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The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme 2 Ferry Road
Old Lyme, Connecticut (860) 434-8686
Website: www.fccol.org
SUNDAY WORSHIP
Steven R. Jungkeit, Senior Minister Laura Fitzpatrick-Nager, Senior Associate Minister
Carleen R. Gerber, Associate Minister Simon D. Holt, Director of Music
June 9, 2019 GRADUATES RECOGNITION SERVICE __ 10:00 AM Prelude Lighting of the Candles *Processional Hymn: #260 “O Splendor of God’s Glory Bright” *Call to Worship:
God calls us to love our neighbor as ourselves; the one who is weak and the one who is strong, the one who is happy and the one who is sad,
the one whom we understand and the one we don’t, the one who is embraced and the one who is shunned,
the one who is like us and the one who is different. We come, trusting God’s abundant love!
Let us worship God! *Invocation *The Lord's Prayer Welcome and News of the Church Graduate Recognition *Unison Reading:
*Gloria Patri: (#36 in hymnal)
GO PLACIDLY amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly, and listen to others...Be yourself... Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be. And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world... --Desiderata, by Max Ehrmann © 1927
Scripture:
Isaiah 9:2 (OT Pg 606)
John 1: 1-5 (NT Pg 87)
*Hymn: #327, “I Was There to Hear Your Borning Cry”
Pastoral Prayer
Pastoral
Prayer
Response:
Hear Our
Prayer
Offertory Invitation
Offertory Selection
*Doxology: Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise God, all creatures here below;
Praise God for all that love has done; Creator, Christ, and Spirit, One. Amen
*Offertory Prayer
Sermon: HOPE, FAITH AND THE POWER OF THE BROKEN David Fitzpatrick and Steve Jungkeit *Hymn: #401, “Amazing Grace! How Sweet the Sound” Benediction
Postlude
We thank you for worshipping with us. Following the life and teachings of Jesus, we are a church that strives to be a place of grace, welcoming all regardless of theological
expression, age, race, gender, sexual identity, national origin or financial means. In our Church Constitution we recognize that “each member shall have the undisturbed right to
follow the word of God according to the dictates of his or her own conscience, under the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit.” The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme, established in 1665, cherishes this proud Pilgrim tradition. We are honored by your presence among us, and we
invite you to help us become what we endeavor to be. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This morning we welcome to our pulpit David Fitzpatrick. David is a writer and author of the memoir “Sharp”, and is the brother of Laura Fitzpatrick-Nager.
He and his wife, Amy Holmes, live Rockfalls, Connecticut. They are advocates in the mental health community.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The memorial flowers this morning are given by Becky and Ted Crosby
in loving memory of Mr. & Mrs. Sumner McKnight Crosby, parents of Ted ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The deacon on duty is Deb Heminway. The hosts for Fellowship hour are the Nocera/Long/Kratzert Family.
Childcare is available every Sunday morning in the nursery downstairs at the 10 AM service. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If you are visiting us for worship this morning, we welcome you, and invite you to join us outside (weather permitting) for fellowship and refreshments.
We invite you to pick up a “Welcome” packet, which can be found in the vestibule. We hope this information will be helpful in acquainting you with
our church and its activities and programs. Quiet Activity Bags for young children are in the vestibule.
They are colorful bags with quiet projects for our youngest members. Please feel free to offer these bags to your children.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Rev. David W. Good serves as our Minister Emeritus.
The Rev. Rebecca T. Crosby is our Minister for Haitian Outreach. Rebecca A. Francisco, a recent graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary,
serves as minister to the South Lyme Union Chapel.
Large print versions of the bulletin are available from the ushers.
Join us for Make Music Day
on Lyme Street, Friday, June 21st, between 5:00 -7:00 pm. The celebration continues all along Lyme Street. At FCCOL, teens will be playing on the front
steps of our church! Bring your lawn chairs and come celebrate summer!
The FCCOL Immigration Committee is hosting a pot luck dinner on Monday, June 10th at 6:00 pm in Fellowship Hall. We will gather for some pre summer cheer and show our support and solidarity with the families that we are assisting. Please bring a dish to share! All are welcome! Please email Lina ([email protected]) should you have any questions.
Ladies Who Stitch - Our last working Monday is tomorrow, June 10th, before our summer break. We will reconvene on September 9th. Thank you for your support with donations, time, and purchases. If you have an LWS shopping need or question in the interim, contact Eunice via email: [email protected].
Refugee Resettlement Committee The Refugee Resettlement Committee of FCCOL, St. Ann’s and Christ the King is hoping to welcome a new refugee family to Old Lyme very soon. We are presently searching for available housing for rent and will need to furnish it. If you know of an available house or apartment with 2 bedrooms, please let us know. In addition, we are in need of bed frames (2 twins and 1 double/queen) and a dining table. Please call Susan Mountz at 860-339-5589 or 717-979-5687.
Although the Senior Choir now breaks for the summer months I wanted to let everyone know that we traditionally create a "Summer Sings" choir also known as the "Thrown-together-that-day-by-the-skin-of-our-teeth-but-oh-isn't-this-so-much-fun Choir" that is open to anyone at FCCOL who would like to sing the first Sunday of every month. On July 7, August 4 and September 1, we shall rehearse at 9:15 am in the Meeting House for our 10:00 am service and you are all welcome to join!
Congratulations Graduates! We celebrate our high school and college graduates today
and wish them joy in their future adventures.
Graduates from University Margot Austin- Miami University in Ohio Abigail Cipparone- Yale University Hugh Cipparone- Bowdoin College Ian James- Gettysburg College Maddy Richardson- LaSalle Academy Morgan Elizabeth Merrick-Rochester Institute of Technology
Graduates from High School Lyme-Old Lyme High School Tessa Allan Liam Clark Lily Cox Kylie Hall Elyza Learned Brynn McGlinchey
East Lyme High School Sarah Christensen & Eli Doggart
Claudia Petrie- Kingswood Oxford School Finn McGannon- Westbrook High School Jamie Donovan- Hopkins Jacob Matthew Tuck- Buckingham Browne Nichols School
Tribal Crafts Pre-Trip Sale! On Sundays, June 9th and 16th enjoy 50% off selected items during our annual pre-trip Tribal Crafts sale! Look for our table on the church lawn after the service. In 1987 Tribal Crafts was incorporated as a non-profit 501c(3) We buy and sell traditional Lakota artwork, providing an outlet outside of Reservation life. Your dollars go straight into the artist’s hands to help with items such as diapers, food and water. Donations are welcome! God’s Neighborhood Sunday School This Summer God’s Neighborhood will be meeting in God’s Garden: 12 Sundays of Summer, beginning today, June 9th. Y ou shall be like a garden, like a deep blue spring whose waters never fail.--Isaiah 58 All Welcome! Please join us during the 10 a.m. service! FCCOL Theatre Arts Camp June 17-20 for Ages 4 through grade 8, Monday thru Wednesday 4-6:30 p.m. and Thursday 5-7:30 with a performance at 6:30. Looking for high school youth to help with facilitating! Everyone Welcome. Please register early! Call Lisa Doggart at 803-493-6904 or [email protected]. Book Club Barbara Brown Taylor’s book, Holy Envy, Finding God in the Faith of Others. Join us on Tuesday, June 18th, at 11:00 am in the Hoag Parlor. One-Day Vocal Camp June 15 The valley-shore chorus of Cappella Cantorum offers a One-Day Vocal Camp on Saturday, June 15, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at FCCOL. All singers ages 13 and up are welcome to attend. The camp offers intensive choral practice in group and private lessons that will improve sight reading, ear training and blending in a choral environment. Learn from accomplished choral leaders Simon Holt, director of the Salt Marsh Opera, Cappella Cantorum and the choir of FCCOL, and Paul Laurence Fletcher, critically acclaimed oratorio and concert soloist. Lunch will be provided. Cost is $45 for the group session and $55 for the group session plus a private vocal lesson with Mr. Fletcher. The private lessons are limited and offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Reserve a spot at www.cappellacantorum.org or by calling 860-941-8243. Wings of Justice returns to Mexico! A Guadalupe Experience, Day of the Dead October 29 - November 7, 2019 Once again we will travel to Cuernavaca Mexico, to the Guadalupe Experience, this time to immerse ourselves in the Day of the Dead! Come learn what this has to do with Mexico, with Latin American culture and spirituality, and with the many social justice struggles that are occurring in Latin America these days. Deadline to sign on is July 1, with a deposit of $300. Total cost is $1200 per person plus airfare, about $400. There are only 8 spaces available, so email [email protected] to reserve your spot today!
White Elephant Sale Sale hours: Fr iday, July 12th from 9:00 am - 2:00 pm and Saturday, July 13th from 8:00 am - Noon. Call the church office 434-8686 and select the White elephant line #5 for more information or leave a voice message to volunteer. SAVE this DATE - Saturday June 22nd - SET-UP DAY –!!! In 2 weeks, we will be setting up the Sheffield, Fellowship and Sunday school areas for the WES. Need folks at 8:30 am to begin unloading the parsonage barn of tables, shelves, clothes racks, etc., and others at 9:00 am to unload the trucks and set up inside the church facility. Please drop by for an hour or two and give us a hand. If we have enough folks, we will be done in 3 hours - Thanks! Help wanted - Large furniture, Children's clothes - Package check - good job for the jr high kids - to check, store and then retrieve purchases during sale days - Worker refreshments - good job for jr high kids - mix ice tea, etc. and bring trays of drinks around to departments during sale days [contact office] - Electrical department - to test equipment prior to sale. Any and all help will be greatly appreciated. Call Ted Crosby 434-8054. - Intake needs a daily staff of 6-8 folks to unload cars and sort donations 6/27 to 6/29 from 9:00 -2:00 pm and 7/1, 7/5 & 7/6. Please call the office 434-8686 and volunteer - it will help us as we try to ensure daily staffing needs. Stay as long as you can stay. Great way to meet folks! !!!!ATTENTION ALL BAKERS!!! THE WHITE ELEPHANT SALE IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER!!!! Even though it’s still June, if you have a couple of hours and a freezer it’s not too early to start baking your favorite pie, cake, cookies, scones, muffins – whatever suits your mood. Last year was the Bakery Booth’s best ever -- $1,044.30 in sales!!! Let’s try to top that in 2019!! Please call Faye Richardson (860 434 3349) if you have any questions. THANKS!!!
Calendar of Events and Meetings for This Week
God’s Neighborhood Garden Today at 10:00 am. Green Grass Trip Meeting Today at 11:30 am in the Library
Ladies Who Stitch Monday, June 10th at 10:00 am in the Sheffield Auditor ium. Board of Trustees Tuesday, June 11th at 7:00 pm in the Library. Poetry Group W ednesday June 12 at 4pm in Hoag Par lor . Bible Study Friday June 14th at 10:00 am at Essex Meadows.
White Elephant Sale
