Veradale United Church of Christ
An Open & Affirming Congregation
Worshiping God in Christ – Welcoming All – Working for Justice & Peace
“No matter who you are, or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here!”
November 17, 2024
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10:20 Gathering and Prelude
Wayne Shull, Music Director
Joe McSwain, Usher
Jerry Brines, Usher
Tom Cuilla, Usher Coordinator
Naomi Hanvey, Scripture reader
Kelly Cuilla, Candle lighter
Gregg Glisson, Fellowship Set-up
_____, Fellowship Clean-up
Scotty Patton, Zoom Monitor
Rev. Gen Heywood, Pastor
10:30am Worship begins
We worship on the unceded traditional territory of the Spokane, Cayuse, Umatilla, Walla Walla, Coeur d’Alene, and other tribes. We acknowledge the history of indigenous genocide, removal, and erasure that continues to this day. We recognize the role that Christian communities played in these injustices, and we recommit ourselves to seeking more peaceful, just, and neighborly ways of sharing this land with all who call it home.
Community Affirmation
God sings in us ...all the time! All the time...God sings in us!
Service and Fellowship Opportunities
Next Sunday: Rev 1:4-8 and Matthew 6:25-33, Thanksgiving Sunday
Next Sunday: Thanksgiving potluck!
Bible Study, Monday at 7pm at Stephanie’s Home
Silent Prayer, Tuesday 9:00 to 9:30am
String-A-Lings, Wednesday, 5:30pm; Sing-A-Lings Wednesday, 6:30pm
Bling-A-Lings and Ding-A-Lings
Community giving this month: Salish School Fund Raiser
Welcoming the Light of Christ
*Hymn: We have come into Jesus’ House
We have come into Jesus’ House and gathered in his name to worship him.
We have come into Jesus’ House and gathered in his name to worship him.
We have come into Jesus’ House and gathered in his name to worship Christ the Lord. Worship him, Christ the Lord.
So, forget about yourself and concentrate on him and worship him.
So, forget about yourself and concentrate on him and worship him.
So, forget about yourself and concentrate on him and worship Christ the Lord. Worship him, Christ the Lord.
Let us lift up holy hands and magnify his name and worship him.
Let us lift up holy hands and magnify his name and worship him.
Let us lift up holy hands and magnify his name and worship Christ the Lord. Worship him, Christ the Lord.
He is all my righteousness. I stand complete in him and worship him.
He is all my righteousness. I stand complete in him and worship him.
He is all my righteousness. I stand complete in him and worship Christ the Lord. Worship him, Christ the Lord.
Community Prayer
Love, love, love , love, Christians this is your call. Love your neighbor as yourself for God loves us all. (one time)
Prayers of Gratitude: Refrain
Prayers of Concern: Refrain
Silent Prayer: Refrain
The Lord’s Prayer use the translation which is meaningful to you or
Our Father (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 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.
Response: 759 (NCH)Glory to the Creator, the Christ, the Holy Spirit, three in One. As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Amen.
A Time of Offering
Choir: You are my Hiding Place
Dedication Hymn : Give thanks with a grateful heart. Give thanks to the Holy One. Give thanks because God’s given Jesus Christ, the Son. (repeat)
And now let the weak say, “I am strong!” Let the poor say, “I am rich because of what the Lord has done for us!” (repeat)
Give thanks. Give thanks.
Dedication Prayer: Holy One, we ask for your blessing on all that we have and all that we give. May our time, talent, and treasure be multiplied to support the witness of this little community of your compassion and justice. In the name of Jesus, we pray. Amen
Listening for God
1 Sam 1:4-20
On the day when Elkanah sacrificed, he would give portions to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters, but to Hannah he gave a double portion because he loved her, though the Lord had closed her womb. Her rival used to provoke her severely, to irritate her, because the Lord had closed her womb. So it went on year by year; as often as she went up to the house of the Lord, she used to provoke her. Therefore Hannah wept and would not eat. Her husband Elkanah said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? Why do you not eat? Why is your heart sad? Am I not more to you than ten sons?”
After they had eaten and drunk at Shiloh, Hannah rose and presented herself before the Lord. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat beside the doorpost of the temple of the Lord. She was deeply distressed and prayed to the Lord and wept bitterly. She made this vow: “O Lord of hosts, if only you will look on the misery of your servant and remember me and not forget your servant but will give to your servant a male child, then I will set him before you as a nazirite until the day of his death. He shall drink neither wine nor intoxicants, and no razor shall touch his head.”
As she continued praying before the Lord, Eli observed her mouth. Hannah was praying silently; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard; therefore Eli thought she was drunk. So Eli said to her, “How long will you make a drunken spectacle of yourself? Put away your wine.” But Hannah answered, “No, my lord, I am a woman deeply troubled; I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have been pouring out my soul before the Lord. Do not regard your servant as a worthless woman, for I have been speaking out of my great anxiety and vexation all this time.” Then Eli answered, “Go in peace; the God of Israel grant the petition you have made to him.” And she said, “Let your servant find favor in your sight.” Then the woman went her way and ate and drank with her husband, and her countenance was sad no longer.
They rose early in the morning and worshiped before the Lord; then they went back to their house at Ramah. Elkanah knew his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her. In due time Hannah conceived and bore a son. She named him Samuel, for she said, “I have asked him of the Lord.”
1 Sam 2:1-10
Hannah prayed and said,
“My heart exults in the Lord; my strength is exalted in my God. My mouth derides my enemies because I rejoice in your victory.
There is no Holy One like the Lord, no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God.Talk no more so very proudly; let not arrogance come from your mouth,for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by the Holy One actions are weighed.The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble gird on strength.Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread, but those who were hungry are fat with spoil.The barren has borne seven, but she who has many children is forlorn.The Lord kills and brings to life;God brings down to Sheol and raises up.The Lord makes poor and makes rich; God brings low; God also exalts.God raises up the poor from the dust; God lifts the needy from the ash heapto make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor.For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and on them God has set the world.
God will guard the feet of the faithful ones, but the wicked will perish in darkness, for not by might does one prevail.The Lord! God’s adversaries will be shattered; the Most High will thunder in heaven.The Lord will judge the ends of the earth; God will give strength to the king and exalt the power of God’s anointed.”
Message: Hannah’s Song
Meditation in Music
Announcement Reminder
Our Light moves into the World God Loves
*Closing Hymn “Be God’s”
Where the world is merciless be God’s Mercy. Where the world is hopeless, be God’s hope. Where there is injustice, be God’s justice. Where there is sadness, be God’s joy. Where the world is doubting, be God’s faith. Where there is ingratitude, be God’s gracy. Where there is confusion, be God’s truth. Where there is weakness, be God’s strength.
Refrain: Let your life change the world one person at a time. Let your life be the presence of our Lord, Jesus Christ. As we become his body, we can be the living sign, with God’s love, change the world with your life.
Where the world is wounded, be God’s healing. Where the world is weeping, be God’s song. Where there is despairing, be God’s beauty. Where the world is crumbing, be God’s rock. Where there’s no tenderness, be God’s child. Where there is loneliness, be God’s smile. Where there is dying, be God’s life. Where there is darkness, be God’s light. (refrain)
Benediction
Communal Blessing
Be Yourself.
Grow in Christ.
Live with Compassion
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