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Please join us for Sunday Service....
Welcome Back!!!
Please join us for service this Sunday both in the Sanctuary (you read it right....in the sanctuary!!) and via Zoom.
Hope to see you there!
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BUCC In Person & Virtual Sunday Service
6-13-21
Lay Leader: Sally Shattuck
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To Join the Service stop by the Church at 18 Park Street
-or-
By Computer
Please click (control + click) on the following link, by 6:40am and/or 9:25am respectively, 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 - #)
For additional information on how to use the ZOOM software, Control + Click the following link:
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/categories/200101697-Getting-Started
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Belchertown United Church of Christ
June 13, 2021 9:30 am
Lay Leader- Sally Shattuck
WELCOME
ANNOUNCEMENTS
OPENING PRAYER
O God, maker of all that is beautiful,
Jesus gave us the seeds of your justice and peace.
In this time together, touch us, teach us, inspire us
to sow those seeds through our ministries
so that all may share in Creation’s abundance
to make true the promise that no one will know scarcity
and no one will suffer deprivation in this community and beyond. Amen.
OPENING MUSICAL SELECTION: Planting Seeds: A Story of Life
CALL TO WORSHIP Please read the words in BOLD print.
Lord, we would grow with you, new shoots reaching out, hands stretched upward like leaves newly formed. Soaking up your light and warmth, Lord, we would grow.
Lord, we would grow with you in sunshine and rain, in darkness and light, in cold days and summer days, From Springtime to Winter. Lord, we would grow with you.
Lord, we would grow with you and bring forth fruit that is pleasing to you; fed by your living water, giving sustenance to others. Lord, would grow with you. AMEN
SCRIPTURE READINGS:
Psalm 92: 1-4
It is wonderful to be grateful and to sing your praises, Lord Most High!
2 It is wonderful each morning to tell about your love
and at night to announce how faithful you are.
3 I enjoy praising your name to the music of harps,
4 because everything you do makes me happy, and I sing joyful songs.
Ezekiel 17: 22-24
Someday, I, the Lord, will cut a tender twig from the top of a cedar tree,
then plant it on the peak of Israel’s tallest mountain,
where it will grow strong branches and produce large fruit.
23 All kinds of birds will find shelter under the tree,
and they will rest in the shade of its branches.
24 Every tree in the forest will know that I, the Lord,
can bring down tall trees and help short ones grow.
I dry up green trees and make dry ones green.
I, the Lord, have spoken and I will keep my word.
Mark 4: 26-29
God’s kingdom is like what happens when a farmer scatters seed in a field. 27 The farmer sleeps at night and is up and around during the day. Yet the seeds keep sprouting and growing, and he doesn’t understand how. 28 It is the ground that makes the seeds sprout and grow into plants that produce grain. 29 Then when harvest season comes and the grain is ripe, the farmer cuts it with a sickle.[a]
MESSAGE: The Power of the Growing Seed
OFFERING OUR GIFTS
*PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
THE LORD’S PRAYER
*CLOSING MUSIC: Praying, Sowing, Reaping
*BENEDICTION
May God’s love be with you as you sow seeds of justice and peace
along the paths you will travel so all may know the gospel’s promise. Amen
PASSING OF THE PEACE
One: The peace of the Lord be with you.
Another: And also with you.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
UNDER CONSTRUCTION – A construction fence now consumes the parking lot behind the church (6/13/2021) 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.
MEATBALL GRINDERS - Saturday, June 12, Noon - 5 PM, on the grounds of BUCC - Grinder, chips and beverage provided for $10 by the Belchertown Lions Club. Pre-orders are not required. As always, all proceeds from the club's fundraising events go to charity . . . and this year in particular there will be several graduating seniors receiving $1,500 Lions Club scholarships to help continue their education as well as donating to the local community food pantry’s.
“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.
By Computer
Please click (control + click) on the following link, by 6:25 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 - #)
For additional information on how to use the ZOOM software, Control + Click the following link:
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
Belchertown United Church of Christ (BUCC)
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Register TODAY!!!!!
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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.
CHURCH OFFICE HOURS: 9am-2pm, Tues and 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
NOTE – We are phasing out our belchertownucc@yahoo.com account and moving to gmail. Please correspond to Belchertownucc@gmail.com in the future. Thank you.
Welcome Back!!!
Please join us for service this Sunday both in the Sanctuary (you read it right....in the sanctuary!!) and via Zoom.
Hope to see you there!
------------------------------------------------
BUCC In Person & Virtual Sunday Service
6-13-21
Lay Leader: Sally Shattuck
+ + +
To Join the Service stop by the Church at 18 Park Street
-or-
By Computer
Please click (control + click) on the following link, by 6:40am and/or 9:25am respectively, 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 - #)
For additional information on how to use the ZOOM software, Control + Click the following link:
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/categories/200101697-Getting-Started
+ + +
Belchertown United Church of Christ
June 13, 2021 9:30 am
Lay Leader- Sally Shattuck
WELCOME
ANNOUNCEMENTS
OPENING PRAYER
O God, maker of all that is beautiful,
Jesus gave us the seeds of your justice and peace.
In this time together, touch us, teach us, inspire us
to sow those seeds through our ministries
so that all may share in Creation’s abundance
to make true the promise that no one will know scarcity
and no one will suffer deprivation in this community and beyond. Amen.
OPENING MUSICAL SELECTION: Planting Seeds: A Story of Life
CALL TO WORSHIP Please read the words in BOLD print.
Lord, we would grow with you, new shoots reaching out, hands stretched upward like leaves newly formed. Soaking up your light and warmth, Lord, we would grow.
Lord, we would grow with you in sunshine and rain, in darkness and light, in cold days and summer days, From Springtime to Winter. Lord, we would grow with you.
Lord, we would grow with you and bring forth fruit that is pleasing to you; fed by your living water, giving sustenance to others. Lord, would grow with you. AMEN
SCRIPTURE READINGS:
Psalm 92: 1-4
It is wonderful to be grateful and to sing your praises, Lord Most High!
2 It is wonderful each morning to tell about your love
and at night to announce how faithful you are.
3 I enjoy praising your name to the music of harps,
4 because everything you do makes me happy, and I sing joyful songs.
Ezekiel 17: 22-24
Someday, I, the Lord, will cut a tender twig from the top of a cedar tree,
then plant it on the peak of Israel’s tallest mountain,
where it will grow strong branches and produce large fruit.
23 All kinds of birds will find shelter under the tree,
and they will rest in the shade of its branches.
24 Every tree in the forest will know that I, the Lord,
can bring down tall trees and help short ones grow.
I dry up green trees and make dry ones green.
I, the Lord, have spoken and I will keep my word.
Mark 4: 26-29
God’s kingdom is like what happens when a farmer scatters seed in a field. 27 The farmer sleeps at night and is up and around during the day. Yet the seeds keep sprouting and growing, and he doesn’t understand how. 28 It is the ground that makes the seeds sprout and grow into plants that produce grain. 29 Then when harvest season comes and the grain is ripe, the farmer cuts it with a sickle.[a]
MESSAGE: The Power of the Growing Seed
OFFERING OUR GIFTS
*PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
THE LORD’S PRAYER
*CLOSING MUSIC: Praying, Sowing, Reaping
*BENEDICTION
May God’s love be with you as you sow seeds of justice and peace
along the paths you will travel so all may know the gospel’s promise. Amen
PASSING OF THE PEACE
One: The peace of the Lord be with you.
Another: And also with you.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
UNDER CONSTRUCTION – A construction fence now consumes the parking lot behind the church (6/13/2021) 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.
MEATBALL GRINDERS - Saturday, June 12, Noon - 5 PM, on the grounds of BUCC - Grinder, chips and beverage provided for $10 by the Belchertown Lions Club. Pre-orders are not required. As always, all proceeds from the club's fundraising events go to charity . . . and this year in particular there will be several graduating seniors receiving $1,500 Lions Club scholarships to help continue their education as well as donating to the local community food pantry’s.
“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.
By Computer
Please click (control + click) on the following link, by 6:25 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 - #)
For additional information on how to use the ZOOM software, Control + Click the following link:
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
Belchertown United Church of Christ (BUCC)
AmazonSmile is the same Amazon you know.
Register TODAY!!!!!
You shop. Amazon gives.
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.
CHURCH OFFICE HOURS: 9am-2pm, Tues and 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
NOTE – We are phasing out our belchertownucc@yahoo.com account and moving to gmail. Please correspond to Belchertownucc@gmail.com in the future. Thank you.
