Dear Veradale Friends and Members,

Many thanks to all who have let me know how you are doing. I look forward to your updates and any concerns or joys that you want to be added in prayer.

It is Memorial Sunday, Please, send to me names that you would like remembered in worship. I will light candles for all the names received.

There is lots of room in church this Sunday if you want to be in person. We will rededicate our memorial garden. We also continue to have Zoom and Facebook.

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

Are you interested in church membership? Let me know.

Please, keep in prayer.

Helen who is home and comfortable.

Wayne and Charlie as they prepare to 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.

The many military conflicts in our world.

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 art contest is finished and a copy of the winning piece is included above. Hopefully you can print it and put it in the window of your homes and businesses. The first exhibit of the original art world will be Saturday, June 5, 9am to 10am at Spokane Faith and Values Center 1551 S Freya.

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!”

May 30, 2021 • 10:30 a.m. Trinity Sunday

10:20 Gathering and Prelude

Wayne Shull, Music Director

Charlie Salt, Acolyte and AV

Scotty Patton, Zoom Monitor

10:30am    Worship begins 

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

*Welcoming the Light of Christ

Hymn: “Holy, Holy, Holy” 277 (NCH) Public Domain

1 Holy, holy, holy! God the Almighty! Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee. Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty! God in three persons, blessed trinity!

2 Holy, holy, holy! Saints adore you truly, casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea; cherubim and seraphim bow before you only, From the beginning God eternally.

3 Holy, holy, holy! Though we know but dimly, though the eye of human kind your glory may not see, you alone are holy holy; you alone are worthy, perfect in pow’r, in love, and purity.

4 Holy, holy, holy! God the Almighty! All your works shall praise your name, in earth, and sky, and sea. Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty! God in three persons, blessed trinity!

Community Prayer

Pastoral Prayer

Silent Prayer

Lord’s Prayer

Response: Amen, amen, amen

A Time of Offering

An Invitation to Share

Dedication Hymn: “Holy Ground”

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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: Beloved 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 . May it be on Earth as it is in Heaven. Amen 

Dedication prayer:

Holy One, as you are one in justice, love, and mercy, make us one. Bless these gifts and make them pleasing in your site. May the day soon come when sharing by all will mean scarcity to none. Amen.

Listening for God

Message for Young Hearts: Today we re-dedicate our Memorial Garden!

Isaiah 6:1-8 NRSV

In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty; and the hem of his robe filled the temple. Seraphs were in attendance above him; each had six wings: with two they covered their faces, and with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew. And one called to another and said:

“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;

the whole earth is full of his glory.” 

The pivots on the thresholds shook at the voices of those who called, and the house filled with smoke. And I said: “Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips; yet my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!”

Then one of the seraphs flew to me, holding a live coal that had been taken from the altar with a pair of tongs.The seraph[b] touched my mouth with it and said: “Now that this has touched your lips, your guilt has departed and your sin is blotted out.” Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I; send me!”

John 3:1-17 NRSV

Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. He came to Jesus[a] by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do apart from the presence of God.” Jesus answered him, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can anyone be born after having grown old? Can one enter a second time into the mother’s womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit. What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.  Do not be astonished that I said to you, ‘You must be born from above.’ The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can these things be?” Jesus answered him, “Are you a teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things?

“Very truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know and testify to what we have seen; yet you[g] do not receive our testimony. If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of Man. And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.

“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.

 “Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Message: Here I Am, Lord

Silence

Announcements

Our Light moves into the World God Loves

Hymn: “We are Often Tossed and Driven” 444(NCH) Public Domain

1 We are often tossed and driv’n on the restless sea of time, somber skies and howling tempest oft succeed a bright sunshine; in that land of perfect day, when the mists have rolled away, we will understand it better by and by.

Refrain:

By and by, when the morning comes, when the saints of God are gathered home, we’ll tell the story,

how we’ve overcome, for we’ll understand it better by and by.

2 We are often destitute of the things that life demands, want of food and want of shelter, thirsty hills and barren lands; In our God our trust’s assured, and according to the Word we will understand it better by and by.

[Refrain]

3 Trials harsh on every hand and we cannot understand All the ways that God would lead us to the blessed promised land; We are guided by God’s eye, and we’ll follow till we die for we’ll understand it better by and by. [Refrain]

4. Temptations, hidden snares, often take us unawares, and our hearts are made to bleed for any thoughtless word or deed; and we wonder why the test when we try to do our best, but we’ll understand it better by and by. [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.

Memorial Garden Rededication

Pastor: The Lord is with you.

All: And also with you.

Pastor: Let us pray: Loving God, on this Memorial Weekend, we remember all those who have lived this way of Jesus. Bless us as we re-dedicate this little garden. Hellp us  to remember all your servants of this way. Bless us to live this life as Jesus did so that one day you will say to us as you already have said to them, “Well done, good and faithful servant.”  Amen

Don Young: The Story of this Garden

Sing: 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.

Prayer: Holy One, we delight in the love our ancestors of faith have shared with us. We are grateful for their lives here on Earth and their place with you in the life beyond this. Bless these bricks, the plants, the soil, and the benches. May this be a place of prayer, worship, and rest. When the time comes when we shall join these in the life to come, may we, too, be remembered for living faithfully in our love for you and for one another. Bless us as we leave this place. Bless us in all the times we will return.  We pray as we continue to follow Jesus. Amen

We close with “We are standing on Holy Ground.”

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. 

Dear Veradale Friends and Members,

How are you doing? Please, let me know if you have concerns or joys to be added in prayer.

There is lots of room in church this Sunday if you want to be in person. We also continue to have Zoom and Facebook.

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

I’ve been asked about church membership. Stay after worship this Sunday and learn about the UCC and Veradale UCC.

Please, keep in prayer

Marilyn who is still very weak from Covid.

Helen whol needs to gain strength.

Wayne, as he grieves the loss of his step-mom, Marj Shull.

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.

The conflict between Israel and Palestine. (See our UCC statement: https://www.ucc.org/ucc-disciples-condemn-israeli-attacks-on-palestinians-oppose-evictions-of-jerusalem-families/)

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.

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!”

Pentecost Sunday, May 23, 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 searches the heart. . . all the time!

All the time . . . God searches the heart life!

Passing the Peace of Christ and Welcoming the Light of Christ

*Hymn: “Every Time I feel the Spirit” 282 (NCH)
Public Domain

Refrain:
Every time I feel the Spirit 
moving in my heart I will pray.
Yes, every time I feel the Spirit 
moving in my heart I will pray.

1 Upon the mountain, when my Lord spoke, out of God’s mouth came fire and smoke.
Looked all around me, it looked so fine, ‘till I asked my Lord if all was mine. [Refrain]

2 Jordan River, chilly and cold,
it chills the body but not the soul.
There is but one train upon this track;
it runs to heaven and then right back. [Refrain]

Community Prayer

Pastoral Prayer

Silent Prayer

Lord’s Prayer

Response 812 (NCH) Public Domain

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

Spirit of Truth, fill us with your light and life. Give to us clarity of speech, thought, and action that we may be the body of Christ in the world today. Bless all our gifts and offerings. May all that we are and all that we have be a reflect of our practice of compassion and justice. We pray in the name and love of Jesus.  Amen

Listening for God


Acts 2:1-21 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

 When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting.  Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability.

Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven living in Jerusalem. And at this sound the crowd gathered and was bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in the native language of each. Amazed and astonished, they asked, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native language? Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,  Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,  Cretans and Arabs—in our own languages we hear them speaking about God’s deeds of power.” All were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “What does this mean?”  But others sneered and said, “They are filled with new wine.”

But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them, “Men of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to what I say.  Indeed, these are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only nine o’clock in the morning.  No, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:

‘In the last days it will be, God declares,

that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh,

and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

and your young men shall see visions,

and your old men shall dream dreams.

 Even upon my slaves, both men and women,

in those days I will pour out my Spirit;

and they shall prophesy.

 And I will show portents in the heaven above

and signs on the earth below,

blood, and fire, and smoky mist.

 The sun shall be turned to darkness

and the moon to blood,

before the coming of the Lord’s great and glorious day.

 Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.’

John 15:26-27; 16:4-15 NRSV

 “When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who comes from the Father, he will testify on my behalf.  You also are to testify because you have been with me from the beginning….

 But I have said these things to you so that when their hour comes you may remember that I told you about them.

“I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you. But now I am going to him who sent me; yet none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’  But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your hearts. Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.  And when he comes, he will prove the world wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment:  about sin, because they do not believe in me; about righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will see me no longer; about judgment, because the ruler of this world has been condemned.

 “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.  When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own, but will speak whatever he hears, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.  He will glorify me, because he will take what is mine and declare it to you.  All that the Father has is mine. For this reason, I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

Message: “The Spirit of Truth”

Silence

Announcements

Our Light moves into the World God Loves

Hymn: “Our Light moves into the World God Loves

Hymn “Christian, Rise and Act Your Creed” 537 (NCH)

Public Domain

1 Christian, rise and act your creed; let your prayer be in your deed; Seek the right, perform the true,raise your work and life anew.

2 Hearts around you sink with care, you can help their load to bear; You can bring inspiring light, strengthen them to do the right.

3 Offer others hope and joy, and God’s worship your employ; Giving thanks in humble zeal, learning all God’s will to feel.

4 Come then, law divine, and reign; faith that doubt assails in vain, Perfect love bereft of fear, born in heaven and radiant here.

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!

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. 

Dear Veradale Friends and Members,

Have you gotten your vaccine? As of this week, all in my family who are 16 and above are fully vaccinated! Please, let me know how is is going for you.

Please, keep in prayer

Marilyn, she is home with her daughter Mary and still very weak from Covid.

Helen, she is home and still needs to gain strength.

The students and their families in Rigby, ID where the motive for the school shooting is still unknown.

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

The conflict between Israel and Palestine. (See our UCC statement: https://www.ucc.org/ucc-disciples-condemn-israeli-attacks-on-palestinians-oppose-evictions-of-jerusalem-families/)

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

This Sunday we have lots of room for in-person as well as Zoom and Facebook. Zoom link and Bulletin are below.

For those in-person, we still follow our Covid Careful process

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. The new more contagious strain of covid requires us to be more vigilant. So, masks 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.

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!”

May 16, 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

Welcoming the Light of Christ:

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

Public Domain

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] 

Community Prayer

Pastoral Prayer

Silent Prayer

Lord’s Prayer

Response: Amen, amen, amen

A Time of Offering

An Invitation to Share

Dedication Hymn: “Holy Ground”

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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: Beloved 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 . May it be on Earth as it is in Heaven. Amen 

Listening for God

John 17:6-19 NRSV

“I have made your name known to those whom you gave me from the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. Now they know that everything you have given me is from you;  for the words that you gave to me I have given to them, and they have received them and know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me. I am asking on their behalf; I am not asking on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those whom you gave me, because they are yours. All mine are yours, and yours are mine; and I have been glorified in them. And now I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one, as we are one. While I was with them, I protected them in your name that you have given me. I guarded them, and not one of them was lost except the one destined to be lost, so that the scripture might be fulfilled. But now I am coming to you, and I speak these things in the world so that they may have my joy made complete in themselves. I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world. I am not asking you to take them out of the world, but I ask you to protect them from the evil one. They do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world. Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. As you have sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify myself, so that they also may be sanctified in truth.

Message: Out to the World

Silence

Announcements

Our Light moves into the World God Loves

Hymn: “God Reigns o’er All the Earth” 21(NCH) 

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God reigns o’er all the earth! Green hills and valley’s low, the farms and towns in golds and browns God’s grace and beauty show.  God reigns o’er all the earth! Stone banks and spreading plains, in rainbow hues – reds, yellows, blues – of stream and country lanes.

God reigns o’er human life! Through youth and aging years, in death, in birth, in grief in mirth, in all our hopes and fears. God reigns o’er human life! Our inspiration still. Through all our schemes, in all our dreams, we see God’s reigning will.

God reigns o’er time and space! In history’s bygone days, Christ’s faithful folk in reverence spoke to bring God earnest praise. God reigns o’er time and space! O’er galaxy and sun, through timeless years the cosmos hears the heavenly music run.

God reigns! Emmanuel! God with us every day, in all our past and to the last, our comfort and our stay. God reigns! Emmanuel! Let praise to Christ be sung! God’s presence here makes all things dear. Let joyful bells be rung!

Benediction and Love Round

Public Domain

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

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. 

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline   1-800-273-8255 Available 24 hours a day in  English and  Spanish.

Dear Veradale Friends and Members,

How are you? Please, let me know.

Marilyn is still struggling with Covid. Please, keep her in prayer.

Also, remember Helen with prayers for strength.

We offer prayers for the people of Rigby, ID and for our country to take actions that will limit gun violence and address mental health.

Keep in prayer the Murdered and Missing Indigenous People. This year the number in Washington is currently at 103.

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

This Sunday we have lots of room on for in-person as well as Zoom and Facebook. Zoom link and Bulletin are below.

For those in-person, we still follow our Covid Careful process

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. The new more contagious strain of covid requires us to be more vigilant. So, masks 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.

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!”

May 9, 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

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 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: Loving God, we give as a token of our love, thanks and praise.  Fill these offerings and our lives with your Spirit that we may bring justice, peace, and kindness to the world. Amen

Listening for God

Acts 10:44-48 NRSV

While Peter was still speaking, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard the word. The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles, for they heard them speaking in tongues and extolling God. Then Peter said, “Can anyone withhold the water for baptizing these people who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?”  So he ordered them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they invited him to stay for several days.

John 15:9-17 NRSV

As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love.  If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love.  I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete. “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.  No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.  You are my friends if you do what I command you.  I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father. You did not choose me but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name. I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another.

“This is My Commandment”

Silence

Announcements

Our Light moves into the World God Loves

Hymn: “Won’t You Let Me Be Your Servant” 539 (NCH)

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Won’t you let me be your servant, let me be as Christ to you? Pray that I may have the grace to let you be my servant, too.

We are pilgrims on a journey, we are travelers on the road; we are here to help each other go the mile and bear the load.

I will hold the Christ-light for you in the shadow of your fear; I will hold my hand out to you, speak the peace you long to hear.

 I will weep when you are weeping; when you laugh, I’ll laugh with you. I will share your joy and sorrow ’til we’ve seen this journey through.

When we sing to God in heaven, we shall find such harmony, born of all we’ve known together of Christ’s love and agony.

Won’t you let me be your servant, let me be as Christ to you? Pray that I may have the grace to let you be my servant, too.

Benediction and Love Round

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

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. 

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline   1-800-273-8255 Available 24 hours a day in  English and  Spanish.

Dear Veradale Friends and Members,

How are you?Let me know if there are any concerns or joys you want me to add in prayer.

Do you want to read scripture for this Good Shepherd Sunday?

The Lilly Clergy Renewal Grant Request was sent yesterday!

It was great to have Colville UCC visit us last week. I have heard from two people who want you to know how much they appreciated the feeling of welcome our church gives.

This Sunday we have room on for in person as well as Zoom and Facebook.

We still follow our Covid Careful process

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. The new more contagious strain of covid requires us to be more vigilant. So, masks 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 sanctuaryis with masks on and seated.

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!”

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

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

*Hymn: “I Sing a Song of the Saints of God” 295 (NCH)

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1. I sing a song of the saints of God, faithful their whole lives through, who bravely labored, lived, and died for the God they loved and knew. 
And one was a doctor, and one was a queen, and one was a shepherdess on the green: they were saints of God if you know what I mean. God help me to be one, too.
2. They loved their God and they lived that love. It was loving that made them strong; They did what was right, for Jesus’ sake, lived justly their whole lives long. And one was a prophet, and one was a priest, and one was slain by a fierce wild beast; there is no earthly reason, none in the least, why I shouldn’t be one, too.
3. They lived not only in ages past; there are hundreds of thousands still. The world is filled with living saints who choose to do God’s will.  You can meet them in school, on the road or at sea, in church, in a train, in a shop, or at tea; for the saints are folk like you and like me, and I mean to be one, too.

Community Prayer

Pastoral Prayer

Silent Prayer

Lord’s Prayer

Response: Amen, amen, amen

A Time of Offering

An Invitation to Share

Dedication Hymn: “Holy Ground”

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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:

  Good Shepherd, you lead us on the path of peace, we thank you with humble hearts. Bless these offerings. May they bring the fulfillment of your vision of a just peace within our lives and our communities. Amen

Listening for God


Psalm 23

 The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want.

He makes me lie down in green pastures;

he leads me beside still waters;

he restores my soul.

He leads me in right paths

for his name’s sake.

 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death

I fear no evil;

for you are with me;

your rod and your staff—

they comfort me.

 You prepare a table before me

in the presence of my enemies;

you anoint my head with oil;

my cup overflows.

 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me

all the days of my life,

and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord

my whole life long.

1 John 3:16-24 New Revised Standard Version

We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us—and we ought to lay down our lives for one another. How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister^[a] in need and yet refuses help?

Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action. And by this we will know that we are from the truth and will reassure our hearts before him whenever our hearts condemn us; for God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have boldness before God; and we receive from him whatever we ask, because we obey his commandments and do what pleases him.

And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us.  All who obey his commandments abide in him, and he abides in them. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit that he has given us.

John 10:1-10 New Revised Standard Version

“Very truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs in by another way is a thief and a bandit.  The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.  The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.  When he has brought out all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.  They will not follow a stranger, but they will run from him because they do not know the voice of strangers.”  Jesus used this figure of speech with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.

So again Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and bandits; but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the gate. Whoever enters by me will be saved, and will come in and go out and find pasture.  The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.

Message:  “Let us love in truth and action”

Silence

Announcements

Our Light moves into the World God Loves

Hymn “How Firm a Foundation”

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Melody 407(NCH) Words below

1 How firm a foundation, you saints of the Lord, is laid for your faith in his excellent Word! What more can he say than to you he has said, to you who for refuge to Jesus have fled?

2 “Fear not, I am with you, O be not dismayed; for I am your God and will still give you aid; I’ll strengthen you, help you, and cause you to stand, upheld by my righteous, omnipotent hand.

3 “When through the deep waters I call you to go, the rivers of sorrow shall not overflow; for I will be with you, your troubles to bless, and sanctify to you your deepest distress.

4 “When through fiery trials your pathway shall lie, my grace, all-sufficient, shall be your supply; the flame shall not hurt you; I only design your dross to consume and your gold to refine.

5 “The soul that on Jesus has leaned for repose, I will not, I will not desert to his foes; that soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake, I’ll never, no never, no never forsake.”

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. 

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline   1-800-273-8255 Available 24 hours a day in  English and  Spanish.

Hello Church Family,

Please join us for the next Memorial Garden work party.

When: April 26th
Time: 10:00 am to noon

Bring your thoughts and love for our little Church.

Any questions, give us a call.
Don-(509) 979-0228
Jan-(509) 979-0224