CHURCH SERVICES
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.
_________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENTS
We wish to thank Rev. Christine Boardman for leading our worship service this morning and throughout the Lenten Season
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.
_________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENTS
We wish to thank Rev. Christine Boardman for leading our worship service this morning and throughout the Lenten Season
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 - Wednesday, March 24, 7:00 pm
Weekly Offerings
Offerings and other cash receipts for the week ending on March 14 were $735.
The costs for each week are $1,320 (derived by dividing the annual budget by
2 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 Altar Guild services.
Prayer Concerns
We continue to keep the following in our prayers:
James Almond, Terry DeYoung, Arthur Marin, Kathy Doyle, Rick Doyle,
Mindy Doyle, Judy Edwards, Jean Eggleston, Carolyn Gauthier,
Sheila Kafer, Susan Kneebone, Ginny Kottkamp, Anne Oakes,
Evelyn Tucker, Herb Van Guilder, and Evelyn Verro.
Celebrations
Dalene Behrens celebrates a birthday on March 22nd
Brenda Dansingburg celebrates a birthday on March 30th
Let’s Say Thank You in a Big Way
Have you ever noticed when you arrive at the church in the winter, the driveway
is always plowed? For as many years as we can remember Wayne Hammond
has plowed the parking area at our church. He has never charged us for his
services. It is his donation to the church.
We think it is way past time to thank him for his generosity. Let’s put together
a gift basket for him with gift certificates, gift cards, homemade goodies, jams,
syrups or whatever else you think would be appropriate.
You can leave it in the church in the designated box on the table in the social hall
or call George or Linda and they will come to you to pick it up.
ECCO Lenten Bible Study in March
Diane Holme invites you to a Lenten Bible Study organized by the ECCO group,
which continues today and next Sunday at 12:30 pm.
To join the Bible Study Group, click the following link
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82274055795?pwd=UVZJRzlhcXVoYWdvbmFJREJTSDNEZz09
or join the meeting using your Zoom App with
Meeting ID: 822 7405 5795 and
Passcode: 810856
or using your phone, the one tap mobile number is +13017158592,,82274055795#,,,,*810856#
_________________________________________________________________________
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 - Wednesday, March 24, 7:00 pm
Weekly Offerings
Offerings and other cash receipts for the week ending on March 14 were $735.
The costs for each week are $1,320 (derived by dividing the annual budget by
2 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 Altar Guild services.
Prayer Concerns
We continue to keep the following in our prayers:
James Almond, Terry DeYoung, Arthur Marin, Kathy Doyle, Rick Doyle,
Mindy Doyle, Judy Edwards, Jean Eggleston, Carolyn Gauthier,
Sheila Kafer, Susan Kneebone, Ginny Kottkamp, Anne Oakes,
Evelyn Tucker, Herb Van Guilder, and Evelyn Verro.
Celebrations
Dalene Behrens celebrates a birthday on March 22nd
Brenda Dansingburg celebrates a birthday on March 30th
Let’s Say Thank You in a Big Way
Have you ever noticed when you arrive at the church in the winter, the driveway
is always plowed? For as many years as we can remember Wayne Hammond
has plowed the parking area at our church. He has never charged us for his
services. It is his donation to the church.
We think it is way past time to thank him for his generosity. Let’s put together
a gift basket for him with gift certificates, gift cards, homemade goodies, jams,
syrups or whatever else you think would be appropriate.
You can leave it in the church in the designated box on the table in the social hall
or call George or Linda and they will come to you to pick it up.
ECCO Lenten Bible Study in March
Diane Holme invites you to a Lenten Bible Study organized by the ECCO group,
which continues today and next Sunday at 12:30 pm.
To join the Bible Study Group, click the following link
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82274055795?pwd=UVZJRzlhcXVoYWdvbmFJREJTSDNEZz09
or join the meeting using your Zoom App with
Meeting ID: 822 7405 5795 and
Passcode: 810856
or using your phone, the one tap mobile number is +13017158592,,82274055795#,,,,*810856#
_________________________________________________________________________
March 21, 2021 10:00 A.M.
Service of Worship
Fifth Sunday In Lent
Service of Worship
Fifth Sunday In Lent
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
Let us gather to worship.
O God, we wish to see Jesus!
We come to worship, to pray, and learn.
We come looking for Jesus in Scripture lessons,
in our own life experiences, in helping our world,
in prayers for each other.
We seek to follow in the way of Jesus.
We lay bare before God and one another our own wilderness journey
filled with some gladness and hope, with reluctance and sorrow,
with fear and confusion.
O God, speak to us, show us, touch us with your presence!
Let our Lenten journey lead us to Jesus, so that we may show Jesus forth
in our lives, our faith community, and our world. Amen.
HYMN * 153 Thou Hidden Source of Calm Repose
INVOCATION
God of the journey, you invite us, the church,
“to accept the cost and joy of discipleship”
and “to be your servants in the service of others.”
In so doing, may your presence be our guide and Jesus our model.
May we respond to you in loving faithfulness. Amen.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
God, you seek us and we flee. You offer us an easy yoke, and we tie
ourselves with cares and burdens. You forgive us, and we hoard our
complaints against our brothers and sisters. Give us conversion that
turns us into the light; teach us a repentance alive in works of love;
lead us into the narrow path; guide us through the valley of the shadow.
Call us to follow Jesus Christ and in his way to live and suffer, die and
rise again. Amen.
SILENCE
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
READING OF SCRIPTURE
HEBREW TESTAMENT Jeremiah 31:31-34
PSALM 51:1-17 pp.785-786 Response 2
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 John 12:20-33
SERMON “We wish to see Jesus”
HYMN * 592 When the Church of Jesus
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.
CALL TO OFFERING
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, ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
PRAYER OF DEDICATION *
God, there are many who “wish to see Jesus.” In joy and celebration of
the many gifts that we share, we ask you to bless all of our offerings.
May Jesus shine in all the world. Amen.
CLOSING HYMN * 586 Let My People Seek Their Freedom
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.
(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
Let us gather to worship.
O God, we wish to see Jesus!
We come to worship, to pray, and learn.
We come looking for Jesus in Scripture lessons,
in our own life experiences, in helping our world,
in prayers for each other.
We seek to follow in the way of Jesus.
We lay bare before God and one another our own wilderness journey
filled with some gladness and hope, with reluctance and sorrow,
with fear and confusion.
O God, speak to us, show us, touch us with your presence!
Let our Lenten journey lead us to Jesus, so that we may show Jesus forth
in our lives, our faith community, and our world. Amen.
HYMN * 153 Thou Hidden Source of Calm Repose
INVOCATION
God of the journey, you invite us, the church,
“to accept the cost and joy of discipleship”
and “to be your servants in the service of others.”
In so doing, may your presence be our guide and Jesus our model.
May we respond to you in loving faithfulness. Amen.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
God, you seek us and we flee. You offer us an easy yoke, and we tie
ourselves with cares and burdens. You forgive us, and we hoard our
complaints against our brothers and sisters. Give us conversion that
turns us into the light; teach us a repentance alive in works of love;
lead us into the narrow path; guide us through the valley of the shadow.
Call us to follow Jesus Christ and in his way to live and suffer, die and
rise again. Amen.
SILENCE
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
READING OF SCRIPTURE
HEBREW TESTAMENT Jeremiah 31:31-34
PSALM 51:1-17 pp.785-786 Response 2
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 John 12:20-33
SERMON “We wish to see Jesus”
HYMN * 592 When the Church of Jesus
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.
CALL TO OFFERING
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, ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
PRAYER OF DEDICATION *
God, there are many who “wish to see Jesus.” In joy and celebration of
the many gifts that we share, we ask you to bless all of our offerings.
May Jesus shine in all the world. Amen.
CLOSING HYMN * 586 Let My People Seek Their Freedom
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.
Lyrics to the Hymns and
Responsive Reading
for the March 21 Service
HYMN * 153 Thou Hidden Source of Calm Repose
Thou hidden source of calm repose, thou all-sufficient love divine,
my help and refuge from my foes, secure I am if thou art mine;
and lo! from sin and grief and shame I hide me, Jesus, in thy name.
Thy mighty name salvation is, and keeps my happy soul above;
comfort it brings, and power and peace, and joy and everlasting love;
to me with thy dear name are given pardon and holiness and heaven.
Jesus, my all in all thou art, my rest in toil, my ease in pain,
the healing of my broken heart, in war my peace, in loss my gain,
my smile beneath the tyrant's frown, in shame my glory and my crown,
In want my plentiful supply, in weakness my almighty power,
in bonds my perfect liberty, my light in Satan's darkest hour,
in grief my joy unspeakable, my life in death, my heaven in hell.
HYMN * 592 When the Church of Jesus
When the church of Jesus shuts its outer door,
lest the roar of traffic drown the voice of prayer,
may our prayers, Lord, make us ten times more aware
that the world we banish is our Christian care.
If our hearts are lifted where devotion soars
high above this hungry, suffering world of ours,
lest our hymns should drug us to forget its needs,
forge our Christian worship into Christian deeds.
Lest the gifts we offer, money, talents, time,
serve to salve our conscience, to our secret shame,
Lord, reprove, inspire us by the way you give;
teach us, dying Savior, how true Christians live.
CLOSING HYMN * 586 Let My People Seek Their Freedom
“Let my people seek their freedom in the wilderness awhile,
from the slave pens of the Delta, from the ghettos on the Nile”:
So God spoke from out of Sinai, so God spoke and it was done,
and a people crossed the waters toward the rising of the sun.
“Let my people seek their freedom in the wilderness awhile,
from the aging shrines and structures, from the cloister and the aisle”:
so the Son of God has spoken, and the storm clouds are unfurled,
for God’s people must be scattered to be servants in the world.
When we murmur on the mountains for the old Egyptian plains,
when we miss our ancient bondage, and the hope, the promise, wanes;
then the rock shall yield its water and the manna fall by night,
and with visions of a future shall we march toward the light.
In the maelstrom of the nations, in the journeying into space,
in the clash of generations, in the hungering for grace,
in the agony and glory, we are called to newer ways
by the Lord of our tomorrows and the God of earth’s todays.
Responsive Reading
for the March 21 Service
HYMN * 153 Thou Hidden Source of Calm Repose
Thou hidden source of calm repose, thou all-sufficient love divine,
my help and refuge from my foes, secure I am if thou art mine;
and lo! from sin and grief and shame I hide me, Jesus, in thy name.
Thy mighty name salvation is, and keeps my happy soul above;
comfort it brings, and power and peace, and joy and everlasting love;
to me with thy dear name are given pardon and holiness and heaven.
Jesus, my all in all thou art, my rest in toil, my ease in pain,
the healing of my broken heart, in war my peace, in loss my gain,
my smile beneath the tyrant's frown, in shame my glory and my crown,
In want my plentiful supply, in weakness my almighty power,
in bonds my perfect liberty, my light in Satan's darkest hour,
in grief my joy unspeakable, my life in death, my heaven in hell.
HYMN * 592 When the Church of Jesus
When the church of Jesus shuts its outer door,
lest the roar of traffic drown the voice of prayer,
may our prayers, Lord, make us ten times more aware
that the world we banish is our Christian care.
If our hearts are lifted where devotion soars
high above this hungry, suffering world of ours,
lest our hymns should drug us to forget its needs,
forge our Christian worship into Christian deeds.
Lest the gifts we offer, money, talents, time,
serve to salve our conscience, to our secret shame,
Lord, reprove, inspire us by the way you give;
teach us, dying Savior, how true Christians live.
CLOSING HYMN * 586 Let My People Seek Their Freedom
“Let my people seek their freedom in the wilderness awhile,
from the slave pens of the Delta, from the ghettos on the Nile”:
So God spoke from out of Sinai, so God spoke and it was done,
and a people crossed the waters toward the rising of the sun.
“Let my people seek their freedom in the wilderness awhile,
from the aging shrines and structures, from the cloister and the aisle”:
so the Son of God has spoken, and the storm clouds are unfurled,
for God’s people must be scattered to be servants in the world.
When we murmur on the mountains for the old Egyptian plains,
when we miss our ancient bondage, and the hope, the promise, wanes;
then the rock shall yield its water and the manna fall by night,
and with visions of a future shall we march toward the light.
In the maelstrom of the nations, in the journeying into space,
in the clash of generations, in the hungering for grace,
in the agony and glory, we are called to newer ways
by the Lord of our tomorrows and the God of earth’s todays.
PSALM 51:1-17 pp.785-786 Response
