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Welcome Back!!!
Please join us for Sunday service both in the Sanctuary and via Zoom.
Hope to see you there!
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BELCHERTOWN UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
July 25, 2021 – 9:30 AM
Lay Leader - Dave Crutchfield
In-Person & Zoom Online
Invitation, Order of Worship & Announcements
In-Sanctuary
&
Zoom Virtual Sunday Service
7-25-21
+ + +
To Join the Service
By Computer
Please click (control + click) on the following link by 9:25 AM and follow the prompts:
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/715073542?pwd=UWlLWGNobVdTVWhwRGhHclVFZ2p2UT09
By Phone
Dial: (253) 215 8782
Meeting ID: 715 073 542, followed by #, (no participant code - #)
+ + +
Order of Worship
In-Sanctuary & Virtual Sunday Service
July 25, 2021
Lay Leader – David Crutchfield
PRELUDE Sally Shattuck
WELCOME/ANNOUNCEMENTS
CALL TO WORSHIP
OPENING HYMN Called as Partners in Christ's Service 453
SCRIPTURE: Psalm 145:10-18 and Ephesians 3:14-21
(see below to read along)
GLORIA PATRI
MESSAGE – My Rocky Mountain High – written by Dan Clendenin
and delivered by David Crutchfield
VIRTUAL OFFERING OF OUR GIFTS
DOXOLOGY
PRAYERS of the PEOPLE and THE LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever.
Amen.
CLOSING HYMN – Great Is Thy Faithfulness –
Carrie Underwood with CeCe Winans
BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE Sally Shattuck
VIRTUAL PASSING OF THE PEACE
… … …
Psalm 145:10-18 - CEV
10 All creation will thank you,
and your loyal people
will praise you.
11 They will tell about
your marvelous kingdom
and your power.
12 Then everyone will know about
the mighty things you do
and your glorious kingdom.
13 Your kingdom will never end,
and you will rule forever.
Our Lord, you keep your word
and do everything you say.
14 When someone stumbles or falls,
you give a helping hand.
15 Everyone depends on you,
and when the time is right,
you provide them with food.
16 By your own hand
you satisfy the desires of all who live.
17 Our Lord, everything you do
is kind and thoughtful,
18 and you are near to everyone
whose prayers are sincere.
Ephesians 3:14-21 – CEV
Christ’s Love for Us
14 I kneel in prayer to the Father. 15 All beings in heaven and on earth receive their life from him. 16 God is wonderful and glorious. I pray that his Spirit will make you become strong followers 17 and that Christ will live in your hearts because of your faith. Stand firm and be deeply rooted in his love. 18 I pray that you and all of God’s people will
understand what is called wide or long or high or deep. 19 I want you to know all about Christ’s love, although it is too wonderful to be measured. Then your lives will be filled with all that God is.
20-21 I pray that Christ Jesus and the church will forever bring praise to God. His power at work in us can do far more than we dare ask or imagine. Amen.
Called as Partners in Christ's Service
Called as partners in Christ's service
Called to ministries of grace
We respond with deep commitment
Fresh new lines of faith to trace
May we learn the art of sharing
Side by side and friend with friend
Equal partners in our caring
To fulfil God's chosen end
Christ's example Christ's inspiring
Christ's clear call to work and worth
Let us follow never faltering
Reconciling folk on earth
Men and women richer poorer
All God's people young and old
Blending human skills together
Gracious gifts from God unfold
Thus new patterns for Christ's mission
In a small or global sense
Help us bear each other's burdens
Breaking down each wall or fence
Words of comfort words of vision
Words of challenge said with care
Bring new power and strength for action
Make us colleagues free and fair
So God grant us for tomorrow
Ways to order human life
That surround each person's sorrow
With a calm that conquers strife
Make us partners in our living
Our compassion to increase
Messengers of faith thus giving
Hope and confidence and peace
Great is Thy Faithfulness
-1-
“Great is Thy faithfulness,” O God my Father,
There is no shadow of turning with Thee;
Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not
As Thou hast been Thou forever wilt be.
Chorus:
“Great is Thy faithfulness!” “Great is Thy faithfulness!”
Morning by morning new mercies I see;
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided--
“Great is Thy faithfulness,” Lord, unto me!
-2-
Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest,
Sun, moon and stars in their courses above,
Join with all nature in manifold witness
To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.
(Chorus)
-3-
Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!
(Chorus).
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
BELCHERTOWN FAIR – Sept. 24 - 26 - Since we won’t be needing volunteers for parking, before we proceed with our plans to sell Taco Salads again at the Fair, we need to confirm that we will have the assistance needed to be able to proceed. I know we are talking about September, but I need to get some commitment of time from people. We need choppers, servers, runners, money takers, etc. We will have sign-up sheets with times etc. when it gets closer, but not now - I just need to know if YOU will be available. Please contact Lucy at luse26@charter.net to give her your commitment. Thanks in advance for helping.
TAGLESS TAG SALE – Sat. Aug. 21st - LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS - Got time? Got skills? Lacking money to donate? Well then, BUCC has a place for you. Francis Carter has taken the LEAD for the Tag Sale and donations have begun coming in. Please contact him to coordinate making you donation of items and / or talents. We are looking for volunteers to sort, move, setup and break down. If available, willing, and able please contact Frank at 413-459-6447 or friznak@gmail.com.
RELAY for LIFE – Fri. Aug. 6, 7 PM – Sat. Aug. 7, 7 AM – Mark your calendars to walk the Belchertown High School track and to make donations to this fight against cancer. https://secure.acsevents.org/site/STR?pg=entry&fr_id=99764
NOW FOR SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT....”WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND WEDNESDAY: That's right, please join us for this Wednesday evening get together. We will meet via Zoom, at 6:30pm to share, well, what's on your mind. For about 30 minutes, Bob Stephens will facilitate an open Zoom discussion of relevant topics of the day, or yesterday for that matter, and when possible, sprinkle in opportunities for us to grow in faith. So, zoom us up and join the conversation (or if you don't feel like talking, listen to others) we would love to see you. Join the Service Online via ZOOM. Babette’s Feast, a 1987 movie, will be a topic for discussion on July 28.
By Computer
Please click (control + click) on the following link, by 6:25PM and follow the prompts:
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/715073542?pwd=UWlLWGNobVdTVWhwRGhHclVFZ2p2UT09
By Phone
Dial: (253) 215 8782
Meeting ID: 715 073 542, followed by #, (no participant code - #)
SUPPORT BUCC WHILE YOU SHOP!
By starting your shopping at smile.amazon.com
AMAZON DONATES 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to the Belchertown United Church of Christ (BUCC)
AmazonSmile is the same Amazon you know.
Register TODAY!!!!!
You shop. Amazon gives.
(smile.amazon.com)
PRAYER REQUESTS – You are invited to Personal Message your requests for prayers of joy or concern on the church FaceBook page - www.facebook.com/BelchertownUnitedChurchOfChrist and note desire whether or not to mention during Sunday worship. Peace and wellness to all.
UNDER CONSTRUCTION – A construction fence now consumes most of the parking lot behind the church (5/14/2021) and will remain while the old Belchertown water tower is being torn down and the larger replacement is installed. Parking for any who are physically disabled remains available beside the parish house and the handicapped entrance to the church is accessible. If needed, you may drop folks off at the front steps to the church and reverse direction in the parish house circle to exit the driveway. Parking is available along Park Street and in the parking lot on the common.
CHURCH OFFICE HOURS: 9am-2pm, Tues through Fri
Belchertown United Church of Christ
18 Park Street, P. O. Box 603
Belchertown, MA 01007
Church Office Phone: (413) 323-7442
Church Office email: belchertownucc@gmail.com
Please join us for Sunday service both in the Sanctuary and via Zoom.
Hope to see you there!
------------------------------------------------
BELCHERTOWN UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
July 25, 2021 – 9:30 AM
Lay Leader - Dave Crutchfield
In-Person & Zoom Online
Invitation, Order of Worship & Announcements
In-Sanctuary
&
Zoom Virtual Sunday Service
7-25-21
+ + +
To Join the Service
By Computer
Please click (control + click) on the following link by 9:25 AM and follow the prompts:
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/715073542?pwd=UWlLWGNobVdTVWhwRGhHclVFZ2p2UT09
By Phone
Dial: (253) 215 8782
Meeting ID: 715 073 542, followed by #, (no participant code - #)
+ + +
Order of Worship
In-Sanctuary & Virtual Sunday Service
July 25, 2021
Lay Leader – David Crutchfield
PRELUDE Sally Shattuck
WELCOME/ANNOUNCEMENTS
CALL TO WORSHIP
OPENING HYMN Called as Partners in Christ's Service 453
SCRIPTURE: Psalm 145:10-18 and Ephesians 3:14-21
(see below to read along)
GLORIA PATRI
MESSAGE – My Rocky Mountain High – written by Dan Clendenin
and delivered by David Crutchfield
VIRTUAL OFFERING OF OUR GIFTS
DOXOLOGY
PRAYERS of the PEOPLE and THE LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever.
Amen.
CLOSING HYMN – Great Is Thy Faithfulness –
Carrie Underwood with CeCe Winans
BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE Sally Shattuck
VIRTUAL PASSING OF THE PEACE
… … …
Psalm 145:10-18 - CEV
10 All creation will thank you,
and your loyal people
will praise you.
11 They will tell about
your marvelous kingdom
and your power.
12 Then everyone will know about
the mighty things you do
and your glorious kingdom.
13 Your kingdom will never end,
and you will rule forever.
Our Lord, you keep your word
and do everything you say.
14 When someone stumbles or falls,
you give a helping hand.
15 Everyone depends on you,
and when the time is right,
you provide them with food.
16 By your own hand
you satisfy the desires of all who live.
17 Our Lord, everything you do
is kind and thoughtful,
18 and you are near to everyone
whose prayers are sincere.
Ephesians 3:14-21 – CEV
Christ’s Love for Us
14 I kneel in prayer to the Father. 15 All beings in heaven and on earth receive their life from him. 16 God is wonderful and glorious. I pray that his Spirit will make you become strong followers 17 and that Christ will live in your hearts because of your faith. Stand firm and be deeply rooted in his love. 18 I pray that you and all of God’s people will
understand what is called wide or long or high or deep. 19 I want you to know all about Christ’s love, although it is too wonderful to be measured. Then your lives will be filled with all that God is.
20-21 I pray that Christ Jesus and the church will forever bring praise to God. His power at work in us can do far more than we dare ask or imagine. Amen.
Called as Partners in Christ's Service
Called as partners in Christ's service
Called to ministries of grace
We respond with deep commitment
Fresh new lines of faith to trace
May we learn the art of sharing
Side by side and friend with friend
Equal partners in our caring
To fulfil God's chosen end
Christ's example Christ's inspiring
Christ's clear call to work and worth
Let us follow never faltering
Reconciling folk on earth
Men and women richer poorer
All God's people young and old
Blending human skills together
Gracious gifts from God unfold
Thus new patterns for Christ's mission
In a small or global sense
Help us bear each other's burdens
Breaking down each wall or fence
Words of comfort words of vision
Words of challenge said with care
Bring new power and strength for action
Make us colleagues free and fair
So God grant us for tomorrow
Ways to order human life
That surround each person's sorrow
With a calm that conquers strife
Make us partners in our living
Our compassion to increase
Messengers of faith thus giving
Hope and confidence and peace
Great is Thy Faithfulness
-1-
“Great is Thy faithfulness,” O God my Father,
There is no shadow of turning with Thee;
Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not
As Thou hast been Thou forever wilt be.
Chorus:
“Great is Thy faithfulness!” “Great is Thy faithfulness!”
Morning by morning new mercies I see;
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided--
“Great is Thy faithfulness,” Lord, unto me!
-2-
Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest,
Sun, moon and stars in their courses above,
Join with all nature in manifold witness
To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.
(Chorus)
-3-
Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!
(Chorus).
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
BELCHERTOWN FAIR – Sept. 24 - 26 - Since we won’t be needing volunteers for parking, before we proceed with our plans to sell Taco Salads again at the Fair, we need to confirm that we will have the assistance needed to be able to proceed. I know we are talking about September, but I need to get some commitment of time from people. We need choppers, servers, runners, money takers, etc. We will have sign-up sheets with times etc. when it gets closer, but not now - I just need to know if YOU will be available. Please contact Lucy at luse26@charter.net to give her your commitment. Thanks in advance for helping.
TAGLESS TAG SALE – Sat. Aug. 21st - LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS - Got time? Got skills? Lacking money to donate? Well then, BUCC has a place for you. Francis Carter has taken the LEAD for the Tag Sale and donations have begun coming in. Please contact him to coordinate making you donation of items and / or talents. We are looking for volunteers to sort, move, setup and break down. If available, willing, and able please contact Frank at 413-459-6447 or friznak@gmail.com.
RELAY for LIFE – Fri. Aug. 6, 7 PM – Sat. Aug. 7, 7 AM – Mark your calendars to walk the Belchertown High School track and to make donations to this fight against cancer. https://secure.acsevents.org/site/STR?pg=entry&fr_id=99764
NOW FOR SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT....”WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND WEDNESDAY: That's right, please join us for this Wednesday evening get together. We will meet via Zoom, at 6:30pm to share, well, what's on your mind. For about 30 minutes, Bob Stephens will facilitate an open Zoom discussion of relevant topics of the day, or yesterday for that matter, and when possible, sprinkle in opportunities for us to grow in faith. So, zoom us up and join the conversation (or if you don't feel like talking, listen to others) we would love to see you. Join the Service Online via ZOOM. Babette’s Feast, a 1987 movie, will be a topic for discussion on July 28.
By Computer
Please click (control + click) on the following link, by 6:25PM and follow the prompts:
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/715073542?pwd=UWlLWGNobVdTVWhwRGhHclVFZ2p2UT09
By Phone
Dial: (253) 215 8782
Meeting ID: 715 073 542, followed by #, (no participant code - #)
SUPPORT BUCC WHILE YOU SHOP!
By starting your shopping at smile.amazon.com
AMAZON DONATES 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to the Belchertown United Church of Christ (BUCC)
AmazonSmile is the same Amazon you know.
Register TODAY!!!!!
You shop. Amazon gives.
(smile.amazon.com)
PRAYER REQUESTS – You are invited to Personal Message your requests for prayers of joy or concern on the church FaceBook page - www.facebook.com/BelchertownUnitedChurchOfChrist and note desire whether or not to mention during Sunday worship. Peace and wellness to all.
UNDER CONSTRUCTION – A construction fence now consumes most of the parking lot behind the church (5/14/2021) and will remain while the old Belchertown water tower is being torn down and the larger replacement is installed. Parking for any who are physically disabled remains available beside the parish house and the handicapped entrance to the church is accessible. If needed, you may drop folks off at the front steps to the church and reverse direction in the parish house circle to exit the driveway. Parking is available along Park Street and in the parking lot on the common.
CHURCH OFFICE HOURS: 9am-2pm, Tues through Fri
Belchertown United Church of Christ
18 Park Street, P. O. Box 603
Belchertown, MA 01007
Church Office Phone: (413) 323-7442
Church Office email: belchertownucc@gmail.com
