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!”
October 13, 2024
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10:20 Gathering and Prelude
Wayne Shull, Music Director and Worship Leader
John Carroll, Usher
Joe McSwain, Usher
Jerry Brines, Usher
Don and Jan Young, Scripture Reader
Regie Cotton, Candle lighter
_____________, Fellowship Set-up
Naomi Hanvey, 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 loves us ...all the time! All the time...God loves us!
Service and Fellowship Opportunities
Next Sunday: Mark 10:35-45, Pastor is back
Silent Prayer, Tuesday 9:00 to 9:30am
Sing-A-Lings Wednesday, 6:30pm
Community giving: Animal Shelter Supplies
Call to worship
One: O Beloved One, creator of all things, including emptiness, we come to You filled with clutters, distractions, and burdens.
MANY: Empty us now of gnawing dissatisfactions, of anxious imaginings, of fretful preoccupations, of nagging prejudices, of old scores to settle, and of the arrogance of being right.
One: Empty us of ways we unthinkingly believe ourselves to be powerless victims—determined by sex, age, and race.
MANY: Empty us of the disguises and lies in which we hide ourselves from others, and from our responsibility to our neighbors and our world.
ALL: Hollow out a space in us to find ourselves.
To find forgiveness, wholeness of heart, and peace.
——Ted Loder (adapted from “Guerillas of Grace”)
Welcoming the Light of Christ
Hymn I Am The Light of the World 584 (NCH) J. Strathdee
Community Prayer
Refrain(Cares Chorus)
I cast all my cares upon you. I lay all my burdens down at your feet; and anytime that I don’t know what to do, I will cast my cares upon you.
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: Amen, amen, amen.
A Time of Offering
An Invitation to Share
Dedication Hymn
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty!
All your works shall praise Thy name, in earth and sky and sea.
Holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty. God in three persons, blessed Trinity!
Dedication Prayer
Loving God, we thank you for creating us in your image. Bless our offerings of time, talent, and treasure that we may be experienced as a people who follow the way of Jesus. Amen
Listening for God
Scripture
John 21:1-19
After these things Jesus showed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias, and he showed himself in this way. 2 Gathered there together were Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin,[a] Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples. 3 Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.” They said to him, “We will go with you.” They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.4 Just after daybreak, Jesus stood on the beach, but the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. 5 Jesus said to them, “Children, you have no fish, have you?” They answered him, “No.” 6 He said to them, “Cast the net to the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in because there were so many fish. 7 That disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment, for he had taken it off, and jumped into the sea. 8 But the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from the land, only about a hundred yards off.9 When they had gone ashore, they saw a charcoal fire there, with fish on it, and bread. 10 Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish that you have just caught.” 11 So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, a hundred fifty-three of them, and though there were so many, the net was not torn. 12 Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast.” Now none of the disciples dared to ask him, “Who are you?” because they knew it was the Lord. 13 Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them and did the same with the fish. 14 This was now the third time that Jesus appeared to the disciples after he was raised from the dead. 15 When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my lambs.” 16 A second time he said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Tend my sheep.” 17 He said to him the third time, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” Peter felt hurt because he said to him the third time, “Do you love me?” And he said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep.18 Very truly, I tell you, when you were younger, you used to fasten your own belt and to go wherever you wished. But when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will fasten a belt around you and take you where you do not wish to go.” 19 (He said this to indicate the kind of death by which he would glorify God.) After this he said to him, “Follow me.”
Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
Message: Hope for Today
Don and Jan Young
Meditation in Music
Announcement Reminder
Our Light moves into the World God Loves
Closing Hymn “On Eagles Wings”
You who dwell in the shelter of the LordWho abide in God’s shadow for lifeSay unto God, "My refuge,my Rock, in whom I trust!"[Chorus] And God will raise you up on eagle's wingsBear you on the breath of dawnMake you to shine like the sunAnd hold you in the palm of God’s hand (last time) And hold you, hold you in the palm of God’s hand.
The snare of the fowler will never capture youAnd famine will bring you no fearUnder God’s wings, your refugeGod’s faithfulness, your shield. [Chorus]
You need not fear the terror of the nightNor the arrow that flies by dayThough thousands fall about youNear you it shall not come [Chorus]
For to the angels God’s given a commandTo guard you in all of your waysUpon their hands they will bear you upLest you dash your foot against a stone. [Chorus]
Benediction
Communal Blessing
Be Yourself.
Grow in Christ.
Live with Compassion
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