and the chatter of my mind

your steady love,

your quiet delight.

Quotes for Reflection:

We cultivate love when we allow our most vulnerable

and powerful selves to be deeply seen and known, and
when we honor the spiritual connection that grows from
that offering with trust, respect, kindness and affection.
Bren Brown

-We Gather as Gods PeopleHYMN

Let There Be Peace on Earth

UMH 431

CALL TO WORSHIP
The first shall be last.
We come to worship as we are.
The last shall be first.
We come with confidence.
The first shall be last.
We come with questions.
The last shall be first.
We come burdened by failure.
The first shall be last.
We come celebrating success.
The last shall be first.
We come fearful of the future.
The first shall be last
and the last shall be first
and a little child shall lead them.

Hawker

El Shaddai

UMH 123

PRAISE

BLESSING THE SUNDAY SCHOOL

Open Our Eyes

Give me faith to embody your Word,

to join your love,
to do what increases your delight,
for that alone
increases mine.
Amen.

HYMN

FWS 2086

OPENING TO GOD
Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Heavenly Lover,
your Word is neither command nor prediction,
but love, given and received,

Give me ears to hear

beneath the clutter of this world

Psalm 1

Brother, Sister, Let Me Serve You

FWS 2222

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE & THE LORDS PRAYER

OFFERING & DOXOLOGY

-We Listen for Gods Word-

PSALTER

Love More; Judge Less

REFLECTION

EPISTLE
James 3:13-18
Who is wise and understanding among you? Show by your good life
that your works are done with gentleness born of wisdom. But if you
have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not be
boastful and false to the truth. Such wisdom does not come down
from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, devilish. For where there is
envy and selfish ambition, there will also be disorder and wickedness
of every kind. But the wisdom from above is first pure, then
peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits,
without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy. And a harvest of
righteousness is sown in peace for those who make peace.

PASSING THE PEACE

PRAISE

-We Respond to Gods Word-

UMH 738 #2

GOSPEL
Mark 9:30-37
They went on from [Caesarea Philippi] and passed through Galilee.
[Jesus] did not want anyone to know it; for he was teaching his
disciples, saying to them, The Son of Man is to be betrayed into
human hands, and they will kill him, and three days after being killed,
he will rise again. But they did not understand what he was saying
and were afraid to ask him.
Then they came to Capernaum; and when he was in the house he
asked them, What were you arguing about on the way? But they
were silent, for on the way they had argued with one another who was
the greatest. He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them,
Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all.
Then he took a little child and put it among them; and taking it in his
arms, he said to them, Whoever welcomes one such child in my
name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes not me but
the one who sent me.

UMH 94

-We Scatter to Serve the WorldANNOUNCEMENTS

BENEDICTION
Shalom to You

RESPONSE

UMH 666

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Birthdays & Anniversaries

September 20 - Sean Hennessey

September 24 - Barb Lemmel & Mitchell Hay Anniversary

Essex Eats Out Schedule

Sept 25 - EUMC
Oct 9 - Holy Family
Oct 23 - EUMC

Oct 2 - 1st Congregational

Oct 16 - St James
Oct 30 - St Pius

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.
Usher & Greeter Schedules are available in the Narthex for
September & October
300 BARS of SOAP needed by Nov 1. These will be part of 300
health kits being put together by Shelburne UMC for UMCOR. (No
Ivory or Jergens, please, as they are too soft.)
Noisy Offering! On Sunday, October 18 we will will have a Noisy
Offering for church missions. Start saving your change to pour into
some loud metal containers!

Calendar

Sun, 20 Sep: Worship Theme: Prayer, Love, and Vulnerability

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.

The Totally Tubular Timothy Society 4:30 pm

Tue, 22 Sep: Office Hours
Church: 9-10:30am
Phoenix Books: 10:40-noon
Bible Study 1:45-3:15 pm at Mansfield Place
Choir Practice 6:30 pm
Staff-Parish Relations Committee, 7 pm
Sun, 27 Sep: Worship Theme: Prayer, Love, and Music
Bishops Day on the District for Laity South
Burlington, Faith UMC, 2- 5pm.
The Totally Tubular Timothy Society 4:30 pm
Mon, 28 Sep: Monday Companions Group Begins (tentative)
Tue, 29 Sep: Office Hours
Church: 9-10:30am
Phoenix Books: 10:40-noon
Choir Practice 6:30 pm
Wed, 7 Oct:

Green Mountain Nursing Home Service 2:30 pm.

Sun, 4 Oct:

World Communion Sunday and Baptism

Worship Theme: Seeing God at Work in the
World


Ongoing Prayers
Judy & Diezela
Zachary Roy
John Bartlett
Brooks Family
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

Lifted Up Last Sunday

Judy M - travelling mercies,class
reunion
Donna - Marjories grandson,
infection
Donna - back, no surgery needed
Kathy - Jewish friends, Rosh
Hashana
Ron - brother & sister-in-law
Bill W - sister, negative biopsy
Mary D - healing for Don
your constant vigil over children
forgiveness for the unforgivable

Love More,
Judge Less:

Vulnerability
Part Two of
Dont Just Go to Church;
Be the Church



Church Discussion after Coffee

Sun, 11 Oct: Worship Theme: Telling Stories of
Transformation
Tue, 13 Oct: Administrative Council 7:00
Sun, 18 Oct: Worship Theme: Coloring Outside the Lines
21 Oct-23 Oct:

Pastor Mitch will be in Mass. interviewing

Candidates for Ministry.

Tue, 20 Oct: Trustees 7:00

Sun, 25 Oct: Theme: Love, Anxiety, and Fearlessness
Sun, 1 Nov:

Theme: Love is More Than Saying Youre Sorry

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 & Mia Burnett
Song Leader: Dana Thomas Projection: Sam Evans
Greeter - Gail & Hannah Godfrey
Usher - Heidi & Charlotte Evans

Essex Center United Methodist Church

20 September 2015

17th Sunday after Pentecost