First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

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1 First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) A Welcoming Community of Faith in the Heart of the Twin Cities: Come to a place where you can explore, be curious and ask questions. 610 West 28 th St., Minneapolis, MN office@fccmpls.org June 3, :30 am

2 Welcome Visitors, Friends, and Members! Welcome! to a place where you can explore, be curious and ask questions. May you find comfort, joy, strength and peace as you worship the Loving and Living Lord with us today. First Christian truly seeks to be a place of welcome to all! Children are welcome in worship! For those who desire childcare during worship, nursery care is available downstairs for infants through 4 year olds. Older children can be at the activity table with Deb and Anna. Audio Receivers are available from an usher for the hearing impaired. Songbooks: Words to the songs are printed in this bulletin. If you d like to have words and music, songbooks can be found on the bookrack by the sanctuary entrance. Communion: As members of The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) we practice open communion. All believers are invited to partake. The emblems will be passed through the rows by the deacons. Please partake of the gluten free bread and grape juice as it is passed. Our denomination: The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), often referred to as The Disciples, is a denomination known for an Open Theology and an Open Table. To find out more about our heritage, check out the DOC page: Want to know more about First Christian? Go to and check out our ministries. To find out more about our LGBT ministry, click on Reaching Out. Missed a service? Listen to the sermon: Live stream in case you can t be here! Online Giving: Use the Givelify app to give your offering electronically. The app can also be used for special offerings, such as Groveland Food Shelf, Week of Compassion, etc. Interested in receiving our newsletter? Send an to office@fccmpls.org or call Deb , ext. 1. We can send it electronically or in the mail or both! Like us on Facebook: First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)-Minneapolis. Follow various activities and events. You ll also find links to newsletter sand podcasts. Deadlines: Wednesdays at noon for bulletin announcements For next issue of The Courier newsletter is Sunday, June 10, 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ministry Team: All Members of the Congregation Dan Adolphson, Associate Pastor, dan.adolphson@fccmpls.org Jon Bates, SHMC Youth Director, springhouseyouth@fccmpls.org Rick Bowman, SHMC Building Manager Adam Conrad, Music Director & Composer-in-Residence Laurie Feille, Senior Pastor, pastor@fccmpls.org Martha Harris, Courier Editor, harrismartha@mac.com Deb Murphy, Office Manager & Director of Spiritual Formation of Children, deb.murphy@fccmpls.org & SHMC Building Coordinator, events_shmc@fccmpls.org Maria Thieling, SHMC Child Care Mike Vasich Pianist Office: Deb press 1; Pastor Laurie press 2; Pastor Dan press 3 Office office@fccmpls.org Website: Address: 610 W. 28 th St., Minneapolis, MN SpringHouse Ministry Center: Website SHMC Telephone:

3 +Please stand as you are able in body & spirit. The Community Gathers Please add your prayers to the Prayer Wall in the front of the sanctuary. If you have a Joy, Concern, or Prayer Request to share, please write it on one of the white slips found on the table by the prayer wall and give it to Pastor Dan before our prayer time. Gathering Music Mike Vasich Welcome, Announcements, Greeting Each Other Bryan Feille Prelude Prelude No. 2 Vasich/Conrad +Call to Worship (a responsive reading) One: To know the warmth of love, Many: To have the assurance that someone cares, One: To be confident of our worth, Many: To be bold to love in return, One: To be washed over with grace, Many: To be accepted as we are: One: This is to know a bit of God. Many: Then let us worship our God. Bryan Feille +Song of Praise This Is My Song Chalice Hymnal #722 This is my song, O God of all the nations, A song of peace for lands afar and mine. This is my home, the country where my heart is, Here are my hopes, my dreams, my holy shrine; But other hearts in other lands are beating With hopes and dreams as true and high as mine. My country s skies are bluer than the ocean, And sunlight beams on cloverleaf and pine; But other lands have sunlight too, and clover, And skies are everywhere as blue as mine. O hear my song, thou God of all the nations, A song of peace for their land and for mine. This is my prayer, O Ruler of all nations: Let thy reign come; on earth thy will be done. In peace may all earth s people draw together, And hearts united learn to live as one. O hear my prayer, thou God of all the nations; Myself I give thee; let they will be done.

4 +Invocation & The Lord s Prayer Bryan Feille Our Creator, who is in heaven, holy is your name. Your kingdom come, your 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 yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen. +Musical Response God, You Will Show Us the Path of Life CH #328 God, You Will Show Us the Path of Life. Hearing and Reflecting on God s Word Graduate Recognition Melinda Nickerson Community Joys & Concerns Dan Adolphson Song of Response More Love to You, O Christ (v. 1) CH #527 More love to you, O Christ, more love to you! O hear the prayer I make on bended knee; this is my earnest plea, more love, O Christ, to you more love to you, more love to you. Prayers of the People Children s Moment Dan Adolphson Scripture Bryan Feille Genesis 2:1-3 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all their multitude. And on the seventh day God finished the work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work that he had done. So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all the work that he had done in creation. Leviticus 25:3-7 Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and gather in their yield; but in the seventh year there shall be a sabbath of complete rest for the land, a sabbath for the Lord: you shall not sow your field or prune your vineyard. You shall not reap the aftergrowth of your harvest or gather the grapes of your unpruned vine: it shall be a year of complete rest for the land. You may eat what the land yields during its sabbath you, your male and female slaves, your hired and your bound laborers who live with you; for your livestock also, and for the wild animals in your land all its yield shall be for food. Sermon Sabbath Laurie Feille

5 Responding to the Word +Hymn of Invitation Near to the Heart of God CH #581 There is a place of quiet rest near to the heart of God, a place where sin cannot molest, near to the heart of God. [Refrain] O Jesus, blest Redeemer, sent from the heart of God, hold us, who wait before you near to the heart of God. There is a place of comfort sweet near to the heart of God, a place where we our Savior meet, near to the heart of God. [Refrain] There is a place of full release near to the heart of God, a place where all is joy and peace, near to the heart of God. [Refrain] Celebration of Gifts Arlene Hillestad Offering Invitation Collection of Offering: Electronic giving is available through the Givelify app. Special Music: Improvisation Mike Vasich +Doxology: Praise God, from whom all blessings flow. Praise God, all creatures here below. Praise God above, ye heavenly hosts: Creator, Christ and Holy Ghost. Amen +Prayer of Dedication The Lord s Supper Tom Curry Invitation to Communion Sharing the Peace of Christ (When invited to do so, please share Christ s peace with one or two near you. The peace of Christ be with you. Response: And also with you. ) Song of Communion The Voice of Jesus Calls His People CH #426 The voice of Jesus calls his people, "Come to my table and be fed!" For those who come to him believing, he is the Wine, he is the Bread. All who are lost, or bear great burdens, all who need comfort or release, come where the presence of Christ Jesus will nourish us with rest and peace. Children and elders, men and women, whatever color, race or tongue, in Jesus find themselves united, in him a home where they belong. We hear your loving voice, O Jesus, we long, we hunger to be fed; in joy we gather at the table where you are Wine, and you are Bread. Prayer for Communion and Words of Institution Partaking of the Lord s Supper: ALL are truly welcome to partake. Please partake of the gluten free bread and the grape juice as they are passed.

6 Music for Meditation Improvisation Vasich Closing Words +Benediction Laurie Feille Deb Murphy +Song of Blessing O God of Earth and Altar (v. 3) CH #724 Awaken us to action and forge us into one, Defying sect and faction; O God, your will be done! Oppressive systems snare us; our apathies increase. Great God, in mercy spare us for justice and for peace! Postlude: Postlude No. 2 Vasich/Conrad Thank you for worshipping with us this morning! There are refreshments in the Gathering Space just outside the sanctuary. Song Lyrics reprinted under CCLI license # /OneLicense.net #A Church Streaming & Podcast License #CSPL Thank you to Tanner Vanderkrabben for being our song leader this morning! Mission & Outreach Bags of Grace are available in the back of the sanctuary. Please take as many as you d like to have in your car to give to people asking for help on street corners. Mission to Detroit: The summer s trip will be to Detroit, MI., to work with Rippling Hope. All are welcome! We will engage in home improvement projects connected with economic recovery efforts. There are projects for novices and experts - so no experience necessary. We will leave Sat, July 21 and return Sun, July 28. We will mostly be in Detroit with Rippling Hope but will also spend a day in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and probably cross over into Canada. Cost of the entire trip will be $300 per person (includes all meals in Detroit and transportation). Money for meals on the Saturday and Sunday to and from, as well as for our "play day" is in addition to the cost of the trip. *Scholarships are available. Please contact Pastor Rhonda or Pastor Laurie for information. Mission at Our Doorstep will be July 16-19, Activities and supply needs will be available soon. Sandwiches for Dignity Center: We will be putting sandwiches together. Come to the kitchen after worship to help.

7 Announcements & Things of Interest Lyndale Open Streets: Next Sunday, June 10. Lyndale Avenue will be blocked off for bike and pedestrian traffic only, starting at 11 am. Please remember not to park in the Trustone lot. You won t be able to exit. South Minneapolis Day Camp June 18-22, 9am-4pm: at Bethel Lutheran Church. Registration forms are available in the back of the sanctuary and in the church office. If you have questions or are interested in being a Youth or Adult volunteer, please contact Martha Bardwell, Associate Pastor at Our Saviour s Lutheran Church or her Martha@oursavioursmpls.org SpringHouse Sunday Summer Faith Formation: Kids - There will be stories and activities for the younger children through 5 th grade in the Squiggle Space at 9:30 am. Youth will continue to meet at 9:30 am in Micah. Adult Ed is not meeting for the time being. SpringHouse Narrative Lectionary Bible Study: Please join us for our weekly study on Tuesday mornings at 8:15am at the Walker Residence, 3701 Bryant Ave S. SpringHouse Camping: The annual potluck picnic and camping will again be at Carver Park on July 18th and 19th. All are welcome to Carver Park on Saturday to visit, play at the beach, bike ride, walk during the day. The potluck dinner starts at 6:00 p.m. Campfire, marshmallows, singing, and stories to follow. Those wanting to camp overnight are welcome to stay and worship on Sunday morning. For questions, contact April Conlee at april.conlee@gmail.com or Online Giving: Use the Givelify app to give your offering electronically. It s great for keeping up with your pledge over the summer. The app can also be used for special offerings, such as the Pentecost Offering, etc. Summertime at SpringHouse: As usual, SpringHouse will be busy this summer. Although some groups cut back their activity in the summer, other things pick up. There are 4 DOC youth groups scheduled to use us as a base of operations for their mission trips one in June, two in July, and one in August, plus the Youth going to Standing Rock next week will be staying here overnight on their way to Standing Rock and back. Be sure to put Mission at Our Doorstep on your calendars. It will be July Additionally, as usual, there will be a lot of theater rehearsals this summer, as groups get ready for the Fringe Festival. Don't forget to put in your own requests for building use as soon as you can. As one renter put it, the calendar starts to look like a game of Tetris. Deb Murphy Building Use Coordinator

8 W E E K L Y Sunday, June 3 10:30 am Worship in the North Sanctuary 11:45 am Fellowship in the Gathering Space 11:45 am Sandwich making for Dignity Center Noon Child Ministries Team Meeting 6:30 pm Elders Meeting in Lydia Monday, June 4 6:30 pm SH Covenant Task Force Tuesday, June 5 8 am Bible Study at Walker Residence Thursday, June 7 7 pm Pastor Laurie s PRC Friday, June 8 Standing Rock campers overnight stay June 2018 C A L E N D A R Saturday, June 9 9 am SpringHouse Huddle 10 am Carter Circle Brunch at Pat Dunlop s 10 am Youth Mini-Golf Outing Sunday, June 10 (Lyndale Open Streets) 9:30-10:15 am Children s Sunday School in the Squiggle Space 10:30 am Worship in the North Sanctuary 11:45 am Fellowship in the Gathering Space Lyndale Open Streets Sunday, June 10 th is Lyndale Open Streets. Lyndale Avenue will be blocked off from vehicle traffic starting at 11 am. Trustone parking will not be available. Intermedia Arts can be entered and exited from Aldrich. Live-streaming: We now live-stream our worship services over the internet. If you do not wish to be photographed or to have your children photographed, please talk to Pastor Laurie, Pastor Dan or Deb Murphy before the service. Parents, we have a photo permission form for you to fill out whether you do or do not want your child in the live stream.