Wellesley Village Church United Church of Christ Palm Sunday March 20, 2016
Welcome to Worship at Wellesley Village Church! An Open & Affirming Congregation of the United Church of Christ We Welcome All! We extend a welcome as broad as the outstretched arms of God, who calls us together to pray, sing, and rejoice in God s glorious presence. From the tallest to the smallest we worship best as the whole people of God. We welcome children to participate fully in worship. During First Worship, children worship with us in our more informal service. Childcare ages 0-3 is available during Second Worship. Children ages 4 through 8th grade begin in Second Worship and may proceed to classes if they choose. Youth programs are also held in evenings. Please see the blue resource folder for more information. We value community! Please wear a nametag; temporary stickers are available and you may request a permanent nametag anytime. Visitors, please sign the Welcome Book in First Worship or the fellowship pads in the Second Worship pews. Your contact information will help us connect you to our community. Keep up to date with Village Church happenings by subscribing to our weekly Enews, contact Erin Donato at erin@wellesleyvillagechurch.org or at 781-235-1988, x11. We like to linger Coffee and light breakfast snacks are in the lower level at 8:45 am and may be enjoyed before and during First Worship. After Second Worship, coffee, treats and conversation are in Village Common. Whoever you are, wherever you are on the journey of life and faith, we are delighted you are here! www.wellesleyvillagechurch.org
ORDER OF WORSHIP March 20, 2016 Today, all hymns are found in the New Century Hymnal (black). *Please stand as you are able. 10:00 AM BRASS PRELUDE Wellesley Village Brass SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY Mark 11: 1-10 (page 823, in pew bible) * PROCESSIONAL HYMN NO. 216 All Glory, Laud, and Honor ST. THEODULPH * CALL TO WORSHIP Sarah Sarchet Butter Leader: People of God, rejoice and sing! All: Our God is near, our healing is at hand! Leader: People of God, look and see! All: The Servant comes, lowly and kind! Leader: Fill the air with welcome to the Lord! All: The lips of children honor him! Leader: People of God, come praise the Lord! All: Hosanna! Hosanna in the Highest! * PRAYER OF INVOCATION ANTHEM You Are Crowned With Many Crowns/Hosannah by John Seller and Carl Tuttle Junior Choir and Youth Choir INVITATION TO CONFESSION Liz Garrigan-Byerly PRAYER OF CONFESSION (Unison) Most merciful God, you know our hearts are willing. We want to be in step with our Servant King on his daily march of justice and joy, but we are often out of step. We wander more than we follow. We look for smooth roads and easy journeys, and we lose the way. In the silence now, help us confess the times we have wandered and the help we need. Help us ask for what you always give healing, pardon, and peace.
SILENCE In Jesus name. All: Amen SONG OF ASSURANCE Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so. Little ones to him belong, they are weak, but he is strong. Refrain: Yes, Jesus loves me, yes, Jesus loves me Yes, Jesus loves me, the Bible tells me so. Jesus loves me, this I know, as he loved so long ago. Taking children on his knee, saying let them come to me. Refrain Jesus loves me still today, walking with me on my way. Wanting as friend to give light and love to all who live. Refrain BLESSING OUR CHILDREN AND PASSING THE PEACE OF CHRIST One: Children of Village Church, may you grow in faith with the Holy Spirit as your guide. All: Go with God s love, and ours. One: The peace of Christ be with you All: And also with you. * As we pass the peace of Christ, children are invited to go to their classrooms. * HYMN NO. 223 What Wondrous Love Is This WONDROUS LOVE SERMON Powerful Passion Sarah Sarchet Butter MUSICAL MEDITATION PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE David Carrier Megan Snell 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 trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
PRAYER RESPONSE THE OFFERING The most important gift you can offer God is your presence. Please sign and pass the fellowship book, located at the end of each pew. Thank you for all your financial gifts to support Village Church. The white offering card may be placed in the offering plate as a sign of other forms of giving. Invitation Offertory Hosanna to the Son of David Robert Lehman Hosanna to the Son of David. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna! * Doxology and Presentation Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise God all creatures here below; Praise God for all that love has done; Creator, Christ, and Spirit One. Amen. * Dedication THE PASSION OF OUR LORD Mark 14: 32-42 (Page 827, pew bible) ORGAN MEDITATION Jesus Accepts Suffering Olivier Messiaen * BLESSING AND SENDING
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SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 2016 AT VILLAGE CHURCH 9:00 AM First Worship, Village Hall, lower level Scripture: Mark 11: 1-11 Sermon: Retelling of the Palm Sunday Story Revs. Pam Emslie & Josh Fitterling 10:00 AM Second Worship, Sanctuary, main floor Scripture: Mark 11:1-10 Sermon: Powerful Passion Revs. Sarah Sarchet Butter, Liz Garrigan-Byerly & Megan Snell Church School through grade 8 11:15 AM Fellowship Hour, Village Common Cherub Choir Rehearsal, Cherub Choir Room, upper level Junior Choir Rehearsal, Youth Music Room, lower level 11:30 AM Community Visitor Info Meeting, Parlor Palm Sunday Pamphleting, Burtt Chapel 4:30 PM NWW Ecumenical Worship & Fellowship, Village Common, Burtt Chapel 6th & 7th Grade Youth Group, Village Common, Burtt Chapel 5:00 PM Christian Meditation Practice, Parlor 7:00 PM High School Youth Group, Youth Room, lower level Common Conversations What do you find meaningful in Holy Week? What are your family s Easter traditions? Join the conversation on the white board in Village Common!
TODAY S NOTES The Chancel flowers this morning are given in celebration of the birth on this day 11 years ago of our granddaughter Madeline Rose Regnier and 7 years ago of our grandson, Jackson Gates Harnapp with much love from Sue Sue and Poppy. Community Visitors Needed! When members can't get to church easily, we take church to them. We need you (individuals, families, working, retired) to be a community visitor! Through casual visits, you will provide companionship to other church members and help extend and strengthen our community. Come to the parlor today at 11:30 am in the Parlor to learn more, or contact Liz at liz@ w ellesleyvillagech urch. org or J osh at Joshua@wellesleyvillagechurch.org. Palm Sunday Pamphleting, It's time for our first Walk-to-Church Holy-Week event! The Town of Wellesley has over 1000 households within an easily walkable 3/4 mile of our lovely Village Church. In the spirit of Spring, Congregationalism and just plain neighborliness, we're inviting folks living in these nearby streets to walk to W.V.C. for a Holy Week service of their choosing. You are invited to join a team and walk a nearby Wellesley street on Palm Sunday, putting a Holy-Week card in all the mailboxes you encounter along your route. Join old friends or make new ones. Get to know a nearby neighborhood. Follow one of ten routes laid out to take about 1.5 hours to complete on foot. Congregate in Burtt Chapel at 11:30 am today, where each team will get a stack of cards as well as a printed walking route. Teams will leave the church on foot after a brief blessing.
LENTEN OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING AND COMMUNITY All Are Welcome! Easter Sunday Offering - One Great Hour of Sharing On Easter Sunday, in addition to the morning offering, the Service Ministry is sponsoring a special offering to One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS). For more information, see the brochure left at each pew in the Sanctuary and on the chairs in First Worship. Christian Service Scholarship The Village Churchwomen offer a scholarship each year to a member of the congregation who is pursuing graduate studies in preparation for a religious vocation in Christian Service. Apply for this scholarship by writing to Betty Seaborn at 4 Framar Road, Wellesley, MA 02481, or by e-mailing Betty Seaborn at baseaborn@comcast.net before April 30, 2016. Pastoral Residents Joshua Fitterling and Megan Snell to Share Their Faith Journeys Get to know our Pastoral Residents, Josh and Megan, on a deeper level when they share their stories of how they came to ministry. Who are the people, places, events, organizations that have shaped them for ministry how is Village Church continuing to support and challenge them in their calls? Two opportunities on Sunday, April 3: After First Worship in the Youth Room, 10:00 10:45 and after Second Worship in the Upper Room, 11:30 12:15. Service Opportunity: Sponsored by the Deacons of the Service Ministry and funded from the Capital Appeal Wednesday, April 6 at 1:30 pm, middle schoolers will be assembling personal care kits for teens and young adults in Boston who are part of Roxbury Youthworks: a communitybased non-profit organization whose mission is to help youth caught in cycles of poverty, victimization, and violence, to transition successfully to adulthood. To help out, contact Becky Georgenes at becky.georgenes@gmail.com and for a list of what you can donate, see the Wednesday Enews. To sign up for the Enews, contact Erin Donato at erin@wellesleyvillagechurch.org or at 781-235-1988, x11.
Family Promise Metrowest s 7th Annual Walk Away Homelessness Walkathon Saturday, April 9, on Natick Common at 8:45 am, registration opens at 7:30 am Join WROR 105.7 FM radio personality LBF and hundreds of walkers of all ages for fun, music, food, face painting, prizes and more! All proceeds will help Family Promise Metrowest end the cycle of homelessness. To register: http://walk.familypromisemetrowest.org/default.asp. Church Moms' Group Wednesday, April 13, 7 pm at the home of Cynthia Sibold AND Sunday, May 15, 7 pm at the home of Annie Newman. This casual group welcomes moms of children of all ages for monthly dinners in someone's home or restaurant. It's a "come when you can" kind of group and is a great way to meet other moms at our church. If you would like to be on our email list, email Kerry Evans at kegevans@gmail.com or Kim Reohr at reohr@me.com. Save the Date! June 12, 2016 at 3:00 pm Mark your calendars for the installation of the Reverend Sarah Sarchet Butter as our Senior Pastor. All are welcome for this important and joyous occasion in the life of Village Church. Wellesley Food Pantry Due to a severe shortage of plain oatmeal, the Wellesley Food Pantry requests our help. Oatmeal donations can be placed in the collection boxes near the entrances on Sunday morning or dropped off at the church office Monday through Friday.
Change to Holy week Schedule This year we are trying something new! We are combining the Easter Vigil and Sunrise Service into one service. Beginning at 5 am on Easter Sunday, we ll keep vigil with a fire on the driveway next to the churchyard. In prayer, silence and conversation, we ll await the dawn. At 6:30 am, we will have a brief Sunrise Service in the churchyard, followed by communion and breakfast in the Chapel. Breakfast will be potluck style with coffee and pastries provided by the church; bring what you can to share. Come when you can and as you are (even in your PJs!).
Our Church Covenant We are banded together as a Christian Church to maintain the worship of God, to proclaim the gospel of Christ, to develop in all people a consciousness of their relations and duties to God and to each other, and to inspire them with love for truth, passion for righteousness, and enthusiasm for service. To this end we pledge our loyalty to Christ and covenant with each other to express God s spirit in our individual and corporate life; to live together as Christians and to submit ourselves to the government of this Church, working, giving, praying for its increase, its purity, its peace, and seeking in every way to make it a power for the building up of the kingdom of God. The Rev. Sarah Sarchet Butter ~ Senior Pastor Associate Pastors The Rev. Pam Emslie The Rev. Liz Garrigan-Byerly Pastoral Residents The Rev. Megan Snell The Rev. Joshua Fitterling Directors Michaela McDonald Children s Ministry David R. Carrier Music Jodi Hitzhusen First Worship Music Dr. Kevin McDonald Youth Music Wellesley Village Church An Open and Affirming Congregation of the UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST 2 Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02482 Office: 781-235-1988 Urgent Pastoral Care Cell: 781-591-7451 www.wellesleyvillagechurch.org