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Community Church
of the
Monterey Peninsula
Independent & United Church of Christ
Order OF Worship
January 26, 2020
Nursery care available
Children’s activities
Welcome to Community Church!
We’re glad you have chosen to worship with us this morning.
No matter who you are, or where you are on life's journey, you are welcome here!
Prelude
Welcome
(An asterisk (*) indicates when the congregation may stand)
(If you are new to Community Church please share your name and address with us in the red friendship register that you will find at the end of each pew.)
As We Gather….. (Albert Camus, 1913-1960)
Great Ideas, come into the world
As gently as doves.
Perhaps then if I listen attentively,
I shall hear amid the uproar
Of empires and nations,
A faint flutter of wings,
A gentle stirring of life and hope.
Congregational Greeting
This is an opportunity to greet those in front and back of you and on either side of you.
Choral Call to Worship “My Lord What A Morning’
Call to Worship (Pax Christi USA)
Leader: Come Spirit of God, grant us
People: The power to be gentle,
Leader: The strength to be forgiving,
People: The patience to be understanding,
Leader: The endurance to accept the consequences
Of holding on to what is right.
People: Come Spirit of God,
Help us to put our trust in
Leader: The power of good to overcome evil,
People: The power of love to overcome hatred.
Leader: Come Spirit of God, enlighten us
With the vision to see and the faith to believe in
People: A world free from violence,
Leader: A new world where fear will no longer lead us
To commit injustices,
People: Nor selfishness cause us to bring suffering
To others.
Leader: Come Spirit of wisdom and love,
People: Source of all good, teach us your truth
Leader: And guide our actions in your way of peace.
*Opening Hymn “All Are Welcome”
Let us build a house where love can dwell
and all can safely live,
a place where saints and children tell
how hearts learn to forgive.
Built of hopes and dreams and visions,
rock of faith and vault of grace,
here the love of Christ shall end divisions.
All are welcome, all are welcome,
all are welcome in this place.
Let us build a house where love is found
in water, wine and wheat:
a banquet hall on holy ground
where peace and justice meet.
Here the love of God, through Jesus,
is revealed in time and space;
as we share in Christ the feast that frees us.
All are welcome, all are welcome,
all are welcome in this place.
Let us build a house where all are named,
their songs and visions heard
and loved and treasured, taught and claimed
as words within the Word.
Built of tears and cries and laughter,
prayers of faith and songs of grace,
let this house proclaim from floor to rafter:
All are welcome, all are welcome,
all are welcome in this place.
Morning Prayers
Unison Prayer (Unknown)
The blessing of God,
The eternal goodwill of God,
The shalom of God,
The wildness and warmth of God,
Be among us and between us
Now and always.
Amen.
Shared Silence
Please meditate using the phrase most appropriate for you, or another phrase of your own choosing.
Abba, I belong to you.
Abba, I trust you.
Loving God, I belong to you.
Loving God, I trust you.
Pastoral Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer (Unison)
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: for thine is the kingdom and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
Anthem “Everybody Knows” Leonard Cohen
Scripture Text
4 Now the man knew his wife Eve, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, ‘I have produced a man with the help of the Lord.’ 2Next she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a tiller of the ground. 3In the course of time Cain brought to the Lord an offering of the fruit of the ground, 4and Abel for his part brought of the firstlings of his flock, their fat portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering, 5but for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell. 6The Lord said to Cain, ‘Why are you angry, and why has your countenance fallen? 7If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is lurking at the door; its desire is for you, but you must master it.’
8 Cain said to his brother Abel, ‘Let us go out to the field.’ And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him. 9Then the Lord said to Cain, ‘Where is your brother Abel?’ He said, ‘I do not know; am I my brother’s keeper?’ 10And the Lord said, ‘What have you done? Listen; your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground!
23 Lamech said to his wives:
‘Adah and Zillah, hear my voice;
you wives of Lamech, listen to what I say:
I have killed a man for wounding me,
a young man for striking me.
24 If Cain is avenged sevenfold,
truly Lamech seventy-sevenfold.’
5 The Lord saw that the wickedness of humankind was great in the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of their hearts was only evil continually. 6And the Lord was sorry that he had made humankind on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. 7So the Lord said, ‘I will blot out from the earth the human beings I have created—people together with animals and creeping things and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.’ 8But Noah found favour in the sight of the Lord.
11Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. 2And as they migrated from the east, they came upon a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. 3And they said to one another, ‘Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.’ And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar. 4Then they said, ‘Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves; otherwise we shall be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.’ 5The Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which mortals had built. 6And the Lord said, ‘Look, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is only the beginning of what they will do; nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them. 7Come, let us go down, and confuse their language there, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.’ 8So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city. 9Therefore it was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth; and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.
Sermon: OUT-OF-CONTROL VIOLENCE
Pastor Paul Wrightman
Hymn 179 “We Yearn, O Christ, For Wholeness”
Invitation to Giving
Freely you have received, freely give,
remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said:
“It is more blessed to give than to receive.”
Offertory
*Doxology
Praise God from Whom all blessings flow;
Praise God all creatures here below.
Praise God above all heavenly host.
Creator, Christ and Holy Ghost. Amen.
Unison Prayer (Mother Teresa)
People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered.
I will love them anyway.
If you do good, people will accuse you
of selfish, unterior motives.
I will do good anyway.
The good you do will be forgotten tomorrow.
I will do good anyway.
Honesty and frankness will make you vulnerable.
I will be honest and frank anyway.
People who really need help
may attack you if you help them.
I will help them anyway.
Announcements Pastor Paul
*Closing Hymn 526 “Siyahamb” Vs. 1
*Benediction
Closing Hymn (cont.) “Siyahamb” Vs. 2
Postlude
THANK YOU TO OUR READER Lisa Ledin.
ENGAGING THE BIBLE: We meet Wednesdays 1:15-2:15. Join us in the Library!
WEDNESDAY EVENING BIBLE CLASS: meets for dinner at 5:30 (optional) with class 6:00 p.m.
HEALING PRAYER GROUP: Joanne Anderson welcomes those interested to meet in the Broaddus room after the worship service. Prayer requests are welcomed.
FRIDAY MORNING WOMEN’S SUPPORT & FAITH-SHARING GROUP: The group meetings are 10:30 am Fridays in our church library We are reading Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell,, who was awarded the National Book Award for most distinguished novel in 1936 and the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1937. Feel free to drop in, read along with us on your own, knit, bring a snack, bring a neighbor, talk, be silent, etc. All sharing is confidential & voluntary. Rev. Elizabeth Wrightman.
FELLOWSHIP NEEDS YOUR HELP! Those of you who wish to be part of the Fellowship team contact Cindi Daniel or Peter Sewald. We can use help with setting up and cleaning up on Sundays and for potlucks and special events. Treats are welcome for coffee hour!!!
Givingtree Benefit Shop
Hours Thurs. and Fri. 12-4
Sat. 10-4
Donations welcomed during shop hours.
Open most Sundays after church for an hour.
OUR MISSION OUTREACH
OUR MISSION OUTREACH
(I-HELP) FOR MEN: We collect clothing and toiletries for the men. Monthly dinners are the 2nd Weds. (We offer shelter one or more additional times each month.) Sign up in Woodhull Hall. Call Dolores Joblon for info.
I-HELP FOR WOMEN could use help from our congregation! A week before the dinner (which is held the 3rd Tuesday of the month), Kim Swan-Sosky sends out an email with items needed for the meal. If you would like to be included on the email to help when you can with dinner, please contact Kim Swan-Sosky 831-402-9014; [email protected] )
THE TOWEL TEAM MINISTRY: We provide bath towels for showers at Dorothy’s and Sun Street Center in Salinas. We need hand towels for the I-HELP programs. Clean towels may be left in the office.
SUN STREET CENTER/SALINAS is a service for education, prevention & recovery of alcohol addiction and drug abuse in men. We provide bedding and toiletries.
FOOD BANK: St. Mary’s Food Pantry, needs non-perishable foodstuff. Leave in food basket in narthex. Thank you Peggy and Larry Kuck for transporting the food to the Food Pantry at St. Mary’s Church in PG.
CLOTHING CLOSET AT DOROTHY’S PLACE: Clothing and toiletries for men and women needed. Items may be left in the church office. Clothing for the closet is sorted and sized Mondays 10-12 and taken to Dorothy’s on Saturdays between 9-12. Thank you to Kathy Curless for her continued support. Call Carolyn Gray for info.
ONE STARFISH SAFE PARKING: Parking in our church lot is available to homeless persons registered in the program and are supervised by Starfish staff. Parking is allowed for those with permits from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.
Do you have a change in your info
for the 2020 church directory?
Do you want your name added?
Please let Carole know by email
or phone 624-8595.
The Community Church of the Monterey Peninsula encourages individual spiritual exploration. We pray, we seek, we study individually and around the table to learn what it means to be a Christian and follow Christ. We encourage and support each other in our learnings. Our mission is to welcome independent-minded people of all ages, build a diverse Christian community, and nurture one another to love God, neighbor and self.
OUR TEN CORE VALUES
God loves all people.
We welcome all people, wherever they are on their life journey.
Worship is the life breath of our community.
We are the heart and hands of Christ serving others.
We grow spiritually in Christ.
We provide creative, open, lifelong Christian education.
We are stewards sustaining all of God’s creation.
We promote understanding and cooperation among people of all faiths.
We are a vital democracy and value independent thinking and dialogue.
We joyfully support our mission with time, talent and treasure.
Rev. Paul Wrightman | ||||
Pastor | ||||
Rev. Elizabeth Wrightman | ||||
Pastoral Associate | ||||
Carole French | ||||
Administrative Assistant | ||||
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PLEASE COME AGAIN!
Worship Service is 10:00 a.m.
followed by Fellowship in Woodhull Hall.
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Location: 4590 Carmel Valley Road, Carmel CA 93923
Mailing Address: P. O. Box 222811, Carmel CA 93922
Phone: (831) 624-8595
Givingtree Phone: (831) 624-3060
Website: www.ccmp.org