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Sunday, August 12, 2018

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19th Sunday in Ordinary Time

For Meditation and Reflection
“You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.” – Steve Jobs

“We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” – Walt Disney

Welcome and Announcements
A warm welcome is extended to all. No matter who you are, or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here in this safe and sacred place.

Call to Worship
Pastor: Over many years, men and women have come to this sacred place. They have been enriched. They have been strengthened. They have been renewed in spirit.
People: Today as we come to this place, may we too find the pathway and the journey that awaits us.
Pastor: In all of our adequacy and inadequacy, may we be caring people. In all of our strength and weaknesses, may we be people true to our best and highest selves.
People: May we become people of vitality and commitment.
Pastor: May ours be a faith that shines to the world as the light of deeds and the witness of actions.
People: Source and Spirit of our lives, may we respond boldly to the call for justice, for love, for joy.
All: Welcome to worship.

Opening Hymn: #177 – God of Change and Glory

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Sunday, August 5, 2018

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17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 5th, 2018

For Meditation and Reflection
“The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.” – Coretta Scott King

“Solitude is very different from a ‘time-out’ from our busy lives. Solitude is the very ground from which community grows. Whenever we pray alone, study, read, write, or simply spend quiet time away from the places where we interact with each other directly, we are potentially opened for a deeper intimacy with each other.” – Henri Nouwen

Welcome and Announcements
A warm welcome is extended to all. No matter who you are, or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here in this safe and sacred place.

Call to Worship
Pastor: We marvel at life. We celebrate ourselves as a life-form giving the source of all that is, a unique expression…
People: in our awareness, in our intelligence, and in our ability to communicate.
Pastor: Enfolded in this Presence may we realize that the world of the Spirit and the world of the body do not exist alongside one an-other…
People: but within one another.
Pastor: This morning we celebrate the unfolding of the universe,
People: and our ability and possibilities for creating brighter and gentler futures for our communities.
All: Welcome to worship.

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Sunday, July 29, 2018

Written by St. James UCC on . Posted in Bulletins.

17th Sunday in Ordinary Time

For Meditation and Reflection
“Evolution rarely follows a straight line from species to species. Instead, it is more like a tree with many branches. Some branches lead to new branches, while others become dead ends.” – Robert Winston

“You have to meet people where they are, and sometimes you have to leave them there.” – Iyanla Vanzant

Welcome and Announcements
A warm welcome is extended to all. No matter who you are, or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here in this safe and sacred place.

Call to Worship
Pastor: Let us be the embodiment of the larger life in all the little things we do
People: As we listen and ponder, deepen and explore our faith…As we laugh and play, greet and touch one another,
Pastor: As we live this day in the integrity of our own selves, and as we live this day in the community of precious people,
People: Breathe through us as the Summer wind caresses our bodies, as we live in the fullness of today.
All: Welcome to worship.

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