Quotes for Reflection:

We shall have no reconstructed world without reconstructed individuals, and in the remaking of human life in the
direction of changed attitudes and acts, prayer has a major
place . . . Prayer is the surest road to peace in the inner life
. . for changing what can be changed, prayer as a source of
guidance and strength is an indispensable support.
Georgia Harkness (Methodist, 1891-1974)

-We Gather as Gods PeopleBe Thou My Vision

HYMN

UMH 451

CALL TO WORSHIP
Cheryl Lowrie
This is a holy space and a sacred time,
not because God is here in any different way
God is no different in this place than anywhere else This is a holy space and a sacred time,
because we are here in a special way in this space and time
all of who we are is welcome
This is a holy space and a sacred time,
so bring the broken, darkest parts of youthe parts which strive to be beautiful
and those which are nothing but flawed put them next to mine
as together, in this holy space and sacred time,
we let them be shaped by God.
This is a holy space and a sacred time
Welcome to worship.
SPIRITUAL

I Will Trust in the Lord

UMH 464

PASSING THE PEACE

ROUND

Seek Ye First

UMH 405

OPENING TO GOD
Fr. Richard Rohr
God For Us, we call You Father, Mother, Creator
God Alongside Us, we call You Jesus, Christ, Word-made-flesh
God Within Us, we call You Holy Spirit, sacred breath, divine wind
You are the Eternal Mystery
That enables, enfolds, and enlivens all things,
Even us, and even me.

Every name falls short of your Goodness and Greatness.

We can only see who You are in what is.
We ask for such perfect seeing.

-We Listen for Gods Word-

TEHILLIM

Psalm 126

UMH 847, resp. 1

NEVIIM
Isaiah 49:13-16
Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth;
break forth, O mountains, into singing!
For the Lord has comforted his people,
and will have compassion on his suffering ones.
But Zion said, The Lord has forsaken me,
my Lord has forgotten me.
Can a woman forget her nursing child,
or show no compassion for the child of her womb?
Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you.
See, I have inscribed you on the palms of my hands;
your walls are continually before me.

Therefore do not worry, saying, What will we eat? or What will

we drink? or What will we wear? For it is the Gentiles who strive
for all these things; and indeed your heavenly Father knows that you
need all these things. But strive first for the kingdom of God and his
righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of
its own. Todays trouble is enough for today.
Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and its righteousness
and all these things shall be added unto you, Allelu, Alleluia

-We Respond to Gods Word-

REFLECTION Jesus! I Wish He Hadnt Said That!

Part 5: Wait, Seriously? Dont Worry?!
Lord of All Hopefulness

HYMN

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE & THE LORDS PRAYER

OFFERING & DOXOLOGY

GOSPEL LESSON
Matthew 6:25-34
Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and its righteousness
and all these things shall be added unto you, Allelu, Alleluia
Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat
or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not
life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and its righteousness
and all these things shall be added unto you, Allelu, Alleluia
Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather
into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of
more value than they? And can any of you by worrying add a single
hour to your span of life? And why do you worry about clothing?
Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and its righteousness
and all these things shall be added unto you, Allelu, Alleluia
Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor
spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like
one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive
today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more
clothe youyou of little faith?
Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and its righteousness
and all these things shall be added unto you, Allelu, Alleluia

TFWS 2197

UMH 94

-We Scatter to Serve the World-

ANNOUNCEMENTS
BENEDICTION
RESPONSE

TFWS 2129
I have decided to follow Jesus (3X)
No turning back (2x)

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Birthdays & Anniversaries

July 27 - Kathy Dodge

July 31 - Laura Santaw
July 28 - Melanie Brown & Joshua Knox Anniversary
July 31 - Norma & Don Strickland Anniversary

Essex Eats Out Schedule

Below are people, places, & concerns that folk have lifted up.
Please keep them in your prayers at home.
Please call or email the church office to add to the prayer list.

July 31 - St Pius
August 7 - 1st Cong.
August 14 - Holy Family
August 21 - St James
August 28 - EUMC

Ongoing Prayers
Judy & Diezela
Zachary Roy
John Bartlett
Carol Johnson
Bob Brooks (Hirst)
Michael Parker
Jill & Doug Griffin
Stan Komecki
Jenna Roy
Paul
Dick Shepard
Robin
Jaylene
Mary
Jake Greg
DJ
Chris
Gloria
Anne
Michael Paradee
John Young IV
Brenda
Lenore
Scott

Announcements
The Essex/Jericho/Underhill Food Shelf is in need of
Vegetables (no green beans please though!), Soup, Peanut Butter,
Tuna, Mac & Cheese, Baked Beans.
Yard Sale We are collecting items for the yard sale from anyone
in the church at any time - they can be left in the downstairs
classroom with the bathroom. Otherwise drop-offs will be on
Thursday nights starting July 30th from 6 PM until 9 PM, if
anyone wants to come in at that time to help sort or drop off.
There is a signup sheet for volunteers.
Prayers in the Parlor - During the summer, we are having
prayers in the parlor at 8:00 am before the service at 9:00 am.

Calendar
Tue, 28 July: Office Hours
Church: 9-10:30am
Phoenix Books 10:35 am-noon
Bible Study 1:45-3:00 pm at Mansfield Place
Wed, 29 July: Evening Book of Common Prayer 8:00 pm
Sat, 1 Aug:

Marble Island Potluck Picnic noon to 3 pm.

Bring something edible/drinkable to share and
swimsuits/water toys!

Sun, 2 Aug:

Prayer in the Parlor, 8:00 am

Worship with Communion, 9:00 am

Wed, 5 Aug: Green Mountain Nursing Home 2:30 pm

Thu, 6 Aug:

Sat, 15 Aug:

Free Tammy Fletcher Concert, Snow Farm

Vineyard!
Church Carpool Gathering 4:30 pm
Picnic 5: pm
Concert 6:30-8:30 pm
Essex UMC Yard Sale!





Lifted Up Last Sunday

Judy W. - prayers for Karen & Mark
with aging parents
Judy M. - prayers for Jim & Chris:
Parkinson's and rheumatoid
arthritis
Nancy (1) - prayers for Jim & Kay:
hospitalized;
(2) - thanks for healing
Midge - prayers for John: advanced
cancer
Pam - prayers for Noah Greenleaf:
post-surgical infection
Judy H. - prayers for mother in
hospital: pneumonia
Gil - prayers for Elise Braun
Jody - prayers for Noah: fevers and
hope for diagnosis
Marty - prayers for Joe Bissonette:
battling cancer
Heidi - travelling mercies for 24
scouts & leaders from Essex going
to New Mexico: delays &
cancellations
Heidi - healing for Kegan, 25th
member of boy scout team,
emergency surgery, missed trek
Xiu-Ping Zhang, visa problems

Jesus! I Wish He Hadnt Said That!

Part. 5:
Wait, Seriously? Dont Worry?!

Essex Center United Methodist Church

essex_umc@comcast.net
tel. 878-8304
www.essexumc.com
Ministers: the entire congregation
Lay Leader: Joshua Knox
Equipping Pastor: Rev. V. Mitchell Hay
cell tel. 881-3268 (feel free to call)
mitchellhay@comcast.net
Office Manager: Heidi Evans
Organist: Kathryn Parker Pianists: June Packard, Ellie Uckele
Djembe: Barbara Lemmel
Guitar: Richard Randazzo
Song Leader: Dana Thomas Projection: Sam Evans
Greeter - Norm Thompson
Ushers - Jeremy LaClair, Chuck LaClair, Jan Randazzo

No Worries by Carol Aust

Essex Center United Methodist Church

26 July 2015 Ninth Sunday after Pentecost