Dear Veradale Friends and Members,
Hope all is well with you. Please, add Barbara Paro and her family to your prayers as she grieves the death of her daughter Ginny. Also Add Diane Jeffers granddaughter who was hospitalized due to seizures.
Below is the updated Bulletin for tomorrow.
We will have a small in-person gathering as well as Zoom, Facebook, and with Radio Daniel at 89.3 (in the parking lot). If you want to worship in-person, let me know as we have a limited number of spaces. 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). 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.
7. The Bibles, Hymnals, pens, pencils, coloring pages are all REMOVED from the sanctuary. If you want to print your own bulletin or bring your own Bible, that is fine.
8. There will be absolutely no eating or drinking in the building.
9. There will be no singing in the sanctuary. We will have hymns but only those on Facebook and Zoom can sing.
Thank you for keeping flexible about worshiping in person.
Remember that this Sunday is also our Annual Meeting following worship.
Also, our birthday party for Rosa Parks is February 4. I will have birthday cupcakes for the first 24 people who bring donations for the MLK Family Center in honor of Rosa.
Let me know if you will be in-person this Sunday.
Pastor Gen
(408)593-9556
Zoom Worship, January 31, 2021 at 10:30am
Annual meeting at same link imediately after worship
Sunday Morning Worship
Time: Jan 31, 2021 10:20 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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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!”
January 31, 2021 • 10:30 a.m.
Wayne Shull, Music Director
Charlie Salt, Acolyte and AV
Naomi Hanvey Facebook Monitor
Scotty Patton, Zoom Monitor
10:30am Worship begins:
God so loves the world . . . all the time!
All the time . . . God so loves the world!
Passing the Peace of Christ and Welcoming the Light Christ
Hymn: “ Amazing Grace”
Public Domain
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.
Community Prayer
Pastoral Prayer
Louise Tajuddan leads with a prayer.
We pray for:
Barbara Paro at the death of her daughter Ginny.
Diane Jeffers granddaughter who was hospitalized due to seizures.
for the healing of Raymond and Tom
Gratitude that the vaccine is being distributed. Bless the process, make a way to overcome the obsticles .
Help all who are having emotional and mental stress due to the deadly reality of Covid 19 and the mutating variation
Help those who refuse to wear masks to be moved to love their neighbor and take the steps needed.
Silent Prayer
Lord’s Prayer
Response: Amen, amen, amen
A Time of Offering
An Invitation to Share
*Dedication 780 (NCH)
Praise God from whom all blessing flow. Praise God all creatures here below.Praise God for all that love has done; Creator, Christ, and Spirit, One. Amen
*Prayer of Dedication (unison)
Amazing God, you are the one who loves all and calls us to do the same. Bless these gifts for this church. May the day soon come when sharing by all means scarcity for none. Amen
Listening for God
Mark 1:21-28
They went to Capernaum; and when the sabbath came, he entered the synagogue and taught. They were astounded at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. Just then there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out, “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One of God.” But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent, and come out of him!” And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him. They were all amazed, and they kept on asking one another, “What is this? A new teaching—with authority! He[a] commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.” At once his fame began to spread throughout the surrounding region of Galilee.
Message: What do You have to do with Us?
Silence
Rite of Membership
About Veradale UCC
*You don’t have to be a member to participate in the life of the church
*Membership – belonging. It is a covenantal relationship where we stand with the community gathered in this time and place.
*Our members determine the direction of our church, care for the ministries we do together, the rules we live by our ones we choose through the determination of our congregation. As an autonomous church, we are free to determine what God calls us to be in this time and place. Our covenantal relationship with the Conference and National Church gives us guidance and offers us possibilities.
Invitation The names of those wanting to become members are spoken and they are invited to affirm their baptism and unite with us in this household of faith.
Sentences: Friends in Christ, we were all received into the global church through the sacrament of baptism. Today, (names of those whose journey brings them to us) having found nurture and support from this local congregation, seek to unite with us in the journey of faith.
Having prayerfully considered the commitment (NAMES) are about to make, they will affirm again their baptismal pledges. May we listen with love and support and may we be reminded of our promises made in
baptism and membership.
(to the Candidate/s) (NAMES) you are no longer strangers or sojourners. You are equal citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus being the cornerstone. You are part of that holy temple, the body of Christ. You are built as a dwelling place of the Holy Spirit.
Questions of the Candidate:
Pastor: Do you desire to affirm your baptized into the faith and family of Jesus Christ?
Response: I do.
Pastor:Do you accept Christ Jesus as your supreme guide, teacher and perfect exemplar of the direct, selfless, and loving path to God?
Response: I do.
Pastor Do you promise, by the grace of God, to be Christ’s disciple, to follow in the way of our Savior, to resist oppression and evil, to show love and justice, and to witness to the work and word of Jesus Christ as best you are able?
Response: I promise, with the help of God.
Pastor Do you promise, according to the grace given you, to grow in the Christian faith and to be a faithful participant in the community of Jesus Christ, celebrating Christ’s presence and furthering Christ’s vision of compassion and justice in all the world?
Response: I promise, with the help of God.
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Address:
Pastor: By your baptism, you were made one with us in the body of Christ, the church. Today, we rejoice that your journey of faith has brought you to be with us in this time and place. We give thanks for every community of faith that has been your spiritual home and we celebrate your presence in this household of faith.
Question about Participation:
Pastor: Do you promise to participate in the life and mission of this family of God’s people, sharing regularly in the worship of God and enlisting in the work of this local church as it serves this community and the world.
Candidate/s: I promise, with the help of God.
Welcome and Reception:
Moderator: Let us, the members of the Veradale United Church of Christ, express our welcome and affirm our mutual ministry in Christ.
All: We welcome you with joy in the common life of this church. We promise you our friendship and prayers as we share the hopes and labors of the church of Jesus Christ. By the power of the Holy Spirit may we continue to grow together in God’s knowledge and love and be witnesses of our risen Savior.
Greeting of Christian Love:
Moderator: In the name of Jesus Christ, and on behalf of the Veradale United Church of Christ, we extend our hearts in Christian love, welcoming you into the company of this local church.
Prayer:
All: O God, we praise you for calling us to faith and for gathering us into this church, the body of Christ. We thank you for your people gathered in this Veradale United Church of Christ and rejoice that you have increased our community of faith. Together may we live in the Spirit, building one another up in love, sharing ion the life and worship of the church, and serving the world for the sake of Jesus Christ. Amen.
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 “What does the Lord Require?”
1. What does the Lord require of you? What does the Lord require of you?
2. Justice, kindness, walk humbly with your God.
3. To seek justice, and love kindness, and walk humbly with your God.
2. Justice, kindness, walk humbly with your God.
3. To seek justice, and love kindness, and walk humbly with your God.
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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
on Facebook every Tuesday morning from 9am to 9:25am https://www.facebook. com/VeradaleUCC/
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
1-800-273-8255 Available 24 hours a day in English and Spanish.
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