We welcome all who seek to know God.

We believe that, although we are many members, we are one body in Christ.

We have been called as well as challenged by God to respect and reconcile our differences.

We recognize and love each individual as a child of God.

We welcome, respect, support, and lovingly encourage people of every race, ethnicity, creed, class, gender, sexual orientation, age, and physical and mental ability to

join us on our journey of faith.

This faith journey indeed calls Hancock Members not to be silent in the face of prejudice, injustice, and exclusion,

but to express our faith, in word and deed, for justice and inclusiveness for all humanity.

As Paul wrote to the Galatians, “In Christ there is no longer Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for all are one….”

Hancock Covenant of Welcome

 

Paul Shupe, Senior Minister paul.shupe@hancockchurch.org

Andrew Harris, Student Minister andrew.harris@hancockchurch.org

Mark Morgan, Director of Music mark.morgan@hancockchurch.org

Marilyn Becker, Associate Director of Music marilyn.becker@hancockchurch.org

Church Office Phone: (781) 862-4220 Church Office Hours: M-Th 9:00-4:00

Hancock Community Prayer: (781) 862-6845 Emergency Pastoral Care Phone: (929) 500-1912

www.hancockchurch.org 

 

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Hancock United Church of Christ, Congregational 1912 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, MA

August 16, 2015

Morning Worship 10:00 am

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

2 *Congregationstanding—somemaywishtoremainseated 

Service of Worship  

 

† Gathering Together To Praise God †

MOMENT FOR REFLECTION Quite o en today the media in its various forms offers to us what purports to be “inside” informa on, with the assump on being that things are not truly what they seem, and that only secret informa on, which they alone possess, can unlock the mysteries of our situa on. By promising to reveal to us what only insiders know, they call us to live from the outside in, from our current confusion into true wisdom. In today’s difficult gospel passage, Jesus offers a different sort of “inside” informa on: not a secret about how the world really works, but a promise that those who understand that he is a source of new life can live from the inside out.

PRELUDE Prelude in D-flat Major Chopin

CALL TO WORSHIP ONE:  Come one, come all!  Come and worship God, our Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer.    MANY: We come just as we are: some mes wise and o en foolish, some mes   confident and o en confused, some mes faithful and o en uncertain. ONE:  We come as we are, but we come in expecta on, for the seeds of faithfulness are already planted in us, ready to bloom in new ways.   MANY:  Come, Holy Spirit!  Nurture within us the seeds of new life, that we may live   as ever more faithful disciples of Jesus.   

*OPENING HYMN Community of Christ #502

PASSING THE PEACE OF CHRIST

WORDS OF WELCOME

PRAYER OF INVOCATION

GATHERING SONG Walk With Me

  Walk with me, I will walk with you     And build the land that God has planned   

  Where love shines through (repeat)

CHILDREN’S TIME Children and youth are always welcome in worship and pews packs are available in the front entry. Childcare for infants and toddlers is available in The Commons of the Educa on Wing. During the summer, young children through 3rd grade are also invited to The Commons for ac vi es during worship.

  

 

 

 

 

 

The Week Ahead

To schedule an event or rent space, contact the Church Office at  office@hancockchurch.org or call 781.862.4220.  The complete Hancock calendar is available at www.hancockchurch.org/events/event‐calendar. 

LOCATION KEY BELL—Bell Room CHAP—Chapel CHOR—Choir Room CLAR—Clark Hall CONF—Conference Room DR—Dining Room 

RM205—Room 205 KS—Kathie Stuart LIB—Po er Library PEAR—Pearson SANC—Sanctuary WILS—Wilson UR—Upper Room 

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Sunday August 16th 10:00 am Morning Worship in SANC 11:00 am Fellowship Hour in DR  Monday August 17th 1:30 pm Skyloom in SANC/WILS  Tuesday August 18th 10:00 am Staff Mee ng in CONF 11:00 am Staff Worship Planning in CONF  Wednesday August 19th 9:00 am Submission Deadline for Hancock Weekly 1:15 pm Consort in SANC/WILS 6:30 pm Hancock Grills at Melodee Wagen and David Kilroy’s at 154 Pleasant St.  Thursday August 20th 12:00 pm Memorial Garden Commi ee  Friday August 21st        

Saturday August 22nd 10:00 am AA Mee ng in DR 3:00 pm Plaster Posaunes Brass Group in CHOR  Sunday August 23rd 10:00 am Morning Worship in SANC 11:00 am Fellowship Hour in DR 

 

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L o o k w h o c a m e t o v i s i t !

Mark Morgan came by the church office with a

special visitor: Hugh Morgan!

 

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Service of Worship

† Giving Thanks To God †

THE MORNING OFFERING

OFFERTORY Invention #9 in F Minor J. S. Bach

*THE DOXOLOGY S-29

(The words and music may also be found in the supplement at the beginning of the hymnal.) From North and South and East and West, 

May God’s eternal name be blessed! Alleluia!  Alleluia! 

Till everywhere beneath the sun, Thy kingdom come Thy will be done. 

  Alleluia!  Alleluia!  Alleluia!  Alleluia!  Alleluia!  

*PRAYER OF DEDICATION

† The Prayers of the People † CALL TO PRAYER Just As I Am #410

PRAYERS FOR OUR HANCOCK COMMUNITY

A TIME OF SILENT PRAYER

PRAYERS FOR THE WORLD

THE LORD’S PRAYER

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 debts as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into tempta on, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.

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Service of Worship  

 

† The Good News Is Proclaimed †

THE SCRIPTURE READING John 6:51-58 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.” The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” So Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day; for my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink. Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them. Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever eats me will live because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which your ancestors ate, and they died. But the one who eats this bread will live forever.”     

THE SERMON “From the Inside Out” Paul Shupe

*CLOSING HYMN Come, Christians, Join to Sing #108

BENEDICTION

POSTLUDE Les Barricades Mystérieuses Couperin

Today’s Flower Offering

The Chancel flowers are given in loving memory of her parents,

Wallace and Edith, and her brother, Richard, by Susan Rockwell.

The Pulpit flowers are Given in memory of Sarah Nardella's father,

John Jenness Dearborn.

 

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Your Spot is Reserved in the 2015 Directory! 

Thank you to all who have contributed their family photo already. Not sure about par cipa ng? If you can answer "yes!" to any one of these ques ons, we want your picture for the Hancock Church photo directory: 

Do you read this weekly email from Hancock? 

Have you watched Hancock on the TV ministry? 

Do you sing in the choir? 

Have you par cipated in The Well on a Sunday evening? 

Do you consider Hancock your home church? There are many ways to be involved at Hancock Church. Whether you are a long‐ mer at Hancock, or are rela vely new to the church, if Hancock is your church, we invite you to be included in the photo directory currently in produc on. All members and friends of Hancock are asked to: 1) Send your family photo 

2) Confirm your contact informa on by emailing directory@HancockChurch.org  

If you have a printed photo, please send your picture to the church office to be scanned and returned to you. We will con nue to work on the directory over the summer and look forward to seeing your family photo. Thanks for your help! 

For more informa on call the church office, or email church office administrator Jane Park, or email Jane or Julia Po er at directory@HancockChurch.org. 

 

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Be  a  Pa r t  o f   the  I n te r fa i t h  Garden  

Be part of an Interfaith project raising fresh produce for our own Lexington Food Pantry. All are invited to help at the Interfaith Garden and work along with other faith communities. On a recent Saturday over 100 pounds of fresh produce and herbs were picked and delivered in time to be distributed that same morning to one of the 70 to 80 households that regularly use the Pantry. Can't get better than that!

No experience needed! Hancock next sends volunteers to the Garden:

Sat, 8/15, 8 - 9:30am

Sat, 8/22, 8 - 9:30am

Tue, 9/15, 8 - 4:30 - 6pm

Interested? Bring your family, or a friend which makes for more fun! These dates don't work? No problem, there are plenty of other times when extra hands are needed. To sign up or get more information contact Amy Swanson, amy.swanson.email@gmail.com.

 

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Service of Worship Welcome to Hancock!  

We are delighted that you chose to worship  with us today and are strengthened by your par cipa on in our service! We warmly invite  you to coffee and refreshments immediately following worship. Coffee can be found through either of the doors next to the Chancel. 

If you’d like to learn more about our church community and ac vi es, please take the flier hanging in the pew. You may also fill out the Welcome slip in the pew holder, and hand it to one of the clergy or ushers today. We hope that you feel very much at home here and that you will make Hancock Church your church. If you have any ques ons, our Welcoming Commi ee would be happy to help: welcoming@hancockchurch.org. 

Child care is available each Sunday beginning at 9:00 a.m. in the nursery and toddler room.  All children and youth are invited to worship with their families, to come forward for the Children’s Gathering, and then recess to the Church School for K‐5. Older children are invited to stay in worship or help with younger youth. 

Large print bulle ns, hearing assist aids, and an elevator are available at Hancock Church. Please ask an usher for assistance. 

All services are recorded and cablecast locally by LexMedia Cable TV (RCN 3, Comcast 8  and Verizon 35) Sunday 10 AM and 7 PM, Tuesdays 10 PM. For more informa on, please  visit the Hancock website at www.hancockchurch.org 

*** SERVICE DVDS AVAILABLE Just fill out the orange form just outside the television studio on the lower level. The cost is $10.00 which can be paid upon ordering or upon pickup at  the church. All proceeds go to support the television ministry. 

HANCOCK CHURCH SERMON IN HD Online at www.youtube.com/user/HancockChurch 

WATCH SERVICE LIVE Online at www.lexmedia.org/lptv‐livestreaming.html from 10am‐11am 

 

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Hancock Grills!

We would love more photos from the Hancock Grills. Please take a minute to snap a picture on your iphone, camera, or other photo device,

and email it to jane@hancockchurch.org. Thank you!

This Wednesday, August 19 Melodee Wagen and David Kilroy

154 Pleasant St RSVP david.kilroy@verizon.net

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Next Wednesday, August 26 David and Michele Cooke

107 Adams St Last Grill of the Summer!

 

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Celebration Sunday Brochure 2015 Any committees or music groups that would like to be

included in the Celebration Sunday Brochure should turn in their articles, important dates, and reflections by September

4th. The theme is Hospitality Carried By All! This will replace the Fall Herald and will be distributed electronically. Hardcopies

will be available to pick up or mailed by request.