Sunday Worship Jan 31, 2021 And Bulletin

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.

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:

All the time . . . God so loves the world!

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

Louise Tajuddan leads with a prayer.

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.

*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)

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

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.

 Pastor: Do you desire to affirm your baptized into the faith and family of Jesus Christ?

Pastor:Do you accept Christ Jesus as your supreme guide, teacher and perfect exemplar of the direct, selfless, and loving path to God?

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?

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?

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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.

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.

 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.

 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.

 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

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

CCLI license #11038266

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.