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Please be observant to the date on this bulletin...This Sunday’s BulletinM Y S T I C C O N G R E G A T I O N A L C H U R C H Organized
in 1852 at Mystic, Connecticut
“I was glad when they said unto me, ‘Let us go into the house of the Lord.’” ~Psalm 122:1 July
6, 2008 Fourteenth
Sunday after Pentecost Communion
Sunday 8:00
a.m. & 10:00 a.m.
THE ORDER OF WORSHIP
July
6, 2008 -
8:00 a.m. & 10:00 a.m. Infant/toddler childcare is available in Room 2 from
9:15 to 11:15 a.m. All children ages 3 to 5th grade may proceed to the Parish Hall for a Bible lesson. GOD’S
PEOPLE GATHER QUIET REFLECTION: David Holwerda tells us that a yoke "both restrains and enables. It is simultaneously a burden and a possibility. The question confronting humanity is whose yoke or what yoke does one put on? No one lives without a yoke…" PRELUDE
Trish
Dehls
GREETINGS
and ANNOUNCEMENTS Rev.
Barbara Libby Please
sign the black pad located in your pew and pass it along to those next to you. If you would like to make a prayer request, please
locate and fill out a Prayer Card in your pew and hand it to an usher during the
offering. INTROIT
(10:00 am)
Summer
Choir
CALL
TO WORSHIP One:
Praise be to God who reigns above the heavens. All:
Praise be to God who dwells within our hearts. One:
Let the majesty of creation startle us into reverence. All:
Let each one of us – man, woman, and child – bow before our Maker.
Come let us worship God together!
*HYMN
#558 (Blue Hymnal)
My Life Flows On (Verses 1,2) HOW
CAN I KEEP *PRAYER
OF INVOCATION (unison)
Gracious God, we thank you that we can rest in you, secure amid the
conflict and confusion of life. We
thank you that you provide for our needs and that you have trusted us to one
another’s care. Help us to receive with humility and to give with joy.
Help us to share what we have without fear of tomorrow.
May we be peacemakers and justice makers that, one day, humanity may
choose bread over weapons, and fairness over greed.
We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ who invited us to pray together
… *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 temptation, but deliver us from evil, for
Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever.
Amen. *CALL TO CONFESSION *PRAYER
OF CONFESSION (responsive) One:
Loving God, here we are again, creatures who turn to you for help. Left:
Some of us are content, some discontented; some confident, some anxious. Right:
Some of us are light-hearted and some low-spirited; some find faith easy
and some find faith difficult. All:
In your warm love, please welcome us and save us from our sin and
ignorance. One:
You are aware of the circumstances from which we come. Left:
From secure homes or from temporary accommodation; from an environment of
caring love or from isolated aloneness. Right:
Some of us come from daily work that satisfies or from work that
compromises us; from exciting days or from long boring hours. All:
In your warm love, please welcome us and save us from our sin and
ignorance. One:
You know the true condition of our spirits. Left:
Some are free and happy, some in bondage and shame; some have few
regrets, some have many. Right:
Some of us are repentant, some in denial; some are thirsty for better
things, some are apathetic. All.
In your warm love, please welcome us and save us from our sin and
ignorance. One:
All of us have two things in common:
we know that we have fallen short of the goal you have set us. Left:
We know that you are a God of forgiveness and regeneration. Right:
Please deal with each person as you see best. All:
By your free grace in Christ Jesus, let us know the peace of being put
right with you and one another. For
your love’s sake. Amen. *ASSURANCE
OF PARDON
*GLORIA
PATRI Glory
be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the
Beginning, is now and ever shall be; World without end.
Amen. PROCLAIMING
the GOOD NEWS IN
WORD and SACRAMENT TIME
WITH CHILDREN (10:00 am)
Pastor Barbara Children
ages 3 through 5th grade may proceed to the Parish Hall after
Time With Children for a Bible lesson. SCRIPTURE
Romans 7:15-25a (Pew
Bible, N.T. page 157) Hugh
McGee
INTERLUDE
(8:00 am)
ANTHEM
(10:00 am)
Summer Choir *HYMN
#558 (Blue Hymnal, 10am)
Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us
BRADBURY SCRIPTURE
Matthew 11:25-30 (Pew
Bible, N.T. page 12)
SERMON
“Rest
for the Weary”
Rev. Barbara Libby CALL
TO GIVE OUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS
OFFERTORY
*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. *PRAYER
OF DEDICATION HYMN
OF PREPARATION #321 (Blue) Break
Thou the Bread of Life (Vs. 1,3)
HOLY
COMMUNION Invitation to the Table Pastoral Prayer and Prayer of Consecration Distribution of the Bread and the Cup (We serve the congregation the elements in the pews.
We invite you to take the bread and wait until all are served, signifying
our unity as One Body of Christ. We
invite you to take the cup when you are ready, signifying your personal
relationship with Christ. It is the
custom at this church to use unfermented grape juice in the cup.) Prayer
of Thanksgiving (unison) For the healing you have given us in the brokenness of bread and the
pouring out of cup, we thank you. For
the community that you have restored in us through the sharing of life, we thank
you. For the courage and strength
that you have promised to us even as we have honored the ones of courage in our
own past, we thank you. Send us
forth from this place in love, letting justice be worked out with gentleness and
power known in the presence of your Spirit.
Amen. *HYMN
#619 (Blue)
My Life Flows on (Verses 3,4)
HOW
CAN I KEEP GOD’S
PEOPLE RESPOND *OUR
COMMON COMMISSION (unison) Let
us go forth into the world in peace, being of good courage, holding fast to that
which is good, rendering to no one evil for evil, strengthening the
faint-hearted, supporting the weak, helping the afflicted, honoring all persons,
loving and serving the Lord, and rejoicing in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Amen. *BENEDICTION *CONGREGATIONAL
AMEN POSTLUDE
*All
who are able, please stand. a NOTES
OF PARISH LIFE KOREAN
PARTNERSHIP Potluck Dinner – August 5, 2008 (Tuesday) Come and greet our
visiting Korean students at 5:00 p.m. A
FILM: THE CUP will be shown at St.
Mark’s Episcopal Church on Thursday, July 10th, at 7:00 p.m. as the
first of the MAEC SUMMER FILM SERIES.
Based on true events, the story follows the lives of two boys who are
sent to a monastery in exile in the picturesque foothills of the Himalayas.
A whirlwind of events not usually associated with such an austere setting
follows, with the big issue of how they can
watch the soccer World Cup Finals. Future
films at other locations are July 24 at 6:00 p.m. (family film), August 7 and 21 at 7:00 p.m. SUMMER SUNDAY SCHOOL PROGRAM is held in the Parish Hall each Sunday of the summer for children of pre-school age through grade 5. Older children are encouraged to remain in Worship with their parents but may assist the teacher in the Parish Hall or take turns assisting in the Nursery in Room 2 (see the sign-up sheet found on the "Volunteers Needed" bulletin board outside the Sanctuary). CHILDREN’S WORSHIP SUNDAY PHOTOS Be sure to see the photos from Children's Worship Sunday on www.mysticcongregational.org. Click on the "Pictures!" link, and then "Children's Program '08." Many thanks to our intrepid photographer, Keith Barker, for the portraits and to our Webmaster, Matt Lettrich for his technical wizardry which allows us to view them on-line. (P.S. There is a link to the Sunday School registration form under the second photo. If you have not already registered your child/ren, please complete the form and email it to Kathy Kerns at kathy@mysticcongregational.org. Many Thanks!) FOSTER
PARENTS NEEDED
Waterford Country School Foster Care is looking for special people to
provide therapeutic homes for school age foster kids with special behavioral
needs. They’ll provide you with
intensive training and support services including weekly contact with a staff
professional; 24/7 staff support; ongoing training and support; and a large,
monthly stipend. To learn more, please contact Kathryn at 860-886-7500 x170 or
visit their website at www.wcsfostercare.org. J³ BAZAAR BUZZ:
JAMS, JELLIES and JARS Now
is the time to gather fruit for your jams and jellies (we needed lots more last
year). Ditto for pickles and relishes.
If you have excess jars and tops, please put them in the Women’s
Fellowship closet for our canners to use. THANKS
FOR KEEPING THE YOUTH SPACE DOOR OPEN
We celebrate the presence of Gwynne Ferguson and Melissa Messina as last
week’s Youth Walk-in volunteers in the Youth Space.
If you would like to volunteer, please call Lorna Conahan (xxx-xxxx) or
Melissa Messina (xxx-xxxx). There will be NO
SENIOR HIGH WALK-IN TIMES THIS SUMMER.
Middle School Walk-In Times continue at 7:00-9:00 p.m. in the Youth
Space. MCC
AUGUST 9-10 BOOK SALE
Gloria Bradley and Kristy Head are looking for books and volunteers.
You may drop off your books in Room 3.
Volunteers are needed every Tuesday, 9:30-11:30 a.m.
Come when you can. They will
also need volunteers to set up on Friday, August 8th and staff the
tent on August 9th and 10th for our Book Sale at the
Mystic Outdoor Art Festival. Please
call Gloria Bradley (xxx-xxxx) to schedule. COVENANTAL
PRAYERS THIS WEEK are for the
Rockville Union Congregational Church of Christ, Inc., Rocky Hill Congregational
Church, United Church of Rowayton, Inc., Roxbury Congregational Church,
Congregational Church of Salisbury, and First Church of Christ in Saybrook
(Congregational). PRAYER CHAIN
The Prayer Chain is active!
A group of 15 of our fellow parishioners have gathered around this
important ministry. If you have a
prayer concern which you feel could be helped by the prayers of this group, let
them know. To put the Prayer Chain in motion for you, call Jennifer Dean-Howes
at xxx-xxxx, or Pastor Barbara through the Church Office, 536-4259 Ext.112.
All prayer requests are held in the strictest confidence. HEARING
SYSTEM Please
be aware that a system for the hearing-impaired is now available in the
Sanctuary. Questions?
Please ask the Deacons. CONTACTING
PASTOR BARBARA Confidential Voice Mail at any time:
(860)536-4259 Extension 112 Email: barbara@mysticcongregational.org MORNING MINISTRY Ministers:
All Members of the Church Our
Mission Statement: To joyfully
bring the Christian principles of faith, hope and love to all through quality
worship, education, fellowship and outreach. CHURCH
CALENDAR FOR THIS WEEK
Sunday, 7/06
8:00 & 10:00 am -
Worship & Communion Services
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