Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Communion Sunday

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1 Hancock Covenant of Welcome We welcome all who seek to know God. We believe that, although we are many members, we are one body in Christ. We have been called as well as challenged by God to respect and reconcile our differences. We recognize and love each individual as a child of God. We welcome, respect, support, and lovingly encourage people of every race, ethnicity, creed, class, gender, sexual orientation, age, and physical and mental ability to join us on our journey of faith. This faith journey indeed calls Hancock Members not to be silent in the face of prejudice, injustice, and exclusion, but to express our faith, in word and deed, for justice and inclusiveness for all humanity. As Paul wrote to the Galatians, In Christ there is no longer Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for all are one. Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Communion Sunday Paul Shupe, Senior Minister paul.shupe@hancockchurch.org Mark Morgan, Director of Music mark.morgan@hancockchurch.org Pam Cochrane, Acting Minister of Faith Formation pam.cochrane@hancockchurch.org Alex Shea Will, Acting Minister of Congregational Care alex.will@hancockchurch.org Marilyn Becker, Associate Director of Music marilyn.becker@hancockchurch.org Nancy Rottman, Student Minister nancy.rottman@hancockchurch.org Andrew Harris, Student Minister andrew.harris@hancockchurch.org Church Office Phone: (781) Church Office Hours: M-Th 9:00-4:00 Hancock Community Prayer: (781) Emergency Pastoral Care Phone: (929) Hancock United Church of Christ, Congregational 1912 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, MA November 2, 2014 Morning Worship 10:00 am Evening Worship 6:15 pm For bulletin announcements, corrections, or suggestions, office@hancockchurch.org To conserve trees and your pledge dollars, consider sharing your bulletin. Please recycle.

2 Service of Worship Gathering Together To Praise God MOMENT FOR REFLECTION This Sunday we mark All Saints Day, a day set aside to remember and celebrate the lives of men and women who through the ordinary ac ons of life have taught us the wonders and virtues of faith. Perhaps more than the great heroes who stride across the pages of history, it is the ordinary saints whose witness to love and service that mean the most to us. At Hancock this week four of our saints have died: Faith Armington, Bob Foster, George Deranian, and Adam Dobbs, who graduated from our Hancock Youth Group just two years ago. On this day we acknowledge a great many feelings, including gra tude, sorrow, and confusion. Yet we gather into God's healing Spirit, remembering our faith that no ma er where we are on life's journey, we are welcome here, in the household of God. PRELUDE Two Settings of Ein feste Burg by J.N. Hanff and J.C. Kittel CALL TO WORSHIP (responsively) ONE: Let the call to worship be sounded. Let us gather in sacred me and space. MANY: Here we may encounter the living God. ONE: Let us add our voices to one another, li ing songs of praise and thanksgiving to God. MANY: God is great, and God is good. With thankful hearts and voices, we praise our Creator, our Redeemer, and our Sustainer. *OPENING HYMN For All the Saints #306 PASSING THE PEACE OF CHRIST It is perfectly fine to choose not to shake hands in an effort to quell germs. If your neighbor does not extend a hand, simply smile, exchange verbal gree ngs and know the reason for their cau on. WORDS OF GREETING AND ANNOUNCEMENTS PRAYER OF INVOCATION Andrew Harris 2 * Congregation standing some may wish to remain seated Sunday, November 2 8:30 am Pastor s Class 8:30 am Choir Rehearsal 9:00 am Mar ng to Glory 10:00 am Morning Worship SANC Communion 10:20 am JYO all age event sandwich making 10:20 am Children s Program All Ages CLAR 11:00 am Fellowship Hour Hosted by Children CLAR 11:15 am Hancock Choristers RM212 12:30 pm A Joyful Noyes Rehearsal SANC 2:00 pm Heifer Event CLAR 4:00 pm Well Setup and Rehearsal CLAR 5:00 pm Confirma on UPPER 6:15 pm Well CLAR 7:00 pm HYG UPPER 7:00 pm OWL KS Monday, November 3 The Week Ahead Thursday, November 6 10:00 am First and Third Thursdays Discussion Group PEAR 6:30 pm Boy Scouts CLAR/KS/RM205 6:30 pm Leadership Training with Yve e PEAR 7:30 pm Chancel Choir Rehearsal CHOR/CHAP Friday, November 7 9:30 am Morning Glory Bells Rehearsal Saturday November 8 10:00 am AA Mee ng CLAR 3:00 pm Brass Group KS 6:00 pm Harvest Potluck CLAR Sunday, November 9 8:30 am Pastor s Class 8:30 am Choir Rehearsal 9:00 am Mar ng to Glory 9:30 am Project Group BELLS 10:00 am Morning Worship SANC Recep on of 1:30 pm Skyloom KS New Members 7:00 pm Halalisa CHAP, CHOIR 10:20 am JYO UPPER 7:30 pm Deacons PEAR 10:20 am Children s Program CE Wing 11:00 am Fellowship Hour CLAR Tuesday, November 4 11:15 am Listening PEAR 10:00 am Staff Mee ng BELL 11:15 am Hancock Choristers RM212 11:00 am Staff Worship Planning BELL 2:00 pm Hancock Concert Series NELO WWI SANC Wednesday, November 5 4:00 pm Well Setup and Rehearsal CLAR 1:15 pm Consort KS 5:00 pm Confirma on UPPER 4:30 pm Junior Handbell Choir LOCATION 6:15 pm Worship Well RM205 Room CLAR 205 BELL Bell Room KS Kathie Stuart 7:00 pm Hancock Carillon CHAP Chapel 7:00 pm HYG UPPER LIB Po er Library 7:30 pm Adult CE: Centering and Medita on CLAR CHOR Choir 7:00 pm OWL Room KS CLAR Clark Hall CONF Conference Room DR Dining Room PEAR Pearson SANC Sanctuary WILS Wilson UR Upper Room To schedule an event or rent space, contact the Church Office at office@hancockchurch.org or call The complete Hancock calendar is available at calendar. 15

3 Volunteer at Rosie's Help to cook and serve a meal at Rosie's Place in November! Contact to help choose a date that will fit your schedule! Lexington Food Pantry We are looking for people who are available Fridays in the early a ernoon. If we get enough people, the commitment would only be once a month or every other month. If you have any ques ons, please contact Sco Griffith, isb.scooter@gmail.com or (509) ANNOUNCEMENTS ANNOUNCEMENTS Interfaith Thanksgiving Service Nov. 25 at 7:30pm on the green Work Day! Join members of the Pruden al Commi ee on Saturday, November 15th from 9am to 1pm for an indoor/outdoor work day. Contact Susan McClements, skmcclements@gmail.com. All are invited to join the Lexington Interfaith Clergy Associa on (LICA) in our annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Worship Service to be held Tuesday, November 25th, at7:30 pm at Hancock United Church of Christ, on the Green. Refreshments and conversa on will follow the service. "Our Interfaith Service is a tradi on of several decades," said Rabbi Jill Perlman of Temple Isaiah and a Co President of LICA. "It is always inspiring to see Chris ans and Jews, Unitarians and Muslims, Hindus and members of other faith tradi ons giving thanks for the blessings of life." Installation Service for Rev. Dana Allen Walsh Nov. 23 at 3pm The Installa on Service for Rev. Dana Allen Walsh is Sunday, November 23 at 3pmat South Church in Andover, 41 Central St. Recep on to follow service. We extend our sympathy to the friends and family of those who have passed away recently. Our Hancock family extends prayers of condolence to Jacky Deranian and her family upon the death of her beloved husband George Deranian. Our Hancock family was made deeply sad this week by the death of Adam Dobbs. Service of Worship GATHERING SONG Gather Round Leader: Come on children to the Gospel Feast All: Gather round, gather round. Leader: Jesus welcomes all, the li le and least All: Gather round, gather round. This is where we sing and pray Read God s word on this glad day Come on children to the Gospel feast Gather round, gather round. CHILDREN S TIME Pam Cochrane The children are invited to an all age event in Clark Hall. JYO will be making sandwiches for the Outdoor Church of Cambridge returning to worship for communion. Giving Thanks To God THE MORNING OFFERING Nancy Rottman OFFERTORY Ain t-a-that Good News Spiritual Chancel Choir arr. by William Dawson I got a crown up in a that kingdom, ain t a that good news. I m a gonna lay down this world, gonna shoulder up a my cross, Going to take it home a to my Jesus, ain t a that good news. I got a robe up in a that kingdom, ain t a that good news I got a Saviour in a that kingdom, ain t a that good news... *DOXOLOGY *PRAYER OF DEDICATION From North and South and East and West, May God s eternal name be blessed! Alleluia! Alleluia! Till everywhere beneath the sun, Thy kingdom come Thy will be done. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! * Congregation standing some may wish to remain seated 3

4 4 Service of Worship The Prayers of the People PRAYERS FOR OUR HANCOCK COMMUNITY Nancy Rottman A TIME OF SILENT PRAYER PRAYERS FOR THE WORLD Alex Shea Will Today we pray for our partners in ministry, Heifer Interna onal. For 70 years, Heifer has empowered families to turn hunger and poverty into hope and prosperity through sustainable agriculture educa on and gi s of livestock. Families pass on the first female offspring of their livestock to another family, allowing a once impoverished family to become donors and full par cipants in improving their communi es. Hancock will host their 70th Birthday celebra on, for the en re northeast region, today at 2pm in Clark Hall. THE 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 tempta on, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen. The Good News Is Proclaimed THE SCRIPTURE READING The First Epistle Reading Hebrews 11:1-3 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the convic on of things not seen. Indeed by faith our ancestors received approval. By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was made from things that are not visible. The Second Epistle Reading Romans 8:26-27, Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for weds. and God, who searches the heart, knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God...What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He who did not withhold his own Son, but gave him up for all of us, will he not with him also give us everything else? Who will bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who jus fies. Who is to condemn? It is Christ Jesus, who died, yes, who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercede for us. Who will separate us from the love of MUSIC The Great War at 100: Great Britain in Song and Verse Sunday, November 9th at 2:00 p.m. Our new season kicks off with a powerful and moving remembrance of the 1st world war on this, the 100th anniversary of its beginning. Produced jointly with New England Light Opera, the a ernoon will include works for baritone (Mark Morgan), piano (Beverly Soll), and string quartet (Quarte o Ardente). Performed in conjunc on with Veteran's (Armis ce Day), the program includes the direct experience of the War through the poetry of Wilfred Owens, and the refracted experience of the War through the works of Herbert Howells, Ivor Gurney, Gerald Finzi, George Bu erworth, and Ralph Vaughan Williams. Ravishingly beau ful, emo onal, and ul mately upli ing, this is a program not to be missed. Kay Barney World Premiere on Nov. 10th The first public performance of the Quartet in A Minor, "Reflec ons," recently composed by Kay Barney, long a Hancock member, will be performed by the Wayside Quartet in a concert on Monday, November 10, 7:15pmin the auditorium of Carleton Willard Village. SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES Wine Raffle The Wine Raffle to benefit Sustainable Harvest Interna onal will run between Oct 5 Nov 8th. Four winners will receive 6 bo les each! Tickets are available at coffee hour and are $10 each or three for $25. Please contact Charlo e Dougherty, charlo edougherty@gmail.com or (781) ; or Brian Keeping, BKeeping@mar gne.com or (781) for more informa on. Free Voice Lesson! Have you been interested in singing in the choir, for our cantatas, or for the Well but just aren't sure about your voice? Our Director of Music, Mark Morgan, is offering a free 30 minute voice lesson to anyone interested. He can be reached at (781) or by e mail at mark@hancockchurch.org. Open to anyone grade 9 adult. ANNOUNCEMENTS 13

5 12 ANNOUNCEMENTS EDUCATION and FELLOWSHIP MEDITATION & CENTERING PRAYER: Give it a try, learn about what brain research is saying about its benefits Talk & new series of workshops 7 PM Clark Hall, Next Talk Nov. 5th Stan Goldin PhD., Harvard Medical School/Cognitive Rhythms Collaborative There is growing interest in appreciating and directly experiencing the benefits of regular meditation. The Christian contemplative tradition adds another dimension of benefit to those of secular mindfulness meditation-the chance to experience and deepen our relationship with a Divine Presence that we call God. An introduction to the principles and concepts behind Centering Prayer, and hands-on experience of the method, are both part of this new fall series. Stan is a neuroscientist who has had the chance to benefit from ongoing dialogue with a noted Christian Contemplative authority, Fr. Thomas Keating. We will share these dialogues on the benefits of Centering Prayer; what neuroscience is suggesting of those benefits; and also, Fr. Keating s mind-stretching perspective on broader philosophical questions of human evolution and destiny. Harvest Potluck Supper Saturday, November 8, from 6 8pm in Clark Hall Come and celebrate the season with our Harvest Pot Luck Supper. This is a wonderful way to meet new friends and connect with old friends. Please bring dishes ready to serve, including the serving utensils. We will have some plugs available for any dishes served from a crock pot. Contact Carol Puschak, cpuschak@msn.com, or (781) Please sign up for the dish you would like to bring. Next Pearson Room Session Listening November 9th First and Third Thursday Discussion Group Next Session Nov. 6 at 10 am in Kathie Stuart Delving into the different problems and solu ons that Islam, Chris anity, Buddhism, Judaism, Confucianism, Yoruba Religion, Daoism and Atheism strive to combat, God is Not One is an indispensable guide to the ques ons human beings have asked for millennia and to the disparate paths we are taking to answer them today. Service of Worship Christ? Will hardship or distress, or persecu on, or famine, or nakedness, or peril or sword? As it is wri en: "For your sake we are being killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep to be slaughtered." No, in all these thing we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers nor height, nor depth nor anything else in all crea on will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. THE SERMON "Hope for All the Saints" Paul Shupe Celebra on of Communion COMMUNION HYMN As We Gather At Your Table see page 7 INVITATION ONE: God be with you. ALL: And also with you. ONE: Li up your hearts. ALL: We li them up to God. ONE: Let us give thanks to God: Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer. ALL: It is right to give God thanks and praise. ONE: Luke, the evangelist, wrote of our risen Savior, who at the table with two of the disciples took bread and blessed and broke it and gave it to them. Their eyes were opened and they recognized the risen Christ in the breaking of the bread. ALL: In company with all believers in every me and beyond me, we come to this table to know the risen Christ in the breaking of the bread and the sharing of the cup. THE COMMUNION PRAYER BREAKING THE BREAD, BLESSING THE CUP ONE: Ready now to receive again the great gi s of communion, let us confess our Easter faith: ALL: Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again. ONE: Come, Holy Spirit, come. Bless this bread, bless this cup, and bless all of us in our ea ng and drinking together, that our eyes may be opened to see the risen Christ among us, and that our hearts might be united with sisters and brothers in every me and beyond me. ALL: AMEN. 5

6 Service of Worship THE BREAD AND THE CUP ARE SHARED This table belongs to Jesus Christ. Mindful of Christ, and in keeping with our Covenant of Welcome, this table is open to all, regardless of age, race, sex, class, creed, sexual orienta on or physical or mental ability. This is our Savior s table, and all are invited to come. Remembering our covenantal es to one another, we hold the bread un l all are served and eat together. Mindful of our individual rela onship with Christ, we drink the cup as we are served. A er we have shared together, our Junior Youth Organiza on will bring to the table the lunches that they have prepared for our homeless sisters and brothers who worship with the Outdoor Church in Cambridge. The lunches blessed will feed our friends this very day. COMMUNION ANTHEM Locus Iste Bruckner Chancel Choir This place was made by God, a priceless mystery; it is without reproof. THE PRAYERS OF BLESSING YOUTH: Bless, O God, the meal that we have prepared for our sisters and brothers of the Outdoor Church. Let their bodies be nourished, and their spirits li ed by this meal. And let each of us rededicate ourselves to work for a more just world in which all your children are safe and secure in homes, and are sustained by good food and sheltered by the love of community. ONE: Hear us, O God, as we extend our thanks for the boun ful feast that we have shared with others on this Communion Sunday. ALL: We give thanks, almighty God, that you have refreshed us at your table by gran ng 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 in peace, rejoicing in the power of the Holy Spirit, through Jesus Christ our risen Savior, Amen. TODAY *CLOSING HYMN Go With Us Lord see page 8 *BENEDICTION POSTLUDE Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr by J.S. Bach 6 * Congregation standing some may wish to remain seated ANNOUNCEMENTS 11

7 Giving & Growing As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of Godʹs varied grace.ʺ I Peter 4:10 11 (ESV Bible) In Community Did you know Fun Facts About Stewardship at Hancock Church! 1. You don t have to be a member of Hancock Church to make a pledge! People arrive at a decision to become members at different points in their faith journey. While we encourage becoming a member of the church, many become part of our community of faith through their par cipa on in worship, service and stewardship ac vi es before they join as members. All are welcome and, in fact, faithful delibera on about making a pledge may help clarify thoughts about becoming a member. 2. You can check MORE than ONE box on your Pledge Card this year! In fact, we hope you will check BOTH boxes: I/we pledge to support our beloved Hancock Church community in 2015 through gifts of time, talent and prayer. I/we are ready to pledge our financial support for 2015, in the amount of. Planning to make a pledge but just not sure yet what the amount will be? We ve got a box for that. Just let us know by Dec.14 what the amount of your pledge will be. 3. Hancock offers online giving options! Save time and hassle by setting up an electronic pledge payment. See the flyer in your pledge packet for more information. 4. All the pledge packets have been mailed. If you don t receive your packet by Nov. 5, please contact Jane Park at church.administrator@hancockchurch.org 10 ANNOUNCEMENTS 7

8 Welcome to Hancock! We are delighted that you chose to worship with us today and are strengthened by your par cipa on in our service! We warmly invite you to coffee and refreshments immediately following worship. Coffee can be found through either of the doors next to the Chancel. If you d like to learn more about our church community and ac vi es, please take the flier hanging in the pew. You may also fill out the Welcome slip in the pew holder, and hand it to one of the clergy or ushers today. We hope that you feel very much at home here and that you will make Hancock Church your church. If you have any ques ons, our Welcoming Commi ee would be happy to help: welcoming@hancockchurch.org. Child care is available each Sunday beginning at 9:00 a.m. in the nursery and toddler room. All children and youth are invited to worship with their families, to come forward for the Children s Gathering, and then recess to the Church School for K 5. Older children are invited to stay in worship or help with younger youth. Large print bulle ns, hearing assist aids, and a stair li are available at Hancock Church. Please ask an usher for assistance. Today s Flower Offering The Altar flowers are given in loving memory of Rena, Marshall, and Pa Bushnell by the Bushnell family. The Pulpit flowers are given in loving memory of her parents, Be y and Harry Erickson, by Iris and Larry Larssen and family. All services are recorded and cablecast locally by LexMedia Cable TV (RCN 3, Comcast 8 and Verizon 35) Sunday 10 AM and 7 PM, Tuesdays 10 PM. For more informa on, please visit the Hancock website at *** SERVICE DVDS AVAILABLE Just fill out the orange form just outside the television studio on the lower level. The cost is $10.00 which can be paid upon ordering or upon pickup at the church. All proceeds go to support the television ministry. HANCOCK CHURCH SERMON IN HD Online at WATCH SERVICE LIVE Online at livestreaming.html from 10am 11am 8