Quote for Reflection: and so bring healing.

Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed me, not

I believe in the sun even when it is not shining God grant me patience, only in my presence, but much more now in my absence, work
And I believe in love even when there’s no one there. to know the strength of the long journey, out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God
And I believe in God even when God is silent. and so be given hope. who is at work in you, enabling you both to will and to work for
scrawled on a cellar wall God grant me a heart of love, his good pleasure.
where Jews were in hiding
in Cologne during the Holocaust
to be moved to action,
and so receive deep peace. EPISTLE Colossians 1:15-23
God grant me Your own spirit He is the image of the invisible God,
We Gather as God’s People to share in the healing of the world, the firstborn of all creation;
and so know Your deep delight. for in him all things in heaven and on earth were created,
HYMN It Is Well with My Soul UMH 377 v. 1,4
things visible and invisible,
HYMN Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus UMH 349 whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers—
CALL TO WORSHIP Iona Community
all things have been created through him and for him.
God has called us to this place. What do we see?
He himself is before all things,
We see people who yearn to live out
God's joyous embrace of all people. We Listen for God’s Word and in him all things hold together.
He is the head of the body, the church;
God has brought us to this place. What do we hear?
EPISTLE Philippians 2:1-13 he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead,
We hear God's hope that we are able to see each person
If then there is any encouragement in Christ, any consolation so that he might come to have first place in everything.
as our sister or brother.
from love, any sharing in the Spirit, any compassion and For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell,
God has challenged us to open our lives and hearts to others.
sympathy, make my joy complete: be of the same mind, having and through him God was pleased
What will we do?
the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing to reconcile to himself all things,
We will do this one thing:
from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard others as whether on earth or in heaven,
welcome everyone in God's name! better than yourselves. Let each of you look not to your own by making peace through the blood of his cross.
Welcome to worship! interests, but to the interests of others. Let the same mind be in
you that was in Christ Jesus, And you who were once estranged and hostile in mind, doing
HYMN As a Fire Is Meant for Burning FWS 2237 evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his fleshly body through
who, though he was in the form of God,
 death, so as to present you holy and blameless and
did not regard equality with God
 irreproachable before him— provided that you continue
PASSING THE PEACE
as something to be exploited,
 securely established and steadfast in the faith, without shifting
but emptied himself,
 from the hope promised by the gospel that you heard, which has
YOUNG PEOPLE’S MESSAGE been proclaimed to every creature under heaven. I, Paul,
taking the form of a slave,

being born in human likeness.
 became a servant of this gospel.
HYMN Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus UMH 349
And being found in human form,

he humbled himself

OPENING TO GOD
God grant me the eyes of heaven
SG-H
and became obedient to the point of death—
 We Respond to God’s Word
even death on a cross.
to see each person’s divine belovedness REFLECTION What Is God Really Like? Part 4
and so find joy. Therefore God also highly exalted him

Pleroma & Kenosis: Fill ‘er Up & Pour It Out
God grant me a listening heart and gave him the name

to hear the cries of the silenced, that is above every name,

HYMN Come Share the Lord FWS 2269
and so gain wisdom. so that at the name of Jesus

God grant me humility every knee should bend,

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE & THE LORD’S PRAYER
that unburdened by myself in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

I may be free. and every tongue should confess

OFFERING & DOXOLOGY
God grant me courage that Jesus Christ is Lord,

to enter the world’s dark wounds, to the glory of God the Father.
THE LORD’S SUPPER FWS 2257, b-d
 Below are people, places, & concerns that folk have lifted up.
We Are Sent Into God’s World Please keep them in your prayers at home.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Please call or email the church office to add to the prayer list. What Is God Really Like?
Ongoing Prayers Lifted Up Last Sunday
BENEDICTION Arlitha Judy: prayers for a successful surgery Part 4: Pleroma & Kenosis:
Callie
“Fill ‘er Up & Pour It Out”
Elissa: welcoming baby Piper, blessings
RESPONSE Let There Be Peace on Earth UMH 431
Anne Kennison for Jenna and Pete
Mary Willard Bob: loss of Herb
j Norma Strickland
Judy & Diezela
Birthdays and Anniversaries Matthew C.
Elissa & Leif
August 4: Maureen Wiegner August 11: Kevin Heffernan
Greg
August 5: Alan & Nancy Nye Anniversary Paula DeMichele
Don Strickland
Calendar Ellie Uckele
Cole
Tuesdays: Pastor Is In @ Nest Coffee Shop 10 am - 11:30 am
Harley
Jericho Clergy Group 11:30-12:30
Lenore
Thursdays: Church Office 10:00 am- noon Michael Parker

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Gordon Mitchinson
Susan
Tim
Sun, 4 Aug: Adult Sunday Class 9:00 am

Taizé Worship Service at St. Paul’s Cathedral (2

Cherry St., Burlington) 7:00 pm. j
Wed, 7 Aug: Mitch will be at the New England District
Committees on Ministry Meeting, Manchester, NH.
He is available by cell/text. Essex Center United Methodist Church
essex_umc@comcast.net tel. 878-8304
Sat, 10 Aug: The Garage Sale That Ate Essex! www.essexumc.com
Please have all donations at the church by August 6. All
proceeds for a new Fellowship Hall roof. Call Linda or Ministers: the entire congregation Lay Leader: Joshua Knox
Ron with questions or for help with large items: 878-2926 Equipping Pastor: Rev. V. Mitchell Hay
cell/text: 881-3268 (feel free to call) mitchellhay@comcast.net
Please no textbooks, encyclopedias, computer gear, or clothing!
Office Manager: Elissa Johnsen
Sun, 11 Aug: Adult Sunday Class 9:00 am Sunday School Coordinator: Krista Rochefort
Organ: Kathryn Parker Piano: June Packard
Fri, 23 Aug: WOWW Luncheon - at the Lighthouse, Colchester
at 11:30 AM.
Song Leader: Dana LaClair Projection: Bob McLane
Essex Center
Un-Tied Methodist Church
Nursery Helper Claire N next week: Barb L
Parent Helper: Elissa J & Sarah K next week: Mary D
Thanks to Donna Holmes for the Beautiful Altar Covering Greeters: Ron & Linda B next week: TBD
Ushers: Dawn & Donna next week: Janice Jordan 4 August 2019 Eighth Sunday after Pentecost