First Congregational Church of Montague, Trinitarian

June 13, 2010   Children and Graduates Sunday

Meditation: “Feeling is growing everywhere … that we are in reality one family in the world … to create a peaceful world, we must begin with the children.” UNICEF 1965

Prelude

Announcements

Invitation to Worship

L: We have chosen to be here, forming one body out of many.

P: We are one in the Spirit; we are one in Christ.

L: With us are those we see and those who share our vision but are scattered across creation.

P: We are one in the Spirit; we are one in Christ.

L: We share a vision of students of differing experiences, men and women, rich and poor, of many races, creeds and cultures being one with us in this moment.

P: We are one in the Spirit; we are one in Christ.

Prayer of Invocation                                                        

Hymn: They’ll Know We are Christians By Our Love (insert)

Time for Adults                                                                         

Litany of Confession (responsive)                                               

L:O Jesus, you were real and we made you sugary and hung you on the church school wall and told all the little children you wanted them to sit still.

P: O Jesus you were here and now and we made you something in the sweet by and by and told all the people in need to see you in heaven.

L: O Jesus, you walked in our shoes in our marketplace and we told you to stay in your sandals, in a faraway place, in a long ago time, to stay back in the Bible.

P: O Jesus we made you a baby that didn’t cry, we made you a boy with good manners, we made you a man, sweet and gentle.

L: We tossed you pennies then told you how to spend them. We built you temples, then told you who could enter them.

P: We made you wood and plastic and concrete and locked you in the church. We made you a goody-goody god and stood before the world with joyless faces and pointing fingers and tsk-tsk-tsk cold voices, declaring thou-shalt-nots.

L: O Lord! We paid no attention to Who You Are: the Lord of Life!

P: This morning we would come as children --- humble, innocent, spontaneous, and trusting. We come, your children, ready to hear the possibility of your Word. Amen.

Words of Assurance                                                              

People of God, Fear not! God loves you and me! God loves all of us together. Amen.

Gloria Patri

Choral Anthem    Jesus is Beautiful

Scripture Lessons

            Hebrew Scripture: Isaiah 9:2, 6                                     

       Gospel: Matthew 18: 1-5                             

Sermon: A Conversation of Faith

Hymn: We Are The Church Vs 1-3 (insert)

Graduate Presentation (insert)                                              

Sunday School Presentation             

Hymn: We Are The Church Vs 1, 4 & 6 (insert)                                                                                      

Prayers

Joys and Concerns

L: Let us join in prayer.  The Lord be with you.

P: And with your spirit

Pastoral Prayer

Silent Prayer

Lord’s Prayer: Our Father, 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. Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power and the glory forever Amen.

Prayer Response

Offering                                                                                   

Invitation to Giving

Offertory Anthem

Doxology #514

Prayer of Dedication of Gifts and Self

God of all good, our gifts we give to you. We pray that they may multiply and be blessed, as the fish and the loaves were. May they be tokens of our love to you. Our offering may be small but it is full of love. Amen.        (Written by youth from Zimbabwe)

Benediction

Benediction Response

Postlude

Announcements

June 19 ~ MACUCC Annual Meeting, Worcester, MA All are welcome to join delegates LuAnne Herrick and Bill Dolan and Pastor Barb to share in worship, fellowship and governance of our UCC conference.

June 26, 5:30 Strawberry Supper! Help Wanted in kitchen

Prayer Garden

Scott Cromack, Kevin Clark, Dean Brooks, George and Mike Wells, Kay Martin, Cheryl Lussier, Joshua Barber, John Hurd, Cheryl Hebert, Roy Housman, Larry and Cy Emond, Ida Westover, Robert Kilburn, Jean O’Hara, Kurt Welcome, Lia Adamson, Charles Bragg

Community Meals, First monday of the month  HELP NEEDED

5:30pm at Our Lady of Peace. Please contact Dianne Dolan at 978-544-8430 or ddolan@mass.rr.com if you are willing to help.

                            Please volunteer.

Deacon for the month of June is Jeanette Emond

See montaguechurch.org for more information

**Please fill out the pew card or let a deacon or Pastor Barb know if you would like a visit or have a prayer concern. **

                      First Congregational Church of Montague                          

                                                   Trinitarian

                                    Pastor Barbara E. Turner Delisle

                                        Music Director Ann Cenzano