LIGHTING THE PEACE CANDLE Sherry Santana,liturgist
I can never teach your children everything they need to know. But I can teach them to be curious and discontent.
Marva Nettles Collins, 1936-2015
Quoted in I Dream a World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America
PRELUDE Love Is Like a Butterfly Dolly Parton
* OPENING SENTENCES – The Eighth Song Dorothy Hanson Brown, 1915 – 2018
Yours are these stars
that spark and burn
and streak across the sky;
yours, this spectral moon
that mesmerizes field and meadow,
speaks with field-mice.
Who am I that
I am rooted here in wonder?
that something in me dares
to make reply?
I want to raise the window,
wake the world,
shout until the housetops answer –
God is alive, alive, alive!
* HYMN Praise to the Living God8
SCRIPTURE LESSON
Let us prepare ourselves for the word of God as it comes to us in the reading of Holy Scripture. Our hearts and minds are open.
Luke 10:38-42
For the word of God in scripture, for the word of God among us, for the word of God within us. Thanks be to God.
MODERN READING Rosa Parks, 1931-2005
* HYMN God of Change and Glory177
SERMON Rev. Kim P. Wells
RESPONSIVE READING Alla Bozarth Campbell
Bakerwoman God,
I am your living bread.
Strong, brown Bakerwoman God,
I am your low soft and
being-shaped loaf.
I am your rising bread, well kneaded
by some divine
and knotty pair of knuckles,
by your warm, earth hands.
I am bread well kneaded.
Put me in your fire,
Bakerwoman God,
put me in your warm, bright fire.
I am warm, warm as you from fire.
I am white and gold,
soft and hard,
brown and round.
I am so warm from fire.
Break me, Bakerwoman God.
I am broken under your caring Word.
Bakerwoman God, remake me.
INTERLUDE The Lady of Shalott Loreena McKennitt
MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of Lakewood United Church of Christ, as part of the Church Universal is to:
• Celebrate the presence and power of God in our lives & in our world.
• Offer the hospitality and inclusive love of Christ to all people.
• Work for God’s peace and justice throughout creation.
MORNING OFFERING
Morning offerings may be brought forward and placed in the plates on the altar. You are invited to write your prayer requests on the sheets provided in the bulletin and bring them forward and place them in the basket on the altar. If you would like assistance, please turn to someone seated near you.
Offertory Coat of Many Colors Dolly Parton
* Words of Dedication Mother Teresa, 1910-1997, adapted
The fruit of prayer is faith.
And the fruit of faith is love.
And the fruit of love is service.
Jesus went about doing good.
And we are trying to imitate him now because I believe that God loves the world through us.
Just as God sent Jesus to be God’s love, God’s presence in the world, so today God is sending us. Amen.
* PREPARATION FOR PRAYER Lead Us from Death to Life581
MORNING PRAYER – SAVIOR’S PRAYER
Holy One, our only Home, hallowed be Your name.
May your day dawn, your will be done,
Here, as in heaven. Feed us today, and forgive us
As we forgive each other. Do not forsake us at the test,
But deliver us from evil. For the glory, the power,
And the mercy are yours, now and forever. Amen.
* HYMNI Thank You, Jesus 41
*BENEDICTION *SUNG RESPONSE (please form a circle)
Weave, weave, weave us together; weave us together in unity and love.
Weave, weave, weave us together; weave us together, together in love.
*POSTLUDE Lead Me, Guide Me Doris Akers
Circle of Concern: Tony Larson, Emily Bell, Ann Quinn who is under Hospice Care, William Owen-Cowan, Jen Degroot, Carolyn Moore, Maggie Brizendine, Janet Hall, Yoko Nogami walking the Appalachian Trail, All those suffering from COVID-19 and all healthcare workers, Schools: Students, families, teachers, and staff.
Announcements
Facebook Live The 10:30 a.m. service is being streamed on Facebook Live.
Advisors to meet TODAY after church The meetings are open. Everyone is invited to attend. If there is something you would like the advisors to discuss, please speak with one of them: Lucille Ruga, Malcolm Wells, Christy Martin, Barbara Donohue.
Operation AttackOA needs donations of cereal/oatmeal, mac and cheese, pasta sauce, peanut butter, canned meat, fruit, soup, and vegetables. Donations may be placed on shelf in hallway.
Toiletries for Celebrate Outreach Celebrate Outreach is a local ministry with people who are living without shelter in St. Petersburg. Needed: men’s and women’s underwear. (Men sizes 30, 32,34; and Women’s sizes 5,6, 7,8.) Also in high demand are socks of all kinds /sizes for both men & women. Other needed items are Deodorant & disposable razors.
New Time for Weekly Labyrinth Walk For June and July, the weekly guided labyrinth walk will be onFridays at 9:00 a.m. instead of Wednesdays. All are welcome!
Book Talk July 21 A monthly discussion about books. Whatever you are reading. Join in the fun – the third Thursday of the month at 6:30 on Zoom. Here is the link:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2700683648
For the safety and comfort of all, please wear a mask. Thank you!
Lakewood United Church of Christ 2601 54th Ave. S. St. Petersburg, FL 33712
727-867-7961 lakewooducc@gmail.com Lakewooducc.org
On land originally inhabited by the Tocabaga
LAKEWOOD UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
A Just Peace Church
An Open and Affirming Church
This Sunday: This Sunday the service focuses on another classic gospel story: Mary and Martha. Do you tend to be a doer? Or a contemplative? Are you busy, busy, busy? Or do you reflect and listen? Take a look at Luke 10:38-42. There may be more going on than you think!
Childcare is provided at all Sunday services.
The service will be streamed live on Facebook and then posted on the church’s YouTube channel.
Masks are required at in-person worship.
Facebook Live Update
Sunday Facebook Live is now being streamed from a new iPad that the church was able to purchase with funds from a grant from the Florida Conference of the United Church of Christ. The grant also provided for the purchase of a new microphone. With these two improvements, the sound on Facebook Live on Sunday mornings and on the videos posted to YouTube should be much better!
Housing Needed
There is a family in the church in need of housing in the St. Petersburg area. At least 2 bedrooms are needed. And the rent must be well below currently inflated rates. Please contact the church with any leads about suitable affordable housing for one parent with two high school age children. Thank you!
UCC Events Ahead – Get Involved!
There are several important events ahead in the wider UCC fellowship and it would be wonderful to have LUCC participation! Much can be learned from engagement with the wider church and people from other UCC congregations. ALSO, people from LUCC have much to contribute to the wider church and to other churches!
Here are some opportunities:
JUST PEACE IN A SOUTHERN CONTEXT A One Day Event for the Southern Region UCC Saturday, August 27 | 10 – 4 PM EST
The Florida Conference of the UCC, with support from the Southeast, South Central, and Southern Conferences and Justice and Local Church Ministries, invites you to join “Just Peace in a Southern Context.” This virtual event will offer a historical overview, theological grounding, and current examples of why being a Just Peace Church matters today. Guest Speakers will include: Rev. Dr. Susan Thistlethwaite, Rev. Geoffrey Black, Sandra Sorensen, and others. The UCC Washington Office and members of the UCC Just Peace Network will share examples of how together we can bring hope for a more just and peaceful tomorrow. REGISTER NOW: bit.ly/jpinsoutherncontext
ANNUAL GATHERING OF THE FLORIDA CONFERENCE UCC
Oct. 6-8, 2022 Vero Beach
Now is the time to gather the church and to celebrate and recommit to our shared covenant as The United Church of Christ in Florida. This year’s theme is “This is the Day! #Building Beloved Community”.
LUCC is entitled to send 2 delegates as well as a clergy delegate. Please contact Rev. Wells if you are willing to attend! The church can help with the expenses involved.
THE CHURCH IN A POST-PANDEMIC WORLD September 19-21, 2022 | Online, and in person in St. Louis Join the entire UCC as we envision what a vibrant, healthy church looks like as it emerges from the pandemic. Online participants will be fully engaged via Pheedloop, a virtual event platform. In-person sessions will be available, too, alternating between the Hilton—St. Louis Airport and Eden Theological Seminary. The program will include:
Keynotes by Jacqui Lewis and Laura Everett Ted Talk-style “provocations” by Damayanthi Niles, Michael Malcom, Juan Carlos Huertas, Patrick Duggan, Jamesetta Ferguson, Cameron Trimble and David Vásquez-Levy Play space for ingenuity and creativity – in plenaries and smaller clusters – as we discuss what we learned during COVID that will change what we do after COVID. A capture of ideas about what fits now, where we need to stretch ourselves, and how to build capacity to meet needs as the church evolves.
2022 UCC SOUTHERN REGIONAL WOMEN’S RETREAT
In Person: October 14 – 16, 2022 Camp Weed and Cerveny Conference Center 11057 Camp Weed Place Live Oak, Florida 32060 GOD OF MYSTERY – SPIRIT OF HOPE Dyanne Edds of LUCC is on the planning team for this retreat! For more information: https://www.uccfla.org/floridauccwomen
Enrich LUCC and enrich the UCC by participating in these wider church events!
Sabbatical Speakers in Training
Rev. Wells will be taking sabbatical time to walk the Camino de Santiago in Spain this fall. While she is gone, people from the congregation will be speaking on Sunday mornings sharing from their faith journeys. Those who are participating have been part of a training program to help them formulate their ideas and their remarks. This will be a wonderful season in the life of LUCC!
Book Talk Ahead
Join in this month’s Book Talk on Thursday June 16 at 6:30 p.m. to discuss what you have been reading and to hear what others have been reading. It’s an informal gathering on Zoom. A very enriching conversation. All are welcome! No book banning here! Everything is open for discussion!
Gratitude from the Cho Family – Friends of Claire Stiles
Through the ministrations of Claire Stiles and Ruth Pettis to their dear friends, the church patio was used for a family memorial service. The family sent this expression of gratitude to the church, including a poignant poem. The note is also posted on the bulletin board at the church.
Dear friends at Lakewood United,
Thank you for the love and support. There is no guidebook for loss, especially loss of loved ones. Grief is not a linear process. We so appreciated your church housing us for our lovely memorial event. Sending much love and gratitude to all who worship there.
-Jeh-rim Cho’s Family Peace be with you.
“New Bones”
we will wear new bones again. we will leave these rainy days, break out through another month into sun and honey time. worlds buzz over us like bees, we be splendid in new bones. other people think they know how long life is. how strong life is. we know.
Advisors to Meet Sunday July 17 after Church
The advisors will hold their monthly meeting Sunday, July 17th following morning worship. The meetings are open. Everyone is invited to attend. If there is something you would like the advisors to discuss, please speak with one of them: Lucille Ruga, Malcolm Wells, Christy Martin, Barbara Donohue.
Will You Help With Facebook Live?
Yes, LUCC has intentionally been “high touch, low tech.” But given the reality of the pandemic, the ministry of the church has expanded to offering the Sunday worship service live on FaceBook. This has been very meaningful to those who are not able or do not feel comfortable coming to church in person.
This ministry has been provided by Patti Cooksey, Barbara Donohue, Bert Lee, and Michelle Cloutier. Bert and Michelle are away for the next few months. With two new recruits, each one could serve one Sunday a month.
Barbara and Patti want you to know that it is very easy! There are clear instructions. A tutorial will be provided. Please contact the Church Office to express your willingness to help with this important outreach ministry. THANK YOU!
Guided Labyrinth Walks Time Change
For June and July, the weekly guided labyrinth walk will be on Fridays at 9:00 a.m. instead of Wednesdays. All are welcome!
Also, the readings and prayers used each week at the guided walk are put in the mailbox by the labyrinth for use during the week.
The labyrinth is on the church grounds near the southwest corner of the church property. It is available for use at all times.
How to Help Ukraine
The local Ukrainian Catholic Church is sponsoring humanitarian aid. There are more details at their website: https://www.epiphanyukrch.com
Celebrate Outreach is a local ministry with people who are living without shelter in St. Petersburg. An average of 135 people are served each week. LUCC was asked to collect toiletries to be distributed to the community at the meals that are provided on Saturday and Sundays each week. This collection will be ongoing in addition to the food being collected for Operation Attack. All are invited to donate the following items:
Celebration Outreach has an ongoing need for men’s and women’s underwear. Men sizes 30, 32,34 Women’s sizes 5,6, 7,8. Also in high demand are socks of all kinds /sizes for both men & women. Other needed items are Deodorant & disposable razors.
Toothbrushes, toothpaste, disposable razors, bar soap, wash cloths, deodorant, feminine hygiene items, travel size creams, shampoo, body wash, individual packets of Kleenex, hand wipes, toilet tissue, and paper towels are always needed as well.
Many thanks to Janet Blair and Jim Andrews for taking the donations to Celebrate Outreach.
Inkjet Recycling
The church is continuing to collect used inkjet cartridges. They are sent to a recycler and the church receives payment for the cartridges provided. So, don’t throw out your cartridges. Bring them to church. Not only do they get recycled but they provide income for the ministry of the church.
Operation Attack Update
OA needs donations of cereal/oatmeal, mac and cheese, pasta sauce, peanut butter, canned meat, fruit, soup, and vegetables. Donations may be placed on the shelf in the hallway at church.
Being Covid Safe and In-Person Worship
Please stay home if you are not feeling well.
Please wear a mask while in the church building. While most people have been vaccinated, this helps visitors to feel safe.
Additional masks will be available at church to use as needed.
Two hand sanitizing stations are available for use by worshippers.
There is well-ventilated, physically distanced indoor seating in the sanctuary.
Please know that your safety is of primary consideration!
On Sunday mornings at 10:30 a.m. please use the link above to visit our homepage. There, after using the link, you will see a section labeled “Happening Now”. This is our Livestream of the Sunday Service.
To watch the live stream, locate and click the “watch video” button in the lower right corner of the screen.
If the link above is not working, there is also a link to our Facebook page on our website. Please try that link located on the Home page of our website.
For the above church website links, please note the “Older Posts” button near the bottom of each page.
You can stream Hilton’s music and videos for free at hiltonkeanjones.com/look-listen/ as well as purchase his CDs and digital albums there.
July Birthdays: Ann Quinn 7/6. Someone missing? Contact the church office with birthday information.
Circle of Concern:
Emily Bell William Owen-Cowan Jen Degroot Carolyn Moore Ann Quinn is now under Hospice care Maggie Brizendine Janet Hall Tony Larson Yoko Nogami walking the Appalachian Trail All those suffering from COVID-19 and all healthcare workers Schools: Students, families, teachers, and staff.
Weekly Update: If you are involved with an activity or event that you would like to share with the LUCC family, please send the information to the Church Office by Wednesday. Please provide the information in paragraph form with pertinent details and links. THANK YOU!
Operation Attack is still serving our community because of your love and support. Thank you for not forgetting us. We hope you are all well, safe and cool.
It is hard to believe that it has been a year since we moved indoors to distribute food in a Choice Pantry!!! We are averaging 40 families (2-8 people per family) every Thursday from 4:30-6:30. Most of the time our shelves and freezers are bare when we close our doors each week. Any excess produce and perishables continue to be given to COSA/PAR, Enoch Davis Community Center, Little Food Pantries, Celebration Outreach, and Children’s Programs at Trinity Presbyterian Church.
We are still blessed to have a wonderful relationship with the SaveAlot in Gulfport. The butcher works tirelessly to help us purchase meat for $2 a pound or less each week!!! We are still very fortunate to have Rev. Phil Miller Evans pick up food from the SPFC Jared Community Food Bank every Thursday morning. His trailer comes to OA loaded down with meat, produce, nonperishables, dairy products, hygiene items, bread and more. Our friend, Karin, continues to come by to get food for meals she prepares for the homeless people in our community. Thanks to Karin our clients are also enjoying the bread we get from Trader Joe’s sometimes. Kids from the summer camp at Trinity PC are doing community service at OA every Thursday morning. They help set up the food like a grocery store for the 4:30 food distribution. I have great fun working with them!!! For the last month we have tried buying groceries from Kroger. We are getting good products, prices, and customer service. Thanks to three volunteers we delivered food to two people who didn’t have transportation or were disabled recently. We are assisting with PAST DUE electric bills each month.
We continue to make progress with our distribution of baby and toddler clothing and diapers/wipes. Currently we give out diapers and wipes during the food distribution on Thursdays. People are becoming more and more aware of OA. Insurance companies are giving our name to their customers who need food. Doctor’s offices and agencies are sharing our contact info for baby items. Other helping agencies are asking us to give people information about free food for kids over the summer, free school supplies and Christmas gifts. Our FACELIFT is almost done thanks to volunteers from Circle of Faith and Lakeview Presbyterian Church. We have new coats of paint on our walls. Our new floor got damaged when a water pipe burst; but it is fixable. Then all we have to do is the baseboards. It is still a HUGE improvement and we are able to serve people.
Thank you for your faithfulness to Operation Attack.
LIGHTING THE PEACE CANDLE Barbara Donohue,liturgist
O God, scatterer of ignorance and darkness, grant me your strength. May all beings regard me with the eye of a friend, and I all beings! With the eye of a friend may each single being regard all others!
From the Yajurveda, an ancient Vedic Sanskrit text primarily of prose mantras for worship rituals, 1200-800 BCE
PRELUDE All Will Be Well when the Day Is Done Yarrow
* OPENING SENTENCES Orthodox Liturgy
Let all the earth bow to you and sing to you, Let all sing your name Most High.
* HYMN Sweet Sweet Spirit293
SCRIPTURE LESSONS
Let us prepare ourselves for the word of God as it comes to us in the reading of Holy Scripture. Our hearts and minds are open. Colossians 1:1-14 and Luke 10:25-37 For the word of God in scripture, for the word of God among us, for the word of God within us. Thanks be to God.
MODERN READING Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1929-1968 From “A Time to Break Silence,” Riverside Church, New York
* HYMN God, Speak to Me, That I May Speak 531
SERMON Surrender Rev. Kim P. Wells
UNISON READING –Floating Things
Dayalan Devanesen, Australia/India
Dust particles Scintillating In the morning sun; Coloured leaves Swirling Down to the ground; Rainbowed bubbles Drifting With the breeze Are floating things. Floating things are Graceful Because they have Submitted themselves Totally To a power Greater than their own. Take me Lord. Make me A floating thing.
MUSIC Let It Go Anderson-Lopez & Lopez
MISSION STATEMENT The mission of Lakewood United Church of Christ, as part of the Church Universal is to:
Celebrate the presence and power of God in our lives & in our world.
Offer the hospitality and inclusive love of Christ to all people.
Work for God’s peace and justice throughout creation.
MORNING OFFERING Morning offerings may be brought forward and placed in the plates on the altar. You are invited to write your prayer requests on the sheets provided in the bulletin and bring them forward and place them in the basket on the altar. If you would like assistance, please turn to someone seated near you.
Offertory Turn, Turn Seeger
* Words of Dedication Hong Kong
Pray for us, brothers and sisters in Christ, that we may not fail in the oil of comfort, the wine of justice, the involvement of the patient mule, and the generosity which, having given, promises more, until recovery is complete. Amen.
* PREPARATION FOR PRAYER
Jesu, Jesu, Fill Us with Your Love498
MORNING PRAYER – SAVIOR’S PRAYER
Our Creator, who 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 debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory for ever. Amen.
* HYMN I Sing a Song of the Saints of God 295
*BENEDICTION
*SUNG RESPONSE (please form a circle)
Rosemary Crow
Weave, weave, weave us together; weave us together in unity and love. Weave, weave, weave us together; weave us together, together in love.
*POSTLUDE With a Little Help from My Friends. Beatles
Circle of Concern: Tony Larson, Emily Bell, Ann Quinn who is under Hospice Care, William Owen-Cowan, Jen Degroot, Carolyn Moore, Maggie Brizendine, Janet Hall, Yoko Nogami walking the Appalachian Trail, All those suffering from COVID-19 and all healthcare workers, Schools: Students, families, teachers, and staff.
Announcements
Facebook Live The 10:30 a.m. service is being streamed on Facebook Live.
Advisors to meet Sunday July 17 after church The advisors will hold their monthly meeting Sunday, July 17th following morning worship. The meetings are open. Everyone is invited to attend. If there is something you would like the advisors to discuss, please speak with one of them: Lucille Ruga, Malcolm Wells, Christy Martin, Barbara Donohue.
Operation AttackOA needs donations of cereal/oatmeal, mac and cheese, pasta sauce, peanut butter, canned meat, fruit, soup, and vegetables. Donations may be placed on the shelf in the hallway at church.
Toiletries for Celebrate Outreach Celebrate Outreach is a local ministry with people who are living without shelter in St. Petersburg. Celebration Outreach has an ongoing need for men’s and women’s underwear. (Men sizes 30, 32,34 and Women’s sizes 5,6, 7,8.) Also in high demand are socks of all kinds /sizes for both men & women. Other needed items are Deodorant & disposable razors.
New Time for Weekly Labyrinth Walk For June and July, the weekly guided labyrinth walk will be onFridays at 9:00 a.m. instead of Wednesdays. All are welcome!
Voter Guide Recommended: The recent Voter Guide published by Interfaith Power and Light: offers a general perspective on issues that candidates may or may not be supporting, some of them environmental. To take a look at this free Voter Guide, see here: https://bit.ly/ipl-guide
Book Talk July 21 A monthly discussion about books. Whatever you are reading. Join in the fun – the third Thursday of the month at 6:30 on Zoom. Here is the link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2700683648
For the safety and comfort of all, please wear a mask. Thank you!
Lakewood United Church of Christ 2601 54th Ave. S. St. Petersburg, FL 33712 727-867-7961 lakewooducc@gmail.comLakewooducc.org On land originally inhabited by the Tocabaga
Lakewood United Church of Christ 