansing sure.
  1. Let righteousness roll on as others’ cares we heed, an ever flowing stream of faith

translated into deed.

  1. So may God’s plumb line, straight, define our measure true, and justice, right and peace pervade this world our whole life through.

*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

 Announcements

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!

Chronicles of Corona

Tuesday at 9:30am to 10am on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VeradaleUCC/

Silent Prayer 

on Facebook every Tuesday morning from 9am to 9:25am https://www.facebook.com/VeradaleUCC/

Sunday Worship July 26 and Bulletin

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Hi Everyone! 
 
Here’s to another week of being a flexible, nimble, love filled church! I’ve been on several conference calls lately and I am always so glad for the ministry we share. Thanks you.
 
Many thanks to all those who checked in last week. I helps me to know how you are doing and that you get these emails. Please, let me know what is happening in your part of the Land of Corona.
 
Bible Study is on summer vacation. Look for us to begin again in September. 
 
The bulletin for Sunday worship  is also below. Remember worship is seen and heard both on Facebook and Go To Meeting (link below). Please, keep flexible about worshiping in person. If Washington State goes back to Phase 1, we will only have the worship team in the building. We are in this for the long haul. 
 
This Sunday, July 26, we plan to both worship in person as well as on-line.  For those who come in person, expect:
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).
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
8. There will be absolutely no eating or drinking in the building.
 
Please, let me know if you are coming in person this Sunday so that I can be certain we have enough chairs set out. Thank you.
 
Volunteers are still needed to sanitize the bathroom every Sunday. We have volunteers for two Sundays of the month and need two more. 
 
Also, I have recently learned about the projected tsunami of suicides predicted for October through December due to the foreclosures on homes, evictions from apartments, the costs of health care, the loss of jobs, and so much more. We will get through this together! Please, if you or someone you know is talking about harming themselves or feeling hopeless to the point of not wanting to live, call the
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 
1-800-273-8255
 

Available 24 hours a day in  English and  Spanish. 
 
Yes, even harder times are ahead. We have come through hard times before and we will do it again! 
 
With blessings,
Pastor Gen
 

Sunday Worship 

Every Sunday 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM (PDT) 

On Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/VeradaleUCC/

Or

Please join our worship from your computer, tablet or smartphone. 

https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/361630909 

You can also dial in using your phone. 

United States: +1 (872) 240-3212 

Access Code: 361-630-909 

New to GoToMeeting? Get the app now and be ready when your first meeting starts: 

https://global.gotomeeting.com/install/361630909 

Sunday Bulletin:

  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 26, 2020 • 10:30 a.m.

Prelude: Special Guest Musician, Michael Pflieger

10:30am    Worship begins:

God is everywhere . . all the time!  All the time . . . God is everywhere

Passing the Peace of Christ and Welcoming the Light of Christ

Hymn: “Come Oh Fount of Every Blessing”

public domain

“Come, O Fount” 459(NCH)

  1. Come, O Fount of every blessing, tune my heart to sing your grace. Streams of mercy, never ceasing, call for songs of endless praise. Teach me some melodious sonnet, sung by flaming tongues above. Praise the mount; I’m fixed upon it, 

mount of God’s unfailing love.

  1. Here I pause from my sojourning, giving thanks for having come, come to trust at every turning, God will guide me safely home. Jesus sought me when a stranger, wandering from the fold of God, came to rescue me from danger, blessed body, precious blood.
  1. Oh, to grace, how great a debtor, daily I am drawn anew! Let that grace now, like a fetter, bind my wandering heart to you. Prone to wander, I can feel it, wander from the love I’ve know. Here’s my heart, O take and seal it, seal it for your very own.

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 above, you heavenly hosts: Creator, Christ, and Holy Ghost.

Dedication Prayer

We thank you, Beloved God, for your presence throughout our lives. Bless the offerings we give this day and always. May your light shine through us and goodness be know among us. Amen 

Listening for God
Romans 8:26-39

 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words. And God, who searches the heart, knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn within a large family.  And those whom he predestined he also called; and those whom he called he also justified; and those whom he justified he also glorified.

 What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?  He who did not withhold his own Son, but gave him up for all of us, will he not with him also give us everything else?  Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.  Who is to condemn? It is Christ Jesus, who died, yes, who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes for us. Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?  As it is written,

“For your sake we are being killed all day long;

    we are accounted as sheep to be slaughtered.”

 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.  For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52

 He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field; it is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.”

 He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour until all of it was leavened.”

“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which someone found and hid; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls;  on finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.

 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was thrown into the sea and caught fish of every kind;  when it was full, they drew it ashore, sat down, and put the good into baskets but threw out the bad.  So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous  and throw them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

“Have you understood all this?” They answered, “Yes.” 52 And he said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a household who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.”

Message: No Separation from God

Announcements

Our Light moves into the World God Loves

Hymn:  “Amazing Grace” 

Public Domain

  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. Through many dangers, toils and snares I have already come ‘tis grace that brought me safe thus far and grace will lead me home
  2. My God has promised good to me, whose word my hope secures; God will my shield and portion be as long as life endures.
  1. 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”

Public Domain

Love, love, love, love, Christians this is your call. Love your neighbor as yourself for God loves us all.

Postlude

 Announcements

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!

Chronicles of Corona

Tuesday at 9:30am to 10am on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VeradaleUCC/

Silent Prayer 

on Facebook every Tuesday morning from 9am to 9:25am https://www.facebook.com/VeradaleUCC/

Sunday Worship And Bulletin, July 19 2020

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Hi Everyone! 
 
I am so grateful for all of you who checked in last week. Thanks! Please, let me know how you are doing this week. 
 
Below is the link for Bible Study for today from 6-7pm.  We are in the Acts of the Apostles chapter 5.
 
The bulletin for Sunday worship  is also below. Remember worship is seen and heard both on Facebook and Go To Meeting (link below).
 
This Sunday, July 19, we plan to both worship in person as well as on-line.  For those who come in person, expect:
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).
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
8. There will be absolutely no eating or drinking in the building.
 
Please, let me know if you are coming in person this Sunday so that I can be certain we have enough chairs set out. Thank you.
 
Volunteers are still needed to sanitize the bathroom every Sunday. We have volunteers for two Sundays of the month and need two more. 
 
I hope to see you at virtual Bible Study or at our wide Church service!
 
With blessings,
Pastor Gen

 

Sunday Worship

Every Sunday 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM (PDT) 

On Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/VeradaleUCC/

Or

Please join our worship from your computer, tablet or smartphone. 

https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/361630909 

You can also dial in using your phone. 

United States: +1 (872) 240-3212 

Access Code: 361-630-909 

New to GoToMeeting? Get the app now and be ready when your first meeting starts: 

https://global.gotomeeting.com/install/361630909 

Sunday Bulletin:

 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 19, 2020 • 10:30 a.m.

Prelude

10:30am    Worship begins:

God is patient. . . all the time!  All the time . . . God is patient!

Passing the Peace of Christ and Welcoming the Light of Christ

Hymn: “How Great Thou Art” (melody NCH 35)

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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.” (repeat)

And 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)

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)

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

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 above, you heavenly hosts: Creator, Christ, and Holy Ghost.

Dedication Prayer

Patient God, 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
Isaiah 44:6-8 New Revised Standard Version

Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel,

    and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts:

I am the first and I am the last;

    besides me there is no god.

Who is like me? Let them proclaim it,

    let them declare and set it forth before me.

Who has announced from of old the things to come?[a]

    Let them tell us[b] what is yet to be.

Do not fear, or be afraid;

    have I not told you from of old and declared it?

    You are my witnesses!

Is there any god besides me?

    There is no other rock; I know not one.

Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43  New Revised Standard Version

24 He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field; 25 but while everybody was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and then went away. 26 So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared as well. 27 And the servants of the householder came and said to him, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where, then, did these weeds come from?’ 28 He answered, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The slaves said to him, ‘Then do you want us to go and gather them?’ 29 But he replied, ‘No; for in gathering the weeds you would uproot the wheat along with them. 30 Let both of them grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Collect the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.’”

and

36 Then Jesus left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples approached him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.” 37 He answered, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man; 38 the field is the world, and the good seed are the children of the kingdom; the weeds are the children of the evil one, 39 and the enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels. 40 Just as the weeds are collected and burned up with fire, so will it be at the end of the age. 41 The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will collect out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all evildoers, 42 and they will throw them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Let anyone with ears[a] listen!

Message: The Kin-dom of Heaven is Like…

Announcements

Our Light moves into the World God Loves

Hymn:  “I Got Peace Like a River”  (NCH 478)

Public Domain

I’ve got peace like a river (repeat)
I’ve got peace like a river in my soul
I’ve got peace like a river (repeat)
I’ve got peace like a river in my soul

I’ve got joy like a fountain (repeat)
I’ve got joy like a fountain in my soul
I’ve got joy like a fountain (repeat)
I’ve got joy like a fountain in my soul

I’ve got love like an ocean (repeat)
I’ve got love like an ocean in my soul
I’ve got love like an ocean (repeat)
I’ve got love like an ocean in my soul

I’ve got peace, love and joy like a river (repeat)
I’ve got peace, love and joy like a river in my soul
I’ve got peace, love and joy like a river (repeat)
I’ve got peace, love and joy like a river in my soul

*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 

 Announcements

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!

Chronicles of Corona

Tuesday at 9:30am to 10am on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VeradaleUCC/

Silent Prayer 

on Facebook every Tuesday morning from 9am to 9:25am https://www.facebook.com/VeradaleUCC/

 

Rabbit Hole Bible Study Thursday
Every Thursday 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM (PDT) 
Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone. 
You can also dial in using your phone. 
United States: +1 (872) 240-3212 
Access Code: 565-208-245 

New to GoToMeeting? Get the app now and be ready when your first meeting starts: 

 

Sunday Worship July 12, 2020 And Bulletin

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Every Sunday 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM (PDT) 

On Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/VeradaleUCC/

Or

Please join our worship from your computer, tablet or smartphone. 

https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/361630909 

You can also dial in using your phone. 

United States: +1 (872) 240-3212 

Access Code: 361-630-909 

New to GoToMeeting? Get the app now and be ready when your first meeting starts: 

https://global.gotomeeting.com/install/361630909 

Sunday Bulletin:

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 12, 2020 • 10:30 a.m.

Prelude

10:30am    Worship begins:

God brings forth life. . . all the time!  All the time . . . God brings forth life!

Passing the Peace of Christ and Welcoming the Light of Christ

Hymn: “Almighty God Your Word Is Cast” (Melody only in 359 NCH)

Public Domain

  1. Almighty God, your Word is cast like seed into the ground; Now let the dew of Heav’n descend, and righteous fruits abound.
  2. Let not the foe of Christ in us this holy seed remove, But give it root in ev’ry heart to bring forth fruits of love.
  3. Let not the world’s deceitful cares the rising plant destroy. But let it yield a hundredfold the fruits of peace and joy.
  4. So, when the precious seed is sown, your quickening grace bestow, that all whose souls the truth receive its saving power may know.

 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 above, you heavenly hosts: Creator, Christ, and Holy Ghost.

Dedication Prayer

Creator God, bless these gifts of our time, talent, and treasure. May all that we have and all that we do help bring forth a day when the way of compassion known in Jesus may be known to all. Amen 

Listening for God


Isaiah 55:10-13 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

10 For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven,

    and do not return there until they have watered the earth,

making it bring forth and sprout,

    giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,

11 so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth;

    it shall not return to me empty,

but it shall accomplish that which I purpose,

    and succeed in the thing for which I sent it.

12 For you shall go out in joy,

    and be led back in peace;

the mountains and the hills before you

    shall burst into song,

    and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress;

    instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle;

and it shall be to the Lord for a memorial,

    for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.

Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23

13 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. 2 Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there, while the whole crowd stood on the beach. 3 And he told them many things in parables, saying: “Listen! A sower went out to sow. 4 And as he sowed, some seeds fell on the path, and the birds came and ate them up. 5 Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and they sprang up quickly, since they had no depth of soil. 6 But when the sun rose, they were scorched; and since they had no root, they withered away. 7 Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. 8 Other seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. 9 Let anyone with ears listen!”

(and)

18 “Hear then the parable of the sower. 19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what is sown in the heart; this is what was sown on the path. 20 As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; 21 yet such a person has no root, but endures only for a while, and when trouble or persecution arises on account of the word, that person immediately falls away. 22 As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the lure of wealth choke the word, and it yields nothing. 23 But as for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.”

Message: The Word’s Power

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Hymn: “Sing Them Over Again to Me” 319 (NCH)

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1 Sing them over again to me, wonderful words of life; let me more of their beauty see, wonderful words of life; words of life and beauty, teach me faith and duty:

Refrain: Beautiful words, wonderful words, wonderful words of life; beautiful words, wonderful words, wonderful words of life.

2 Christ, the blessed One, gives to all wonderful words of life; mortal, list to the loving call, wonderful words of life; all so freely given, wooing us to heaven: [Refrain]

3 Sweetly echo the gospel call, wonderful words of life; offer pardon and peace to all, wonderful words of life; Jesus, only Savior, sanctify forever, [Refrain] 

*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

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Offerings

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or

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

Thank you!

Chronicles of Corona

Tuesday at 9:30am to 10am on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VeradaleUCC/

Silent Prayer 

on Facebook every Tuesday morning from 9am to 9:25am https://www.facebook.com/VeradaleUCC/

Thursday  Meditation

On Facebook at 9:30am.

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Sunday Worship July 5, and Bulletin

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This Sunday, July 5, we plan to both worship in person as well as on-line.  For those who come in person, expect:
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).
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
8. There will be absolutely no eating or drinking in the building.
 
Please, let me know if you are coming in person this Sunday so that I can be certain we have enough chairs set out. Thank you.
 
Volunteers are still needed to sanitize the bathroom every Sunday. We have volunteers for two Sundays of the month and need two more. 
 
I hope to see you at virtual Bible Study or at our wide Church service!
 
With blessings,
Pastor Gen
 
 

Sunday Worship 

Every Sunday 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM (PDT) 

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Sunday Bulletin:

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 5, 2020 • 10:30 a.m.

 Prelude

10:30am    Worship begins:

God speaks to us. . . all the time!  All the time . . . God speaks to us!

Passing the Peace of Christ and Welcoming the Light of Christ

Hymn: “ This is my Song” 591 (NCH)

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This is my song, O God of all the nations, a song of peace for lands afar and mine.This is my home, the country where my heart is; Here are my hopes, my dreams, my holy shrine;But other hearts in other lands are beating with hopes and dreams as true and high as mine.

My country’s skies are bluer than the ocean, and sunlight beams on clover- leaf and pine. But other lands have sunlight too and clover, and skies are everywhere as blue as mine. Oh, hear my song, O God of all the nations, a song of peace for their land and for mine. 

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 above, you heavenly hosts: Creator, Christ, and Holy Ghost. 

Dedication Prayer

Beloved God, you are always with us, always knowing the truth about us, and still you love us. Be ever our hands your service and our heart to love. Bless our offerings of time, talent, and treasure. May your justice and kindness be known through us. Amen 

Listening for God


Romans 7:14-25 The Message (MSG)

14-16 I can anticipate the response that is coming: “I know that all God’s commands are spiritual, but I’m not. Isn’t this also your experience?” Yes. I’m full of myself—after all, I’ve spent a long time in sin’s prison. What I don’t understand about myself is that I decide one way, but then I act another, doing things I absolutely despise. So if I can’t be trusted to figure out what is best for myself and then do it, it becomes obvious that God’s command is necessary.

17-20 But I need something more! For if I know the law but still can’t keep it, and if the power of sin within me keeps sabotaging my best intentions, I obviously need help! I realize that I don’t have what it takes. I can will it, but I can’t do it. I decide to do good, but I don’t really do it; I decide not to do bad, but then I do it anyway. My decisions, such as they are, don’t result in actions. Something has gone wrong deep within me and gets the better of me every time.

21-23 It happens so regularly that it’s predictable. The moment I decide to do good, sin is there to trip me up. I truly delight in God’s commands, but it’s pretty obvious that not all of me joins in that delight. Parts of me covertly rebel, and just when I least expect it, they take charge.

24 I’ve tried everything and nothing helps. I’m at the end of my rope. Is there no one who can do anything for me? Isn’t that the real question?

25 The answer, thank God, is that Jesus Christ can and does. He acted to set things right in this life of contradictions where I want to serve God with all my heart and mind, but am pulled by the influence of sin to do something totally different.

 

Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 The Message (MSG)

 16-19 “How can I account for this generation? The people have been like spoiled children whining to their parents, ‘We wanted to skip rope, and you were always too tired; we wanted to talk, but you were always too busy.’ John came fasting and they called him crazy. I came feasting and they called me a lush, a friend of the riffraff. Opinion polls don’t count for much, do they? The proof of the pudding is in the eating.”

and

25-26 Abruptly Jesus broke into prayer: “Thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth. You’ve concealed your ways from sophisticates and know-it-alls, but spelled them out clearly to ordinary people. Yes, Father, that’s the way you like to work.”

27 Jesus resumed talking to the people, but now tenderly. “The Father has given me all these things to do and say. This is a unique Father-Son operation, coming out of Father and Son intimacies and knowledge. No one knows the Son the way the Father does, nor the Father the way the Son does. But I’m not keeping it to myself; I’m ready to go over it line by line with anyone willing to listen.

28-30 “Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.”

Message: This Life of Contradictions

Silence

 Holy Communion (NO Bread or Juice will be served in the church)

Sharing Holy Communion

(Those at home have your drink and bread. Those in church, expect a meditation)

Pastor: We gather at this time mindful of the many who have gathered before us and those yet to come. We are grateful that we have this day together. 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.

When Jesus and his friends sat together at a Passover meal, Jesus took bread… 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 here. We offer ourselves 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 known to us in the sharing of this meal and in the sharing of this community. We remember that 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

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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

 

 Announcements

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!

Chronicles of Corona

Tuesday at 9:30am to 10am on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VeradaleUCC/

Silent Prayer 

on Facebook every Tuesday morning from 9am to 9:25am https://www.facebook.com/VeradaleUCC/

Thursday  Meditation

On Facebook at 9:30am.

https://www.facebook.com/VeradaleUCC/

 

Rabbit Hole Bible Study Thursday
Every Thursday 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM (PDT) 
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