Celebration Service  October 13, 2024 9:30am

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Prelude   Partita on “St. Anne”                                       Manz

                          Theme, Adagio, and Canon

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Introit    “O Worship the Lord”

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Welcome & Announcements       

               

Call to Worship

Here in this place, there are no foreigners,

for all are welcome in God’s house.

Here in this worship, there is only acceptance,

for love is the language of faith.

Here in our lives, there are no divisions,

for God dwells in each of us.

Come, let us worship in unity and love.

 

Hymn*                              “All People That on Earth Do Dwell”             #18    

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Unison Prayer

You have blessed us, O God, with the gift of friendship, the bonding of persons in a circle of love. We thank you for such a blessing: for friends who love us, who share our sorrows, who laugh with us in celebration, who bear our pain, who need us as we need them, who weep as we weep, who hold us when words fail, and who give us the freedom to be ourselves.  Amen. 

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The Lord's Prayer                          #307

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Children’s Message

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Ecclesiastes 4:9-12    Lay Reader:  Nancy Money                  page 616

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil.

For if they fall, one will lift up the other; but woe to one who is alone and falls and does not have another to help.

Again, if two lie together, they keep warm; but how can one keep warm alone?

And though one might prevail against another, two will withstand one. A threefold cord is not quickly broken.

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The Gloria Patri*                #35                                                                                               

​​Glory be to The Father, and to The Son, 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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Anthem:        “Song of Ruth”                                        Joyce Eilers

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Prayers of the People

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Hymn             “Diverse in Culture, Nation, Race”                #485

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Reading        Ruth 1:6-22                                                       page 241

           

Message        “Women of the Book: Ruth & Naomi”      Rev. Dan Haugh

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Offering          

     Click here to make an online donation                    

Offertory “Pastorale”                                                    Manz

Doxology*                                                                                              #46

Praise God from whom all blessings flow,

Praise him all creatures here below.

Praise him above you heavenly hosts,

Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.

​Offertory Prayer

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Communion

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Hymn*                     “In Christ There Is No East or West”                                                #687                              

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Benediction

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Closing:    “Go in Peace”

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Postlude    “Presto”                                                           Manz

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Calendar of Events

 

Monday, 10/14           Noon AA meeting in Fellowship Hall

                                    5-7:30 Frozen rehearsal

Tuesday, 10/15          5:30 Board of Directors meeting

                                    7:30 AA meeting in Fellowship Hall

Wednesday, 10/16    Noon AA meeting in Fellowship Hall

                                    5:30 Choir Rehearsal in Organ Loft

Thursday, 10/17         5-7:30 Frozen rehearsal

                                    Rotary

 

Happy Birthday this week to:

Peter Ballyk and David Proulx today 10/13

Ben Brayton, Eric Grover, Dean Salvas and Tracy Wall on 10/14

Kelley Kartluke on 10/16

Travis Spaulding on 10/17

Happy Anniversary this week to:

Christopher and Elizabeth Saylor on 10/14

Brice and Bryce Simon on 10/15

 

Announcements

The ushers today are Jake Emerick and Moon Seun .  Thank you for helping today.

 

The flowers today are in memory of Peter Jones from his beloved family.

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October Green Tip:

In August I listed 12 things you can do to curb your carbon footprint.  “Eat more vegetables” made the list.  You might be asking if your mom snuck that one in.  Why more veg? Well it’s really code for “Eat less meat and dairy.” Heresy you cry! And I agree, in part.  As a Vermont resident, I could never tell you to stop eating Cabot cheese or to stop drinking Mansfield Dairy milk!  But I might suggest that you consider less meat, the red kind in particular.  Cattle, when raised humanely, require a lot of land, water, and energy and as such, they produce the greatest agricultural greenhouse gas emissions.  Learn more about the link between your food and climate change at https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/science/climate-issues/food

 

October Mission Moment

Join us in welcoming Andrea Burton and Jodi Hess from the Department of Children and Families in Morrisville today. The Department of Children and Family Services’ mission is to foster the healthy development, safety, well-being and self-sufficiency of Vermonters. They provide benefits, services and support to some 200,000 Vermonters every year including children, youth, families, older Vermonters, and people with disabilities. Today’s mission moment will focus on the Morrisville location and the work they do there.

 

Save The Dates:

New Member Orientation on 10/20/24 following the morning worship service in Fellowship Hall in person or Zoom meeting on Monday 10/21/24 at 6pm. These are for anyone interested in learning more about our church or signing up to become members.  We will welcome new members on Sunday, 11/10/24 at our 9:30 worship service.

 

Dr. Cyndi Parker is coming to SCC the weekend of October 26-27.

Workshop: Saturday 9am to 11am. “Finding Place: Exploring a biblical theology of place and why it matters”

Preaching: Sunday at 9:30am followed by brunch and meet and greet.

 

Pumpkin Carving

Saturday, October 26th, 4pm at the Parsonage

 

 

Blessing of the Costumes

Sunday, October 27th during the 9:30 am service.

 

All Saints Day Service

November 1st, 9am at Riverbank Cemetery

 

Seeking Halloween Candy, Please!

The Parsonage and Church will be giving out candy on Halloween and we need your help purchasing bags of candy to ensure we have enough to go around. Over the past few years, between 800-1000 children have come through our doors on Halloween. Thank you!

 

Join The Lamoille Community House for their 4th Annual fundraising event, Raise the Roof to End Homelessness! The event starts at 6pm. on November 2, 2024.

This year, we'll be at Spruce Peak's Great Room! The event will feature:

live music by Ali T., Danny and the Parts, and Mal Maïz!

Venue Information

Spruce Peak

7412 Mountain Road
Stowe, VT 05672

Tickets can be purchased at:

https://sevendaystickets.com/events/4th-annual-raise-the-roof-to-end-homelessness-11-2-2024

or visit the website at: https://lamoilleshelter.org/

 

Please bring in food for our needy neighbors in Lamoille County.  Items can be placed in our two bins, one in the hall downstairs or the one in the Narthex.

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If you, or someone you know, would like prayers for comfort or healing, the members of the Prayer Team are ready to support you. Please fill out the prayer request form in the pew and put it in the offering plate or hand it to an usher to deliver to the office. 

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Musical Notes by Karen Miller

            All of the organ music heard today is from the “Partita on ‘St. Anne’” by Paul Manz. “St. Anne” is the tune to the text we know as “O God, Our Help in Ages Past”, hymn no. 67 in the Chalice Hymnal. Paul Manz (1919-2009) was an American composer for choir and organ. His most famous piece is his Advent motet “E’en So Lord, Jesus, Quickly Come”.  In organ literature he is best known for his volumes of neo-Baroque chorale preludes and partitas. He has long served the church as recitalist, composer, teacher, and leader in worship. His awards attest to this. He was Cantor Emeritus at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Luke, Chicago, Illinois as well as Cantor Emeritus of Mount Olive Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In his later years he became director of the newly established Paul Manz Institute of Church Music as well as being Professor Emeritus of Church Music at Christ Seminary Seminex at the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago.         

He studied organ with Flor Peeters in Belgium and Helmut Walcha in Germany, but in performance, Manz, instead of traditional organ recitals, preferred to lead hymn festivals. In these he would introduce each hymn with his famously creative improvisations and then lead the congregation in singing the hymn to his accompaniment. In some cases he would play an improvisation between each sung stanza. This is how he intended his variations on “St. Anne” to be used.  And he traditionally ended each festival with this piece. Heard today are:

            Prelude: Theme, Canon, and Adagio

            Offertory: Pastorale

            Postlude: Presto

 

            Anthem: “Song of Ruth” is a musical adaptation of the Book of Ruth, Chapter 1:16-17 created by Joyce Elaine Eilers. The text reads:

            Whither thou goest, I will go. Whither thou lodgest, there will I lodge. Thy people will be my people now. Where thou goest I will go.

            Entreat me not to leave you and return again to my father’s house. For the God that watches over all has commanded me to stay.

            And where thou diest, I will die, and with thy people be laid to rest for I know the God that abides with you will ever with me stay

  

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