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
at the
UNITED CHURCH of LUDLOW
are shared ELECTRONICALLY
Contact unitedchurch@tds.net
or call 802-228-4211
for more information.
_________________________________________________________________________
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 Rev. Bruce Bishop 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 25, 2021 were $ 1660.
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 the family of Carolyn Gauthier in your prayers.
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.
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
Kathy and Rick Doyle anniversary on August 13
Annual Church Picnic
Kathy and Rick Doyle anniversary on August 13
Annual Church Picnic
The Church Picnic will take place Today, August 1, at the home of the Thomsons
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.
Directions to the Thomson’s House
Take route 103 and 100 North out of Ludlow. At the stop light about 2 miles north of town turn right towards Killington. Route 103 goes straight on to Rutland. Take Route 100 N for ¾ of a mile. Turn right onto East Lake Rd. Take East Lake Rd. for an additional ¾ mile and turn left onto Thomson Dr. The power lines follow the road down toward the lake. There is also a sign that says Mary Lou’s Mistake at the top of the drive. We are the dark brown house at the end of the road. You may park in front of the garage, in the turn around AND at the house next door to our house. You may also park on the side of the road if necessary.
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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.
Directions to the Thomson’s House
Take route 103 and 100 North out of Ludlow. At the stop light about 2 miles north of town turn right towards Killington. Route 103 goes straight on to Rutland. Take Route 100 N for ¾ of a mile. Turn right onto East Lake Rd. Take East Lake Rd. for an additional ¾ mile and turn left onto Thomson Dr. The power lines follow the road down toward the lake. There is also a sign that says Mary Lou’s Mistake at the top of the drive. We are the dark brown house at the end of the road. You may park in front of the garage, in the turn around AND at the house next door to our house. You may also park on the side of the road if necessary.
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August 1, 2021 10:00 A.M.
SERVICE OF WORSHIP
Tenth Sunday After Pentecost
Communion Sunday
SERVICE OF WORSHIP
Tenth Sunday After Pentecost
Communion Sunday
PRELUDE
(All are encouraged to use the prelude as a quiet time of meditation in
preparation for the worship service which follows.)
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.)
We gather today, seeking the peace Christ gives.
We gather, despite many a conflict, many a doubt, within our souls.
We gather, longing for the breath of God’s spirit to give us courage
and renewal.
Come, Christ Jesus, be our guest. Bless us through the power of your
Spirit and give us the courage to live as your disciples day by day.
HYMN 117* O God, Our Help in Ages Past
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
If we confess our sins, God is faithful and just and will forgive our sins
and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (I John 1: 8-9)
Let us confess our sins before God and one another.
God of compassion have mercy upon us as we confess our sin. In Christ
you bring light, yet we still dwell in darkness. Your word offers guidance,
but we choose to ignore your counsel. You promise renewal, but we heed
not your wisdom. We bow to the gods of this world, choosing to hide
from your truth. Speak to us again from beyond the clouds of our
sinfulness; dazzle us anew with the light of Christ’s love; restore and
forgive us….
SILENCE (Silence may be observed for reflection and prayer.)
ASSURANCE OF GOD’S LOVE AND FORGIVENESS
Hear the good news. God is light, and in God there is no darkness. “If we say
we have fellowship with God while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not
live according to the truth; but if we walk in the light, as God is in the light, we
have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, God’s Son, cleanses
us from all sin.” God is faithful and just, and Jesus Christ forgives us our sin.
READING OF SCRIPTURE
THE OLD TESTAMENT READING Leviticus 14: 10-11
PSALM 119 Hymnal, page 840
Response 3
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.
THE GOSPEL LESSON Luke 17: 11-19
SERMON “Only 1 of 10”
Hymn 430* O Master, Let Me Walk with Thee
JOYS AND CONCERNS
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
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 620* One Bread, One Body
THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY COMMUNION
INVITATION
BLESSING OF THE ELEMENTS
THE LORD’S PRAYER
BREAKING THE BREAD AND LIFTING THE CUP
THE COMMUNION
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
Let us give thanks.
Bountiful God, we give you thanks that you have refreshed us at your table
by granting us the presence of Christ. Strengthen our faith, increase our
love for one another, and send us forth into the world in courage and
peace, rejoicing in the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
HYMN 369 * Blessed Assurance
BENEDICTION
BENEDICTION RESPONSE
POSTLUDE
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(All are encouraged to use the prelude as a quiet time of meditation in
preparation for the worship service which follows.)
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.)
We gather today, seeking the peace Christ gives.
We gather, despite many a conflict, many a doubt, within our souls.
We gather, longing for the breath of God’s spirit to give us courage
and renewal.
Come, Christ Jesus, be our guest. Bless us through the power of your
Spirit and give us the courage to live as your disciples day by day.
HYMN 117* O God, Our Help in Ages Past
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
If we confess our sins, God is faithful and just and will forgive our sins
and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (I John 1: 8-9)
Let us confess our sins before God and one another.
God of compassion have mercy upon us as we confess our sin. In Christ
you bring light, yet we still dwell in darkness. Your word offers guidance,
but we choose to ignore your counsel. You promise renewal, but we heed
not your wisdom. We bow to the gods of this world, choosing to hide
from your truth. Speak to us again from beyond the clouds of our
sinfulness; dazzle us anew with the light of Christ’s love; restore and
forgive us….
SILENCE (Silence may be observed for reflection and prayer.)
ASSURANCE OF GOD’S LOVE AND FORGIVENESS
Hear the good news. God is light, and in God there is no darkness. “If we say
we have fellowship with God while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not
live according to the truth; but if we walk in the light, as God is in the light, we
have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, God’s Son, cleanses
us from all sin.” God is faithful and just, and Jesus Christ forgives us our sin.
READING OF SCRIPTURE
THE OLD TESTAMENT READING Leviticus 14: 10-11
PSALM 119 Hymnal, page 840
Response 3
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.
THE GOSPEL LESSON Luke 17: 11-19
SERMON “Only 1 of 10”
Hymn 430* O Master, Let Me Walk with Thee
JOYS AND CONCERNS
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
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 620* One Bread, One Body
THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY COMMUNION
INVITATION
BLESSING OF THE ELEMENTS
THE LORD’S PRAYER
BREAKING THE BREAD AND LIFTING THE CUP
THE COMMUNION
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
Let us give thanks.
Bountiful God, we give you thanks that you have refreshed us at your table
by granting us the presence of Christ. Strengthen our faith, increase our
love for one another, and send us forth into the world in courage and
peace, rejoicing in the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
HYMN 369 * Blessed Assurance
BENEDICTION
BENEDICTION RESPONSE
POSTLUDE
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Lyrics to the Hymns and Responsive Reading
for the August 1 Service
HYMN 117* O God, Our Help in Ages Past
O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come,
our shelter from the stormy blast, and our eternal home!
Under the shadow of thy throne, still may we dwell secure;
sufficient is thine arm alone, and our defense is sure.
Before the hills in order stood, or earth received her frame,
from everlasting, thou art God, to endless years the same.
A thousand ages, in thy sight, are like an evening gone;
short as the watch that ends the night, before the rising sun.
Time, like an ever rolling stream, bears all who breathe away;
they fly forgotten, as a dream dies at the opening day.
O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come;
be thou our guide while life shall last, and our eternal home.
HYMN 430* O Master, Let Me Walk with Thee
O Master, let me walk with thee in lowly paths of service free;
tell me thy secret; help me bear the strain of toil, the fret of care.
Help me the slow of heart to move by some clear, winning word of love;
teach me the wayward feet to stay, and guide them in the homeward way.
Teach me thy patience; still with thee in closer, dearer company,
in work that keeps faith sweet and strong, in trust that triumphs over wrong;
In hope that sends a shining ray far down the future's broadening way,
in peace that only thou canst give, with thee, O Master, let me live.
HYMN 620* One Bread, One Body
(Refrain)
One bread, one body, One Lord of all,
One cup of blessing which we bless.
And we, though many, Throughout the earth,
We are one body in this one Lord.
Gentile or Jew, Servant or free,
Woman or man, no more
(Refrain)
Many the gifts, Many the works,
One in the Lord of all.
(Refrain)
Grain for the fields, Scattered and grown,
Gathered to one, for all.
(Refrain)
HYMN 369 * Blessed Assurance
Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine! O what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God, born of his Spirit, washed in his blood.
(Refrain)
This is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior all the day long;
this is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior all the day long.
Perfect submission, perfect delight, visions of rapture now burst on my sight;
angels descending bring from above echoes of mercy, whispers of love.
(Refain)
Perfect submission, all is at rest; I in my Savior am happy and blest,
watching and waiting, looking above, filled with his goodness, lost in his love.
(Refrain)
PSALM 119 Hymnal, page 840, Response 3
for the August 1 Service
HYMN 117* O God, Our Help in Ages Past
O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come,
our shelter from the stormy blast, and our eternal home!
Under the shadow of thy throne, still may we dwell secure;
sufficient is thine arm alone, and our defense is sure.
Before the hills in order stood, or earth received her frame,
from everlasting, thou art God, to endless years the same.
A thousand ages, in thy sight, are like an evening gone;
short as the watch that ends the night, before the rising sun.
Time, like an ever rolling stream, bears all who breathe away;
they fly forgotten, as a dream dies at the opening day.
O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come;
be thou our guide while life shall last, and our eternal home.
HYMN 430* O Master, Let Me Walk with Thee
O Master, let me walk with thee in lowly paths of service free;
tell me thy secret; help me bear the strain of toil, the fret of care.
Help me the slow of heart to move by some clear, winning word of love;
teach me the wayward feet to stay, and guide them in the homeward way.
Teach me thy patience; still with thee in closer, dearer company,
in work that keeps faith sweet and strong, in trust that triumphs over wrong;
In hope that sends a shining ray far down the future's broadening way,
in peace that only thou canst give, with thee, O Master, let me live.
HYMN 620* One Bread, One Body
(Refrain)
One bread, one body, One Lord of all,
One cup of blessing which we bless.
And we, though many, Throughout the earth,
We are one body in this one Lord.
Gentile or Jew, Servant or free,
Woman or man, no more
(Refrain)
Many the gifts, Many the works,
One in the Lord of all.
(Refrain)
Grain for the fields, Scattered and grown,
Gathered to one, for all.
(Refrain)
HYMN 369 * Blessed Assurance
Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine! O what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God, born of his Spirit, washed in his blood.
(Refrain)
This is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior all the day long;
this is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior all the day long.
Perfect submission, perfect delight, visions of rapture now burst on my sight;
angels descending bring from above echoes of mercy, whispers of love.
(Refain)
Perfect submission, all is at rest; I in my Savior am happy and blest,
watching and waiting, looking above, filled with his goodness, lost in his love.
(Refrain)
PSALM 119 Hymnal, page 840, Response 3
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