"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 [email protected].
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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] (802) 236-7310 or Linda Thomson [email protected] (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 Comments are closed.
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