Fourteenth 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. Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Communion Sunday Paul Shupe, Senior Minister paul.shupe@hancockchurch.org Marilyn Becker, Associate Director of Music marilyn.becker@hancockchurch.org Mark Morgan, Director of Music mark.morgan@hancockchurch.org Pam Cochrane, Acting Minister of Faith Formation pam.cochrane@hancockchurch.org Nancy Rottman, Seminarian nancy.rottman@hancockchurch.org Alex Shea Will, Acting Minister of Congregational Care alex.will@hancockchurch.org Becca Lockwood, Seminarian becca.lockwood@hancockchurch.org Church Office Phone Church Office Hours M-Th 9:00-4:00, Fri 9:00-3:00 Hancock Community Prayer Emergency Pastoral Care Phone For bulletin announcements, corrections, or suggestions, office@hancockchurch.org To conserve trees and your pledge dollars, consider sharing your bulletin. Please recycle. Hancock United Church of Christ, Congregational 1912 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, MA July 6, 2014 Morning Worship 10:00 am

2 Service of Worship Gathering Together To Praise God MOMENT FOR REFLECTION [The retort of the Canaanite woman] has the effect, as the story is told, of enabling Jesus to see the situa on in a different way. That new perspec ve appears to free Jesus to respond, to heal, to become again the channel of God's redeeming presence in that situa on. Whatever provoked the ini al response a ributed to Jesus... it is the Gen le woman who is said to have called his bluff. In doing so, she enabled him to act in a way apparently blocked to him before. Her wit, her sharp retort, was indeed a gi to Jesus a gi that enabled his gi of healing in turn, her ministry that opened up the possibility of his. Sharon Ringe, "A Gen le Woman's Story" "The narra ve portrays Jesus being bested by a woman, and changing his behavior on that account. This is the only instance in the extant tradi on of Jesus being taught by someone, and that someone is a woman who should not properly be speaking to him at all." Joanna Dewey, "Jesus' Healings of Women." PRELUDE Prelude on Hyfrydol by Flor Peeters CALL TO WORSHIP Based on Psalm 89 ONE: I will sing of your steadfast love, O Lord, forever. MANY: With my mouth I will proclaim your faithfulness. ONE: Your steadfast love is established for ever. MANY: Your faithfulness is as firm as the heavens. *OPENING HYMN Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation #263 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 Pam Cochrane 2 * Congregation standing some may wish to remain seated Sunday, July 6 10:00 am Morning Worship Adam Hearlson Preaching and Communion Sunday SANC 11:00 am Fellowship Hour CLARK Monday, July 7 1:30 pm Skyloom KS Tuesday, July 8 10:00 am Staff Mee ng BELL 11:00 am Staff Worship Planning BELL 7:30 pm Endowment Commi ee RM205 Wednesday, July 9 11:30 am Memorial Garden Commi ee PEAR 1:15 pm Consort KS 6:30 pm Hancock Grills at the Schlecht s Thursday, July 10 Friday, July 11 6:00 pm Hancock Game Night CLAR Saturday, July 12 10:00 am AA Mee ng CLARK 3:00 pm Brass Group KS Sunday, July 13 9:00am Pastor s Class 10:00am Morning Worship SANC 11:00am Felloewship Hour CLAR The Week Ahead First Hancock Grills is July 9th! The first Hancock Grills will be at Nancy Schlecht's home: 197 Grant St in Lexington RSVP at nschlecht810@aol.comor call the church offices. The Hancock Grills will be held every Wednesday, from July 9 August 20, from 6:30 8:30pm. You can sign up to host by contac ng the Church Offices, or call Lisa Sandeen (781) Lexington Food Pantry Dona on baskets are located throughout the church. The food Pantry is always accep ng food and monetary dona ons as well as volunteers. LOCATION KEY BELL Bell Room CHAP Chapel CHOR Choir Room CLAR Clark Hall CONF Conference Room DR Dining Room RM205 Room 205 KS Kathie Stuart LIB Po er Library 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. 11

3 Summer Worship 2014 at Hancock A People Like Us: Stories from our Bible Each week this summer we'll hear the Biblical stories of some familiar and (hopefully) not sofamiliar faces. We'll hear sermons from Alex, Becca, Nancy, Paul (at the end of the summer), and two guest worship leaders: Adam Hearlson, professor of preaching and director of the Wilson Chapel at Andover Newton, and June Cooper, execu ve director of City Mission Society. As the summer unfolds, we'll be sure to keep you updated on sermon topics and themes, and any associated programming. Here is the tenta ve schedule for the summer: 7/13/2014 Becca Lockwood 8/3/2014 Adam Hearlson 7/20/2014 Alex Will 8/10/2014 June Cooper 7/27/2014 Alex Will 8/17/2014 Paul Shupe Hancock Game Night July 11, 6pm GATHERING SONG Service of Worship Walk with Me Walk with me, I will walk with you and build the land that God has planned where Love shines through. THE CHILDREN S TIME Pam Cochrane Children Pre K through grade 5 are invited to Adventures in Faith, this is an all ages event. Youth will meet for Sandwich making for the outdoor church of Cambridge. Children and youth will return to worship for communion. Giving Thanks To God THE MORNING OFFERING Ed Cox OFFERTORY Dove of Peace by Gilbert Martin Bring your favorite games, bring your family, and bring your friends, because we are having another game night at Hancock! We welcome and encourage everyone to join us. The fun starts at 6 pm in Clark Hall. Contact Sco Griffith at for more informa on. *DOXOLOGY 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! *PRAYER OF DEDICATION Amy, Lisle, and Scott back from Ft. Wayne! Amy and Lisle Swanson, and Sco Mar n are back from Fort Wayne, Indiana, where they built homes with Blitz Home Builders and Habitat for Humanity. Despite rain delays and wet mud, it looks like they were able to get the roofs on all of the houses! Read their blog and see the pictures of the homes they built in 10 days: 10 ANNOUNCEMENTS The Prayers of the People PRAYERS FOR OUR HANCOCK COMMUNITY Alex Shea Will A TIME OF SILENT PRAYER * Congregation standing some may wish to remain seated 3

4 Service of Worship PRAYERS FOR THE WORLD Becca Lockwood 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 Matthew 15:21-28 Ed Cox Jesus le that place and went away to the district of Tyre and Sidon. Just then a Canaanite woman from that region came out and started shou ng, Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is tormented by her demon. But he did not answer her at all. And his disciples came and urged him, saying, Send her away, for she keeps shou ng a er us. He answered, I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. But she came and knelt before him, saying, Lord, help me. He answered, It is not fair to take the children s food and throw it to the dogs. She said, Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters table. Then Jesus answered her, Woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you wish. And her daughter was healed instantly. THE SERMON Struggling with Prosopagnosia Adam Hearlson Celebra on of Communion Interfaith Garden, located across Lexington Common, con nues its great success, with increasing pounds of produce harvested and delivered to Lexington's Food Pantry each week. Hancock Volunteers are scheduled to work at the garden on: Tuesday, July 15, 4:30 6pm Saturday, July 26, 8 9:30am Interfaith Garden UPDATE No prior experience is required. All ages are welcome. For ques ons or to sign up, contact Amy Swanson atswanamy5@gmail.com. Search Committee Starts Work The search commi ee for a new se led minister to replace Dana Allen Walsh has been formed and will hold an introductory mee ng with Rev. Wendy Vanderhart of the UCC Stewardship 2014 Summary Delight in Giving The stewardship team has prepared a summary of our community's amazing generosity of me, talent and treasure. We COMMUNION HYMN Be Known to Us in Breaking Bread #281 INVITATION LEADER: God be with you. PEOPLE: And also with you. LEADER: Li up your hearts. PEOPLE: We li them up to God. LEADER: Let us give thanks to God: Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer. PEOPLE: It is right to give God thanks and praise. Boston Metropolitan Associa on this week. The commi ee members, appointed by the moderator, are: Skip Irving (chair), Kris ne Arena, Sarah Keeping, Christopher Locher, Linda O'Keefe, Gwyn Rohrer, and Paul Shupe. found some surprises in this year's results and we need your help to understand what they mean for our church family. Please check out the story let us know what you think. 4 ANNOUNCEMENTS 9

5 Courtney Jones and Becca Lockwood Receive Wonderful News A er her successful Ecclesias cal Council, Becca has been called to serve as Youth Minister at First Parish in Gorham, Maine. She will begin her service in September. Before then, she'll be here at Hancock over the summer. Hear her preach her last sermon on July 13th. Please send her a note of congratula ons at: becca@hancockchurch.org. Just two short months a er her Ecclesias cal Council, our own Courtney Jones has been called as the first Associate Pastor at Hope Central Church in Jamaica Plain, Massachuse s! Won't you reach out to Courtney and congratulate her? Her is: crjones.boston@gmail.com.we will have a service of ordina on for Courtney here at Hancock some me in September. If you'd like to offer Courtney a gi in honor of her celebra on, one way you can do so is by helping sponsor her trip to the Holy Land! "Par cipants will explore sites of historical and religious significance,...and meet with people represen ng a wide spectrum of poli cal and social thought." If you'd like to support Courtney in this way, you can read more about her trip and donate securely online. Flower Donations Needed The flowers that bloom in the Spring... the Summer... the Fall... and the Winter, on the alter, pulpit or lectern, are placed there to honor and remember the loved ones of the Hancock family. Not only do they add to the glory of the service, but, a er church, they are delivered and shared with those especially in need of a visual symbol of our love and caring. Service of Worship LEADER: 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. PEOPLE: 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 LEADER: Ready now to receive again the great gi s of communion, let us confess our Easter faith: ALL: Christ had died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again. LEADER: 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. PEOPLE: AMEN. 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. We will share Communion by in nc on. As you are ready, please come forward by the center aisles. Break a bit of bread from the loaf, dip it in the cup, and eat immediately, returning to your seat via the side aisles. Gluten free wafers are available for those in need. If you would prefer, you may wait in your seat: when others have been served, please raise your hand, and the communion will be brought to you. 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 MEDITATION To donate flowers for church, please contact Sally Wyman scwyman@gmail.com or Thank you. 8 ANNOUNCEMENTS 5

6 Service of Worship Welcome to Hancock! 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. LEADER: 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. *CLOSING HYMN Lord Speak To Me, That I May Speak #281 *BENEDICTION POSTLUDE Prelude on America by Flor Peeters Summer 2014 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 Given in loving memory of Manuel s parents, Estrella and Manuel Navia, by the Navia 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 6 * Congregation standing some may wish to remain seated WATCH SERVICE LIVE Online at livestreaming.html from 10am 11am 7