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July 22nd, 2021

7/22/2021

 
CHURCH SERVICES
at the 
UNITED CHURCH of LUDLOW

are shared ELECTRONICALLY
Contact unitedchurch@tds.net
or call 802-228-4211
for more information.

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​If you are comfortable attending in person, please join us.
The doors open at 9:45 am, and worship begins at 10:00 am.
We follow procedures to minimize the risk of exposure.
Please read and follow those procedures for the safety of all.

If you are not able to attend in person, a simultaneous Zoom stream is available.
Send an email to unitedchurch@tds.net to get Zoom access.  ​
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ANNOUNCEMENTS

We wish to thank Hannah Sotak for leading our worship service this morning.
 
A Warm Welcome to All Visitors
 
If any member of the congregation may be of service to you, please contact the church office at 802-228-4211 or unitedchurch@tds.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 church office at 802-228-4211 or unitedchurch@tds.net.
 
Upcoming Meetings/Events
 
Executive Board Meeting - Wednesday, August 25, 7:00 pm
 
Weekly Offerings
 
Offerings and other cash receipts for the week ending July 18, 2021 were $500.  The costs for each week are $1,320 (derived by dividing the annual budget by 52 weeks).
 
Please continue to mail your offerings to our Receiver of Offerings, Anne Oakes, at 145 Merrill Road, Ludlow, Vermont 05149.
 
Altar Guild
 
Linda Alexander and Carol Wu provide our Altar Guild services.
 
Prayer Concerns
Please keep Bernie Stolp in your prayers.
 
Please continue to keep Bridget Janney and Anthony Cuteri in your prayers.
 
We keep the following in our prayers:
 
James Almond, Jean Eggleston, Kathy Rick and Mindy Doyle, Judy Edwards, Carolyn Gauthier, Sheila Kafer, Susan Kneebone, Ginny Kottkamp, Anne Matulonis, Anne Oakes, Hannah Sotak, Evelyn Tucker, Herb Van Guilder, and Evelyn Verro.
Celebrations
 
Otto and Dalene Behrens’ anniversary on July  27
Laura Lienhard’s birthday on July 28
 
Annual Church Picnic
 
The Church Picnic will take place at the home of the Thomsons on
Sunday, August 1, following our church service.  This is a pot-luck event, so get out your lucky pot and cook your favorite 'afternoon by the lake' dish.
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July 25, 2021                                                                                                           10:00 am
 
Service of Worship
NINTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
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            PRELUDE
            (All are encouraged to use the prelude as a quiet time of meditation in
            preparation for the worship service which follows.)
 
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND 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)
 
            And also with you.
 
CALL TO WORSHIP* (Please stand.)
 
HYMN  185*                                                                       When Morning Gilds the Skies
                                                                                    ​Original words, Psalter Hymnal, 1987
 
When morning gilds the sky, our hearts awaking cry: May Jesus Christ be praised! 
In all our work and prayer we ask his loving care: May Jesus Christ be praised! 
 
To God, the Word on high, the hosts of angels cry: May Jesus Christ be praised! 
Let mortals too upraise their voices in hymns of praise: May Jesus Christ be praised! 
 
Let earth's wide circle round in joyful notes resound: May Jesus Christ be praised! 
Let air and sea and sky from depth to height reply: May Jesus Christ be praised! 
 
Then let us join to sing to Christ, our loving King: May Jesus Christ be praised! 
Be this the eternal song through all the ages long: May Jesus Christ be praised! 
                                   
OPENING PRAYER*
 
CONFESSION OF SIN:
            ONE: John Newton, slave ship captain and confessed murderer once
            ​penned these words:
            ALL: “Although my memory's fading, I remember two things very clearly: 
            ​I am a great sinner and Christ is a great Savior.”
            ONE: John Newton, slave ship captain and confessed murderer also penned
            these words:
            ALL: Amazing grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me.  
            I once was lost but now am found, was blind but now I see.
            ONE: He wrote these words as he was going blind in body, but growing
            ever-more-able to see in spirit.  We are all caught in this tension.
            ALL: We each drift between saint and sinner, struggling to be who God
            has created us to be in Christ Jesus. 
            ONE: And it’s not just the sins we have committed.  We struggle with the sins
            against us, too.
            ALL: But Christ is our healing!  Christ is our restoration!  Christ is our
            rebirth!  Christ is our salvation!
            ONE: So, we leave at the feet of Christ the sins we have committed that He
            may make all things new, including us.
            (Silent Prayer of Confession)
            ALL: Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayers.
            ONE: We leave in the hands of Christ the sins that have been committed against
            us, and trust that God will free us from the chains of vengeance, pain, anger,
            and betrayal one day.
            (Silent Prayer of Confession)
            ALL: Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayers.
                                               
DECLARATION OF THE GOOD NEWS:  
            ONE: Now, hear the Good News!  While we were yet sinners, Christ died for
            ​us.  This is proof of God’s love for us.  In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven!
            ALL: In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven!  AMEN!  ALLELUIA!
 
READING OF SCRIPTURE
 
PSALM 65: 1-13                                                                                Hymnal, pages 789 - 90
 
GLORIA 70
 
            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. Amen.
 
NEW TESTAMENT READING                                                                    Romans 1: 18-23
 
SERMON                                                                              "God’s Testimony of Creation"
 
HYMN 92*                                                                                  For the Beauty of the Earth

            REFRAIN: Christ, our God, to thee we raise; This our sa-cri-fice of praise.
 
            (Folliett Sandford Pierpoint originally wrote this hymn for use during the Communion
            of the High Anglican Church. The original refrain "Christ, our God, to thee we
            raise; This our sacrifice of praise" was meant to mirror the portrayal of
            Christ's ultimate sacrifice -- just as the host would be lifted during the communion
            as a token of God's gift to us, a "sacrifice of praise" would be lifted in return.
            Later editions of the text emphasize the thanksgiving aspect of the verses.
            --Greg Scheer, 1995, Hymnary.com)
 
JOYS AND CONCERNS
 
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
 
            The Lord be with you.
            And also with you.
            Let us pray.

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
 
OFFERTORY
 
DOXOLOGY
 
            At the Presentation, Hymn 95*                         Old 100th
            Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
            Praise him, all creatures here below;
            Praise him above, you heavenly host;
            ​Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
 
PRAYER OF DEDICATION*
 
HYMN 189*                                                                                                Fairest Lord Jesus
 
BENEDICTION AND BLESSING*
 
BENEDICTION RESPONSE
 
DISMISSAL
 
            Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.
            Thanks be to God
 
POSTLUDE
 
*  All who are able may stand.
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Lyrics to the Hymns and Responsive Reading
for the July 25 Service
 
 
 
HYMN  185*                       When Morning Gilds the Skies
Original words, Psalter Hymnal, 1987
 
When morning gilds the sky, our hearts awaking cry: May Jesus Christ be praised! 
In all our work and prayer we ask his loving care: May Jesus Christ be praised!
 
To God, the Word on high, the hosts of angels cry: May Jesus Christ be praised! 
Let mortals too upraise their voices in hymns of praise: May Jesus Christ be praised!
 
Let earth's wide circle round in joyful notes resound: May Jesus Christ be praised! 
Let air and sea and sky from depth to height reply: May Jesus Christ be praised!
 
Then let us join to sing to Christ, our loving King: May Jesus Christ be praised! 
Be this the eternal song through all the ages long: May Jesus Christ be praised!
 
 
 
HYMN 92*                           For the Beauty of the Earth
 
REFRAIN: Christ, our God, to thee we raise; This our sa-cri-fice of praise.
 
(Folliett Sandford Pierpoint originally wrote this hymn for use during the Communion of the High Anglican Church. The original refrain "Christ, our God, to thee we raise; This our sacrifice of praise" was meant to mirror the portrayal of Christ's ultimate sacrifice -- just as the host would be lifted during the communion as a token of God's gift to us, a "sacrifice of praise" would be lifted in return. Later editions of the text emphasize the thanksgiving aspect of the verses. --Greg Scheer, 1995, Hymnary.com)
 
For the beauty of the earth, for the glory of the skies,
for the love which from our birth over and around us lies;
Refrain:
Christ, our God, to thee we raise;
This our sa-cri-fice of praise.
 
For the beauty of each hour of the day and of the night,
hill and vale, and tree and flower, sun and moon, and stars of light;
(Refrain)

 
For the joy of ear and eye, for the heart and mind's delight,
for the mystic harmony linking sense to sound and sight;
(Refrain)
 
For the joy of human love, brother, sister, parent, child,
friends on earth and friends above, for all gentle thoughts and mild;
(Refrain)
 
For thy church, that evermore lifteth holy hands above,
offering up on every shore her pure sacrifice of love;
(Refrain)
 
For thyself, best Gift Divine, to the world so freely given,
for that great, great love of thine, peace on earth, and joy in heaven:
(Refrain)
 
 
HYMN 189*                                    Fairest Lord Jesus
 
Fairest Lord Jesus, ruler of all nature,
O thou of God and man the Son,
thee will I cherish, thee will I honor,
thou, my soul's glory, joy, and crown.
 
Fair are the meadows, fairer still the woodlands,
robed in the blooming garb of spring:
Jesus is fairer, Jesus is purer,
who makes the woeful heart to sing.
 
Fair is the sunshine, fairer still the moonlight,
and all the twinkling starry host:
Jesus shines brighter, Jesus shines purer
than all the angels heaven can boast.
 
Beautiful Savior!  Lord of all the nations!
Son of God and Son of Man!
Glory and honor, praise, adoration,
now and forevermore be thine.
 

 
 
PSALM 65
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