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                    LAKEWOOD UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

A Just Peace Church

An Open and Affirming Church

A Creation Justice Church

10:30 am

October 9, 2022

WELCOME and ANNOUNCEMENTS

LIGHTING THE PEACE CANDLE           Sally Purvis, Liturgist

I cannot have what I want if I don’t wish it for others

                                                   Betty MacDonald, 1907-1958

PRELUDE                                                   

* OPENING SENTENCES                                Guatemala

Rejoice, people of God!

Celebrate the life within you,

and Christ’s presence in your midst!

Our eyes shall be opened!

The present will have new meaning,

and the future will be bright with hope.

Rejoice, people of God!

Bow your heads before the One

who is our wisdom and our strength.

We place ourselves before our God

that we may be touched and cleansed

by the power of God’s Spirit.  Amen!      

* HYMN                       Great Is Your Faithfulness                 423

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.

                                       Psalm121 Page 704 & Matthew 5:14-16

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.

* HYMN                           Not My Brother, Nor My Sister       519

REFLECTION                      Be the light Christy Martin

UNISON PRAYER                   Jim Cotter, 1942-2014

              Give to each of us a candle of the Spirit , O God,

            as we go down into the deeps of our being.

            Show us the hidden things, the creatures of our dreams,

            the storehouse of forgotten memories and hurts.

            Take us down to the spring of life,

            and tell each one of us our nature and our name.

            Give us freedom to grow in order that we each

            may become that self,

            the seed of which you planted in us at our making.

            Out of the deeps we cry to you, O God.                       

INTERLUDE           God’s Eye is on the Sparrow              Gabriel

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    There’ll Be Peace in The Valley    Dorsey  

            * Time of Dedication

A flame can light a thousand candles without being diminished. So may the flame of divine love shine in us so that we illumine the world with beauty, compassion and justice, Amen.

* PREPARATION FOR PRAYER    What a Friend We Have in Jesus  506

MORNING PRAYERS- SAVIOR’S PRAYER

                 Fathering and Mothering God, lover of us all, most holy one.

Help us to respond to you

To create what you want for us here on earth.

Give us today enough for our needs.

Forgive our weak and deliberate offenses,

Just as we must forgive others when they hurt us.

Help us to resist evil and to do what is good.

For we are yours, endowed with your power to make the world whole. Amen.

* HYMN                      This Little Light Of Mine               524

*LITANY OF FAREWELL FOR CLAIRE STILES: SEE INSERT

*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                        Precious Memories                          Wright

Announcements

Member Update:  Its with heavy hearts we say goodbye to Ms. Jen DeGroot. Updates on services etc. will be released as received. Please keep the family in your prayers during this time of mourning.

New Time for Weekly Labyrinth Walk: In August, labyrinth walks will return to Wednesday mornings at 9:00 a.m. All are welcome!

Many thanks!

Gratitude is expressed to Sally Purvis and Christy Martin for leading worship this morning.  Your ministry is a blessing!

Covid Supplies:  There is a table set up in the back of the sanctuary with masksand sanitizer. These supplies have been donated to the church.Please take what you can use. Thank you!

Operation Attack: OA 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.

Rev. Wells Away: Kim will be on sabbatical for the months of September and October walking the Camino De Santiago in Spain. For pastoral care please contact Patti Cooksey at the information below.

Patti Cooksey:    Email- cooksepa@eckerd.edu

Family Promise: Family promise, a program to empower houseless families, is reopening and is in need of Volunteers. Please see the weekly update on the church website for more information.  

For the safety and comfort of all, please wear a mask. Thank you

Circle of Concern: Family from Colombia Erik Johnson, Christie Martin, Barbara Donahue,Tony Larson, Ann Quinn who is under Hospice Care, William Owen-Cowan, Carolyn Moore, Maggie Brizendine, Janet Hall, Yoko Nogami, All those suffering from COVID-19, and all healthcare workers, Schools: Students, families, teachers, and staff.

              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

A Creation Justice Church

10:30 am

September 25, 2022

WELCOME and ANNOUNCEMENTS

LIGHTING THE PEACE CANDLE        Sally Purvis, Liturgist

Now let me suggest first that we are to have peace on earth, our loyalties must become ecumenical rather than sectional. Our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class and our nation; and this means we must develop our world perspective.

                                  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1929- 1968

PRELUDE                                  Imagine                             Lennon

* OPENING SENTENCES                Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality.

* HYMN                 My Eyes Have Seen the Glory            610

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.

                                       Micah 6:6-8

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

* HYMN           When Israel Was in Egypts                       572

REFLECTION                                                       Danielle Hintz

UNISON READING                            Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

              Some years ago, almost two hundred now, our nation signed a huge promissory note, “ We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Oh, what a marvelous creed. Just thinking about what it says. It didn’t say some men; it said all men. ….

And then it said something else. That every man has certain basic right that are neither derived from nor conferred by the state… They are God given…….

We will win our freedom because the sacred heritage of our nation and the eternal will of God are embodied in our echoing demands.                               

INTERLUDE        God’s Eye is on the Sparrow           Gabriel

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       There’ll Be Peace in The Valley     Dorsey  

  * Time of Dedication             Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

Called to combat social evils, the church has remained silent behind stained- glass windows… If the church of Jesus Christ is to reign once more its power, message, and authentic ring, it must conform only to the demands of the Gospel. Amen

* PREPARATION FOR PRAYER  Precious Lord, Take My Hand   472

MORNING PRAYERS- SAVIOR’S PRAYER

Eternal Spirit, Earth Maker, Pain-bearer, Life-giver,

            Source of all that is and that ever shall be,

            Father and Mother of all people,

            Loving God in whom is heaven:    

            The hallowing of your name echo through the universe!

            The way of your justice be followed

            by all peoples of the world!

            Your heavenly will be done by all created beings!

            Your commonwealth of peace and freedom

            sustain our hope and come on earth!

            With the bread that we need for today, feed us.

            In the hurts we absorb from one another, forgive us.   

            In times of temptation and testing, strengthen us.

            From trials too great to endure, spare us.

            From the grip of all that is evil, free us.

            For you reign in the glory of the power that is love,

            now and         forever.          Amen.

* HYMN                 Life Every Voice and Sing                        593

* BENEDICTION                                               Dr. King, adapted

The Beauty of genuine beloved community and peace is more precious than diamonds or silver or gold.                                                                       

*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                        Precious Memories               Wright

Announcements

Member Update:  Its with heavy hearts we say goodbye to Ms. Jen DeGroot. Updates on services etc. will be released as received. Please keep the family in your prayers during this time of mourning.

New Time for Weekly Labyrinth Walk: In August, labyrinth walks will return to Wednesday mornings at 9:00 a.m. All are welcome!

Many thanks!

Gratitude is expressed to Sally Purvis and Danielle Hintz for leading worship this morning.  Your ministry is a blessing!

Covid Supplies:  There is a table set up in the back of the sanctuary with masksand sanitizer. These supplies have been donated to the church.Please take what you can use. Thank you!

Operation Attack: OA 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.

Rev. Wells Away: Kim will be on sabbatical for the months of September and October walking the Camino De Santiago in Spain. For pastoral care please contact Patti Cooksey at the information below.

Patti Cooksey: Email- cooksepa@eckerd.edu

Family Promise: Family promise, a program to empower houseless families, is reopening and is in need of Volunteers. Please see the weekly update on the church website for more information.  

For the safety and comfort of all, please wear a mask. Thank you

Circle of Concern: Family from Colombia Erik Johnson, Christie Martin, Barbara Donahue,Tony Larson, Ann Quinn who is under Hospice Care, William Owen-Cowan, Carolyn Moore, Maggie Brizendine, Janet Hall, Yoko Nogami, All those suffering from COVID-19, and all healthcare workers, Schools: Students, families, teachers, and staff.

              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