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1 1 Melville United Church UCW 50 Anniversary Worship Service - June 17, 2012 A Service of Thanksgiving and Celebration of e UCW WE GATHER AS GOD'S PEOPLE GATHERING MUSIC THE LIFE AND WORK OF THE CHURCH PRELUDE: Prelude on Cwm Rhondda Rhonda Sandberg TIME OF QUIETING AND LIGHTING OF CANDLES One: We light is candle to remind us of e presence of Christ. All: May e light of love surround us. CALL TO WORSHIP We have gaered here to worship God and to celebrate e United Church Women We have come rejoicing and seeking comfort, streng, inspiration community and insight. We have come to open ourselves to e power of God s presence in our midst We have come to offer up e seasons and e turnings in our lives, and to ask God s help in our learning and growing. Amen. Words of Welcome and Introduction UCW Purpose It is e purpose for e UCW to unit e women of e congregation for e total mission of e church, and to provide a medium rough which we may express our loyalty and devotion to Jesus Christ in Christian witness, study, fellowship and service. *OPENING HYMN: VU623 Dear Weaver of Our Life s Design Childrens Time Vickie Forsy Scripture: Colossians 2:2-4 Patty Foster

2 June 17, Memorial Candle Lighting First Reader: Peggie Dickie First Candle Lighting: This candle is lit in Thanksgiving for all e women who were part of e history of UCW. They began e weaving of a tapestry of love. Prayer of Thanksgiving: Loving God we ank you for e women who have given eir time, energy and talent in your service in e UCW in years gone by. We honour em and e work ey have done. We remember eir courage and eir hope and we pray at we have been true to eir vision and eir dream. Amen Second Reader: Lorri Wright Second Candle Lighting: This candle is lit to represent all e women who today juggle many roles and tasks. May is light be a source of energy and hope for us as we continue to follow e way of witness, study, fellowship and service at is our heritage. We are weavers of a tapestry rich and colourful. Prayer of Thanksgiving: Loving God we ank you for e energy at is present in our UCW today. We give anks for e women who carry on e tasks of is organization. Give us joy in our work, hope in our vision, and love in all at we do. In Jesus' name. Amen Third Reader: Eleanor Johnston Third Candle Lighting: This candle is lit for e future. May our way continue to be lit by e example of women who have gone before us and women of oer fais. We will follow and we will be faiful to God. Prayer of Thanksgiving: God of e past, God of today, God of tomorrow, we ask for your blessing upon all ose whose lives are touched by e work done here in your name. Help each one of us to do our part as Christian women of fai by reaching out wi commitment and devotion to all God's people so at e tapestry we weave, may be beautiful, strong and woven in compassion and love. Amen. June 17, Mission Statement: (Please stand if you are able) Our Mission is to love God, to foster Christian faifulness, spirituality, commitment and devotion, and to promote love and respect by living generously and giving joyfully to all God s people and to affirm and strengen ourselves creatively. ANTHEM: A Tapestry of Love Music and Lyrics by Diana Chappell and arrangement by Brian Stevens written especially for e 50 Anniversary Celebrations. We are diff rent, women leading diff rent lives We are daughters, moers, we are sisters and wives, We are single strands joined togeer as one, In a community of friends. Chorus: These are e reads of our common lives, These are e reads soft and strong, Joining togeer women near and far, Flames of Spirit, red, peaceful ocean, blue Laughter s golden tru, vibrant colours and hues, We are diff rent shades, joined togeer as one, In a community of joy. Chorus: These are e reads of our common lives, These are e reads soft and strong, Joining togeer women near and far, Stories reaching back, joining dreams and lives Our commitment s strong, and our vision still rives From all walks of life, joined togeer as one, In a community of fai. Chorus: These are e reads of our common lives, These are e reads soft and strong, Joining togeer women near and far,

3 June 17, From Our Scriptures: Proverbs 31: 1-31 Life Parables: Janet McFadzean *HYMN: VU 580 Fai of Our Moers Vs 2 & 4 Patty Foster June 17, Hymn (Tune - VU 331) written by Betty Radford Turcotte for Voices of United Church Women back cover; used wi permission We celebrate our history, rejoice to know our past And ank God for ose women who to e fai held fast They toiled in God s service, ey worshipped, worked and prayed and following a vision ey journeyed unafraid. 50 Anniversary M&S Project (see insert) OFFERING INVITATION OFFERING RESPONSE VU 537 Your Work, O God, Needs Many Hands Your work, O God, needs many hands to help you everywhere, and some ere are who cannot serve unless our gifts we share. OFFERING PRAYER (togeer) Let us pray: O God, you have given to us beyond our wildest dreams, and we are called to be ankful. Empower us, Our god, to respond generously, wisely and compassionately, at our gifts combined wi e gifts of oers, may follow e pattern of Jesus Christ and become a living, loving, blessing. In e name of love we pray. Amen. Celebrations of UCW life & Charter Members Ioan Short Eleanor Brown Marjorie Lister Betty Shore Peg Dickie Dorrie Scott Janet McFadzean Lillian Grey Joan Rolfe Barbara Lynden Wilma Jamieson Joan Foster Grace Fraser Margaret Woods PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE The Lord s Prayer Ru Sproule In is world of turmoil, e call of God we heed And to at call stay faiful, in action, word and deed, Thus challenged by our purpose, and struggling on e way, We journey where God leads us, toward a better day. We look toward e future, and joyfully we go. Wi fai into tomorrow e seeds of life to sow, We follow still at vision, at will not be denied, The coming on an Eden where all in love abide. JOYS AND CONCERNS Closing Prayer And now, go wi us, God. Into e days ahead. Strengen us for peace. Give us wisdom, keep us humble, and may we live and work togeer, and so striving, build a better world for tomorrow. Amen. UCW Benediction The Light of God surrounds, The Love of God enfolds us, The Power of God protects us, The Presence of God watches over, Wherever we are, God is. Amen. Postlude: Hymn of Praise James Denton

4 June 17, Partners in Prayer: St. James Anglican Church, Fergus Prayer Cycle for Hamilton Conference: St. Giles, Hamilton Prayer Tree Captain: Alison Rainford Welcomers: Counters: Isabel Glennie, Ken McManus Vivian and Havey Andrews Gwen Swift (C), Jane O Leary Gary O Leary ANNOUNCEMENTS June 17, UCW 50 Anniversary Sunday Melville Ladies Night Out on Tuesday, June 19 at 6:30 p.m. Potluck supper in e Heritage Hall. All ladies welcome! For more info call Doreen at Melville Family Camp is next weekend on June please plan to attend as all are welcome. Activities start at 10 am on Saturday and continue on until after e picnic lunch on Sunday. Our worship service is at 11am on Sunday. Come on out for e whole weekend or just part of it, and build some Melville Community. Registration packages are available outside of e chapel after church today or contact Mara or Ru. God be Praised and ank you to all ose who donated in May to our tower of drink boxes and pudding/fruit cups. Many individuals will be able to have a snack at eir grasp is coming summer, as we donated a grocery cart full of items on May 29. Our request for support for e Centre Wellington Food Bank during e mon of June is too paste and toilet paper. Stay in Touch - A REMINDER from your Communications Ministry Team. Visit Melville's web site at to get your Sunday bulletin, newletters or calendar updates. Type in your address at e lower left hand column to subscribe. Once subscribed, you will receive automatic notification when new items are posted to e website. And please continue to provide information to our committee for good communications. Chair - Eleanor Johnston June 17, Calling all men. The first session on Spirituality for Men led by Andre Auger will be held is Tuesday, June 19 at 7:30 at e home of Ralph Rainford. We have space for a few more. If you are interested, contact Ralph at The local branch of THE CANADIAN BIBLE SOCIETY is looking for enusiastic cyclists to BIKE FOR BIBLES. This year ere are 18 rides across e country between e mons of May to September. Hugh Mahoney who rode last year ( and raised over $400.00) is very enusiastic to do a ride is year and would like to get a group togeer to join him in is venture. If you cannot ride, ere are many oer ways you can support e program. Contact Thelma ( ) or Hugh ( ) for more information. From e Christian Development Ministry Team - Please prayerfully consider joining our team! We have a whale of a time and are fishing for people to help us to get out of e whale! We meet once a mon on e 2nd Wednesday, from 7-9 pm. For more information please contact David Ogilvie, Shawna Dunsmore, Deb Forsye or Susanne Schmidt-McQuillan. WEEKLY CALENDAR Mon. June 18 to Sun. June 24, 2012 Tues. 19 9:00 Quilting Heritage Hall 6:30 Ladies Night Heritage Hall 7:30 Unit Joy Parlour 7:30 Spirituality for Men Ralph Rainford s home Wed. 20 4:15 Trustees Parlour 7:00 Communications Parlour Thurs. 21 7:30 Canadian Bible Society Heritage Hall Fri :00 Coffee Hour Parlour Sat. 23 all day Melville Family Camp Edgewood Camp Sun :00 Sunday Service at Edgewood Sanctuary 10:30 Chapel Service at Melville Chapel

5 June 17, UCW 50 ANNIVERSARY PROJECT The 50 anniversary project-to raise funds for midwife training courses at e Morogoro Training Centre for Women in Tanzania-is gaering momentum. The cause is to fund midwife training courses for women of e Morogoro Women's Centre, an ecumenical education centre in Tanzania. Each course at Morogoro will train 25 women. One course costs under $20,000 and covers travel, accommodation, food, classes, a medical kit, and a solar LED lighting system. If e UCW is able to raise $50,000, an appropriate goal for our 50 anniversary, we will be able to fund two courses and part of a ird. Our Tapestry of Love As Christians and as United Church Women, we are woven into e fabric of e body of Christ, bound togeer in e woof and weft. The dark colours call us to remember e shadowy places where God s light was hidden and e bright ones remind of our joys and celebrations. God calls us to weave patterns of beauty and wholeness in partnership wi oers. We are called to support and strengen each oer as we interweave our ideas and gifts, working as e hands and feet of God in e world. We are called to mend, to darn, to work and to create a new vision and a new hope for e UCW and all God's people. The woven cross appears to be open at all e ends. They are not bound or finished. So it is wi our tapestry of life. We are open to e spirit, our work is not yet complete. We continue to Witness, Study, Fellowship and Serve.