.The Community Church
May 11, 2008 Pentecost and Confirmation Sunday
and Mother's Day
Our worship service begins with the Prelude. Please use this time for quiet reflection as you prepare for worship.
* All who are able may stand + Seating of Latecomers
+Brass Choir Prelude In Christ There is No East or West Curnow
Welcome and Parish Concerns
Children’s Choir Introit Pass It On
Opening Sentence
+*Opening Hymn Spirit, Come Dispel Our Sadness 253
*Call to Worship A Litany of the Spirit
Leader: Exuberant Spirit of God,
PEOPLE: BURSTING WITH THE BRIGHTNESS OF FLAME INTO THE COLDNESS OF OUR LIVES,
Choir: Warming us with a passion for justice and beauty
UNISON: WE PRAISE YOU!
Leader: Exuberant Spirit of God,
PEOPLE: SWEEPING US OUT OF THE DUSTY CORNERS OF OUR APATHY,
Choir: To breath vitality into our struggles for change,
UNISON: WE PRAISE YOU!
Leader: Exuberant Spirit of God,
PEOPLE: SPEAKING WORDS THAT LEAP OVER BARRIERS OF MISTRUST,
Choir: To convey messages of truth and new understanding,
UNISON: WE PRAISE YOU!
Leader: Exuberant Spirit of God,
PEOPLE: FLAME, WIND, SPEECH,
Choir: Burn, breathe, speak in us;
Unison: FILL YOUR WORLD WITH JUSTICE AND WITH JOY. AMEN.
*Congregational Response Spirit 249 (refrain)
Chancel Choir Anthem
THE RITE OF CONFIRMATION
Congregational Response:
WE PROMISE YOU OUR CONTINUING FRIENDSHIP AND PRAYERS AS WE SHARE THE HOPES AND LABORS OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST. BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT MAY WE CONTINUE TO GROW TOGETHER IN GOD’S KNOWLEDGE AND LOVE AND BE WITNESSES OF OUR RISEN SAVIOR.
*Hymn I Was There to Hear Your Borning Cry 75
(Children ages 4-10 are dismissed to the Sunday School Program in Pilgrim House.
Children 3 and under are dismissed to Room #3 in the Sunday School wing)
Prayer Concerns and Hymn of Preparation
Sweet, Sweet Spirit 261
Pastoral Prayer and The Lord’s Prayer
Response in Music
Scripture Lesson Acts 2: 1-21
Sermon Our Pentecost Problem Rev. Nelson
The Offering
Brass Choir Offertory Blessed Assurance S. Bulla
(Please sign "Who's Who in the Pew" during the Offertory)
*A Doxology Spirit 249 (refrain)
Prayer of Dedication
*Benediction
*Closing Hymn Every Time I Feel the Spirit 592
*Brass Choir Postlude Onward Christian Soldiers
The Community Church of Sebastopol, UCC
1000 Gravenstein Hwy North (707) 823-2484
Worship Sunday at 10:30 AM b www.uccseb.org
This Week at the Community Church
Monday 4 PM, Peace & Justice, Fireside room
7 PM, Caregivers Support Group, Fireside Room
Wednesday 10 AM, Women’s Bible Study, Fireside Room
7:30 PM, Handbells, Sanctuary
Thursday 7:30 AM, Men’s Bible Study, Fireside Room
10 AM, Women’s Fellowship Board, Women’s Fellowship Office
10:30 AM, Women’s Fellowship Meeting, Fireside Room
Noon, Women’s Fellowship Luncheon, Fireside Room
7 PM, Grief Support Group, Fireside Room
7 PM, Facilities Church-Wide Forum, Sanctuary
7:15 PM, Chancel Choir, Choir Room
7:15 PM, Brass Choir, Room #4
Mission & Outreach is asking for your help in their efforts to assist The Living Room, A Daytime Shelter for Homeless Women and Children, collect items from their Urgent Needs List. If you can help with any of these items, please bring them to the church office and Mission & Outreach will make sure they get to The Living Room:
Backpacks for women Diapers, all sizes
Cloth grocery bags Baby wipes
Women’s underwear Boys & girls underwear, size 4, 6 & 8
Sleeping bags Children’s socks, sizes 5 and up
Sanitary supplies
Facility Evaluation Church-Wide Forum Thursday, May 15, will be the second of our three meetings to discuss the future of the space now occupied by Pilgrim House. We will meet from 7:00 – 9:00 in the sanctuary. All are invited to come and share your thoughts, hopes and dreams. Feel free to pick up extra copies of the ‘Draw Your Dream’ diagram in the church office.
The final meeting will be next Sunday, Mau 18, immediately following worship, in Fellowship Hall. Please plan to attend one of these meetings. We want to hear from you!
Youth Groups will not meet today – it’s Mother’s Day! The Jr. High Youth are collecting warm blankets and sleeping bags for their Mini Mission Trip to San Francisco to pass out at the homeless shelters. You can help by donating blankets and sleeping bags – bring them to the church office before May 22.
Rev. Nelson On Saturday, May 17, Rev. Nelson will leave to attend a preaching conference – “The Festival of Homiletics” - in Minneapolis. While there, he will join his father at the graduation of his niece from the University of Minnesota. He will return on Saturday, May 24th.
Next Sunday, May 18, Kristen DelMonte will preach and lead worship.
Men’s Bible Study will meet this Thursday, May 15 and again on 29, at 7:30 AM in the Fireside Room. All men are invited as we look at Paul’s letter to the Galatians.
Annual Meeting at Asilomar The Northern California Nevada Conference United Church of Christ (NCNCUCC) will hold the Annual Meeting at Asilomar on May 15-18. The Community Church of Sebastopol is able to send four voting delegates this year, including one youth delegate. If you have any questions about this meeting or concerns about the proposals, check in with the following delegates: Joyce Cox, Darryl Fenley, Virginia Hughes or youth delegate Joe Plaugher. Brian Plaugher will attend and will be the choir director at Asilomar. A number of other church persons will also be at the meeting to attend a special Women’s Network Luncheon honoring women in the UCC, including our own Virginia Hughes.
Women’s Summer Retreat
at the Marconi Conference Center July 18-20, 2008
Please mark your calendar for the Summer Women's Retreat, July 18-20, at the Marconi Conference Center. The Marconi Center is located in the small town of Marshall in Marin County, along beautiful Hwy 1. Check your mail in early May for more information and registration information. Please feel free to contact Karna Dawson, if you have any questions or you would like to help with planning the retreat. Karna can be reached at (707) 658-1075 or karnadawson@comcast.net.
WINE EVENT FOR YOUNG FAMILIES (ADULTS ONLY!) MAY 31 – Saturday Night – 7-9 pm
Reserve your baby-sitter now! Bring your favorite bottle of wine and an appetizer to share with your friends at the Wine Event!
Laura and Sebastien Jame’s house in Sebastopol. Bring a new face – someone who hasn’t been to an event and win a prize! RSVP to Kristen: kristendelmonte@uccseb.org
In Search of Graduates . . .
Do you have a new graduate in your family or someone who will be graduating soon? High school, college, and advanced degrees – we want to list them all in our newsletter. Please call the office at 823-2484 to list your graduate in our June Newsletter or send an email to office@uccseb.org.
New Members will be received into The Community Church on Sunday, June 8. There will be an orientation, information session for those interested in church membership on Thursday, May 29 at 7PM. If you are interested, please call the church office at 823-2484 to sign up for the class and to sign up for childcare. If you are not able to attend the orientation meeting on May 29, please contact the church office and other arrangements can be made.
Support Group for Caregivers Forming at Church
THE FIRST MEETING IS MAY 12
Over the last few years, a number of people in our church have found themselves in the position of caregiver – often for an elderly parent in failing health, but also for a spouse or child with health and/or mental challenges.
And so, a new support group for caregivers is being formed at The Community Church. The facilitator will be Stu Buman, husband of church member, Vicki Mayster. Stu is a Medical Social Worker with extensive training is issues of aging and the comfort and care of the aging and their families, and long time experience in leading and facilitating this kind of group.
The first meeting will be on Monday, May 12, at 7:00 PM in the Fireside Room. The plan is to meet twice a month, on the 2nd and 4th Mondays. Please call the church office if you are interested or have questions, or just come to our first meeting on May 12th.
Camp Scholarships are available to all youth for Camp Caz this summer – and all you have to do is sign up to work the Apple Pies Event August 8-10! Youth entering grades 2-4 this fall can receive a $100 scholarship towards camp registration fees. Youth entering grades 5-12 can earn $150 towards camp registration fees and post high students can earn $40 towards camp fees. The scholarships amounts cover approximately 1/3 of the early bird registration fees. Contact Karin in the church office to sign up for the Apple Pies Event and to get your scholarship voucher that must be sent in with your registration.
Community Church of Sebastopol’s FAMILY CAMP
NEW DATES: August 29-31
Mark your calendar now so you don’t miss out on all the fun!
We get to arrive at Camp Caz on Friday afternoon (avoid traffic and arrive as early as 2 PM!) and stay through lunch on Sunday and get in one more swim before heading out. That still gives you Monday at home to get ready for your week and to celebrate with friends and a Labor Day BBQ or family picnic.
Women’s Bible Study will meet on Wednesdays in May at 10 AM in the Fireside Room. All women are invited to attend. Please contact Jean Boal with any questions.
Women’s Fellowship On May 15 the Executive Board meets at 10 AM in the Women’s Fellowship Office. The General Meeting is at 10:30 AM for Devotionals and Business Meeting in the Fireside Room. After a brief business meeting our program will be presented by the Sebastopol Rebuilding Together. A salad luncheon hosted by Circle #1 will follow in the Fellowship Hall at noon.
Recycle Empty Ink Jet Printer Cartridges Your empty cartridges will help Mission & Outreach provide funds for the Habitat for Humanity build projects here in Sonoma County. Bring your empties into the church office and Mission & Outreach will do the rest! You may also pick up pre- paid mailers to send your ink cartridges directly to the recycler and the Community Church still gets credit. You will find the mailers in the church office – please help yourself!
Grief Support Group The Grief Support Group meets on Thursday at 7 PM in the Fireside Room. Call Harry or Susanna at 829-7769 if you have any questions.
Sequoia Village – A family Co-Housing Development
Co-housing is an intentional community where shared common areas are designed to bring people together. It provides a balance of private and community lifestyles that nourish both the mind and spirit. In co-housing, the families agree to share in community life with their neighbors, including sharing some meals together in the Common House.
There are five 2-bedroom homes available! Don’t miss this unique opportunity to join a co-housing community with an affordable monthly payment. Homes will be assigned to qualified applicants on a first come, first served basis.
There are income restrictions and buyer qualifications to meet in order to be considered. To find out more, see the flyer available in the church office or contact Burbank Housing (707) 526-9782.
Burbank Heights/Orchard – Apartments Available Now
Burbank Heights and Burbank Orchards, affordable housing for persons 62 and older, currently have space available. The eligibility income information sheet is available in the church office. Please pick up a copy if you or someone you know is interested in moving or contact Burbank Heights/Orchard at (707) 823-1361.
Worship Service Now on CD! If you would like a copy of today’s worship service on CD, or a copy from a previous Sunday, please fill out the form below and drop it in the offering plate or leave it in the church office along with payment. Each CD is $2.00.
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