Hi Everyone! 

Thanks to all who checked in last week. It is good to know that we are together even as we are apart!

Remember we can connect through Zoom (we have corrected the entry problem from last Sunday), Facebook, in person (please, let me know if you will be in-person), and through “Radio Daniel” our parking lot FM station 89.3 FM where you can listen to the worship service from your car radios in thechurch 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 show and tell messages with young hearts! Each week during September 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. 

Sunday, September 13, Belonging: usually this is our Sunday to collect water that would later be used for baptism. We blend the water together as a reminder that we are one. Think about what it means to belong.

 Sunday, September 20,  Being fair: ways to help us keep fair with each other and ourselves.

Sunday, September 27,  What do you like to make? Why?

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 and with the 89.3 fm in the parking lot. 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 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, September 13, 2020 • 10:30 a.m.

CCLI license #11038266

Jan Young, Musician 

Pastor Gen, Worship Leader and AV

Scotty Patton, Zoom coordinator

Naomi Hanvey, Facebook Coordinator

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: “Down to the River to Pray” a cappella

CCLI license #11038266

As I went down in the river to pray,Studying about that good ol’ way, And who shall wear the starry crown, Good Lord, show me the wayO sisters, let’s go down, Let’s go down, come on down, O sisters, let’s go down, Down in the river to pray.

As I went down in the river to pray, Studying about that good ol’ way, And who shall wear the robe and crown, Good Lord, show me the way, O brothers, let’s go down, come on down, don’t you want to go down, Oh, brothers let’s go down, Down in the river to pray

As I went down in the river to pray, Studying about that good ol’ way, And who shall wear the starry crown, Good Lord, show me the way, O fathers, let’s go down, Let’s go down, come on down, O fathers, let’s go down, Down in the river to pray 

As I went down in the river to pray, Studying about that good ol’ way, And who shall wear the robe and crown, Good Lord, show me the way, O mothers, let’s go down, come on down, don’t you want to go down, Oh, mothers let’s go down, Down in the river to pray.

As I went down in the river to pray, Studying about that good ol’ way, And who shall wear the starry crown, Good Lord, show me the way, O sinners, let’s go down, Let’s go down, come on down, O sinners, let’s go down, Down in the river to pray.

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, stedfast God that we have these gifts of time, talent, and treasure, to offer. Bless us know we are your church, scattered and gathered. Guide us. Let our love for you strengthen our practice of loving our neighbors. Amen 

Listening for God

Message with Young Hearts: 

Belonging: What’s it like to belong? 

Scripture

Romans 14:1-12

14 Welcome those who are weak in faith, but not for the purpose of quarreling over opinions. 2 Some believe in eating anything, while the weak eat only vegetables. 3 Those who eat must not despise those who abstain, and those who abstain must not pass judgment on those who eat; for God has welcomed them. 4 Who are you to pass judgment on servants of another? It is before their own lord that they stand or fall. And they will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make them stand.

5 Some judge one day to be better than another, while others judge all days to be alike. Let all be fully convinced in their own minds. 6 Those who observe the day, observe it in honor of the Lord. Also those who eat, eat in honor of the Lord, since they give thanks to God; while those who abstain, abstain in honor of the Lord and give thanks to God.

7 We do not live to ourselves, and we do not die to ourselves. 8 If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord; so then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s. 9 For to this end Christ died and lived again, so that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.

10 Why do you pass judgment on your brother or sister? Or you, why do you despise your brother or sister? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.[e] 11 For it is written,

“As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me,

    and every tongue shall give praise to God.”

12 So then, each of us will be accountable to God.

Matthew 18:21-35 The Message

21 At that point Peter got up the nerve to ask, “Master, how many times do I forgive a brother or sister who hurts me? Seven?”

22 Jesus replied, “Seven! Hardly. Try seventy times seven.

23-25 “The kingdom of God is like a king who decided to square accounts with his servants. As he got under way, one servant was brought before him who had run up a debt of a hundred thousand dollars. He couldn’t pay up, so the king ordered the man, along with his wife, children, and goods, to be auctioned off at the slave market.

26-27 “The poor wretch threw himself at the king’s feet and begged, ‘Give me a chance and I’ll pay it all back.’ Touched by his plea, the king let him off, erasing the debt.

28 “The servant was no sooner out of the room when he came upon one of his fellow servants who owed him ten dollars. He seized him by the throat and demanded, ‘Pay up. Now!’

29-31 “The poor wretch threw himself down and begged, ‘Give me a chance and I’ll pay it all back.’ But he wouldn’t do it. He had him arrested and put in jail until the debt was paid. When the other servants saw this going on, they were outraged and brought a detailed report to the king.

32-35 “The king summoned the man and said, ‘You evil servant! I forgave your entire debt when you begged me for mercy. Shouldn’t you be compelled to be merciful to your fellow servant who asked for mercy?’ The king was furious and put the screws to the man until he paid back his entire debt. And that’s exactly what my Father in heaven is going to do to each one of you who doesn’t forgive unconditionally anyone who asks for mercy.”

Message: “Practicing Change”

Silence

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

2. 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

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

5. 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

Hi Everyone! 

Thanks, again, to all of you for all the kindness through my recovery from surgery. I am doing better. Thank you! The doctor says I’ll have low energy for another 5 weeks and should be feeling up to half speed by Sunday!

Please, let me know how you are doing especially if you haven’t checked in before.

This change is great! For those using Go To Meeting. we changed to Zoom, See link below! The sound quality is 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!

Remember, this Sunday is Communion Sunday. Those at home have a little something to drink and eat. For those in the sanctuary, you will receive a to-go communion.

We continue our fun for those with young hearts! Each week during September 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. 

Sunday, September 6, Labor:  What does it mean to work, build, harvest, create….

Sunday, September 13, Belonging: usually this is our Sunday to collect water that would later be used for baptism. We blend the water together as a reminder that we are one. Think about what it means to belong. 

 Sunday, September 20,  Being fair: ways to help us keep fair with each other and ourselves.

Sunday, September 27,  What do you like to make? Why?

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 and with the 89.3 fm in the parking lot. 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 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, September 6, 2020 • 10:30 a.m.

CCLI license #11038266

Wayne Shull, Music Director 

Charlie Salt, Acolyte and AV

Pastor Gen, Worship Leader and AV

Scotty Patton, Zoom and Facebook coordinator

Prelude

10:30am    Worship begins:

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

Passing the Peace of Christ and Welcoming the Light of Christ

Hymn: “We are One in the Spirit”

CCLI license #11038266

We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord. We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord and we pray that our unity will one day be restored. And they’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love. Yeah they’ll know we are Christians by our love. 

We will work with each other, we will work side by side. We will work with each other, we will work side by side and we’ll guard each one’s dignity and save each one’s pride. And they’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love. Yeah they’ll know we are Christians by our love.

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, Creator of all, we thank you with humble hearts. Bless these offerings that we may fulfill your vision in our time and place. We pray in the name of Jesus.  Amen

Listening for God

Message with Young Hearts: 

Labor: the value of your ability to work, build, harvest, create….

Scripture Roman’s 12:9-2

 Message: Sectarianism: The “Othering” of our Neighbors

Alki UCC: Rev Kelly Wadsworth, Wayside UCC: Rev Alisa DeWolf: 

Normandy Park UCC: Rev. Amy Hitchens, and 

Rev. Mike Denton Conference Minister, PNC UCC

This is a video where these three church pastors and our Conference Minister talk about 

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

CCLI license #11038266

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

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

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

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

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

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

*Benediction and “Love Round”

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!

Silent Prayer 

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

Hi Everyone! 

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.

2. 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)

3. 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)

4. 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/

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 

Access Code: 361-630-909 

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

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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”

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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/

Dear members and friends of Veradale UCC,

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)

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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.

2. 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.

2. Let righteousness roll on as others’ cares we heed, an ever flowing stream of faith

translated into deed.

3. 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

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

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

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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/