"Live for today but hold your hands open to tomorrow. Anticipate the future and its changes with joy. There is a seed of God's love in every event, every unpleasant situation in which you may find yourself." ~ Barbara Johnson Zoom Service United Church of Ludlow Although we will not be together in person for our Service, we will be having a Zoom service complete with music on April 26, 2020 at 10:00 am. If you would like to participate in the service, please do not hesitate to call us at one of the numbers below before Sunday: Linda: 802-558-9055 George: 802-558-9057 Home phone: 802-228-6275 The Bulletin for the service and the words to the hymns are at the end of the newsletter. They are also available as .pdf documents which you can download when you receive an invitation to the Zoom service. Hopefully we will see you in church! George and Linda A warm welcome to all visitors to our church email newsletter or web page. If the Pastor or any member of the congregation may be of service to you, please contact the church office at 802-228-4211 or Rev. Harpster at 802-875-8895. His email is harpsterd@vermontel.net.
Regarding Individuals in the Hospital or Sick at Home It would be greatly appreciated if you know of individuals or family members in the hospital or sick at home, to kindly inform the pastor, Rev. Harpster. Weekly Offerings As always, please continue with your weekly offering by writing a check to The United Church and sending it in to Anne Oakes at 145 Merrill Rd., Ludlow, VT 05149. Thank you so much. Prayer Concerns We continue to keep people around the globe in our prayers as we all cope with COVID 19. In our own community let us keep the following in our prayers: James Almond, Terry DeYoung, Kathy Doyle, Pam Dundy, Judy Edwards, Carolyn Gauthier, Susan Kneebone, Ginny Kottkamp, Annie Oakes, Evelyn Tucker, Herb Van Guilder, and Evelyn Verro. Continue to keep the family of Pat Liao in your prayers as they continue to adjust to life without her. We know the power of prayer. If you have others to add to our prayer concerns, please email Thomson131VT@gmail.com Russ Green is at home recovering from surgery Cindi Cole is at DHMC following emergency surgery As the unprecendented pandemic of COVID 19 is affecting our every day lives in ways we never could have anticipated, there will be many in our community who will need our help from picking up groceries or medications, taking out trash, a home cooked meal or even a phone call to brighten their day. If you or anyone you know of in our community needs help in any way, please contact: Laura Lienhard laura_lienhard@hotmail.com (802) 236-7310 or Linda Thomson Thomson131VT@gmail.com (802)-228-6275 Communion Next Week You heard that right. Don will be providing a service of Communion during our Zoom service next week, May 3. It will be a little different, but we can do it. The Communion portion of the service will be condensed. Everyone in the Zoom service will serve themselves and be responsible for their own bread or crackers and beverage. At the appointed time we will partake together. April 26, 2020 10:15 A.M. SERVICE OF WORSHIP THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER PRELUDE Prelude in E flat major Op.41 No.1 Alexandre Guilmant. GREETING The grace of our LORD Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. (2 Corinthians 13: 13) CALL TO WORSHIP We come to hear the story of God’s faithfulness to past generations. But we are looking to the future, not the past. Our God is also God of the future, the God who was with our ancestors will be with us as well. Then we can go forward in hope. Whatever else fails, God remains faithful. Nothing can separate us from the love of God! Praise be to God! HYMN 312 Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise Stanzas 1 & 2 PRAYER OF INVOCATION READING OF SCRIPTURE THE OLD TESTAMENT LESSON Psalm 16: 5-11 THE GOSPEL LESSON Luke 24: 13-35 SERMON “A Message for the Heart” HYMN 168 At the Name of Jesus (Don announce) Stanzas 1 & 2 THE LORD’S PRAYER (“trespasses”) PRAYER RESPONSE Hymnal, No. 473 Lead me, Lord, lead me in thy righteousness; Make thy way plain before my face. For it is thou, Lord, thou, Lord only, That makest me dwell in safety. OFFERTORY SENTENCE PRAYER OF DEDICATION HYMN 715 Rejoice, the Lord is King Stanzas 1 & 2 BENEDICTION BENEDICTION RESPONSE POSTLUDE Troisieme Livre:I Grand Dialogue David Ponsford and Louis Marchand Hymns for the service on April 26, 2020 Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise – page 312 Verses 1 and 2 Hail the day that seems him rise, Alleluia To his throne above the skies, Alleluia Christ a while to mortals given, Alleluia Re ascends his native heaven, Alleluia There the glorious triumph waits, Alleluia Lift your heads, eternal gates, Alleluia Christ hath conquered mortal sin, Alleluia Take the King of glory in, Alleluia At the Name of Jesus - page 168 Verses 1 & 2 At the name of Jesus every knee shall bow Every tongue confess him King of Glory now; ‘tis the father’s pleasure, we should call him Lord, Who from the beginning was the mighty Word. Humbled for a season, to receive a name From the lips of sinners unto whom he came, Faithfully he bore it, spotless to the last, Brought it back victorious when from death he passed. Rejoice, the Lord is King – page 715 Verses 1 & 2 Rejoice the Lord is King! Your Lord and King above; Mortals, give thanks and sing, and triumph ever more Lift up your heart, lift up your voice; Rejoice; again I say, rejoice Jesus the savior reign, the God of truth and love; When he had purged our stains, he took his seat above. Lift up your heart, lift up your voice; Rejoice; again I say, rejoice "Live for today but hold your hands open to tomorrow. Anticipate the future and its changes with joy. There is a seed of God's love in every event, every unpleasant situation in which you may find yourself." ~ Barbara Johnson Zoom Service United Church of Ludlow Although we will not be together in person for our Service, we will be having a Zoom service complete with music on April 12, 2020 at 10:00 am. If you would like to participate in the service, please do not hesitate to call us at one of the numbers below before Sunday: Linda: 802-558-9055 George: 802-558-9057 Home phone: 802-228-6275 The Bulletin for the service and the words to the hymns are at the end of the newsletter. They are also available as .pdf documents which you can download when you receive an invitation to the Zoom service. Hopefully we will see you in church! George and Linda A warm welcome to all visitors to our church email newsletter or web page. If the Pastor or any member of the congregation may be of service to you, please contact the church office at 802-228-4211 or Rev. Harpster at 802-875-8895. His email is harpsterd@vermontel.net.
Regarding Individuals in the Hospital or Sick at Home It would be greatly appreciated if you know of individuals or family members in the hospital or sick at home, to kindly inform the pastor, Rev. Harpster. Weekly Offerings As usual Please continue with your weekly offering by writing a check to The United Church and sending it in to Anne Oakes at 145 Merrill Rd., Ludlow, VT 05149. Thank you so much. Prayer Concerns Thousands of people across the country and around the world have been tragically affected by COVID 19 and need our prayers. We ask for prayers for all those on the front lines of the pandemic and those who are working feverishly to slow and end this pandemic. There are other people who are leaving the safety of their homes so that we can have food, medicines and supplies and we thank them and keep them in our prayers. In our own community let us keep the following in our prayers: James Almond, Terry DeYoung, Kathy Doyle, Pam Dundy, Judy Edwards, Carolyn Gauthier, Susan Kneebone, Ginny Kottkamp, Annie Oakes, Evelyn Tucker, Herb Van Guilder, and Evelyn Verro. We know the power of prayer. If you have others to add to our prayer concerns, please email Thomson131VT@gmail.com As the unprecedented pandemic of COVID 19 is affecting our everyday lives in ways we never could have anticipated, there will be many in our community who will need our help from picking up groceries or medications, taking out trash, a home cooked meal or even a phone call to brighten their day. If you or anyone you know of in our community needs help in any way, please contact: Laura Lienhard laura_lienhard@hotmail.com (802) 236-7310 or Linda Thomson Thomson131VT@gmail.com (802)-228-6275 Progress Continues on Church Addition Progress continues on the new handicapped entrance to the church despite the Stay at Home Order. We continue to be pleased with the changes that are being made to the church building. If you are in town shopping for groceries, consider stopping by the church to peek in the door. The entrance is progressing very nicely. This week the Executive Board agreed to match the color of the new outside door with the burgundy on the front door and picked the indoor/outdoor carpeting which is a beautiful burgundy/olive/ tan tweed. April 19, 2020 10:15 A.M. SERVICE OF WORSHIP SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER PRELUDE Selection of Franz Shubert Lincoln Center Stage – Holland America GREETING The grace of our LORD Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. (2 Corinthians 13: 13) CALL TO WORSHIP Grace to you and peace from the One who is and who was and who is to come. We gather in the name of Jesus Christ, the faithful witness and firstborn of the dead. God calls us to proclaim our faith, to put our trust in reality as yet unseen. Receive the Holy Spirit and recognize your call. God meets and empowers you now. HYMN 304 Easter People, Raise Your Voices Stanzas 1 & 3 PRAYER OF INVOCATION READING OF SCRIPTURE THE EPISTLE LESSON I Peter 1: 3-9 THE GOSPEL LESSON John 20: 19-31 SERMON “ Hand in Hand” HYMN 306 The Strife Is O’er, the Battle Done Stanzas 1 & 4 JOYS ANPETHE LORD’S PRAYER (“trespasses”) PRAYER RESPONSE Hymnal, No. 473 Lead me, Lord, lead me in thy righteousness; Make thy way plain before my face. For it is thou, Lord, thou, Lord only, That makest me dwell in safety. OFFERTORY SENTENCE PRAYER OF DEDICATION HYMN 308 Thine Be the Glory Stanzas 1 & 2 BENEDICTION BENEDICTION RESPONSE POSTLUDE Surely the Presence of the Lord is in this Place Hymns for Today's Service Easter People, Raise Your Voices Page 304 in the United Methodist Hymnal Verses 1 & 3 Easter people raise your voices, Sounds of heaven in earth should ring. Christ has brought us Heaven's choices; Heavenly music let it ring. Alleluia! Alleluia! Easter people let us sing. Every day to us is Easter, With its resurrection song. When in trouble move the faster To our God who rights the wrong Alleluia! Alleluia! See the power of Heavenly throngs. The Strife Is O’er the Battle Done Page 306 - United Methodist Hymnal Verses 1 & 4 Refrain: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, The strife is o’er, the battle done; the victory of life is won; the song of triumph has begun: Alleluia! Lord, by the stripes which wounded thee, from death’s dread sting, thy servants free, that we may live, and sing to thee: Alleluia! Refrain: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Thine Be the Glory Page 308 in the United Methodist Hymnal Verses 1 & 2 Thine be the glory, Risen, conqu'ring Son; Endless is the victory, Thou o'er death hast won. Angels in bright raiment, Rolled the stone away, Kept the folded grave clothes, Where Thy body lay. Thine be the glory, Risen conquering Son, Endless is the victory, Thou o'er death hast won. Lo! Jesus meets us, Risen from the tomb; Lovingly He greets us, Scatters fear and gloom; Let the church with gladness, Hymns of triumph sing; For our Lord now liveth, Death hath lost its sting. Thine be the glory, Risen conquering Son, Endless is the victory, Thou o'er death hast won. “The great gift of Easter is hope - Christian hope, which makes us have that confidence in God, in his ultimate triumph, and in his goodness and love, which nothing can shake.” - Basil C. Hume Zoom Easter Service United Church of Ludlow Although we will not be together in person for our Easter Service, we will be having a Zoom service complete with music on April 12, 2020 at 10:00 am. If you would like to participate in the service, please do not hesitate to call us at one of the numbers below before Sunday: |