Maple Street Congregational Church United Church of Christ No matter who you are or where you are on your faith journey, you are welcome here!

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1 Maple Street Congregational Church United Church of Christ No matter who you are or where you are on your faith journey, you are welcome here! May 29, 2016 Memorial Day Sunday 10:00 am Childcare is offered for 3 and under during Worship at Kid s Korner in the hall behind the Sanctuary. PRELUDE (A time for meditation in preparation for worshipping God) WORDS OF WELCOME CALL TO WORSHIP Leader: We are called to be witnesses of God s love People: Call us to love one another, to love our neighbor as ourselves. Leader: We are called to be witnesses of God s justice People: Let us stand with the oppressed and speak out for those in need. Leader: We are called to be witnesses of God s peace People: Keep us to the path of peacemaking and to be bearers of peace in the world. We are called to be witnesses of God. Come, let us follow Jesus, who leads us into God s ways of love, justice and peace. Amen! --Rev. Mindi, Rev-o-lution *OPENING HYMN *INVOCATION OF GOD S PRESENCE (IN UNISON) God of grace, truth, and love, we see You at work all around us. We see You at work in the first responders who risk their own lives to save others. We see You at work in the arms that surround us, in the helping hands that reach out, in the friends who comfort us in silence when no words will speak the truth of what we have experienced. God, we are mourning in this time of struggle and disaster. We are questioning why so many bad things have happened. Help us to resist the easy answers and the dismissive excuses, and instead, help us to be the response of love, grace and peace in a world that seems broken and lost. --Rev. Mindi, Rev-o-lution *Please stand as you are able.

2 In the name of Jesus, who brings us together, who binds us together, who continues to hold us together, we pray *THE LORD S PRAYER (IN UNISON) 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 trespasses, As we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen. *RESPONSE Tune: Red No. 241 Spirit divine, attend our prayers and make this world thy home; Descend with all thy gracious powers, o come, great Spirit, come! ANTHEM MOMENT FOR REMEMBRANCE Pastor Kevin and Lori Dupont HYMN (At the beginning of the hymn, children and youth will go to the Social Hall for a One-Room Schoolhouse) SILENT PRAYER AND PASTORAL PRAYER OFFERING OUR GIFTS TO GOD *Offertory *Doxology Red No. 64, verse 5 Let all things their creator bless, and worship him in humbleness, O praise him, alleluia. Praise, praise the Father, praise the Son, And praise the Spirit, three in one. O praise him, O praise him. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. Amen.

3 Maple Street News Today is Memorial Day Sunday. One-Room Schoolhouse today in the Social Hall. 9:50 am Joys and Concerns 9:55 am Announcements 10:00 am Morning Worship. Babycare is offered for children 3 and under. 11:30 am Fellowship time in the Social Hall. Come on down and enjoy a cup of justice with the Maple Street Church Family! The Nursery School and Church Offices will be closed tomorrow, Monday, May 30, for the Memorial Day Holiday. Summer hours for the Church Offices will commence This coming Wednesday, June 1. The Offices will be open Monday 10 - noon and Tuesday through Thursday 9 - noon. Offices are closed Friday. Next Sunday, June 5, one week from today is our New Member Sunday during Worship. If you or anyone you know are interested in becoming a member of Maple Street Church, please let Pastor Kevin know.

4 Please consider lighting our Steeple, which is an important symbol of our presence in the community. We have many available dates coming up! Your contribution in memory of love ones and friends or to commemorate a special event helps keep the steeple lighted. If you wish to have the steeple lit for one or more weeks, please fill out the form on the back page of this bulletin and send it with $15 per week to the church office. The newest issue of These Days, for July, August and September, is available in the Narthex. If you are able, please consider leaving a donation to offset the cost of this collection of Daily Devotions. Thank you. There are several items which have been left in the office and are waiting to be claimed by their owners: Black fuzzy gloves; red, white and black Canada Maple Leafs mittens; navy blue winter cap; 3 black eyeglass cases; charger that is labeled MUM ; Nintendo disc; blue and silver thumb drive; brushed silver tie clip found on social hall floor at the end of March; 1 gold earring; 1 swirly blue hanging ball earring; Honda key and key fob; blue key holder for wrist with 3 keys on it; 1 pink, blue and gray necklace; 2 pairs of sunglasses and 3 pairs of eyeglasses. If any of these sound familiar, please check out the basket on the ledge and see if they belong to you.

5 This Week Monday Church Offices and Nursery School Closed Tuesday 9:15 am A New Day Yoga in the Reception Room 7:00 pm Boy Scouts in the Social Hall (Gibbons) Wednesday Summer Office Hours Begin Monday and Tuesday-Thursday Offices closed on Friday. Friday Nursery School Closed Today 9:15 am A New Day Yoga in the Reception Room Sunday Welcome New Member Sunday Reminder Food Collection Sunday is the Second Sunday of the month. This collection benefits the Danvers People to People Food Pantry. Any and all donations are very much appreciated!

6 Maple Street Congregational Church United Church of Christ 90 Maple Street, Danvers, MA Rev. Kevin Smith Senior Minister , ext. 3 Cell revkevmsc@gmail.com Rev. Pamela Cochrane Associate Minister for Youth and Family Ministry Ms. Kathy Gross Director of Music Ministry Ms. Ji-Hye Jung Asst. Director of Music Ministry Ms. Linda Blair Office Administrator , ext. 4 revpammsc@gmail.com , ext. 5 candk144@gmail.com , ext. 1 jihye87@gmail.com , ext. 1 info@maplestreetchurch.org Mrs. Lynne Hathaway Nursery School Director , ext. 6 lynne.hathaway@verizon.net Our Worship Services are recorded each week aired on Danvers Comcast Channel 99 and Verizon Channel 36, Sunday 10:00 am and 7:00 pm (one week delay) OFFICE HOURS Monday 10 am-2 pm; Tuesday through Thursday 9 am -2 pm; Friday 9 am-12 pm Pastor Kevin Smith is available for home visitation, member weddings, funerals, memorial services, baptisms, and pastoral counseling. Pastor Pam is also available. Feel free to contact Pastor Kevin or Pastor Pam if you need a listening ear, if you want to discuss the work of the congregation, or if you would like to join Maple Street Church! Office schedules can vary for ministers as they attend meetings, attend to church business, write and prepare for Sunday worship away from the office, visit members of the congregation, and more, so it s always wise to call or to make an appointment if at all possible. Pastor Kevin s day off is Friday. Pastor Pam s day off is Monday. Pastor Kevin s worship preparation times are Tuesday morning and Thursday afternoon when he will be out of the office. You can contact both at the Church Office phone listed above, the s listed above, or you can contact Pastor Kevin at

7 *Prayer of Thanksgiving and Dedication Gracious God, who creates paths to justice and peace, bless these gifts given freely from your children. May they multiply and increase the good works of our congregation and help us extend to others our steadfast faith that in and through you all things are made possible for all God s children. With grateful hearts we pray in Christ s name. Amen SCRIPTURE LESSON Luke 7:1-10 pew Bible pg. 896 SERMON Expansive Faith, One Love Pastor Kevin *HYMN OF RESPONSE We Cannot Own the Sunlit Sky Black No. 563 BENEDICTION BENEDICTION RESPONSE POSTLUDE Our Worship together concludes with the Benediction Response. The Postlude is transitional music which inspires us as we go forth as disciples to serve God and one another.

8 to Maple Street Congregational Church, United Church of Christ. If you are here for the first time, please fill out the friendship pad and pass it on to your neighbor. Our ushers and greeters are happy to answer any questions. Nursery care, with a trained staff, is offered throughout the worship service. Our Sunday School Program for children and youth takes place following the beginning of the second Hymn. The church of disciples who welcome you! Visit our web page at Sunday s Servants: Greeter: Leo Curda Acolytes: Michaela Bartlett and Cathryn Brierley Deacon of the Month: Casey Brennan Ushers: Charles Desmond, Phyllis Boyd Desmond, Scott Spearing and Priscilla Curda Special Assistant to the Deacon: Bob Wilkinson The Steeple is lit in memory of Betty Pennell By Wallace Pennell The flowers in the Chancel are in loving memory of Art Dupont Given by Lori Dupont Donating flowers for the altar or narthex is a wonderful way to honor a loved one. If you wish to donate flowers, please contact Judy Manuel at Our lighted steeple is an important symbol of our presence in the community. Your contributions in memory of loved ones and friends or to commemorate a special event help keep the steeple lighted. If you would like to have the steeple lighted for one or more weeks, please fill out the form below and send it with $15 per week to the church office. I would like the steeple lighted in memory of: I would like the steeple lighted in honor of: Requested date (if available) to light: (signed) Telephone Number: