(Seagull in the Black Sea used with permission from Costel Slincu.)
I would rather have a million friends than a million
dollars.
-Eddie Rickenbacker
www.colonialucc.org
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10:15 a.m.
November 2, 2014
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The Colonial Church in Prairie Village—United Church of Christ
“R” for “Relationships” All Saints Sunday Worship Service in the Series bless!
Please silence your mobile phone in preparation for worship
* Please rise in body or spirit
WE GATHER AS GOD’S PEOPLE
GATHERING MUSIC
Balm in Gilead
-Powell
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
(Please sign and pass pew pads and fill out Prayer Request cards you may have. You
can place the Prayer Request cards in the offering plates later in the service.)
SOAR STEWARDSHIP MOMENT
* OPENING HYMN #381
-Jim Cook
Faith of the Martyrs
WE REMEMBER IN OUR HOLY MEAL
All Saints Sunday Communion Prayer
Leader: God is in this place.
People: And in our hearts.
Leader: Open yourself to the nudging God.
People: We feel the breath of the Spirit.
Leader: Remember God made flesh.
People: Jesus, who taught us a new way.
(Allow silence to speak for a few moments.)
Leader:
People:
Leader:
People:
Leader:
Tender, transforming God, you have invited us to gather at this table,
To taste the feast, the same abundant promises offered to our
ancestors in faith.
Time and time again you’ve offered your grace,
Even as we have stepped away, you continue to call us to be your
people.
You have never left us.
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People:
Leader:
People:
Leader:
People:
We praise you for second, third, and fourth chances. You are everpatient, always faithful.
We give thanks for this time of celebration.
For the One this meal remembers. For the life, ministry, death, and
resurrection of Jesus Christ.
With those who have gone before us,
Whose hands touched the bread,
Whose lips embraced the cup,
We worship you.
We glorify you.
Remembering and Celebrating the Light of the Saints
(In our Christian tradition, a saint is anyone who lives as a follower of Jesus
Christ. On this special Sunday, we light candles as we remember the saints in our
community who have died, and we also celebrate the new journeys with Christ
which have begun this past year. For those households who wish to light a
candle for a particular person, you are welcome to come forward. Otherwise, a
worship leader will light the candles as the names are read.)
Consecration of the Bread and Cup
Sharing of the Bread and Cup
(As the bread and cup are served, the choir will sing Now We Give You Thanks by
Robert Lau. Drink the cup as you are served as a sign of God’s particular love for
you. Hold the bread until the end of the anthem, and we will eat it together as a
sign of our unity in Christ.)
Prayer of Thanksgiving
Since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside
every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance
the race that is set before us. Remind us today that in order to run this race we
must be fed spiritually as well as physically. God, thank you for your sustaining
presence in this meal, in our lives, and in one another. Amen.
* SONG OF PRAISE — GLORIA #759 ADAPTED
Glory to the Creator, and to the Christ, and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be.
World without end. Amen. Amen.
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* SHARING GOD’S WELCOME (Greet everyone in the hope of peace and friendship.)
CHILDREN’S CONVERSATION (Children of all ages are welcome to come forward to the
chancel steps. Following the Conversation, children are welcome to remain to
worship or to attend our Sunday School.)
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine, this little light of mine, I’m gonna let
it shine, this little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine, let it shine, let it shine, let it
shine.
WE HEAR GOD’S WORD
THE WORD PROCLAIMED
-Pastor Aaron Roberts
Habakkuk 1:2-4 LORD, how long will I call for help and you not listen? I cry out to
you, "Violence!" but you don't deliver us.
Why do you show me injustice and look at anguish so that devastation and
violence are before me? There is strife, and conflict abounds. The Instruction is
ineffective; justice does not endure because the wicked surround the righteous.
Justice becomes warped.
Habakkuk 2:1-4 I will stand at my post and station myself on the ramparts; I will look
to see what he will say to me, and what answer I am to give to this complaint.
Then the LORD replied: "Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets
so that a herald may run with it. For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it
speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly
come and will not delay.
See, the enemy is puffed up; his desires are not upright – but the righteous
person will live by his faithfulness.
Habakkuk 3:17-19 Though the fig tree doesn't bloom, and there's no produce on the
vine; though the olive crop withers, and the fields don't provide food; though the
sheep is cut off from the pen, and there is no cattle in the stalls; I will rejoice in the
LORD. I will rejoice in the God of my deliverance. The LORD God is my strength.
Express your thoughts via social media at #ColonialUCC.
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WE RESPOND WITH THANKSGIVING AND PRAYER
* HYMN #438
CALL TO OFFERING AND OFFERTORY
When Peace, Like a River
All Men Shall Die
-Dupre
* Doxology (#780 adapted; tune Old Hundredth)
Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
Praise God, all creatures here below;
Praise God above, you heavenly host:
Creator, Christ, and Spirit, One. Amen.
* Prayer of Dedication
Living God,
we are your people, we carry your presence.
Use us and our gifts to accomplish your mission in the world.
Multiply our effort to meet every need.
This we pray in the name of Christ,
whom with you and the Holy Spirit,
reign in our hearts and lives,
one God now and forever. Amen.
(UCC Worship Ways)
TIME OF PRAYER
Prayers of the People
Believing that each joy and/or concern expressed is indeed a prayer, after each
expression, the pastor will say:
Lord, in your mercy.
And the people may respond:
Hear our prayer.
Praying in Silence
Our Lord’s Prayer (“Our Father” is the traditional way this prayer begins. You are
invited to use whatever name for God you find most meaningful (Father, Mother,
Creator, God, etc.). Together our names for God create a beautiful chorus.)
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. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver
us from evil, for thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.
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WE DEPART TO SERVE
* HYMN #376
God, We Thank You for Our People
* RENEW OUR COVENANT (Turn towards the center aisle as we bless one another with the
promise of our covenant.)
We covenant with the Lord and with one another and do bind ourselves in the
presence of God to walk together in Christian Love. We seek to worship God in spirit
and in truth and to love our neighbors as ourselves. With God’s help we will honor
Colonial Church in our conduct, support its program, and extend the influence of
Christ throughout the world.
* CONGREGATIONAL SONG OF BLESSING #809 God Be With You
God be with you, God be with you, God be with you till we meet again.
O God be with you, God be with you, God be with you till we meet again.
* BENEDICTION AND POSTLUDE
Liturgist:
Children’s Conversation:
Greeters:
Head Usher:
Ushers:
Communion Servers:
Sine Nomine
-Vaughan Williams/Kern
Ken Werne
Jan Parkinson
Jerry and Marilyn Uppman
Mariam Fleming
Ancel Neuburger, Chucho Marquez and Elizabeth Uppman,
Mariam Fleming
Sally Huggins, Howard Lee, Rosalie Henry, Stacy Huggins
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ALL SAINTS SUNDAY
NOVEMBER 2, 2014
We remember the members and friends of our church family who died during the past year or
were requested to be remembered. We also celebrate the new lives of those who have come
into our community of faith through this period.
BAPTISMS
George William Akright - September 28, 2014
Maxwell Allen Botha - May 18, 2004
Charlotte Jean Donnelly - March 16, 2014
Nathan Ross Jones - August 16, 2014
Berkeley Marie Kandl - July 27, 2014
Kaylin Marie Knoll - September 28, 2014
Finn McCormick Lutz - August 9, 2014
Lindsey Neuburger – October 12, 2014
Hannah Parker, May 4, 2014
Lena Elise Seibert - June 1, 2014
Coletrane Michael Zellweger - August 17, 2014
BIRTHS
George William Akright – June 24, 2014
Addy Barber – September 12, 2014
Maxwell Allen Botha – December 06, 2013
Jack Harris Cook – April 11, 2014
Grace Ellen Goudy – June 2, 2014
Scarlett Mae Gray – May 21, 2014
Kaylin Marie Knoll – February 4, 2014
Finn McCormick Lutz – May 11, 2014
Lena Elise Seibert – January 22, 2014
Benjamin Bowie Thompson – January 7, 2014
DEATHS
William H. Cribbs – April 30, 2011
Neva Gotsch – September 4, 2014
Robert H. Kurth – December 12, 2013
Tom Moses – September 5, 2014
Phyllis Parfitt – August 14, 2014
Mary Robinson – September 19, 2014
Sally Snail – May 13, 2014
David Solenberger – March 19, 2014
Gabriel Marquez-Uppman – November 17, 2000
William Woodson – February 18, 2014
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Colonial Church Study Guide
Day One – Read Habakkuk Chapter 1
Habakkuk is unique in the books of the prophets because he openly questions how God
works. He is frustrated and angry that God seems to be on vacation. He witnesses what
he regards as injustice as Babylon crushed the last Israelite kingdom. There are two
main complaints - the first is 1:2-4 and the second 1:12-17. God’ response is in 1:5-11
and 2:1-4. Read these and imagine yourself to be in Habakkuk’s place?
 When all seems to be lost and injustice seems to rule, how does the response of
waiting for future vindication strike you?
 Throughout time, oppressed people have been told to wait for justice.
Sometimes, this may avoid great violence; but it also may be an excuse for
working for justice. How does a person know? How did Habakkuk know?
Day Two – Read Habakkuk Chapter 2
The second chapter of Habakkuk is a series of 5 oracles of what is to come. (Remember
that prophecy is not the same as an oracle. Oracles foretell the future; prophecies
speak for God.) These oracles warn the arrogant empires (Assyria or Babylon) that there
will be a reckoning for their violence.
 Why do you think that these oracles are important – especially since Habbakuk
will never live to see them? Is it about having hope for future justice? Is it
revenge? What do you think?
 Notice that Habakkuk’s view is that God is the one God of all people – even the
God of empires who worship other gods. How do you regard his perspective?
Arrogance? Faith? Something else?
Day Three - Read Habakkuk Chapter 3
This chapter continues to voice Habakkuk’s frustration about how things are, but it ends
with the words of faith that we heard on Sunday. There is powerful wisdom to be learned
in this short book. Spend a few minutes reflecting on your journey and how it may
parallel (or not) Habakkuk’s experience.
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