Falmouth Congregational Church United Church of Christ

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1 Falmouth Congregational Church United Church of Christ An Open and Affirming Congregation 267 Falmouth Road Falmouth, Maine Serving Christ and Community since 1754 Third Parish Church; 1833 The Brick Church The Reverend Michael H. Richards Pastor and Teacher

2 FALMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH United Church of Christ 10:00 AM TENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME JUNE 10, 2018 LIFE OF THE CHURCH THE COMMUNITY GATHERS HONORING OUR CALL TO BE PEACEMAKERS *Passing the Peace of Christ One: May the peace of Christ be with you. All: And also with you. (As a sign of our reconciliation with God and one another, we invite you to turn and greet those around you sharing the peace of Christ saying: The Peace of Christ be with you. And also with you. ) PRELUDE Morning Has Broken Mark Horton, Virgina Eddy PRAYERS Prayer One Prayer Two *HYMN OF PRAISE This Little Light of Mine Olivia Henderson Kailyn Walker OUR LORD S PRAYER (sung in unison) No. 307 A TIME FOR THE ADULTS PRAYER Prayer Three WE HEAR GOD S WORD The Children Brendon Walker THE WORD OF GOD Old Testament Lessons Isaiah 41:10 (NRSV p. 628; RSV p. 635 ) Psalms 94:19 (NRSV p. 513; RSV p. 528 ) One: This is the Word of the Lord All: Thanks be to God New Testament Lesson Philippians 4:6-7 (NRSV p. 175; RSV p. 187 ) One: This is the Word of the Lord All: Thanks be to God FAITH STATEMENT RECOGNITION OF THE CHILDREN SONG Be Happy, Don t Worry The Children SHARING OUR JOYS AND CONCERNS PASTORAL PRAYER WE RESPOND TO THE WORD Pastor Michael OFFERING OUR GIFTS TO GOD The Invitation The Offertory Irish Blessing Ruth Smith, Jessica Collins, *Doxology Praise God from whom all blessings flow; praise him, all creatures here below; praise him above, ye heavenly host: Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

3 *Prayer of Dedication One: O God, creative and caring, just and giving, receive the gifts we bring; All: to create, to care, to free, to promote justice, and to share Your good-ness with the world. Amen. *CLOSING HYMN Lord You Have Come to the Lakeside No. 342 *BENEDICTION *BENEDICTION RESPONSE Carrying the Light of Christ into the World Go in peace and the peace of God be with you this day. Go in peace and the peace of God be with you always. Celebrate and share the joy! Celebrate new Life! Go in peace and the peace of God be with you always. POSTLUDE I Got Peace Like A River Virginia Eddy, Mark Horton (During the postlude, you may be seated to listen, or you may leave.) Throughout the order of worship, if print is in bold, words may be spoken together in unison. (*) Please rise in body or spirit. NRSV Bibles are on the pulpit side of the sanctuary and the RSV Bibles are on the lectern side of the sanctuary Please silence or turn off your cell phone before you enter the sanctuary. PLEASE REMEMBER THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE IN THOUGHT AND PRAYER Robbie Coleman Charlie Grubb Maureen Grubb Gini Hamilton Ryan Barton George Sanborn Bee O Brien Maytha Southard Kerry Golding Please let the church office know if someone in need of prayers is missing from this list. After four weeks of being listed, if additional prayers are still needed, please let us know so we can continue to pray. Thank you. We welcome you to worship and invite you to join us after the service in Fellowship Hall for refreshments. If you are visiting us today, please pick up a Welcome Bag in Fellowship Hall or in the Narthex. We encourage you to sign the guest book. Thank you to all the children who helped plan and led worship today including: Olivia Henderson, Kailyn Walker, Brendon Walker, Carolyn Pond, Emily Pond and Ethan Hendry. A special thanks to Mark Horton and Virginia Eddie for sharing their musical talents and to for leading us in worship. All are invited to a reception honoring our children and presenting a slide show of their art work in Fellowship Hall following worship today. A Holly Days Fair kick-off planning meeting is scheduled today following worship in Beinema Hall. All are welcome to join Kathie Sinnett, Sarah Davis and Cathy Bowden to share ideas, old and new, and launch plans for this year s fair to be held November 17. FCC will host the Bach Virtuosi Music Festival on June 23 at 7:30PM featuring founder Lewis Kaplan and Yibin Li performing Two Violin Concerto. Admission is free. Instead, donations of non-perishable goods will be collected to benefit the Falmouth Food Pantry. Monetary donations can also be made payable to FCC UCC with the notation Falmouth Food Pantry in the memo. Thank you. Falmouth Food Pantry will be open on the following days in June: Mondays, June 4 and 11 from 9 AM until 11 AM; Tuesdays, June 12, 19 and 26 from 9:30 AM until 11:30 AM; and Thursdays, June 14, 21 and 28 from 4:30 PM until 6:30 PM. Falmouth Congregational Church UCC is a fragrance-free environment. Please help us to accommodate our members and visitors who are chemically sensitive to fragrances and other scented products. Thank you for not wearing perfume, aftershave, scented hand lotion, fragranced hair products and/or similar products

4 Worship Participants Greeter: Louis and Jerry Caruso Ushers: Chan Sinnett, Kathie Sinnett, Pam Carroll and Judy Currier Next Sunday s Lectionary 1 Sam 8:15:34-16:13; Ps 20; 2 Cor 5:6-10; Mk 4:26-34 Church Office Hours Monday-Thursday: 9:00 AM 3:00 PM, Closed on Friday Church Phone: Visit our Web site: Church Office fccdesk@maine.rr.com Pastor Michael Richards Minister pastormichaelfcc@maine.rr.com Christian Education Administrator fccchristianeducation@maine.rr.com Doris Krueger Minister of Music dnkrueger@gmail.com Matthew Strobel Sexton mstrobel66@yahoo.com Mark Horton Moderator horton04105@yahoo.com Marilee Pillsbury Vice Moderator bigmarilee@yahoo.com Jess Dickson Office Manager fccofficemanager@falmouthcongregationalchurch.org Sunday June 10 This Week s Schedule 10:00 AM Kids Church Service 11:15 AM Coffee Fellowship 11:30 AM Council of Ministries Meeting (Grant Room) 11:30APM Holly Days Fair Kick Off Gathering (Beinema Hall) Tuesday June 12 10:00 AM Bible Study (OceanView) Wednesday June 13 6:30 PM Pastoral Search Committee (Grant Room) Thursday June 14 1:30 PM Prayer Shawl Committee (Grant Room) 4:30 PM Forever Growing Year End Show (Beinema Hall) 6:30 PM Ministry of Missions (Grant Room) Sunday June 17 Father s Day Deadline for July Congregator submissions 10:00 AM Worship 11:15 AM Coffee Fellowship

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