JANUARY 20, Festival Worship. UNITED CHURCH of CHAPEL HILL

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1 JANUARY 20, 2019 Festival Worship UNITED CHURCH of CHAPEL HILL

2 I m New...WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? COFFEE HOUR : 10:00AM WE INVITE PEOPLE of every age, race, marital status, sexual orientation, means, ability, and spiritual tradition to join with us in the love of God and neighbor: through worship, dedication to education, and commitment to service. MEET OUR PASTORS Please introduce yourself to one of our pastors and join us after the service for refreshments in the Fellowship Hall. CHURCH INFO ACCESSIBILITY Large print bulletins, children s bulletins, & hearing devices are available from ushers. ASL is available at the 11:00 service in the Sanctuary. All-gendered handicap accessible bathrooms are throughout building. The elevator is in the Narthex. There is a ramp at the West end of the PRAYER BOOK A prayer book is placed in Narthex before worship services. You may write prayer requests to be read during the Prayers of the Church during worship service. Please get permission before using another person s name. NURSERY CARE Nursery care for infants through fi rst grade is available from 8:30am to 12:30pm every Sunday in rooms 130, 127, and 126 (our crib room). We encourage children in 2nd grade to worship with their families. Children s bulletins and bibles are available in the Narthex. CHILDREN AND FAMILIES We welcome families with babies and toddlers into worship. Rocking chairs are available at the back of the sanctuary for your comfort. If your child needs space to roam, privacy to nurse, or a bathroom with a changing table, you may go to the Family Parlor, directly across the Narthex. The service is broadcast and ushers will bring the sacrament to you. 2 PLEASE WEAR YOUR NAME TAG AND TURN OFF YOUR CELL PHONE

3 NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, OR WHERE YOU ARE ON LIFE S JOURNEY, YOU ARE WELCOME HERE. JANUARY 20, 2019 BELL OF INVITATION You are invited to use this as time to prepare for worship PREPARATION FOR WORSHIP Amazing Grace! How Sweet the Sound Expect a Miracle George Shearing Twinkie Clark CALL TO WORSHIP* God, your steadfast, never-giving up love is so huge that it fi lls the heavens. Your Faithfulness is so vast that it rises to the clouds. Under your loving wings, we fi nd comfort and refuge. In your house of love, we sit around the table feasting. Your life and love are like a fountain in our lives. You are the love- filled Light that allows us to see and understand. O God, your faithful love is precious to us! HYMN 593* Lift Every Voice and Sing LIFT EVERY VOICE *AS ABLE, PLEASE STAND BOLD INDICATES CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE 3

4 PRAYER OF CONFESSION* From the very start, you have loved us, God. But there are times and circumstances in our lives when we re not always so sure where your love is. When things become really tough and sometimes wonder where you are, losing our sense of hope that your love will always be there. No matter where we are today feeling hopeful or facing despair let your fountain of life flow anew in our lives: bringing us and our deserts to life, watering our lives in their thirsty places. We pray in your powerful name. Amen. ASSURANCE OF GRACE* God s steadfast love fi lls the cosmos. It beckons us to take refuge, and comforts us in though times, so draw near. You are in the right place. This is the house of love. You are accepted no matter what. God is the Fountain of Life the fountain that waters our thirsty lives! 4 SUMMARY OF THE LAW* Our Lord Jesus said: You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

5 WELCOME and ANNOUNCEMENTS Please sign the friendship register in your row and share your contact information with us so that we can welcome you and help you to connect with the ministries of our congregation. Later in the service, the offering is our practice of expressing gratitude for the grace of God that has been revealed in our lives. Please consider including United Church of Chapel Hill in your household s plan of generosity by participating financially in the life of the church. TODAY S LESSON ISAIAH 62:1-5 1 CORINTHIANS 12:1-11 Pew Bible Pg. 604 Pew Bible Pg. 933 This is the word of God for the people of God. Thanks be to God. ANTHEM Oh, Happy Day Edwin Hawkins CHILDREN S BLESSING Children are welcome to stay in the Sanctuary for the entire worship service. We encourage them to use the worship activity bags, bibles, and storybooks available in the Narthex. Children in first grade and younger may go downstairs to the nursery; infants through 2-year olds are cared for in room 130; 3-7 year olds in room 127. The Family Room, just across the Narthex, is also available for families and you can hear the service from there. As the children leave the Sanctuary, we invite the congregation to sing a blessing. Go Now in Peace GO IN PEACE GO IN PEACE 5

6 TODAY S MESSAGE The Voice of Isaiah REVEREND CAMERON BARR HYMN- PAGE 9* Live into Hope TRURO PRAYERS OF THE CHURCH God, by your grace hear our prayer. 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 temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. AMEN. PRACTICE OF GENEROSITY OFFERTORY What a Friend We Have in Jesus! (Three Gospel Preludes) William Bolcom 6

7 DOXOLOGY LASST UNS ERFREUEN PRAYER OF DEDICATION INVITATION TO COMMUNION* This is the joyful feast of the people of God. Men and women, youth and children, come from the east and the west, the north and the south, and gather about Christ s table. This table is for all who wish to know the presence of Christ and to share in the community of God s people. Everyone is welcome at Christ s table. The peace of Christ be with you. And also with you. PASSING OF THE PEACE* 7

8 GREAT THANKSGIVING SHARING OF THE BREAD AND CUP We receive the bread and cup by intinction. Simply take a piece of bread and dip it in the cup from any serving station. We serve only non-alcoholic grape juice. A gluten-free option is available in the basket with purple linens. If you would like to be served at your seat, please signal an usher, and we will bring the elements to you. PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING We give thanks, gracious God, that you have refreshed us at your table by granting 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 peace, rejoicing in the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen. HYMN 82* Love Divine, All Loves Excelling BEECHER BLESSING IN WORD* BLESSING IN MUSIC Variation No. 6 (Great is Thy Faithfulness) Rob Landes 8 Please welcome visitors who are with us this morning and introduce them to one of the pastors who are waiting to greet you in the Narthex.

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10 UNITED CHURCH of CHAPEL HILL TODAY AT UNITED CHURCH OF CHAPEL HILL 8:45am Festival Worship- Sanctuary 9:05am Children s Choir- Music Room 10am Sunday School 10am Adult programs 10am Adult Forum with Professor Seth Kotch- Assembly Hall 10am Spanish Conversations- Room am ONA LGBTQ+ Ministries- Room am La Mesa Y Cafe- Fellowship Hall 11am Worship & the Word- Sanctuary 11am Youth Group- Youth Lounge 12pm Youth Choir- Music Room ADULT FORUM Sundays at 10 am in the Assembly Hall ~January 27: Pastor s Forum, hosted by Pastor Cameron to refl ect together on our faith in light of Sunday worship. MYSTERY PAL SIGNUP Mystery Pals is starting! This is a mystery letter exchange program with the 5th Grade Sunday School class. The exchange will begin on Sunday January 27 and continue until March 17 at which time we will have a party and everyone will meet their Mystery Pal. If you would like to be a Mystery Pal contact the Mystery Pal Coordinator Ron Johnson at rgj5823@ yahoo.com or LIGHT UP YOUR WINTER Wednesdays, January 23, 30 and February 6. Dinner at 5:45pm, and programs start at 6:30pm. On January 23 the Chapel Hill Carrboro Peacemaking Team will host the Light Up Your Winter dinner. The proceeds will benefi t the Chapel Hill Carrboro Peacemaking Scholarship. On the menu they will have Middle Eastern Vegetarian Lentil Soup and an African Groundnut Stew with breads from different parts of the world. Programs: ~Sacred Space Art Studio- Downstairs art classroom ~Book Discussion of Reconstructing The Gospel - Family Parlor ~The Gospel as Story Telling- Room 235 ~Peacemaking Close to Home- Room 229 For more information on the programs go to our website ( and look under our upcoming events section. 10 FROM THE LIBRARY ~Baird, W. Gifts in variety and unity. In 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, p Bai C ~Ireland, D. The purpose of the gifts. In Activating the Gifts of the Holy Spirit, p Ire A ~Chittister, J. What is a gift? Why follow the gifts? In Following the Path: The Search for a Life of Passion, Purpose, and Joy, p Chi F ~Gros, J. A sharing of gifts and struggles in God s will and our unity. In Ending Racism in the Church, p Dav E ~Chaney, T., & Brink-Chaney, M. Contributing our talents. In Amazing Gifts: Stories of Faith, Disability, and Inclusion, p Pin A ~Moore, S.D. Are there impurities in the living water that the Johannine Jesus dispenses? In A Feminist Companion to John, Volume I, p Lev J v.1 ~Kittredge, C.B. Mighty works: Signs in the Gospel and the Gospel as sign. In Conversations with Scripture: The Gospel of John, p Kit C ~Lewis, C.S. The propriety of miracles. In Miracles, p Lew M ~Guite, M. The miracle at Cana. In Sounding the Seasons: Seventy Sonnets for the Christian Year, p Gui S ~Tóibín, C. The Testament of Mary. 823 Toi T (A fi c- tional telling of the Cana story, from Mary s perspective, is on p20-21.) A volunteer, Betsy Crittenden, will be in the library, 10:00-11:00, to help you fi nd materials that will be useful to you. At other times, please serve yourself.

11 UNITED CHURCH STAFF SENIOR PASTOR: Cameron Barr ASSOCIATE PASTOR: David Mateo MINISTER OF YOUTH & YOUNG ADULT INITIATIVES: Ian McPherson DIR. OF CHILDREN S MINISTRY: Anitra Grove DIRECTOR OF MUSIC: Jennifer Anderson ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF MUSIC/ORGANIST: Robert Brewer ASST. YOUTH CHOIR DIR.: Gillian Fields DIR. OF HOSPITALITY MINISTRIES: Rinnie Orr DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS & MARKETING: Claudia Galvez BUSINESS MANAGER: Duane Gilbert KITCHEN HOSTESSES: Mirna Rodriguez, Ana Martinez NURSERY DIRECTOR: Alison Robertson ASSISTANT NURSERY DIRECTOR: Lori Lay NURSERY ASSISTANTS: Mo Mo San, Mo Mo Than, Mo Mo Nan, Gabriela Hernandez, Mueh Pay CUSTODIANS: Claudia Galvez, Sandra Hernandez THIS WEEK S CALENDAR MONDAY JANUARY 21 CHURCH OFFICE CLOSED 12PM Book Group- Library 6PM Spanish Conversation- Youth Lounge 6:30PM Old North State Band- Sanctuary 7PM BJOS Ministries- Room 229 7:15PM Women s Group- Library 7:15PM Chancel Bells- Music Room TUESDAY JANUARY 22 7PM Church Council- Room 235 WEDNESDAY JANUARY 23 7AM Bible Study- Library 5:45PM LUYW Program Series 7:30PM Chamber Singers- Music Room THURSDAY JANUARY 24 8AM Youth Ministers- Fellowship Hall 6:30PM OAR Meeting- Room 235 6:55PM Chancel Choir- Music Room FRIDAY JANUARY 25 9:15AM Yoga- Assembly Hall 11AM Meditation - Library SATURDAY JANUARY 26 9AM Church Council Retreat- Assembly Hall SUNDAY JANUARY 27 8:45AM Festival Worship- Sanctuary 9:05AM Children s Choir- Music Room 10AM Sunday School 10AM Adult Programs 10AM Spanish Conversations- Room AM La Mesa Worship- Fellowship Hall 11AM Worship & the Word- Sanctuary 11AM Youth Group- Youth Lounge 12PM Youth Choir lunch & rehearsal- Music Room 1:45PM Voice for Life- Music Room 2PM Ambassadors Rehearsal- Assembly Hall 11

12 WEBSITE SERVICE TIMES FESTIVAL WORSHIP: 8:45AM WORSHIP AND THE WORD: 11:00AM LA MESA SERVICE* : 11:00AM *en español e ingles STAY CONNECTED FACEBOOK /UNITEDCHURCHOFCHAPELHILL SERVICE NOTES ALTAR FLOWERS: Given by Bill and Sherry Siddall in honor of Muriel Siddall s birthday. COFFEE HOSTS: Diane Whitney SOUND SYSTEM: Toby McCoy CHOIR: United Voices of Praise; Charles Bradshaw, Director /pianist; Vera Bennett, conductor; Brad Kintner, bass; Odessa Shaw, drums; Faye Paige and Regina Gale Dozier, soloists USHERS: Paul DeJongh, Jeff Hall, Susan and Phil Renwick DEACON: Lucy Austin THANK YOU FOR JOINING US! ALL ARE WELCOME HERE Elements of this service taken from: Mary J. Scifres and B.J. Beu, Ed., Abingdon Worship Annual 2018, Nasville:Abingdon Press(2017). Book of Common Worship, Offi ce of Theology and Worship for the Presbyterian Church (USA), Louisville: Westminister John Knox Press (2018).