WELCOME! We are glad to see you! If you are new to our church or have a prayer concern, please complete the Welcome Card, which you will find on the back table. Place them in the offering basket. We hope to see you back soon!
Thank you to Carolyn Andersen for our sanctuary flowers. Thanks to Bonnie Barrett and Gail Jones for our delicious coffee hour refreshments.
Welcome Sheldon Keller and Mike Bonnett. Thank you for sharing your music with us this morning.
Looking Ahead:
Mon., Aug. 29: The Canal Trip final payments are due on or before August 29.
Wed., Aug. 31:Handbells rehearsal from 6 - 8 p.m. All hands on deck!
Wed., Sep. 7: Bell practice at 5:45 p.m.Choir practice from 7 - 9 p.m.
Thur., Sep 8: DIVAS luncheon at noon. Bring a sack lunch, needle nose pliers, and $1.50
Thur., Sep 8: Church Council Meeting at 6:30 p.m.
Sun., Sep. 11:Sundae Sunday
Sun., Sep. 18: Canal Cruise at 4:30 p.m., arrive by 4 p.m. to load
Prayer Concerns:
Kurt Jensen, hospitalized
The Stewart Family, friends of Karen Richard and Norm Anderson, on the death of Susan Stewart
Barbara Smith, recuperating at the Royal in Falmouth
Rosemary Phelan, Bonnie Barrett's cousin, for successfulsurgical removal of melanoma
Church Information
Church Website: www.mashpeecong.org
Church address: 259 Shore Dr., Mashpee, MA 02649
Church mailing address: P.O. Box 1796, Mashpee, MA 02649
The office is open Monday and Thursday from 9-3.
Church Phone: 508-477-9211
Rev. Steve Youd or cell 508-525-6221
Susan Evans: or cell: 636-346-8199
“No matter who you are or where you are on
life’s journey, you’re welcome here”
"Joyfully welcoming all, we seek to grow as
disciples of Jesus Christ."
August 28, 2016
The Rev. Sheldon Keller Guest Preacher
The Rev. Steve Youd Minister
Cathy Bonnett Music Director
Susan Evans Office Administrator
All Members & Friends of the Church Ministers
Order of Worship
God is still speaking,
Praise and Preparation
Welcome, Announcements
Prelude
Call to Celebration (A Responsive Reading)
Leader: We gather as a people of faith and thanksgiving
Men: Knowing we can bring our questions to this haven of safety.
Leader: We gather as a people of faith and thanksgiving
Women: Seeking to follow the footsteps of Christ.
Leader: We gather as a people of faith and thanksgiving
People: Trusting in the goodness of God.
Leader: We gather as people of faith and thanksgiving.
People: Embracing the wisdom of God.
ALL: With our doubts and our certainties, our fears and our hopes, we lift our
voices in praise!
*Hymn No. 715 Now Thank We All Our God
*Opening Prayer (Unison)
God of love of love and God of wisdom, be with us now. Turn back the sea of worry and doubt that hinders us from entering into your presence. Hold back the tides of temptation that would sweep over us and lead us away from you. Stretch out your hand to create a path of dry land that we might follow where you lead. Grant us wisdom, grant us courage, grant us love that we might be your people. In Jesus’ name, we pray, Amen.
*Response No. 35 Gloria Patri
Pastoral prayer ~ silent prayer
Our 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 temptation,
but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
Response No. 306 Hear Our Prayer, O Lord
Hear our prayer, O Lord, hear our prayer, O Lord, incline thine ear to us, and
grant us thy peace.
God’s Word in Our Lives
Scripture Bonnie Barrett
Psalm 111:10
John 8: 2-11
special music Sheldon Keller and Mike Bonnett
Sermon Wisdom Works Wonders Rev. Sheldon Keller
*Hymn No. 595 Be Thou My Vision
Dedicating Our Gifts and Lives
Invitation
Offertory
*Doxology (Tallis Canon) No. 48
Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Christ, all creatures here below;
Praise Holy Spirit evermore;
One God, triune, whom we adore. Amen.
Sending Forth
*Hymn No. 464 God of Grace and God of Glory Vss. 1,3,4
*Benediction
Postlude
*please stand in body or spirit