Christ Church
Trinity Sunday
June 3, 2012
Worship at 9:30 am
No matter who you are, or where you are on
life’s journey, you’re welcome here!
Order of Worship
9:30 a.m. – Trinity Sunday
Prelude
Sunday Meditations
Dale Wood
Ringing of the Church Bell
Hymn # 276
Great Is Thy Faithfulness
FAITHFULNESS
Call to Worship
Al Mac Rae
Leader: God, you grant us visions
People: Open our minds to the future you would have for us
Leader: You have shown us that goodness is stronger than evil
People: That love is stronger than hate.
Leader: That light is stronger than darkness,
People: That life is stronger than death.
All:
Stretch us with Your love for us that we might grow
together.
Prayer of Invocation
Scripture Reading
Special Music
Al Mac Rae
Matthew 5: 13-16
Stephanie Fisk
Come Sunday
Duke Ellington
Stacey Robinson, solo
A Story for Children
Travis Gale
(The 2 and 3-year-olds thru 5th grade
may leave at this time.)
Hymn
God Who Began a Good Work In You
words & music by Jon Mohr
Reception of New Members
We welcome you this day and we pledge our support for you
as we grow together as a community of love and care. We
encourage you to share your talents and gifts with us. We
promise to be there for you in your time of need and to
celebrate with you in your seasons of joy. May God’s peace
be with all of us. Amen.
Singing welcome, welcome to this place
You're invited to come and know God's grace
All are welcome, the love of God to share
'Cause all of us are welcome here
All are welcome in this place
Passing of the Peace
Rev. Caroline Dean
Announcements, Joys and Concerns
Silence & Prayer
Invitation to Sharing
Offertory Anthem Now Sing We Joyfully Unto God
Chancel Choir
Doxology
Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
Sing praise, all creatures here below.
Praise God above, ye heavenly hosts;
Creator, Christ and Holy Ghost. Amen.
Gordon Young
OLD 100TH
(6th and 7th grade may leave for
Sunday school at this time.)
Scripture Reading
Sermon
Ephesians 4: 22-24
“Everybody is Doing It”
Rev. Charles Rush
Rev. Rush
Service of Holy Communion
Benediction
Rev. Rush
Postlude Organ Sonata, Op 65, No 2, Allegro maestoso e vivace
Felix Mendelssohn
Acolyte for 9:30 am:
Greeters:
Ushers for 9:30 am: The Guida Family
Welcome! Visiting today? Please complete a Visitor Card and drop
into the offering plate and join us for fellowship after today’s service.
The flowers today are given
in Loving Celebration of the Life
of Gregory Conklin Ostrowski
by Shelly, Marcia & Alexander
We could never have loved the earth so well
if we had had no childhood in it.
~George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss, 1860
The third white candle on the altar is lit in hope of world peace.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Here is today’s Sunday school schedule:
We are delighted to welcome Travis Gale of “Wallaby Tales”
and “Eyes of the Wild” to Christ Church this morning. Travis is a
biologist and educator, who delights audience member of all ages
with his LEAP programs on mammals, in which he encourages
participants to Learn, Enjoy, Advocate and Protect wildlife. Travis
will lead our children’s message in worship and then introduce the
children to more animals in Sunday school.
June 10 and 17 will be family worship services, with nursery care,
and our 2 and 3 year-old class, but no Sunday school for older
children.
On June 24, we will start our summer Sunday camp program,
“Passport to Adventure” for children ages 4-12. This summer, we’ll
spend time in the air-conditioned computer lab, playing computer
adventure games.
Today we will have coffee hour right outside the sanctuary
on Springfield Avenue. Please join us for iced tea or coffee after
the service.
Welcome to our new members! The following people are
joining Christ Church as new members today:
* Lara Schnipper of Summit
* Deshawn Cook of Madison
* Patrice Compton of Irvington
* Jocelyn Gueci of Chatham
* Kristina Yadlon of New Providence
SAVE-THE-DATE June 17th. Annual Church Picnic
following 10:00 am worship: Join us outside the doors on New
England Avenue for picnic fare. More details to follow.
Yoga schedule for June and July: On Mondays at 7pm there is
an open class for Adults and Youth at Christ Church! All of the
proceeds go to support our youth service projects in upstate New
York and Nicaragua. We will have class on June 4th, 18th, 25th &
July 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th. *Notice that we will not have
class on June 11th*
Youth Sunday is coming up on June 10th. Please encourage
your High School and Middle School students to come out on
Sunday nights from 5pm-6:30pm to help plan. The last planning
sessions are June 3 at 5 pm and June 9 at 11:30 am.
Media messages – are you concerned about their influence
on your sons and daughters, family and friends? Join us in
Barnwell Hall on Saturday, June 9, from 7 – 9 pm to view “Miss
Representation”, a documentary that premiered at the Sun Dance
Film Festival in 2011. Let’s get the conversation started. Tickets for
sale at coffee hour today. Save the date; more details to come…
Donations to the Food Bank: In the summer months the Food
Bank needs food. You did a good job of bringing in food for the
Mission 1 campaign so I hope you can continue. Please bring food to
the church and place it into the boxes in the Atrium, for the June 3,
10, and 17 Sundays. There is a poster detailing the food needs, no
soda or chips please, but healthy food in cans, boxes or in non plastic
containers (no glass containers please). I will be unable to bring the
food collected to the Food Bank on June 4. I would love to have
someone volunteer to do it. I will collect the food after the June 17
Church picnic. If you want to volunteer, please contact me or call
the church. Thank You.
Jeannette Brown, UCC Representative.
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Choir Practice –
8:45 am
Sanctuary
9:30 am
First Worship
9:45 am
Service
10:30
Church Mice –
am
Barnwell Hall
10:45
Coffee Hour –
am
Barnwell Hall
11:00
Genesis Choir am
Trinity
Sanctuary
11:15
Sunday
Canticle Singers – am
CalendarLile
of Upcoming
Events
Hall
High School Youth 5:00 pm
June 2012 Choir
No Second
Worship Youth
Service
Sun. Jun 3
Sunday Planning, 5:00 pm
Mon, Jun 4 Youth Group
Yoga for Youth Missions, 7 pm
Sunday
June 3,
2012
Tue, Jun 5
Sat, Jun 9
Sun, Jun 10
Mon, Jun 11
Tue, Jun 12
Sun, Jun 17
Board of World Fellowship meeting,
7:45 pm
Meditation Group, 9 am
Documentary “Miss Representation”,
7 pm
Youth Sunday 9:30 am
Deacons Meeting, 7 pm
Yoga for Youth Missions, 7 pm
Property Managers Meeting, 7:30 pm
Father’s Day/Church Picnic
Barnwell Hall
Lile Hall
Grace Chapel
Barnwell Hall
Barnwell Hall
Acker Conference Room
For updates or additions to calendar, please email Julia O’Brien at [email protected]
Christ Church, Summit
An Open and Affirming Congregation
An interdenominational fellowship affiliated with
The United Church of Christ
and American Baptist Churches, USA
561 Springfield Avenue, Summit, NJ 07901
Telephone: 908-273-5549 Fax: (call)
www.ChristChurchSummit.org
[email protected]
Ministers – All Members of Christ Church
Senior Minister – The Rev. Dr. Charles T. Rush
Associate Minister – The Rev. Julie Yarborough
Associate Minister – The Rev. Caroline Dean
Minister of Music – Mark Miller
Children’s Choirs Director – Alison Vidal Caravano
Second Service Pianist – Daniel Rufolo
Organ Scholar & Music Intern - Nicholas Mitchell Garcia
Office Manager – Cheryl Levy
Housekeeping – Juan and Rocio Restrepo