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Hamline Church, United
Methodist
A new
community in Christ
Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
August 1, 2010
FOR
PREPARATION
Your playing small
does not serve the world. There is
nothing enlightened about
shrinking so that
other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to
shine, as
children do. We were born to make manifest the glory
of God that is
within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone.
Marianne Williamson
WE
GATHER IN CHRIST'S NAME
PRELUDE
Chorale Prelude on 'Nun Danket' (Now Thank We All Our God) J. S. Bach
GREETING
AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
RINGING
OF THE BELL
*CONGREGATIONAL
INTROIT
Come and receive, hope and good news; Come
and believe. Christ is alive.
Then we will go, giving good news. Thanks be to God!
*CALL
TO WORSHIP Psalm 107 from Psalms for Praying
We give thanks to You, who are the Source of
Love;
Whose Light shines forth throughout the
universe!
Come, awaken our hearts that we might do
your work;
For, without You, we can do nothing; 'tis your
Love that loves through us.
Gather us in from the lands, from
the east and the west,
from the south and the north.
Let all who are hungry and thirsty, whose souls
are faint within them,
Cry out to the Most Merciful to nourish them
with healing love;
Enter into the Great Silence, where you may
hear the voice of the Beloved,
Let your heart be clear and simple, and your
soul filled with Light;
Enter the place of gentleness, the heart-space
of the Beloved.
*HYMN
OF PRAISE 102
Now Thank We All Our God
*OPENING
PRAYER Ted Loder
Eternal
God, grant us your peace, for we have made peace with what does not
give
peace, and we are afraid. Drive us
deep now, to face ourselves, so we may
see
our capacity to deceive and willingness to be deceived,
Our
loving of things and using of people, our struggle for power and shrinking
of
soul, our addiction to comfort and sedation of conscience, our readiness to
criticize
and our reluctance to create, our clamor for privilege and silence at
injustice,
our seeking for security and forsaking the God-life. Christ Jesus,
grant
us your peace. Amen.
*WORDS
OF GRACE AND ASSURANCE
In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven.
In the name of Jesus Christ, you are
forgiven.
*SHARING
THE PEACE OF CHRIST
A
TIME FOR THE CHILD IN US ALL
Go now in peace, go now in peace,
may the love of
God surround you
everywhere,
everywhere you
may go.
WE HEAR AND CELEBRATE GOD'S WORD
EPISTLE
LESSON Colossians 3:1-11
MUSIC
Impermanent Things
Peter Himmelman
Oh how they fool me
Dominate and rule me
They keep me waiting here forever
All these impermanent things
Well their beauty's never aging
But their worthlessness's enraging
You know we all stand alone when we're together
Why
keep hanging on
To things that never stay
Things that just keep stringin' us along
From day to day
All
these impermanent things
Present yet elusive
Passive yet abusive
Tearing out the heart in utter silence
All these impermanent things
Well they point in all directions
Like secondhand reflections
And they're leading us to subtle shades of violence
All
these impermanent things
Well they're trying to convince me
Baptize my soul and rinse me
Purge my mind of honesty and fire
All these impermanent things
Well they all add up to zero
They make-believe that they're my hero
Then they fill my mind with doubt and false desires
*GOSPEL LESSON Luke
12:13-21 The word of our Lord.
Thanks
be to God.
SERMON Bigger Barns or Bigger Skies? Reverend Peter Boehlke
SILENT
PRAYER AND MEDITATION
WE RESPOND IN FAITH
HYMN
OF RESPONSE 413 A
Charge to Keep Have I
( we will remain seated )
CELEBRATION
OF COMMUNITY
WORDS
OF WITNESS Leigh and
Harold Crump
PRAYERS
OF THE PEOPLE
WE GATHER AT THE TABLE
INVITATION
GIVING
OF GOD'S TITHE AND OUR OFFERING
ORGAN
OFFERTORY Two Settings of 'Nun
Danket' Max
Reger
*DOXOLOGY 94
Praise God, from Whom all Blessings Flow
*PRAYER
OF DEDICATION
Generous
Creator, what we give you today we give freely and with joy. It is our
privilege
to invest in the ministry of Jesus Christ, and we give you thanks.
Receive
our offering of money, prayer and praise, of renewed commitment and
shared
word, of this fellowship of faith and doubt. Fill us with your spirit that
we
might serve you in ways beyond our own imagining, and always to your glory.
Amen.
THE
GREAT THANKSGIVING
Setting B, p. 18
THE
LORD'S PRAYER
GIVING
OF THE BREAD AND CUP
PRAYER
AFTER RECEIVING
WE GO FORTH TO SERVE
*HYMN
OF SENDING 654 How
Blest Are They Who Trust in Christ
*BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE Psalm
XIX
Benedetto Marcello/E.J. Hilty
We will remain seated for the postlude.
*Please
stand as you are able.
Please
sign and pass the attendance register.
You
are invited to enjoy refreshments
in the Fireside Room (lower level) following the service.
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GUESTS
AND VISITORS
Welcome to Hamline Church. You are a special part of our worship experience. An
elevator is located in the Commons Area to the west of
the sanctuary. It has stops at
the sanctuary level, south entrance and lower level.
Gliders and rocking chairs are
available for your convenience as you enter the
sanctuary from the Commons.
Hearing
devices are available from the ushers.
CHILD CARE
Parents are encouraged to bring children of all ages
to worship. Special
"companion
bears" and activity bags for children are
available at the entrances to the sanctuary.
A well-equipped, unstaffed nursery is available on Sunday mornings for children
from infant – 18 mos. Staffed childcare
is available for children from 2 - 5 in the
toddler room (#5) on the lower level of the education
building. Follow the signs or
ask an usher for directions. Children older than 5,
are encouraged to stay in worship.
Ushers can direct you to either room.
REMINDER
- -
The
Church office/building is closed on Fridays through August 15.
CHURCH
WOMEN UNITED will have their annual
meeting on Saturday,
August
14, 9 am – 2 pm at the Chaska Moravian Church. Brian Rusche from the
Joint
Religious Legislative Coalition will be the keynote speaker. For further
information
contact Marguerite Pramann.
SCRIP
GIFT CARDS ON SALE SUPPORT HAMLINE CHURCH!
A
new order will be submitted TODAY and received on 8/8. Order forms are
available
in the Fireside Room from Virginia Anderson. Check out what cards are
available
today. Examples are –
Cub, Super America, KFC, Olive Garden, Wendy's
plus
several more. Buy a gift card and
support Hamline Church!
FOOD
PERSPECTIVES, INC. Have
you registered yet to become a taste tester?
If
you qualify and participate in a taste test, our church will receive $10 and you will
receive
between $25 - $175, depending on time involved and the level of
commitment.
This
money you may use as you wish – treat yourself to dinner out, pay bills,
or even
donate
it to our church. To see if you
qualify for a test; you may be contacted by a "live"
caller
who will ask a series of questions, by an Interactive Voice Response (a
recording)
that
asks questions, or online through an email account. If you don't qualify, no money
is
received and your name is put back for future test possibilities. Tests are done at
many
locations; some more convenient than others like Hamline Church. Sign up to
register
at www.fpitesters.com or pick up a
form in the Fireside Room and give it to
Virginia
Anderson. Be sure to indicate
Hamline United Methodist Church as your
charity
so our church receives the $10 per test.
Invite your family and friends to
participate.
If you have any questions, contact Virginia Anderson or visit
www.foodperspectives.com. Good News! Our church continues to earn money as
a
taste test site.
Any
Gardening Needs?
Order
your Linder's, Gerten's, and Bachman Garden Center gift cards today! Hamline
Church
receives 15% of these sales. Some
Linder's cards may be on hand downstairs.
Generally,
once ordered, cards are received by the next Sunday or contactVirginia
Anderson
if you want them sooner.
KIDS
Needed for Taste Tests!
Kids
ages 6 years old and above are needed for upcoming tests. Parents sign up first
and
then add the children. All recruiting and scheduling is done through the
parents.
No
contact is made directly with the children.
Scrip
Gift Card ORDERS HAVE ARRIVED! See Virginia Anderson in the Fireside
Room
after the worship service to pick up your order OR see what gift cards are available
today. Examples are –Cub, Panera, CVS
Pharmacy, Holiday, Super America, KFC,
Old
Country Buffet, Walgreen's, plus several more. www.glscrip.com
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HAMLINE CHURCH STAFF
Senior Minister: Peter
Boehlke
Associate
Pastor: Patricia Hinker
Music Director: Charles
Parsons
Minister of Worship: Dr.
Richard Waggoner
Young
Adult and Adult Ministries: Beth Beaty
Education/Youth Director:
Laurie Erickson
Finance: Frank Evans
Office Administrator: Diane
Milbrandt
Email:
humc@hamlinechurch.org
Website: www.hamlinechurch
Phone: 651 645-0667
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