July 5th, 2020

FiFth Sunday aFter PentecoSt

Gathered to Share God’S Love leader

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Cover Art Rebecca and Eleazer - Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682)

Open and Affirming: fccmoline.org/ona We are an ONA church, covenanting with all people regardless of sexual orientation, gender expression or identity. All people are welcome to participate fully in the life of the church, including the rites, sacraments, and leadership of the congregation.

Buy you a drink?

Tradition has it that Isaac met Rebekah at a well, and the deal was sealed when she not only granted a drink of water when requested, but also watered his camels as well. This is part of the background for the dialogue of Jesus with the woman at the well.

How couples meet is a universal story theme. At a lunch meeting Wes Llewellyn talked about how when he was in the restaurant business and couples were reserving the dining room for a rehearsal dinner or a wedding reception he would ask, “How did you meet?” The answer often was, “In a bar.” Mary Mahar mentioned that “How did you meet?” was a good question to break the ice with couples looking to buy a house. Joining in I said that this was a question I ask of couples preparing for a wedding at the church, but they are more reluctant to say that they met over a drink.

And as the years roll on for couples there is a growing sense that whatever the circumstance of their meeting that somehow it was destiny or the will of God. When couples look back after years, experiences, family, better and worse, they often see the hand of God at work in their lives. And even with all the challenges, we generally see blessing as well. It is a good, old story.

Pastor Michael

Welcome Today from the life of the church

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Gathering of God’s PeoplePrelude

Greeting and Welcome

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you.

And also with you.

*Call To Worship

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,

that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men,

deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.

With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right,

let us strive on to finish the work we are in,

to bind up the nation’s wounds, to care for those who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan,

to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.

*Opening Prayer

Let us pray: God of the nations, guide our people by your Spirit to go forward in justice and freedom. Give us what outward prosperity may be in your will, but above all things give us faith in you, that our nation may bring glory to your name and blessings to all peoples, through Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.

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*Call to Confession

*Prayer of Confession

Eternal God our creator, in you we live and move and have our being. Look upon us, your children, the word of your hands. Forgive us all our offenses, and cleanse us from proud thoughts and empty desires. By your grace draw us near to you, our refuge and our strength; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

*Declaration of Forgiveness

Since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit given to us. In the mercy of almighty God, Christ died for us while we still were sinners; and for his sake, God forgives you all your sins. Amen.

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*Passing the Peace

The peace of Christ be with you always.And also with you.

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Proclaiming the Good NewsPrayer for Illumination

Merciful God, in this moment of stillness, wash us clean of our presumptions. Receive us as your weary children. Then, by the power of your Spirit, bless us with a word that revives, for we pray in the name of Jesus, your living Word. Amen.

Scripture Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67

So he said, ‘I am Abraham’s servant. The Lord has greatly blessed my master, and he has become wealthy; he has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male and female slaves, camels and donkeys. And Sarah my master’s wife bore a son to my master when she was old; and he has given him all that he has. My master made me swear, saying, “You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live; but you shall go to my father’s house, to my kindred, and get a wife for my son.”

‘I came today to the spring, and said, “O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if now you will only make successful the way I am going! I am standing here by the spring of water; let the young woman who comes out to draw, to whom I shall say, ‘Please give me a little water from your jar to drink,’ and who will say to me, ‘Drink, and I will draw for your camels also’—let her be the woman whom the Lord has appointed for my master’s son.”

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‘Before I had finished speaking in my heart, there was Rebekah coming out with her water-jar on her shoulder; and she went down to the spring, and drew. I said to her, “Please let me drink.” She quickly let down her jar from her shoulder, and said, “Drink, and I will also water your camels.” So I drank, and she also watered the camels. Then I asked her, “Whose daughter are you?” She said, “The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bore to him.” So I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her arms. Then I bowed my head and worshipped the Lord, and blessed the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me by the right way to obtain the daughter of my master’s kinsman for his son. Now then, if you will deal loyally and truly with my master, tell me; and if not, tell me, so that I may turn either to the right hand or to the left.’ And they called Rebekah, and said to her, ‘Will you go with this man?’ She said, ‘I will.’ So they sent away their sister Rebekah and her nurse along with Abraham’s servant and his men. And they blessed Rebekah and said to her,

‘May you, our sister, become thousands of myriads; may your offspring gain possession of the gates of their foes.’

Then Rebekah and her maids rose up, mounted the camels, and followed the man; thus the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.

Now Isaac had come from Beer-lahai-roi, and was settled in the Negeb. Isaac went out in the evening to walk in the field; and looking up, he saw camels coming. And Rebekah looked up, and when she saw Isaac, she slipped quickly from the camel, and said to the servant, ‘Who is the man over there, walking in the field to meet us?’ The servant said, ‘It is my master.’ So she took her veil and covered herself. And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done. Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent. He took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.

The word of the Lord.Thanks be to God.

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Psalm 45:10-17

Hear, O daughter consider and listen closely;

Forget your people and your father’s house

The king will desire your beauty;

he is your master, so bow before him.

The city of Tyre brings tribute;

The wealthiest of the people seek your favor.

All glorious is the princess as she enters

Her gown is cloth of gold

In embroidered apparel, she is brought to the king;

After her the bridesmaids follow in procession.

With joy and gladness they are brought,

And enter into the palace of the king.

In place of ancestors, O King, you shall have sons;

You shall make them princes over all the earth.

I will make your name to be remembered from one generation to another;

therefore nations will praise you forever and ever.

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*Gospel Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30

‘But to what will I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the market-places and calling to one another,

“We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did not mourn.”

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, “He has a demon”; the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, “Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax-collectors and sinners!” Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.’

At that time Jesus said, ‘I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

‘Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.’

The gospel of the Lord.Praise to you O Christ.

Sermon How Did You Meet? Rev. Michael Swartz

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Responding to the Good NewsOffering Our Gifts

Invitation

When Rebekah’s family asked whether she would yield her life to God’s purposes, she answered, “I will.” Every day each of us is challenged by that same question. May the offerings we now bring symbolize our yielding.

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Praise God from whom all blessings flow,Praise God, all creatures here below;Praise God above, ye heavenly host;Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

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Gracious Creator, you have laced our lives with blessing. As we present these offerings, we also tender our lives. Make us your bold and faithful people, willing to go forward in faith wherever you would lead us, that we might be a comfort in the world. We pray in the name of Jesus, by the gift of your empowering Spirit. Amen.

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The Sacrament of Holy Communion*Invitation

Katy: Beloved in Christ, the Gospel tells us that on the first day of the week Jesus Christ was raised from the death, appeared to Mary Magdalene, on the same day sat at the table with two disciples and was made known to them in the breaking of the bread.

Michael: This is the joyful feast of the people of God.

Katy: This table is for all who wish to know the presence of Christ and to share in the community of God’s people.

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The Lord be with you.

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Lift up your hearts.

We lift them up to the Lord.

Let us give thanks to the Lord.

It is right to give thanks and praise.

We thank you and praise you, O God, for the good of gift creation, and for your redeeming love in Jesus Christ. We thank you generous harvests and for bread. This National Holiday Weekend we give you thanks for your Holy Spirit who moves among us and makes us one -- out of many, one.

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The Great Thanksgiving Prayer

Holy God, we thank you for Jesus. In the fullness of time, You sent him into the world because you loved the world so much You sent your only son.

Jesus emptied himself and became one of us, He ate with sinners, Talked with a woman at the well and healed the sick,

He accepted death on the cross to bring about reconciliation-- To reconcile each of us with You, holy God, And to reconcile us with each other.

We are gathered at this table in Jesus’ name To become a sign of your love in our world.

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Words of Institution

We recall that Jesus took bread and thanked you for your love He broke the bread and gave it to his friends saying: Take this and share it among you. This is my body given for you.

He also took a cup of wine, Gave you praise, and shared it saying: Take this and drink from it, all of you. This is the cup of the new covenant in my blood, Shed for people everywhere. Whenever you do this, do it in memory for me.

Prayer of Consecration and Our Lord’s Prayer

Consecrate, therefore, by your Holy Spirit, these gifts of bread and wine, and bless us that as we receive them at this table, we may offer you our faith and praise, we may be united with Christ and with one another, and we may continue faithful in all things.

Let us pray as Christ our Savior has taught us.

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.

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Through the broken bread we participate in the body of Christ.

Through the cup of blessing we participate in the new life Christ gives.

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The bread is eaten when served; the wine is held to be taken together.Grape juice is clear; wine is red.

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*Unison Prayer of Thanksgiving

Let us pray, Almighty God, we give you thanks for the gift of our Savior’s presence in the simplicity and splendor of this holy meal. Unite us with all who are fed by Christ’s body and blood that we may faithfully proclaim the good news of your love and that your universal church may be a rainbow of hope in an uncertain world; through Jesus Christ our Redeemer. Amen.

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The altar flowers are given to the glory of God and in loving memory of

Rezin and Charlotte Scott

Given by: The Ylinen Family

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Serving TodayMusiciansMason Moss Maureen Holmes

Lector/Liturgist Dieter Härle Katy Härle Suzanne Härle

FCCLive Steve Schippers

First Congregational Church StaffRev. Michael Swartz Pastor michael@fccmoline.org

Maureen Holmes Chancel Choir Director maureen@fccmoline.org

Mason Moss Organist/Pianist mason@fccmoline.org

Gail Glockhoff-Long Campanella Ringers Director gail@fccmoline.org

Becca Peterson Director of Family Ministry becca@fccmoline.org

Harleigh Jones Nursery Coordinator nursery@fccmoline.org

Jennifer Dailing Office Manager & Bookkeeping jennifer@fccmoline.org

Amber Moore - Director of Marketing & Communications amber@fccmoline.org

Sara Otta Financial Manager sara@fccmoline.org

Amanda Peterson Red Wagon Preschool Director

Custodian Mike DeToye