William Waterway played the flute at the service April 22. The music was transporting!
William and Rev. Arlene Bodge
William and Carol Loud
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From the category archives:
Guest Preachers
Chilmark Community Church
January 29, 2012
Prelude: Sinfonia 10 J.S. Bach
Gathering and Announcements
Peace
Introit: hymn 328 “ Surely the Presence of the Lord”
Call to Worship Psalm 111 p.832 (no musical response)
*Hymn 127 “Guide me, O Thou Great Jehovah”
Prayer of Reconciliation:
Holy and awesome God, your Son’s authority is found in integrity and living truth, not the assertion of power over others.
Open our imaginations to new dimensions of your love,
and heal us of all that severs us from you and one another,
that we may grow into the vision you unfold before us. Amen.
Children’s Sermon
Musical Interlude : Arietta Edvard Grieg
Lessons and Discussion
Deuteronomy 18:15-20
1 Corinthians 8:1-13
Mark 1:21-28
Hymn words p.264”Silence, Frenzied, Unclean Spirit” tune p. 581
Concerns and Celebrations
Silent Prayer
Unison Prayer
Heavenly Parent, we thank you for glimpses of your truth and the wisdom of the prophets. We thank you for your presence in Jesus and in the Holy Spirit with us now. Visit those whom we have named in love and concern that they may know they are not alone in their struggles.
Perfect Light of revelation, as you shone in the life of Jesus,
whose epiphany we celebrate, so shine in us and through us,
that we may become beacons of truth and compassion,
enlightening all we do in our humble walk with thee. Amen.
The Lord’s Prayer
Hymn 430 “O master, Let Me Walk with Thee”
Offering
*Hymn 95 “Praise God From Whom All Blessing Flow”
Prayer of Dedication (unison)
Awesome God, you sent Jesus to teach people firsthand the power of your love, grace, and authority. Jesus washed away unclean spirits and performed countless other miracles so that even the faithless would experience your love. You call us to be mindful and vigilant of the extraordinary miracles that you continue to work in our lives today. May this offering undergird ministries that show others your miraculous love, grace, and authority. Amen.
Benediction : Hymn 673 “ God Be with You till We Meet Again”
Postlude: Gott ist mein Heil Johan Walther
Please join us for coffee in fellowship hall after service.
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Organist: Carol Loud
Worship Leader: Emily Broderick
Discussion Leader: Dan Cabot
Next Week’s Lessons: Isaiah 40:21-31: Psalm 147:1-11, 20c;
1 Corinthians 9:16-23; Mark 1:29-39
*Stand if you are able
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Please leave a message below or call the organizer with what you’ll be bringing to soup supper. Thank you.
DATE ORGANIZER COoks
December 20 Janet 645-7830 Janet soup. Nancy soup & cider
Pam, bread and greens.
January 3 Janet Arlene-Lasagna; Pam- bread&greens;
January 10 Janet
January 17 Ann 645-9506
January 24 Ann
January 31 Ann
February 7 Pam 645-9471
Feb 14 Pam
Feb 21 Pam
Feb 21
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Richard Olson will be preaching on October 9. He writes:
Sixteen years ago I moved to Edgartown with my beloved late wife Judith. She came to serve as Social Worker at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. I had recently retired as pastor of Concordia Lutheran Church in Worcester. During my years here I have served on the boards of the Vineyard Nursing Assn and Havenside and also on the vestry of St. Andrew’s Church.
I was ordained into the Lutheran ministry in 1957 and served for 37 years in three successive national Lutheran churches, currently the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
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Spirituals Choir, June 6
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Chilmark Community Church
NEWSLETTER , APRIL 15, 2010
We’re just about at the end of our first quarter since we’ve had Arlene as Pastor. We have been blessed, indeed, with all she brings to our church family, her love, candor, energy and affability. This is just to touch base with all of you to be sure you’re “in the loop”.
SAVE THESE DATES (Can also be viewed on Calendar Page of www.Chilmarkchurch.org.)
Tuesdays at 6 in April and May..Pizza Nights. Fun for all ages.
Thursdays at 5 Prayer Service at Church.
May 4 at 10:45 Neighborhood Convention at The Good Shepherd Parish
Center in OB(old OB school). MJ Bruder Munafo on “God the unseen character”.
May 8 or 15 Church Spring Clean up: Join Community Corrections to do yard, flower beds, windows, etc.
May 29, 9-1 Chilmark Church Yard and Plant Sale. Arlene already has collected lots of furniture and china. Nancy Cabot has started fabulous seedlings. Ethel Sherman will make jams. Contact a member of the Fund Raising Committee to help: Judy Mayhew, Kathie Carroll, Betty Savage, Katy Upson, Ann Deitrich.
May 30 11:30 Blessing of the Fleet at Dutcher Dock , Menemsha.
June 1 at 10:45 HELP! Neighborhood Convention in Chilmark. Program is “Behind the Scenes” at the Yard. Meeting and worship follows in our Sanctuary . Then we are responsible for drinks, table settings, and deserts for the gathered, usually about 40 or 50.
June 15 Lobster Roll Dinners to Go begins! Every Tues from 4:30-7. Call Judy Mayhew if you can help.
June 19, 10-12 Children’s Fair on Church lawn. Contact an Outreach Committee member to help: Kim Cottrill, Fran Flanders, Marilyn Hollinshead, Julie Flanders, Ann Deitrich, Lia Kahler, Judi Worthington.
June 30 Wed, first Flea Market of season. Renting the wonderful meadow on N. Road from Pat and Joan Jenkinson again. Please sign up later to help with church table etc.
NEWS:
The steeple repairs are just about finished. Check the web site for pictures of the work. Bids are in for painting the sanctuary. The Trustees will be hiring the painter, (repairs to plaster also) in the coming days. Bob Hungerford will be starting work on the Bell after he finishes jury duty. All these jobs involve more than meets the eye and thanks to the Trustees for slogging through the details. The Yard is renting the parsonage for the whole summer. Thanks to Flanders Realestate for negotiating the lease etc.
The Worship Committee reports that the idea behind the Thursday Prayer Service is to give a little more time to those who need our prayers, as well as to enrich our own prayer lives. We also hope that some folks who can’t come on Sunday might try us on a week day. Initially, it will be a service with mostly silent prayer and one or two simple songs. It will last under a half hour.
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Eric Cottle will be buried at Abel’s Hill Cemetery at 2 pm Thursday, April 8. A reception will follow at the Parish Hall at the rear of the Chilmark Community church.
The family has requested that, in lieu of flowers, donations be given to the Menemsha Fisheries Development Fund, PO Box 96; Menemsha , MA, 02552.
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CHILMARK COMMUNITY CHURCH, UNITED METHODIST
EPIPHANY 5 February 7, 2010
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THE GATHERING TOGETHER
Prelude- in B minor, Chopin
Carol Loud, organist
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Let us greet one another with the peace of Christ.
Introit: Variation 19, J.S. Bach
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: Help us through this hour of worship,
People: to become more aware of your presence,
Leader: to become more obedient to your will,
People: to become more alert to our opportunities,
Leader: to become more aware of our obligations,
People: to become more thankful for our blessings,
All: In the name of the one who treats us with mercy and steadfast love.
INVOCATION
We draw near to you God and yet we know that in doing so we are merely responding to the drawing of your Spirit. We recognize with the Psalmist that it is good for us to draw near and to put our trust in you for you alone are the source of life. Help us today to hear and apply your word. Open our eyes to your work in our midst. Find joy in our praise. Empower us to serve in your name.
(Adapted from “Word and Witness”)
*Hymn #64 “Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty”
Scripture: Isaiah 6:1-8
Psalm 138 hymnal #853 with response
Reader: Pam Goff
Scripture: Luke 5:1-11
Sermon: “Tipping the Boat”
Rev. Arlene Bodge
*Hymn #398 “Jesus Calls Us”
MORNING PRAYERS
Concerns and celebrations:
Silent Prayer, Pastoral Prayer,
Lord’s Prayer
The Offering:
*“We Give Thee But Thine Own”
UNISON PRAYER OF DEDICATION:
O Holy One, when we read of your love and your faithfulness we are overwhelmed by your grace upon grace. Thank you for promising to care for our every need. Thank you for your faithfulness in the past and thank you for your faithfulness for today and for the morrow. Open our eyes to the abundance of your provision and enable us to respond accordingly with what you have provided in our lives. Help us to respond with our resources of time, talent, gift, expertise and finance. Amen
Thanksgiving and Communion:
*Hymn #344“Lord, you have come to the lakeshore”
Benediction:
Postlude: Moderato, Anton Scherer
Please join us in the fellowship hall after the service
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The Methodist church is responding to needs in Chile through UMCOR ( United Methodist Committee on Relief)
See below for more information:
Financial support can be made to Chile Emergency Advance # 3021178.
Gifts can also be made by check to UMCOR and mailed to UMCOR, PO Box 9068, New York, NY 10087. For local church and Annual Conference credit, place your gift in the offering plate on Sundays. Please indicate in the memo line of the check that it is for the Chile Emergency.
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Chilmark Community Church
January 17,2010
Prelude: Andante Mozart
Gathering and Announcements
Introit: 2-Part Invention #9 J.S. Bach
Call to Worship Psalm 36:5-10 p.771
*Hymn #140 “Great is Thy Faithfulness”
Peace Let us greet each other with the Peace of God.
Prayer of Reconciliation (unison)
A prayer from the Book of Worship for Martin Luther King jr. Day.
We remember Martin’s insight that “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly.” Therefore, let us pray that we may see nothing in isolation, but may know ourselves bound to one another and to all people under heaven.
Silent prayer
Musical interlude: Every Time I Feel the Spirit Spiritual
Lectionary and Discussion: May the words of our mouths and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in Thy sight, O Lord, Our strength and our redeemer.
Isaiah 62:1-5
1 Corinthians 12:1-11
John 2:1-11
*Hymn 384 “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling”
Concerns and Celebrations
Silent prayer.
Unison Prayer:
Almighty God, giver of every good and perfect gift, teach us to render to you all that we have and all that we are, that we may praise you, not with our lips only, but with our whole lives, (at our weddings, at our meetings, at our meal times), turning the duties, the sorrows, and the joys of all our days into a living sacrifice to you; in the spirit of Jesus. Amen
The Lord’s Prayer
Offering : It is more blessed to give than to receive.
*Hymn 95 “Praise God From Whom All Blessing Flow”
Prayer of Dedication (unison)
Holy Spirit, you have honored each of us with unique spiritual gifts. We acknowledge that these gifts are to be used for your glory alone. Help us to offer our talents so that others may be encouraged to share abundantly. We are honored and humbled by the responsibility of using these gifts as stewards of your Kingdom. Amen.
*Hymn 560 “Help Us Accept Each Other”
Benediction Let us say the Sarum Blessing to each other:
God be in your head, and in your understanding.
God be in your eyes, and in your looking
God be in your mouth, and in your speaking
God be in your heart, and in your thinking.
God be in your end, and at your departing. England 13th cent.
Postlude: Allemande J.S. Bach
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Organist: Carol Loud
Next Week’s Lessons: Nehemiah 8:1-3;5-6;8-10; Psalm 19; 1 Corinthians 12: 12-31a; Luke 4:14-21
*Stand if you are able
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