Bulletin of March 8th 2015 - United Church of Dorset and East Rupert

UNITED CHURCH OF DORSET AND EAST RUPERT
MARCH 8, 2015
WORSHIP SERVICE ~ MARCH 8, 2015
~ THIRDSUNDAY IN LENT ~
NURSERY CARE Babies and children of all ages are invited, welcomed and encouraged in
our worship services. We have a nursery available for infants through four years of age for
your convenience. The nursery room is staffed with two volunteers who would be happy to
care for your child while you attend worship. You may drop your children off in the nursery
room at 9:45 a.m. and pick them up immediately following worship.
SILENT MEDITATION
It may be that when we no longer know what to do,
We have come to our most important work.
When we no longer know which way to go,
We have come to our real journey.
When all our wisdom leads us no where,
That is time to heed the improbable and unlikely.
(Adapted from Wendell Berry)
GATHERING MUSIC
What a Wonderful World
Weiss/Theile
Women’s Choir
WELCOME, ANNOUNCEMENTS, PASSING OF GOD’S PEACE
AS WE BEGIN OUR WORSHIP, NOW IS OUR TIME TO SPEAK TO GOD
ENTER “THE FLAME” AND “THE WORD” Acolyte, Michael Kelly ; Beadle, Nikolené Norman
CHORAL INTROIT
CALL TO WORSHIP
L:
In the bible, God is portrayed as The Sculptor of Life.
P : Out of the moist primeval clay God created Human.
L:
So proud was our Creator, that God made Human in God's own image.
P:
Male and Female, God created them.
L:
But the sculpting wasn't complete at the beginning,
P:
All of life is meant as molding, all our challenges are meant to smooth the sharp
edges, all our joys are meant to solidify God's handiwork.
L:
So let the holy sculpting continue. Let us worship God.
*HYMN (CH) # 23 vs. 1, 2, 5 Praise My Soul, the God of Heaven
*UNISON PRAYER OF CONFESSION
L: The Lord be with you. P: And also with you. L: Let us pray.
ALL: Forgive us when we think ourselves complete and finished before You, 0 God are
done making us Your Masterpiece. When we think we need not learn new things. When we
need not continue changing. When we are so thoroughly settled in who we are and what life
is about that Your sacred creating no longer works on us and we become dry and brittle
souls. In other words, forgive us Lord, when we put a period, but God has placed a comma.
MOMENT OF SILENT CONFESSION
*UNISON ASSURANCE OF PARDON 0 God, who out of nothing brought everything, let
me know that l am Your something, Your someone, Your beloved child. You have plans for
me I never dreamed of. And because You created me, I AM GOOD!
*THE LORD’S PRAYER (trespasses)
GLORIA PATRI
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.
TIME WITH THE YOUNG
ANTHEM
Celebrate God’s Love
Price/Besig
PRAYER OF PASTORAL CARE
NOW IS THE TIME TO LISTEN TO GOD’S WORD
*HYMN (CH) # 21 Let the Whole Creation Cry
SCRIPTURE LESSON
SERMON
Matthew 15:21-28
Finding Our Voice
AS WE CONCLUDE OUR WORSHIP
NOW IS THE TIME TO RESPOND TO GOD’S WORD
OFFERTORY
Reap What You Sow
Pepper Choplin
*DOXOLOGY
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
*HYMN (CH) # 90 Come Christians, Join to Sing
*BENEDICTION
*CHORAL BENEDICTION
Our thanks for today’s flowers to the Eleanor Lewis Fund
In memory of Eleanor Lewis
Our thanks to today’s acolyte, Michael Kelly and today’s beadle, Nikolené Norman
Our thanks to today’s ushers, Gail and Bob Ebling
Our thanks for hosting Coffee Hour to Essie Cantus and Sandra Hoverkamp
PRAYER LIST Our prayer list is a network of love and faith in the power of prayer. We
receive these names from members and friends of our church who hold these individuals
up in their own prayer life for God’s healing and strength upon them.
IMMEDIATE NEEDS PRAYER CONCERNS: Doris Chartrand; Kevin O’Neil (Pam’s brother); Debra Baccei; Theron Troumbley; Corrie & Todd Engel; Mark Putnam; Jasmine and
Lamani; Marcia Goldstein; Diane Wilson; Helen; Deb Adams; Tom; Joann Hansen; Lisa
Genco; Janet Saint Germain; John Gerding; Tony, Rose and Anthony Ferrara; Terese,
Abigail, Matthew and Grace Loiselle; Jen; Nancy Troumbley; Lynn Branscombe; Rachel
Ynesta; Bob; Brian Shoon; Bob Wolfe; Dee Cardiff; Kathy Mazeck; Antoinette Cannizzaro;
George Lang (Ruth Clough’s nephew); Glen Hall; Anne – Marie Betow; Taylor Patrick; Ira
Ender; Marge; Maridell Mason (Sue Westin’s cousin); Grace and Danny Miller; Henry
Stannard; Barbara Barriage; Will Livermore; Anne Moran; in the Dorset Church for the
volunteers that staff the nursery; in the Vermont Conference, for Shrewsbury Community
Church in the UCC for Rev. Ann Kansfield, the first female chaplain of the New York City
Fire Department and Pastor of Greenpoint Reformed Church, Brooklyn, NY
LONG-TERM PRAYER CONCERNS: Shepard Scott; Kathryn Carrington; Benjamin
Loggins; Betty Abbot; Dr. B & P; Andrew Perkins (Steve Holman’s nephew); Brody
James; Sue Speath; Becky Dix; Sandy Cary; Sue Bamford; Thomas Biggs; Shelly
Krauss; Sarah Shehadi; Bobby Strickhart (Lindy Bowden’s nephew); Peg Gilbert; Dale;
Lillian Saari, (Derry’s friend); Trudy Myers; Gregg Tobin; John Marcelli; George Smith;
Gene Chartrand; Julie Gray; George Livingston; Patricia Haine; Capt. David Clark; Warren and Marion Tifft; Maureen; Sarah Mowry; Rick & Terry Lee-Bowen; Tom Burke; Eileen
Marsh; Jennifer Scott; Bruce Wolf; Amy; Rob Somers; Bruce Lake (Deb Zaccheo’s father); Charlotte Parks; Kedi Kinner; Chris Lucier; Bridgette Eichorn; Ethan Jack Olson;
Kirk Plender; Judy Spagnolli, Dan Saunders; Maureen Moore; George Leeman; Ed Lawlor;
Mary Whitten; Deirdre Burr (Friend of Beth & Bill Eyre); Gabrielle Millar Elaine Drexel; June
Davis, Evelyn Davis, Gladys Barrows.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
PFLAG will hold a meeting today in the vestry from 4:00 PM—6:00 PM.
A RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE will be held on Wed, March 11th at the Manchester Congregational Church. The hours of this drive are 12:30 PM - 6:30 PM. It is our turn to supply
the volunteers and refreshments. We need volunteers for hospitality servers (2 hr time
slots) as well as several people to make and donate sandwiches. Please sign up with
Tracey Mathyas at 867-5979 or smathyas@comcast.net
HEALING SERVICE will be held on Sunday, March 15th.
PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF DATE— WORKSHOP FOR ALL ELECTED
OFFICERS There will be a meeting of all committee members following Coffee Hour on
Sunday, March 15 This workshop will include an explanation of each committee’s responsibilities, time to elect Chair-people and discuss each committee’s meeting schedule.
We hope that all elected officers (new and old) will attend.
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION MEETING will be held on Tuesday, March 17th at 7:00 PM in
the Sunday School room
TRUSTEE MEETING will be held on Wednesday, March 18th at 6:00 PM in the vestry.
HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE MEETING will be held on Sunday, March 22nd after Coffee
Hour.
IT’S TIME TO ORDER YOUR EASTER LILIES! Call Jane at 867-2260 to order your Easter
lilies and give the dedication you would like printed in the bulletin. The deadline for orders
is Monday, March 23rdThe price for each lily plant this year is $12. Make your checks
payable to United Church of Dorset and East Rupert.
HOMILISTS WANTED We invite you to contemplate being one of our homilists for our
SEVEN LAST WORDS SERVICE. We have forged that service into a very moving experience and would like to keep the Seven Last Words meditations insightful and moving. If you
are interested, please call the office at 867-2260.
SECOND HOUR PRESENTATION On Sunday, March 29th at 11:30 am we will be
showing the movie Alive Inside. An award winning documentary of music’s capacity to
reawaken our souls and uncover the deepest parts of our humanity. The film deals with the
subject of people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and how music therapy can help and
ease their suffering. We hope you’ll join us.
HOLD THE DATE! INTERFAITH COUNCIL OF THE NORTHSHIRE will sponsor a
PASSOVER SEDER On Sunday, March 22 at 5:00 PM at Israel Congregation. Please
sign-up in the office if you would like to attend.
INTERFAITH SEDER We need four volunteers to prepare our share of the Seder meal.
This year our assignment is to make vegetable kugel There are copies of the recipes in the
office. Please let Jane know if you are available to help.
LOOKING AHEAD Spring Rummage Sale will be held on Saturday, April 25th!
One Great Hour of Sharing: Giving Help, Hope and Life
I do not mean that there should be relief for others and pressure on you,
but it is a question of a fair balance between your present abundance and
their need, so that their abundance may be for your need, in order that
there may be a fair balance. As it is written,
‘The one who had much did not have too much, and the one who had little
did not have too little.’ 2 Corinthians 8:13-15
Our special collection will take place on Sunday, March 15, 2015
Through One Great Hour of Sharing, lives are literally changed daily. Your support provides
clean water, food, medicines, shelter, healthcare, education and so much more.
One Great Hour of Sharing supports partners in more than 70 countries with ministries that
fund development projects, feed the victims of famine, provide services for displaced people, and respond to natural disasters. These ministries are the responsibility of Wider
Church Ministries, Global Sharing of Resources
What percentage of OGHS donations are used directly for mission?
On average, of every dollar given to One Great Hour of Sharing, 91 cents is used directly
for mission programming; 5 cents for interpretation materials and 4 cents for administrative
costs which include program monitoring and evaluation (for accountability). Most administrative costs are paid by gifts to Our Church's Wider Mission National Basic Support and endowment funds.
CHURCH DIRECTORY 2015
PASTOR.....Rev. Dr. James H. Gray*
MUSIC DIRECTOR.....Jane Wood*
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION DIRECTOR......Gretchen Lima
ADMINISTRATOR.....Jane A. LoBrutto*
BOOKKEEPER/ADMINISTRATOR ASSISTANT ….. Diane Jennings
SEXTON......Lynn Jennings
MODERATOR.....Linda O’Leary*
CLERK..... ________________ *
TREASURER.....Al Lindsey*
MEMBER-AT-LARGE......Muriel Roeth*
CHURCH DELEGATES.....Diane and Reg Jennings ________________ _______________
MANSE LIAISON …..Clarissa Lennox
TRUSTEES
David Chandler, Chair; Rev. Jordan (Skip) Dickinson, Gail Ebling, Rehana Grip, Carl Hedman,
Nan Leach, Chris Lima, Andy Longacre, Ray Prescott,
BUILDING AND GROUNDS COMMITTEE
Michael Finnegan; Shawn Hazelton, Carl Hedman, Chair, Trustee Rep.; Chris Lima, Ellen Maloney,
Bill Melhado, Theron Troumbley, Dan Zimmerman
INVESTMENT COMMITTEE
Harry Chandler, Dick Freeman, Andy Longacre, Trustee Rep.,
Al Lindsey, Treasurer; Bill Melhado, Tom Smith
STEWARDSHIP
Henry Chandler (A), Rev. Jordan (Skip) Dickinson, Diane Jennings (A),
Clarissa Lennox, Jane LoBrutto (A) ______________
DIACONATE
Robin Chandler, Tatsiana Clark, Bob Ebling, Ginger Foss, Betty Hazelton; Susanne Hittle, Nora Larsen,
Co-Chair; Keith Michl, John Pitcher, Pam O’Neil, Amy Thebault, Co-Chair; Dan Zimmerman
Megan Grip and Walker May — Youth Deacons
WOMEN’S FELLOWSHIP
Lucinda Gregory*, President; Betty Hazelton, Secretary; Diane Jennings, Treasurer
PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
Steve Holman, Chair; Nan Leach, Henry Chandler
HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE
Gail Brodie (A), Linda Drunsic, Secretary; Cindy Gregory (A), Betty Hazelton (A),
Sandra Hoverkamp (A), Diane Jennings Nan Leach, (Chair); Jane LoBrutto (A), Megan LoBrutto (A),
Barbara Melhado (A), Muriel Roeth (A), Caroline Sargent, Funeral Coordinator; Sylvia Smith,
Dotty Streeter (A), Treasurer; Jen Thomas (A); Rose Watrous
MISSION COMMITTEE
Karen Allen (A), Derry Dickinson, Chair (A); Caryl & Joe DeFelice (A); Cheryl Gasperetti, Diane
Jennings*, Andy Longacre, Trustee Rep.; Ellen Maloney, Sid Staunton (A), Dan Zimmerman (A)
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Janet Chandler, Youth Group Rep.; Gretchen Lima (Chair), Megan LoBrutto, Jane LoBrutto
Mark Putnam, Daniela Stewart, Dotty Streeter, Ellen Wright (A),
SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE
Sid Staunton, Linda Chapman, Esther Gray, Janet Chandler, Lucinda Gregory, Megan LoBrutto
PASTORAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE
David Chandler, Trustee Rep.; Nora Larsen; Deacon Rep.
Dotty Streeter, Member-at-Large; Roger Squire and Peter Davis, Pastor Reps.
*Member of the Cabinet (A) Appointed
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