Seventh Sunday of Easter

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1 Hancock Covenant of Welcome We welcome all who seek to know God. We believe that, although we are many members, we are one body in Christ. We have been called as well as challenged by God to respect and reconcile our differences. We recognize and love each individual as a child of God. We welcome, respect, support, and lovingly encourage people of every race, ethnicity, creed, class, gender, sexual orientation, age, and physical and mental ability to join us on our journey of faith. This faith journey indeed calls Hancock Members not to be silent in the face of prejudice, injustice, and exclusion, but to express our faith, in word and deed, for justice and inclusiveness for all humanity. As Paul wrote to the Galatians, In Christ there is no longer Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for all are one. Seventh Sunday of Easter Paul Shupe, Senior Minister paul.shupe@hancockchurch.org Mark Morgan, Director of Music mark.morgan@hancockchurch.org Dana Allen Walsh, Minister dana.allenwalsh@hancockchurch.org Marilyn Becker, Associate Director of Music marilyn.becker@hancockchurch.org Pam Cochrane, Director of Children s Ministries and Seminarian pam.cochrane@hancockchurch.org Nancy Rottman, Seminarian nancy.rottman@hancockchurch.org Alex Shea Will, Congregational Care alex.will@hancockchurch.org Becca Lockwood, Seminarian becca.lockwood@hancockchurch.org Church Office Phone Church Office Hours M-Th 9:00-4:00, Fri 9:00-3:00 Hancock Community Prayer For bulletin announcements, corrections, or suggestions, office@hancockchurch.org To conserve trees and your pledge dollars, consider sharing your bulletin. Please recycle. Hancock United Church of Christ, Congregational 1912 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, MA June 1, 2014 Morning Worship 10:00 am Well 6:15 pm

2 Gathering Together To Praise God MOMENT OF REFLECTION As we gather to worship God today, we are all mindful that this is the last day that Dana Allen Walsh will serve as a Minister among us. All three dimensions of me are powerfully present: the past as memories flood our minds; the present as we are aware of the rich emo ons that fill our hearts; and the future as we are filled with hope for Dana in her new calling and for us as we move into God s new tomorrow. With thanks for seeds of ministry and service planted yesterday, for the abundance of today s growth, and for the rich harvest sure to come, we praise God together. PRELUDE Concerto for 7 Trumpets Altenburg Allegro Andante Allegro Prelude and Fugue in G Minor Bach 2 * Congregation standing some may wish to remain seated The Merry Cuckoo Britten Trumpet Ensemble INTROIT Hallelujah! South African Hancock Choristers (refrain in Zulu) Refrain: Hallelujah, we sing your praises, all our hearts are filled with gladness Verse: Christ the Lord sends us out, strong in faith, free of doubt Strong in faith, free of doubt, to proclaim the joyful Gospel. CALL TO WORSHIP Dana Allen Walsh ONE: We gather together in expecta on and hope, ALL: May our eyes and ears be open to the Sprit s presence. ONE: May the seeds of God s Word sca ered among us fall on fer le soil. ALL: May they take root in our hearts and lives, ONE: and produce an abundant harvest of good words and deeds. ALL: Amen. *OPENING HYMN In All Things, At All Times see page 10 Sunday, June 1 Seventh Sunday of Easter 8:30 am Trumpet Rehearsal Dining RM 8:30 am Chancel Choir Rehearsal SANC and CHAP 9:00 am Mar ng to Glory BELL 9:00 am Restructuring for Mission Listening Sessions PEAR 10:00 am Morning Worship Communion Sunday SANC 10:20 am Church School Special Worship Program Children s CHAP and Classrooms 10:20 am JYO Sandwich Making KS 11:00 am Fellowship Hour CLARK 11:30 am Hymnal Commi ee Mee ng BELL 2:30 pm HYG Games on the Green 6:15 pm Worship at the Well CLARK Monday, June 2 9:30 am Projects with Purpose BELL 1:30 pm Skyloom KS 7:30 pm Deacons Mee ng Tuesday, June 3 10:00 am Staff Mee ng BELL 11:00 am Staff Worship Planning BELL 7:30 pm Cantata Rehearsal SANC Wednesday, June 4 1:15 pm Consort KS 6:00 pm 22 Muzzey St Parent Group PEAR 7:00 pm Hancock Carillon BELL The Week Ahead Thursday, June 5 7:30 pm Finance Mee ng PEAR 7:30 pm Chancel Choir Rehearsal CHAP Friday, June 6 9:30 am Morning Glory Ringers BELL 10:00 am Friday Friends Bookclub Dining RM Saturday, June 7 8:00 am AA Women s Step Study CHAP 8:00 am Cantata Rehearsal SANC 9:00 am Indoor/Outdoor Workday SANC/CLARK/ PEAR/Dining RM 10:00 am AA Mee ng CLARK 3:00 pm Isabelle Plaster Brass Group KS 6:00 pm Concert Green Room PEAR 7:00 pm Monroe Crossing Bluegrass Concert SANC Lexington Food Pantry Food of the month for is Canned Corn and Vegetables. LOCATION KEY BELL Bell Room CHAP Chapel CHOR Choir Room CLAR Clark Hall CONF Conference Room DR Dining Room RM205 Room 205 KS Kathie Stuart LIB Po er Library PEAR Pearson SANC Sanctuary WILS Wilson UR Upper Room To schedule an event or rent space, contact the Church Office at office@hancockchurch.org or call The complete Hancock calendar is available at calendar. 19

3 New Members Join the Church on June 8th The church will be celebra ng new membership for several families on Sunday, June 8th. If this is the right me for you to join the church, or you would like more informa on on membership contact the church office or the Membership Commi ee chair Al Bukys at or call the office at by Monday, June 2nd. *PASSING THE PEACE OF CHRIST It is perfectly fine to choose not to shake hands in an effort to quell germs. If your neighbor does not extend a hand, simply smile, exchange verbal gree ngs and know the reason for their cau on. WORDS OF WELCOME Sign up for the Boston Pride Parade! Saturday, June 14th Submit a piece for the Hancock Weekly or Sunday Bulletin PRAYER OF INVOCATION Pam Cochrane GATHERING SONG Gather Round It's me to sign up for the Boston Pride Parade! Help us celebrate what's great about the GBLT Community! This year's marshalls are Ashley and Jamie Davis, and Alex Will. If you missed Ashley's Faith in Ac on moment, please watch it by clicking the link located in the weekly. To sign up please fill out the form online or call the Church Office We extend our sympathy to the friends and family of those who have passed away recently. A memorial service for Bruce Rankin will be held on June 14th at 2:00 pm. The Hancock Weekly Deadline is the Tuesday prior at 3pm. The Sunday Bulle n Deadline is Wednesday a ernoon. Please include: Title, Copy text, Contact informa on, Image as an a achment. Please send them to Jane Park at office@hancockchurch.org. Leader: Come on children to the Gospel Feast All: Gather round, gather round. Leader: Jesus welcomes all, the li le and least All: Gather round, gather round. This is where we sing and pray Read God s word on this glad day Come on children to the Gospel feast Gather round, gather round. THE CHILDREN S TIME Pam Cochrane Giving Thanks to God THE MORNING OFFERING Alex Shea Will OFFERTORY Walk Together Children/I Got Shoes African American Spirituals Hancock Choristers arr. by Ruth Elaine Schram Walk together children, don t you get weary Walk together children, don t you get weary There s a great camp mee ng in the promised land I got shoes, you got shoes, all God s children got shoes Walk together children in your new shoes, there s a great camp mee ng in the promised land. 18 ANNOUNCEMENTS * Congregation standing some may wish to remain seated 3

4 *THE DOXOLOGY From North and South and East and West, May God s eternal name be blessed! Alleluia! Alleluia! Till everywhere beneath the sun, Thy kingdom come Thy will be done. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! LAST WELL TONIGHT June 1st at 6:15 pm in Clark Hall This Sunday will be the last Well until September. Please join us for a special service and Dana's last sermon. *PRAYER OF DEDICATION The Prayers of the People PRAYERS FOR OUR HANCOCK COMMUNITY Paul Shupe A TIME FOR SILENT PRAYER PRAYERS FOR THE WORLD Alex Shea Will LORD S PRAYER Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into tempta on, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen. The Good News Is Proclaimed THE SCRIPTURE READING 1 Corinthians 3:6-8 Becca Lockwood My job was to plant the seed in your hearts, and Apollos watered it, but it was God, not we, who made it grow. The ones who do the plan ng or watering aren't important, but God is important because he is the one who makes the seed grow. The one who plants and the one who waters work as a team with the same purpose. Yet they will be rewarded individually, according to their own hard work. 4 * Congregation standing some may wish to remain seated Schedule of Interim Plans May 31 June 1: Celebra on of Dana s Ministry and her last sermon at Hancock June 2: Alex Shea Will starts working full me hours as Ac ng Minister for Congrega onal Care. Pam Cochrane starts part me as Ac ng Minster for Faith Forma on. June 16 August 17: Paul will take his remaining vaca on me. During this me, Nancy Ro man and Becca Lockwood will alternate part me hours every week. September 1: Pam Cochrane starts full me hours as Ac ng Minster of Faith Forma on. December 26 January 17, 2015: Paul will take part of his sabba cal, which coincides with Andover Newton s winter break. June August 2015: Paul will take the remainder of his sabba cal during this me. He will announce firmer plans when the me approaches. Congratulations Courtney Jones Hancock is rightly proud of our own Courtney Jones, who this past week graduated from Andover Newton Theological School and now begins her search for a se led ministry in a congrega on. Simultaneously, Courtney has been invited to join an interfaith tour of Israel this summer with the Jewish Community Rela ons Council. To congratulate Courtney, and to help defray her expenses, gi s are being received. You can contribute by sending checks payable to "Hancock Church" with "Courtney Jones" in the memo line. ANNOUNCEMENTS 17

5 Restructuring for Mission listening session today! The Restructuring for Mission team has proposed a number of recommenda ons for improving how we organize ourselves here at Hancock, including the opera on of commi ees, the launch of new ini a ves, and the engagement of our members in mission. Pick up a copy of the report in church (look on the table outside Paul s office), or click on the link in the weekly e mail. Please tell us what you think! Listening sessions are scheduled in the Pearson Room at 7 pm this evening and next Sunday, June 8, at 11:30 am. Or call or e mail any member of the team. Is Your Pledge Up to Date? Deuteronomy 30:15-20 Nancy Rottman See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, death and adversity. If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God that I am commanding you today, by loving the Lord your God, walking in his ways, and observing his commandments, decrees, and ordinances, then you shall live and become numerous, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land that you are entering to possess. But if your heart turns away and you do not hear, but are led astray to bow down to other gods and serve them, I declare to you today that you shall perish; you shall not live long in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess. I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Choose life so that you and your descendants may live, loving the Lord your God, obeying him, and holding fast to him; for that means life to you and length of days, so that you may live in the land that the Lord swore to give to your ancestors, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. NEEDED Hancock volunteers are scheduled to work at Interfaith Garden on Tuesday, June 3 (4:30 to 6 pm). This year, from spring to early fall, volunteers within 14 faith communi es are turning out Tuesday a ernoons and Saturday mornings to raise fresh, nutri ous herbs, vegetables and fruit for Lexington's Food Pantry. The garden is conveniently located near the Lexington Green. Parking is available behind First Parish Church. Contact Laurel Cooley at cooley.laurel1@gmail.com, if you would like to join the Hancock team on Tuesday, June ANNOUNCEMENTS As you head into summer, and all the places that the warm weather takes you, please remember that the expenses of your church con nue throughout the summer months. Why not make your gi s now, while you're thinking about it? Thanks for your on going support of the ministries of Hancock. Calendar Day June 3rd Hancock Staff will be having Calendar Day on June 3rd. We will need all commi ees and building users to submit their schedules and room needs to Jane Park at jane@hancockchurch.org by ASAP. Thank you for your help and flexibility during our construc on period! THE SERMON Holy Stuff Dana Allen Walsh Celebra ons of Communion COMMUNION HYMN We Are Not Our Own see page 11 INVITATION LEADER: God be with you. PEOPLE: And also with you. LEADER: Li up your hearts. PEOPLE: We li them up to God. LEADER: Let us give thanks to God: Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer. PEOPLE: It is right to give God thanks and praise. LEADER: Luke, the evangelist, wrote of our risen Savior, who at the table with two of the disciples took bread and blessed and broke it and gave it to them. Their eyes were opened and they recognized the risen Christ in the breaking of the bread. PEOPLE: In company with all believers in every me and beyond me, we come to this table to know the risen Christ in the breaking of the bread and the sharing of the cup. * Congregation standing some may wish to remain seated 5

6 THE COMMUNION PRAYER BREAKING THE BREAD, BLESSING THE CUP My job was to plant the seed in your hearts and Apollos watered it, but it was God, not we, who made it grow. 1 Cor 3:6 8 LEADER: Ready now to receive again the great gi s of communion, let us confess our Easter faith: PEOPLE: Christ had died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again. LEADER: Come, Holy Spirit, come. Bless this bread, bless this cup, and bless all of us in our ea ng and drinking together, that our eyes may be opened to see the risen Christ among us, and that our hearts might be united with sisters and brothers in every me and beyond me. PEOPLE: AMEN. THE BREAD AND THE CUP ARE SHARED This table belongs to Jesus Christ. Mindful of Christ, and in keeping with our Covenant of Welcome, this table is open to all, regardless of age, race, sex, class, creed, sexual orienta on or physical or mental ability. This is our Savior s table, and all are invited to come. Remembering our covenantal es to one another, we hold the bread un l all are served and eat together. Mindful of our individual rela onship with Christ, we drink the cup as we are served. A er we have shared together, our Junior Youth Organiza on will bring to the table the lunches that they have prepared for our homeless sisters and brothers who worship with the Outdoor Church in Cambridge. The lunches blessed will feed our friends this very day. COMMUNION ANTHEM We Shall Walk Through the Valley In Peace African-American Spiritual Chancel Choir arr. by Moses Hogan We shall walk through the valley in peace We shall walk through the valley in peace For Jesus, himself, will be our leader We shall walk through the valley in peace We will meet our loved ones there We will meet our loved ones there For Jesus, himself, will be our leader We shall walk through the valley in peace 6 * Congregation standing some may wish to remain seated ANNOUNCEMENTS 15

7 There will be no trials there There will be no trials there For Jesus, himself, will be our leader We shall walk through the valley in peace THE PRAYERS OF BLESSING Youth: Bless, O God, the meal that we have prepared for our sisters and brothers of the Outdoor Church. Let their bodies be nourished, and their spirits li ed by this meal. And let each of us rededicate ourselves to work for a more just world in which all your children are safe and secure in homes, and are sustained by good food and sheltered by the love of community. Leader: Hear us, O God, as we extend our thanks for the boun ful feast that we have shared with others on this Communion Sunday. ALL: We give thanks, almighty God, that you have refreshed us at your table by gran ng us the presence of Jesus Christ. Strengthen our faith, increase our love for one another, and send us forth into the world in courage and in peace, rejoicing in the power of the Holy Spirit, through Jesus Christ our risen Savior, Amen CLOSING HYMN We Gather Here to Bid Farewell see page 12 LITANY FOR ENDING AN AUTHORIZED MINISTRY Brad Harding, Metropolitan Boston Association, United Church of Christ In the United Church of Christ, authorized ministry is a covenant partnership between a local church, an ordained minister, and an Associa on of the United Church of Christ. As Dana Allen Walsh now leaves to become the new Senior Minister of South Church in Andover, it is fi ng and necessary that we dissolve the covenant es that have bound us together. Represen ng the Metropolitan Boston Associa on, we welcome Mr. Brad Harding to lead us in this work of ending and farewell. LEADER: On March 28, 2006, Hancock United Church of Christ, Congrega onal, call the Rev. Dana Allen Walsh to serve as Minister, and she has served faithfully in that role. DANA: I thank Hancock United Church of Christ, its members and friends, for the love, kindness and support shown to me these last eight years. I ask forgiveness for the mistakes I have made. I am grateful for the ways that my leadership has been accepted. As I leave, I will carry with me all that I have learned here. 14 ANNOUNCEMENTS * Congregation standing some may wish to remain seated 7

8 CONGREGATION: We receive your thankfulness, offer forgiveness, and accept that you now leave to minister elsewhere. We express our gra tude for your me among us. We ask your forgiveness for our mistakes. Your influence on our faith and faithfulness will not leave us at your departure. DANA: I forgive you, and accept your gra tude, trus ng that our me together and our par ng are pleasing to God. LEADER: Do you, the members and friends of Hancock United Church of Christ release the Rev. Dana Allen Walsh from the du es of being your Minister? CONGREGATION: We do, with the help of God. LEADER: Do you offer your encouragement for her ministry soon to begin as Senior Minister of South Church in Andover? CONGREGATION: We do, with the help of God. LEADER: Dana, do you release this church from turning to you and depending on you? DANA: I do, with the help of God. LEADER: Do you offer your encouragement for the con nued ministry here, and on the rela onship with the one who will be called to come and serve here? DANA: I do, with the help of God. LEADER: On behalf of the Metropolitan Boston Associa on and the United Church of Christ, I witness to the words spoken: words of thankfulness, forgiveness and release. The member churches of our associa on and the Massachuse s Conference hold each of you in prayer. We pledge our support in the transi ons signified by in this service. ALL: Thanks be to God! LEADER: Let us pray. ALL: O God we give thanks for remembered mes when we together shared the life of faith. We thank you for the moments we have shared as pastor and people 8 * Congregation standing some may wish to remain seated Welcome! We are delighted that you chose to worship with us today and are strengthened by your par cipa on in our service! We warmly invite you to coffee and refreshments immediately following worship. The greeters who welcomed you this morning will be happy to escort you to Clark Hall. If you d like to learn more about our church community and ac vi es, please take the flier hanging in the pew. You may also fill out the Welcome slip in the pew holder, and hand it to one of the clergy or ushers today. We hope that you feel very much at home here and that you will make Hancock Church your church. If you have any ques ons, our Welcoming Commi ee would be happy to help: welcoming@hancockchurch.org. Child care is available each Sunday beginning at 9:00 a.m. in the nursery and toddler room. All children and youth are invited to worship with their families, to come forward for the Children s Gathering, and then recess to the Church School for K 5 or the Upper Room for grades 6 8. Child care is also provided during most church ac vi es. Large print bulle ns, hearing assist aids, and a stair li are available at Hancock Church. Please ask an usher for assistance. All services are recorded and cablecast locally by LexMedia Cable TV (RCN 3, Comcast 8 and Verizon 35) Sunday 10 AM and 7 PM, Tuesdays 10 PM. For more informa on, please visit the Hancock website at *** SERVICE DVDS AVAILABLE Just fill out the orange form just outside the television studio on the lower level. The cost is $10.00 which can be paid upon ordering or upon pickup at the church. All proceeds go to support the television ministry. *** HANCOCK CHURCH SERMON IN HD Online at *** WATCH SERVICE LIVE Online at livestreaming.html from 10am 11am 13

9 We Gather Here To Bid Farewell Together: in worship, in learning, in fellowship, and in service. We pray that you will bless Dana as she con nues in ministry, beginning anew with sisters and brothers at South Church. We pray that you will bless us as we strive to con nue to be a community of evermore faithful disciples of Jesus, in whose name we pray, Amen. THE LAYING OF HANDS BENEDICTION Dana Allen Walsh BENEDICTION RESPONSE Strengthen For Service, Lord Marilyn Becker Text from the Liturgy of Malabar, 5th century, translated by Percy Dearmer Composer s Dedication: For Dana Allen Walsh in honor of her service to Hancock Church Chancel Choir Strengthen for service, Lord, the hands that holy things have taken; Let ears that now have heard thy songs to clamor never waken. Lord, may the tongues which holy sang, Keep free all deceiving; The eyes which saw they love be bright, Thy blessed hope perceiving. The feet that tread thy holy courts from light do thou not banish; The bodies by thy body fed with thy new life replenish. Amen. POSTLUDE Revecy Venir du Printans Le Jeune Trumpet Ensemble Today s Flower Offering The flowers on the altar this morning are in honor of Dana Allen Walsh, Sean Walsh, and Leighton Walsh in celebration of Dana s ministry at Hancock. The Pulpit flowers are given in loving memory of Denise Sheahan, Yvette s mother, by the Kirby family. 12 The Pulpit banner is a gift for Dana s office made by the Project Group. The Communion table today is a gift from Dana s friends at Hancock church in honor of Dana s ministry. * Congregation standing some may wish to remain seated 9

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