Worship Bulletin

FIRST PARISH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF SACO
April 21, 2024                           PILGRIM LODGE SUNDAY                             10:00 AM
We extend a warm welcome to all who gather here.
We pray that the service will offer you peace, comfort, and substance to feed your soul.

The Community Gathers

Meditation “Pilgrim Lodge is a multi-generational summer camp and retreat space centered on the spirit of extravagant welcome. Ours is a ministry of inclusion: no matter who you are or where you are on life’s journey, all who come in love have a seat at the table. We each bring our unique and sacred lived experiences as we are called into relationship with one another. We believe that intentional periods of living together, seeing the divine in one another, and sharing in appreciation of the beauty of the earth, gives our spirits a chance to open to life in a real and vital manner. We believe in providing space to slow down the rapid pace of modern life in order to tend to community.” ~ Pilgrim Lodge Philosophy

Prelude                                              “Riverbend Rag”                                    by Melody Bober
                                   Trio: Emily Savage, Jacqui Savage, Will Sawyer

Welcome and Announcements

Introit                                                 “This Little Light of Mine”                                  by Mark Hayes
                                                            Piano Duet
Call to Worship
Leader: As we gather for worship, we celebrate a space to learn and grow.
People: As we gather for worship, we celebrate a space to try new things.
Leader: As we gather for worship, we celebrate a space to connect with God.
People: As we gather for worship, we celebrate a space to share our story.
Leader: As we gather for worship, we celebrate a space to feel the warmth of God.
People: As we gather for worship, we celebrate a space to lean on one another.
Leader: As we gather for worship, we celebrate a space to be still and listen.
ALL: As we gather for worship, we celebrate a space where all are welcome.

*Opening Song                                  “Part of the Family”                                       (See insert)

Prayer of Invocation and Lords’s Prayer (unison)
Awesome God, we come this morning to celebrate and to worship all that you have done in our lives. We come, remembering the experiences and memories we have had in our lives that help us to reconnect to you. May our worship renew us, inspire us, and draw us outside of ourselves to find a special place to connect to your Holy Presence. We ask all of this in the name of your Son, Jesus Christ, and we offer the words that he taught us to use when we pray:

            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.

*Camp Song                                          “Pass It On”                                                (See insert)

A Message for Children and Youth

The Word of God to Us

The Reading of Scripture              John 10:11-18 (NT, p. 90)

The Message                                        “Linked By Love”                    Rev. Scott W. Cousineau

Anthem                                             “Here in this Place”                               by Marty Haugen

                                                   We Respond to God’s Word

The Community at Prayer
Sharing our Prayers
Silent Prayer
Pastoral Prayer

Prayer Response                                   “When I Pray”                                 by Daniel Nahmod
When I pray, I feel my heart go deeper, my heart go deeper into my God.
When I pray, I feel my heart go deeper, my heart go deeper into my God.
Right here, right now, right where I am, I pray.
Right here, right now, right where I am, I pray.

Offering Our Gifts to God
        Invitation
        Offertory

*Doxology
                Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Praise God all creatures here below.
                               Praise God above ye heavenly hosts, Creator, Christ, and Holy Ghost.

*Prayer of Dedication

*Closing Hymn                          “Lord, I Want to be a Christian”#403
*Benediction

*Postlude        “Triple Dip”                                      by Robert Vandall
                                       Trio: Emily Savage, Jacqui Savage, Will Sawyer

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UCC, SACO MAINE
12 BEACH STREET | SACO, ME 04072
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