Open and Affirming of ALL God’s Children
The Communion of Saints
Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost – All Saints Sunday
October 30, 2022
Special Guest Speaker – Amy Jenner
This service will be in the Sanctuary and on Zoom at 10:00 a.m.
Join us for Zoom Coffee Hour beginning shortly after the service ends.
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Silent Meditation
This is the paradox. A human is out of nature and hopelessly in it. We are dual. Up in the stars and yet housed in a heart-pumping, breath-gasping body that once belonged to a fish and still carries the gill marks to prove it. A human is literally split in two. We have an awareness of our own splendid uniqueness in that we stick out of nature with a towering majesty, and yet we go back into the ground a few feet in order to blindly and dumbly rot and disappear forever. It is a terrifying dilemma to be in and to have to live with. – Ernest Becker—The Denial of Death
* Indicates points in the service when we stand in body or spirit
Announcements
Prelude I Will Exalt in the Lord Lani Smith
Welcome
*Call to Worship (spoken in unison)
Happy are those who live in the house of the Lord, ever singing your praise, O God. Happy are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion.
*Hymn Forward through the Ages B. #377
Forward through the ages, in unbroken line, move the faithful spirits at the call divine.
Gifts in differing measure, hearts of one accord, manifold the service, one the sure reward.
Refrain: Forward through the ages, in unbroken line, move the faithful spirits at the call divine.
Wide grows God’s dominion, reign of love and peace; for it we must labor, till all strivings cease. Prophets have proclaimed it, teachers testified, poets sung its glory, martyrs for it died.
Refrain: Forward through the ages, in unbroken line, move the faithful spirits at the call divine.
Not alone we conquer, not alone we fall; in each loss or triumph, lose or triumph all.
Bound by God’s far purpose in one living whole, move we on together to the shining goal.
Refrain: Forward through the ages, in unbroken line, move the faithful spirits at the call divine.
*Invocation (spoken in unison)
Holy God, who calls your people into one beloved community, who teaches us the way of peace through life together, who fills us with visions of your eternal reign: as we now celebrate the communion of saints, pour into our hearts the power of Christ, one of the many who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen
The Beatitudes adapted by Nadia Bolz-Weber
Message “Death Belongs to Life” Amy Jenner
Special Music “Shall We Gather at the River” Lowry/Macchia
Roll Call of Saints & Tolling of Bells
Prayers of the People – Sharing Joys & Concerns
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.
Invitation to Offering – In sharing ourselves we reflect God’s vision of love and justice for the world. Let us give freely, so that the ministry of Jesus Christ may flourish in this community and beyond.
Offertory We Are Not Our Own Brian Wren – Red Hymnal #380 Soloist – Pat Summerer
*The Doxology
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise God, all creatures here below;
Praise God for all that love has done; Creator, Christ, and Spirit, One. Amen
*Prayer of Dedication (spoken in unison)
Holy One, we ask you to bless these tithes and offerings, that our gifts may embody your vision of the kin-dom and lift those who are vulnerable, oppressed, and seeking justice. Amen
*Hymn My Life Flows On in Endless Song (vs. 1-3) R. #427
My life flows on in endless song; above earth's lamentation, I hear the sweet, though far-off hymn that hails a new creation.
No storm can shake my inmost calm while to that rock I’m clinging. Since Love is Lord of heav’n and earth, how can I keep from singing?
Through all the tumult and the strife, I hear that music ringing. It finds an echo in my soul. How can I keep from singing?
No storm can shake my inmost calm while to that rock I’m clinging. Since Love is Lord of heav’n and earth, how can I keep from singing?
What though my joys and comforts die? I know my Savior’s living. What though the darkness gather round? Songs in the night he’s giving.
No storm can shake my inmost calm while to that rock I’m clinging. Since Love is Lord of heav’n and earth, how can I keep from singing?
*Benediction (spoken in unison) Romans 8:38-39
For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen
(Please remain seated for the Postlude)
The Union Congregational Church of Hancock, United Church of Christ will conduct its 2022 Annual Church Meeting on November 13th, 2022, immediately following the 10:00 AM Worship Service for the following purposes:
1. To Elect Church Officers, Board and Committee members;
2. To receive Board and Committee Reports;
3. To vote on the Proposed 2023 Church Budget
4. And to hear any other business to come before the congregation.
Jeanne Edwards, Clerk
October 23, 2022
Many thanks to those who helped make this service possible –
in front of the camera and behind the scenes.
Special Guest Speaker – Amy Jenner – M.Ac., Dipl. OM, L.Ac.
Music Minister – Debbie Riley
Deacons – Doug Kimmel & David Wildes
Graphics Minister – Cynthia Wood
Audio-Video Support – Ron Schwizer & Mike Summerer
(Mike Summerer is happy to teach others this simple task. Please inquire…)
Office Secretary – Vicky Espling
Settled Minister – Rev. TJ Mack
The Body of Christ – You
My work as a healer, teacher and mentor is supported by a strong foundation of theoretical understanding and clinical experience, including 20+ years of Chinese, Energetic and Herbal medical practice. This work is the fulfillment of my life’s purpose to serve, alleviate suffering and facilitate the alchemy of transformation in the lives of my patients.
Training: Master's Degree in Acupuncture from the Academy for Five Element Acupuncture Gainesville, Florida. Extensive post graduate training in Sa’am Acupuncture, Classical Chinese Herbal Medicine, Plant Spirit Medicine, and nutrition.
Nationally board-certified as a Diplomate of Oriental Medicine from the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM).
Resources
enfleshed: Liturgy That Matters and Feasting on the Word: Worship Companion
"Permission to podcast / stream the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE, License #A-738532. All rights reserved.”
Forward Through the Ages - public domain
We Are Not Our Own
Words and Music - ©1989 Hope Publishing Company
Contributors: Brian Wren, Fred Graham
My Life Flows On in Endless Song - Robert Lowry, Jean Anne Shafferman
Words and Music - ©2019 Jubilate Music
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