Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
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Gathering Music Laurie Gentry
Welcome and Announcements Joanne Batten
Call to Worship
One: We gather to worship together,
All: Different people, different lives, different histories,
One: Yet all children of the same Parent,
All: Created lovingly by the Source of all life!
One: We gather to reconnect with one another,
All: Different people, different lives, different histories,
One: Yet all disciples of one Teacher.
All: Jesus, the Word made flesh, dwelling among us.
One: We gather with different joys and sorrows, different hopes and fears….
All: Different people, different lives, different histories,
One: Yet one people with one God, one faith, one baptism.
All: Let us open ourselves to the presence of God at work in us, among us, and through us.
Opening Hymn “Love the Lord Your God” Hymnal #62
Dave Johnson, guitar
Laurie Gentry, flute
Love the Lord your God with all your heart.
Love the Lord your God with all your soul.
Love the Lord your God with all your mind.
Love the Lord your God with all that you are.
Scripture Lesson Ephesians 4:25 - 5:2
Sermon “Be Angry, but Do Not Sin” Dr. Keith Ray
Thoughts to ponder: The writer of Ephesians instructs the church community to be angry, but do not sin. How are we to read such an admonition?
Certainly there are injustices in the world that rightly trigger our anger.
Jesus was surely angry when he turned over the tables in the temple. How do we navigate our own anger as those shaped by the teachings and ways of Jesus?
Prayers of the People
Meditative Chant “You Shall Be Like a Garden” Cynthia Warner, leader
Laurie Gentry, flute
From “Sounds Of the Eternal - Meditative Chants and Prayers” by John Philip Newell
Words by John Philip Newell; Music by Linda Larkin
2005. Material Media. All rights reserved.
You shall be like a garden, like a deep spring where waters never fail.
Closing Hymn and Offertory “Go, My Children, with My Blessing” Hymnal #547
Sharon Fowler, piano
1) “Go, my children, with my blessing, never alone.
Waking, sleeping, I am with you, you are my own.
In my love’s baptismal river I have made you mine forever.
Go, my children, with my blessing, you are my own.”
2) “Go, my children, sins forgiven, at peace and pure.
Here you learned how much I love you, what I can cure.
Here you heard my dear Son’s story; here you touched him, saw his glory.
Go, my children, sins forgiven, at peace and pure.”
3) “Go, my children, fed and nourished, closer to me.
Grow in love and love by serving, joyful and free.
Here my Spirit’s power filled you; here my tender comfort stilled you.
Go, my children, fed and nourished, joyful and free.”
Benediction
Discussion
Shalom (“May you be well and whole and in communion with all creation.”)
Shalom, my friends, Shalom, my friends, Shalom, Shalom.
Till we meet again, Till we meet again, Shalom, Shalom.
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Join us after worship service for some snacks - both sweet and savory.
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Calendar of Service -
August 4 - Rev. Dr. Steve Morgan
August 11 - Dr. Keith Ray
August 18 - Dr. Keith Ray
August 25 - Dr. Keith Ray
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Bible Study will be on a “multi-week pause” for the rest of July and the first part of August. When the Bible Study resumes, Deuteronomy will be the book of study.
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Auditions for the GAMAC Chorale will be held on Tuesday, August 6 and Wednesday, August 7 in the choir room at Trinity United Methodist Church at 1809 N. Main St. in Anderson. Call Stephanie at (864) 231-6147 to schedule an audition time.
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Session is forming a small task force to attend the Foothills Presbytery Church Safety and Security Training and subsequently draft recommendations for a safety plan for NACCP. The training will be held at First Presbyterian in Greer on Saturday, September 14 with lunch provided. If you are interested in participating in the task force, please contact Karen Manley at mountainmama@bellsouth.net.
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You may have noticed the new glass “tip jar” on the piano at church that serendipitously came about when someone didn’t claim a flower vase. Feel free to drop in a dollar or five when you like the music during the service. Dave and Polly will donate the “tips” to a cause related to music, such as bringing music to schools.
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If you would like to donate to the family of Eric Childs, who was tragically killed in a car accident, please use this link: https://gofund.me/6340eb47. Eric’s wife Jessicka Spearman heads the PFLAG group that meets at NACCP.
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Women’s clothing is needed for women coming out of incarceration. Good, gently used items please. All sizes.
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Doug Booth encourages everyone to volunteer at PAWS – there is something for everyone, from socializing with the dogs on-site to taking a dog to lunch to hosting weekend visits. There are many dogs at the facility who crave human interaction. Additionally, don’t forget to bring in any donations of blankets to the church.
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Karen highlighted that the Prayer Tree has been moved into the sanctuary. If you have a prayer request to add to the tree, write it on one of the provided tags and hang it on a branch.
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Joanne reminds us all to keep up the food donations for AIM (Anderson Interfaith Ministries)! Bring your non-perishable items to the church. This is an on-going need that can easily become part of everyone’s shopping routine.
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Are you interested in becoming a member of NACCP? Would you like to make this community your spiritual home? Please contact Keith at keithdray@gmail.com or at 864-508-1530.
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