Plymouth Congregational Church. Many hearts, one song; many hands, one church First Service December 9, 2018 Witnessing 9 a.m.

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1 Many hearts, one song; many hands, one church First Service December 9, 2018 Witnessing 9 a.m. Infants are welcome in this service, or you may use the child care for infants provided in the Nursery, room 209 in the Education wing. Plymouth Congregational Church

2 Witnessing: Creating a Culture of Seeing Things Anew Gathering Music GESU Pietro Yon arr. Laura Caviani Welcome Opening Song welcome carol, verses 1 & 2 (see page 5) Call to Worship One: God of hope, who brought peace into this world, All: be the peace that dwells between us. One: God of peace, who brought oy into this world, All: be the oy that dwells between us. One: God of oy, who brought love into this world, All: be the love that dwells between us. Opening Song welcome carol, verses 3 & 4 (see page 5) Peace Candle Sung Response ALL EARTH IS HOPEFUL (see page 6) Passing of the Peace Sung Response ALL EARTH IS HOPEFUL (see page 6) 2

3 Text Mark 4:35 41 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, Let us go across to the other side. And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, ust as he was. Other boats were with him. A great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped. But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him up and said to him, Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing? He woke up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, Peace! Be still! Then the wind ceased, and there was a dead calm. He said to them, Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith? And they were filled with great awe and said to one another, Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him? Sermon PEACE THE MOST RADICAL THING Daniel Wolpert Silence Special Music EVERYWHERE BLESSINGS Chapel Singers Mary Laymon, Director Prayers of the People The leader will end each petition saying, Loving God. The congregation will respond, We open our hearts to you. The Lord s Prayer (The Prayer Jesus Taught) Tender, loving God, 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 temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory for ever. Amen. 3

4 Offering Lo, How a Rose by Michael Praetorius E er Blooming arr. Laura Caviani Blessing Closing Song come, thou long-expected esus (see page 7) Sending Music Carol of the Bells by Mykola Leontovych arr. by Laura Caviani e Laura Caviani, piano Chris Bates, bass Daryl Boudreaux, percussion 4

5 5 C Calypso q = 120 C & Ma - ry and Jo - seph tra - velled to Beth-l'em, in a strangeland and a - lone; Shep- herdsfrom hill - sides came down to Beth-l'em, sent by an an - gel on high. He - rod the ty - rant tried to kill Je - sus: Ma - ry and Jo - sephtook flight! Spi - rit of Christmas, be in our heartsnow, We'llshow the love that you send;. All they could find was a place in a sta - ble, sha-ring the a - ni - mal's Kings from a far land came to the sta - ble, led by a star in the Warned by an an - gel, they fled the coun - try un - der the co - ver of Fol - low - ing Je - sus, we wel-come stran - gers, hop - ing we'll soon be- come 9 F C/E D-7 F C/E D-7 C/E F G7 ú. D-7 G7 ú. home. sky. night. friends. Ma - Ma ry ry gave birth there, wel-comed her ba - by, held him so closeand so dear and said to him: - and Jo - seph greet - ed the stran - gers, o - pened the doorwith-out fear, and said to them: Peo-ple in Eg - ypt gave them a re - fuge, helped them when dan - ger was near, and said to them: Flee-ing from ty - rants vi - sit - ing ba- bies, or oin - ing our Chrismas-time cheer we say to you: C B b 7 A-7 D9 D-7 13 J Œ Welcome Carol J Chris Hutchings arr. Laura Caviani (v1)wel - come wel - come, Wel-come, wel - come! Lit - tle Em - man - (v.2,3,4)wel-come, Wel - come, Wel-come, wel - come! Where e - ver you came G7 nuel from Œ Œ G7sus 16 Œ You are wel - come here. C ú. F/C Œ C. u This carol is free to use for any nonprofit anti-racism purpose for example, fundraising for refugees, a service or event to welcome new arrivals, political campaigning on behalf of refugees or minorities. For other uses (e.g., a concert where there is not a collection for any purpose), or if you want to make a recording to sell or put online, please contact the composer; chris@hutchingsmusic.co.uk. 5

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8 Witnessing: Creating a Culture of Seeing Things Anew December 2 Hope: How do you give witness to hope in your life? December 9 Peace: How are you becoming an instrument of peace (St. Francis)? December 16 Joy: When have you been surprised by oy? December 23 Love: How do you nurture love, in spite of? We encourage you to reflect on how each theme shapes your spiritual practice and, as you consider our weekly questions, to notice what is enlivened for you. 8

9 Longest Night and Christmas Eve Services Dec. 20 The Longest Night service, during which we remember our loved ones, begins at 5 p.m., in the Chapel Dec. 24 Christmas Eve candlelight services at Plymouth Bring your friends and your family to these beautiful worship services in our Sanctuary. 4:45 p.m. Features young people s choirs, dancers and bells 7:45 p.m. Features Plymouth soloists 10:45 p.m. Service of Lessons & Carols, with the Plymouth Choir Our Christmas Offering this year will be divided between Third Sunday Meal, through which we feed hungry people in our neighborhood monthly, and Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative, which Plymouth Church was a partner in founding many years ago. Beacon is a collaborative of congregations committed to making sure all people have a home. Please give generously to the Christmas Offering, online ( or using the envelopes in the narthex, so that we may help our neighbors. Thank you! Please note: Each year Plymouth draws many people for our Christmas services nearly as many as in a typical month! Though a number of members have already oined a team, we still need ushers and greeters for our services at 4:45, 7:45 and 10:45 p.m. If you would be willing to serve as the face of Plymouth that day, please contact Karl Jones at kones0725@gmail.com or 612/

10 CHURCH REGISTER as of Dec. 5, 2018 Recently Born Mae Francis Strangfeld (10/30/2018), daughter of Celia Hemmerich and Joe Strangfeld Hana Rose Vo (11/29/2018), daughter of Emi Bennett Vo and Nguyen Vo; granddaughter of John and Lani Bennett Recently Deceased Constance D. Connie Keller (11/29/2018); her memorial service is scheduled for Dec. 15 at 1 p.m. Home and Hospital Visits: Plymouth s ministers call upon members of the church in their homes, in hospitals or care and rehabilitation centers. If you know of someone who would like a visit from a minister, please contact Beth Faeth (bethf@plymouth. org or 612/ ). 10

11 Plymouth Staff Paula Northwood, Acting Senior Minister Allison Campbell Jensen, Director of Communication Cody Bourdot, Audiovisual Manager Seth Patterson, Director of Spiritual Formation and Theater Nina Jonson, Programs Manager Christine Ford, Nursery Coordinator Dylan Church, Children & Youth Specialist Kristen Froebel, Director, Young Voices Summer Hills-Bonczyk, Director, Genesis and Alleluia Dancers Alecia Scharback, Nursery Supervisor Laura Tsai, Children & Youth Specialist Beth A. Faeth, Minister for Congregational Care Doug Freeman, Ministry Assistant for Programs Larry Johnson, Strobel Drop-in Center Coordinator Daniel Wolpert, Interim Minister Vivian Jones, James Gertmenian, Ministers Emeriti Captain Tara Bauer, Covenant Partner, Chaplain, U.S. Air Force, Incirlik AB, Turkey Catherine Duncan, Covenant Partner; Spiritual Care Provider, Newbridge Health & Wellness Jenni Eagleman, Covenant Partner; Chaplain, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Oncology Karl L. Jones, Covenant Partner; Chaplain for Good Samaritan Society Philip Brunelle, Organist and Choirmaster Sona Thompson, Music Associate George Maurer & Laura Caviani, First Service Music Directors James Bohn, Dan Dressen, Lisa Drew, Jenny French & Maria Jette, Soloists Siri Keller, Director, Youth Choir Marie Scholtz, Director, Cherub and Chorister Choirs Mary Laymon, Director, Chapel Singers Timothy O Grady, Director, Handbells Ann Tandy-Treiber, Music Librarian Annette Abel, Business Administrator Joy Hansen, Accounting Manager Emily Venell, Ministry Assistant for Hospitality Malcolm Williams, Public Safety Manager Robert Brock & Sheila Rafert, Evening/Weekend Receptionists Martin Cheruiyot & Kai Gerr, Public Safety Officers Kathryn Bahl, Misha Davis, Milo Thomas & Tracy White, Custodians 11

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