JOIN US AFTER WORSHIP. Meet and Greet Friends Old and New! Fellowship Hosted By: Sue & Rich Myers WE COLLECT FOOD EVERY WEEK!

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1 The Sunday Courier Sunday, November 19, 2017 COCOA BEACH COMMUNITY CHURCH United Church of Christ 126 South Atlantic Avenue No matter who you are, or where you are on life's journey, you are welcome here. ALTAR FLOWERS In Honor of Penny Parker s 1st Birthday Dave & Margaret Counts JOIN US AFTER WORSHIP Meet and Greet Friends Old and New! Fellowship Hosted By: Sue & Rich Myers USHERS Joan Smith Mary Wiseman GREETERS Jean Dugan Mary Staff AUDIO VISUAL Carl Witlicki WE COLLECT FOOD EVERY WEEK! CBCC helps support many food ministries in Cocoa Beach and throughout the Space Coast. We appreciate the food and other items brought in each Sunday and placed in our basket. Single serving items are used in ready to eat lunch bags available at the THRIFT SHOP and at the church office. Other foods items are given to local food pantries. CBCC OFFICE HOURS Monday Friday 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM P.O. Box Cocoa Beach, FL Tel: Fax: cbcc.info@cfl.rr.com BASKET IS UP FRONT! THANK YOU! Facebook.com/CBCC.UCC

2 COCOA BEACH COMMUNITY CHURCH THRIFT SHOP HOURS Monday & Thursday 9:30 AM to 3:00 PM Friday & Saturday 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM Serving the people of the Space Coast w/ outstanding quality merchandise at a fraction of retail. We also have a great selection of Books, Tapes, CDs & DVDs Don t forget to donate your unwanted items to the Thrift Shop! The Thrift Shop will be closed for Thanksgiving! November 23 November 25 We will reopen Monday, November 27 Last Sunday, the Thrift Shop hosted coffee hour and THANK YOU to the many who helped in the preparation. The congregation was able to tour the shop and see the preview of The Christmas room. Many shopped for bargains! It was a good time for all. The shop will donate 5% of the sales in October to Breast Cancer Research. Customers donated change to the cause as well. CBCC WEEK AT A GLANCE MONDAY NOVEMBER 20 Thrift Shop 9:30AM - 3:00PM TUESDAY NOVEMBER 21 Adult Bible Discussions Governing Board Mtg. WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 22 Choir Practice 2:00PM - 3:00PM 7:00PM 7:00PM THURSDAY NOVEMBER 23: THANKSGIVING Thrift Shop OFFICE CLOSED CLOSED NO CENTER FOR SPIRTUAL ENRICHMENT SESSION FRIDAY NOVEMBER 24 Thrift Shop OFFICE SATURDAY NOVEMBER 25 Thrift Shop Sandpipers Mtg. Sponsler Hall SUNDAY NOVEMBER 26 Adult Bible Discussions Worship Children and Youth Fellowship 10:00AM - 1:00PM CLOSED CLOSED 7:00PM - 8:00PM 9:00AM 10:00AM 10:00AM 11:00AM We are currently looking for a few volunteers to join the team! If interested please contact Anne Rutishauser

3 ~ SUNDAY MORNING AT CBCC ~ 9:00 AM: ADULT BIBLE DISCUSSIONS BIBLE DISCUSSIONS w/ LOREN BOWLING A class is also offered on Tuesdays at 2:00PM Adult Ed. Room in Sponsler Hall CHILDREN AND YOUTH PROGRAM TODAY 10:00AM Program for Grades K-6 7th 12th Leadership Team During our worship service, a slide will indicate that children and youth (leaders) may depart for morning program. After worship, parents can meet with their children in Sponsler Hall. Parents with infants and small children: We are unable to offer childcare or educational classes for children less than four years of age. We would like to renew this ministry and hope to soon be able to offer a safe space for this age group! We invite young families to remain in worship and use our break room if needed, which is located near the front doors. You are still able to see and hear the worship service! WORSHIP 10:00 AM All Ages Gather Rev. Ed Middleton BE A GREETER OR AN USHER Contact Cleo Hanson Our Sanctuary Is a Safe Place for All People to Worship Regardless of Race, Creed, Gender, Cultural Background or Sexual Orientation FELLOWSHIP HOSTS MAKE A DIFFERENCE! SING IN THE CHOIR! 7:00PM Meeting and greeting friends and visitors after worship is a great part of our Sunday morning experience here at CBCC. Every week it is our pleasure to wander over to Sponsler Hall, grab a cup of coffee and a snack, and chat for a while before heading off for our week. This time also provides us an opportunity to meet new people visiting our church. Please consider signing up to host our fellowship. Just one time makes a difference. Snacks are already there. Set-up and clean-up is the main task. This is a great ministry for couples or two friends who love to enter- Sunday Mornings 9:30AM in Sponsler Hall Contact: Jan Johns Or David Wrable PEW BEARS Stuffed Animals in Pews? Give ONE to someone you may know who is in need of comfort, or even keep it for yourself,

4 Women s Fellowship met Thursday November 9th. After our devotional we had a speaker from the Florida Dept. of Agriculture. What a surprise not about agriculture, but Scams, ID theft and fraud. What a GREAT SPEAKER! In our meeting we talked about upcoming projects. The Angel Tree in Merritt Square Mall; just one day! Salvation Army Stockings, please fill one, the need is great. And soon we will have our own Angel Tree to benefit the Women's Center in Melbourne. Don t miss the Christmas fun set for our next gathering on Thursday December 14. Please Come! Karen Neumann; WF President CHRISTMAS FOR DEVEREUX Patty Hurst, administrator for Devereux, has asked if our Women s Fellowship can help their young men. Mick Hanson, is a member here at our church and works with these young men. They are asking for $10 $20 gift cards from Target or Walmart for Christmas. There are 24 young men, ages there. We will be collecting in Sponsler Hall. Please help. Thank you! Devereux of Florida offers a professional therapeutic environment for children and adolescents facing significant emotional, behavioral and intellectual/ developmental challenges. ANGEL TREE AND STUFF A STOCKING You can make a difference in the life of a local child this holiday season. Every year we fill stockings for children in our community who are in need of some Christmas Cheer! Women's Fellowship is helping the Salvation Army in their "Stuff A Stocking" campaign. So far this year over 600 families have requested help. Many of these families have 2 or 3 children, so many stockings are needed. We need stockings for boys and girls ages infant to 12- years-old. The stockings come with a list of gift suggestions for each age group and gender, and you can add whatever you like. The stockings will be distributed by the Salvation Army to families throughout Brevard County. Pick up an empty stocking in Sponsler Hall during Fellowship Hour. Please return the stocking to the church by Sunday, December 10. We are also helping the Salvation Army with their Angel Tree at the Merritt Square Mall. We will staff a signup table at the mall from 10:00a.m. to 8:00 p.m. (Date TBA soon) If you can donate two hours of your time you can help to make sure that underprivileged families in Brevard County have a wonderful Christmas!

5 TIRED OF LOSING YOUR GOOD PAN AT A COVERED DISH? Women's Fellowship has a great solution. Over the next 6 weeks we will be taking orders for merchandise from "That's My Pan!". The company sells engraved, personalized cake, casserole and pie pans and lids so you'll never lose your pan or lid again. You can choose your favorite design and engraving. They also sell personalized cutting boards, cookie tins, wine totes, mugs and much more. Information will be available at Fellowship Hour after church, and delivery is scheduled for before Christmas in case you're thinking about ordering a Christmas present. We do need more orders before we can place an order. CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL ENRICHMENT FALL ~ WINTER SESSIONS 4 Weeks Left! NOVEMBER 30 - DECEMBER 21 *NO CSE THIS THURSDAY...THANKSGIVING* 10:00-11:30AM: Morning Module The Great Courses Video Series The Old Testament w/ Professor Amy Jill Levine Ph.D Amy Roller Library; Facilitated by Bob Watkins ** December 14 meet at 2:00PM** The Old Testament morning session is one of the Great Courses produced by the Teaching Company. Professor Amy-Jill Levine of Vanderbilt University Divinity School/Graduate Dept. of Religion presents 30 minute lectures on the books of the Old Testament. Two 30 minute lectures are shown each Thursday. Come and learn with others for all or some of the sessions. Upcoming Lectures: NOV. 30: KING SOLOMON TO PROPHECY DEC. 7: THE SOUTHERN KIGDOM /BABYLONIAN EXILE *DEC.14: RESTORATION & THEOCRACY/WISDOM LIT. DEC.21: LIFE IN THE DIASPORA/APOCOLYPTIC LIT. 12:00 NOON Lunch in Sponsler Hall $4.00 Lunch is served each week in Sponsler Hall. SOUP CHALLENGE WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A SOUP (OR LUNCH) FOR ONE OF OUR THURSDAY PROGRAMS? CONTACT COLEMAN :30-2:00PM: Afternoon Module Holy Ground - Seeking Justice Our afternoon sessions will be a combination of Mindfulness and Prayer practice in the church sanctuary followed by a United Church of Christ Justice & Witness Bible Discussion. 12:30PM 1:15PM Mindfulness and Prayer (CBCC Sanctuary) Come spend time in silence and song, with scripture and centering prayers as we weave techniques learned about mindfulness and Christian prayer in our Summer module. Scripture selections will come from our justice resources. 1:20PM-2:00PM Doing Justice/Overcoming Violence (in Sponsler Hall) What does the Lord require of you? We all know that the answer to that question is to do justice, love kindness and walk humbly with God. It is important to note that answer follows the word but. In other words, all that God requires of us is to do justice. Doing justice, seeking peace and building community are central to the identity of the United Church of Christ. Understanding our call to do justice, love mercy and walk humbly with God requires continual work and self-reflection. Every local church can do something to end violence. Together we can be a strong voice for change, a powerful network of prayer for peace, a strong example of doing justice in our world today Bernice Powell Jackson Former UCC Executive Minister, Justice and Witness Ministries

6 ABOUT TODAY S SERVICE Some of the liturgy today uses elements found in the churches of seventeenth and eighteenthcentury Plymouth and Boston, Massachusetts. Some of the wording incorporates components of more contemporary liturgy; this background information is being given as an educational reference. In the earlier days the call to church echoed through the colony with the sound of the conch shell or drum. The body of worshipers commonly processed to the church because of the need for safety and protection. Since the meetinghouse had no heat, the congregation brought foot stoves to the services. Women carried hot stones in their muffs; ministers preached in overcoats and frequently wore mittens. Elders and deacons occupied pews beside the pulpit. The congregation stood in place when the minister entered the meetinghouse. The beadle, a parish official occasionally took care of numerous minor parish duties. For the worship service, the beadle lifted the Bible from its protective box and preceding the minister, placed it on the pulpit. The congregation sat down following the ministers seating. The congregation stood as the service opened with prayer, which lasted at least fifteen minutes. By the early eighteenth century, a form of invocation more familiar to our contemporary style had come into use. The early Congregationalist sang the metrical version of the Psalms. They used The Bay Psalm Book, a hymnbook that was, in face, the first book published in America in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in For congregational singing, a deacon or precentor gave the key using a pitch pipe or tuning fork and lined out the Psalm, singing a line to the congregation, the congregation then repeating the line as sung. Choirs came into use only at the time of the Revolution. They sat in a balcony in the rear of the meetinghouse to avoid all pretension to pride. However, the congregation frequently rose and faced the choir so that they might both hear or join in the singing. As for musical instruments, the early Congregationalists believed the instruments only furthered the work of the Devil. Around 1700 the church bass a cello-like stringed instrument and the bass viola came into use. In 1713 the first organ was installed in a Boston meetinghouse amid much vociferous and raucous resistant. The first public notice officially summoning the inhabitants of Massachusetts to an observance of Thanksgiving was issued in 1676 and in 1789 George Washington issued the first national Thanksgiving proclamation. As a mark of respect for scripture the congregation stood while the minister gave out the text for the day s sermon and in the Reformed tradition the reading was preceded by a brief Prayer of Illumination. The early clergy called the public reading of scripture without comment, dumb reading and the major portion of the service was devoted to the sermon. With their emphasis on education and learning, the early Congregationalists regarding the sermon as the high point of worship. Cont. next page top

7 The minister laid an hourglass on the pulpit and turned it over as each hour closed. Sermons frequently lasted two and three hours. A so-call tything man kept congregants awake by using a long pole tipped with a brass knocker at one end to rap the sleeping males and tipped the other end with a rabbit s foot or a feather for the more gentle persuasion of the sleeping females. After the sermon was the time for the prayer and offering. Here is where the minister prayed the long prayer, a term used until some seventy-five years ago. This is said to be the place in the service where the congregation possessed freest access to God. Congregationalist emphasized free prayer of the minister s own composition, rather than prayers made official in a liturgical prayer book. The offering also followed the sermon. A deacon rose from a place behind the communion table and said, Brothers and sisters of this congregation, now there is time left for contribution; wherefore as God hath prospered you, so freely offer. The head of the family then walked forward and placed the offering of goods or money on the communion table. In the colonial churches the minister was the first to leave and the last to enter. The men left first in order to guarantee protection for the women and children. INTERFAITH THANKSGIVING SERVICE MONDAY NOVEMBER 20; 7:00-8:00PM Advent Lutheran Church in Suntree Bob Watkins can take up to 5 people. Bob will be leaving for Suntree from the CBCC parking lot at 6:00PM if you would like a ride. Thanksgiving morning at 8:00AM is the annual TURKEY TROT 5K RACE. Benefits from the Turkey Trot go to Cocoa Beach Jr/Sr High Cross Country & Track teams. FREE PARKING FOR THIS EVENT PROVIDED BY CBCC ANNUAL THANKSGIVING DAY MEAL IN FISCHER PARK; COCOA BEACH 10:30AM 1:30PM Just show up hungry and ready to eat! Want to volunteer? Call SALLY HART at Heidi's Jazz Club November 24, 2017 The day after Thanksgiving. Come out and be grateful for the day and enjoy the evening with Sally Cocoa Beach Art Show & Music Fest NOVEMBER The place to be Thanksgiving weekend, Is Downtown Cocoa Beach!! Beautiful, unique art, music & food.

8 BIRTHDAYS 3 Glee Moore 11 Gene McCormick 16 Mary Staff Kathy Anderson Smith 17 Bill Ross 21 Gordon Huff 23 Dr. Bobbie McKay Nick Carpenter 26 Coleman Todd 28 JC Evans 30 Todd Thomas GOLDEN PLUS ANNIVERSARIES November 5 William C. & Irene Swanson 70 yrs 1947 November 22 Paul & Norma Bruce 74 yrs 1943 ANNIVERSARIES November 26 Rob & Karen Monks 18 yrs 1999 November 29 Bill & Babs Didden 9 yrs 2008 PRAYER CHAIN If you or a loved one is in need of Care or Prayer, the Telephone Prayer Chain is here for you. CALL TODAY! Alma Stephenson STILL SPEAKING DEVOTIONALS Inspired reading for your prayerful reflection each morning from the United Church of Christ, the God is still speaking' church FOUR SUNDAYS OF ADVENT At 10:00 AM December 3 December 24 Plan to join us each Sunday as we light Advent Candles in preparation for the coming of Christ. Keeping You e-posted A weekly e-zine of news, featured items, resources, worship materials, and justice-action items. ed each Tuesday morning. TO SUBSCRIBE: