*Please stand, as able PRELUDE "Sonata #6 in D minor" Scarlatti ANNOUNCEMENTS *CALL TO WORSHIP

Reader: From a world in which injustice is rampant, People: We turn to you, O God, our refuge from those who would work woe. Reader: With hearts from which courage has taken leave, People: We turn to you, O Lord, our refuge from dealers in fear. Reader: We have hewn out for ourselves broken cisterns that can hold no water. People: Now we turn to you, O God, the fountain of living water, ALL: that courage might rule our hearts and justice cover the earth.

*HYMN #60 "I'll Praise My Maker While I've Breath" MORNING PRAYER As we gather this morning we remember and lift the concerns of others to you.

(Prayer requests will be spoken on our behalf. After each request the congregation will respond,

“Loving God, hear our prayer.”) As we pray for those we love and know, we pray for those who we often do not know, the poor, the homeless, the unwelcome refugees, the immigrants, “your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” Let us do our part to embrace these children of yours. Now O loving God hear us as offer this litany. Pastor: O God, when the world grows weary of our righteous confessions and rigid creeds, People: help us to remember that Jesus did not go about talking big, but doing good. Pastor: When the world grows weary of our date-setting speculations and doomsday prophecies, People: help us to remember that Jesus did not go about chasing mysteries but confronting realities. Pastor: When the world grows weary of our sterile knowledge and our strident doctrines, People: help us to remember that Jesus did not go about defending propositions but speaking parables.

Pastor: When the world grows weary of our clannish nationalism and religious parochialism, People: help us to remember that Jesus did not go about coddling bigotry, but demanding charity. Pastor: When the world grows weary of our childish beliefs and other worldly concerns, People: help us to remember that Jesus did not go about pondering eternity but practicing love. ALL: So faith, hope, and love abide; but the greatest of these is Love.

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 for give us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen TIME WITH THE CHILDREN ANTHEM "You'll Never Walk alone" R. Rodgers

SERMON “BYOB” Rev. Stinson

PRAYER HYMN #2130 "The Summons"

OFFERING "Theme in F Major" Swindon

*DOXOLOGY *HYMN # "Savior, Again to Thy Dear Name" *BENEDICTION POSTLUDE "Toccato & Fuge in F Major" D. Buxtehude

COFFEE HOUR IN BENNETT HALL (please join us for fellowship)

Welcome to Jesse Lee Church: Find hope, joy, peace and the love of God here.

Flowers on the altar are given to the glory of God by Jesse Lee United Methodist Church.

Scripture Reader: Steve Wendt Ushers: Jim Riling, Brian Sideleau

LOOKING FORWARD Prayer Concerns You will find a form in your bulletins for prayer concerns. Please state your concerns on these forms, which the ushers will collect and bring forward during the opening hymn. They will be included during our Morning Prayer. Leadership Resourcing Day Leadership and all others interested. See Bulletin Board for details. Saturday, February 3, Simsbury UMC, 9am-12pm OR Sunday, February 11, Stratford UMC, 2-5pm Habitat Women Build Day (see insert) Thursday, Feb. 8, from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM At Habitat for Humanity of Coastal Fairfield County 1542 Barnum Avenue, Bridgeport, CT 06610 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4 Following morning worship, SOUPER BOWL LUNCH. See sign up sheets on bulletin board in hallway, outside kitchen door. Annual GED Brunch Brunch will be provided for the GED students at Mercy Learning Center on Tues., Feb. 13, at 9 am. We provide, then share this meal with the students. Many are immigrants from other nations, working hard to achieve their dreams of learning English, pursuing higher education, & their choice of careers, in order to support their families. Please contact Kim Breda via email sbreda@optonline.net if you'd like to provide food & beverages for these deserving students. ASH WEDNESDAY SERVICE Wednesday, February 14th - 7:00PM - Jesse Lee UM Church

THIS WEEK’S ACTIVITIES Today: 10:00am Worship Service/Sunday School 11:00am Coffee Hour 7-9:00PM Battell Chapel at Yale. Benefit Concert to honor our immigrant roots and to remember those who have been banned or deported. Program includes singers, instrumentalists, and poets from across New Haven. (more information at #Banniversary) Monday 9:15am Essentrics Exercise Wednesday 9:15am Essentrics Exercise Thursday 7:00pm Choir Friday 9:15am Essentrics Exercise Next Sunday: 10:00am Worship Service/Sunday School 11:00am Coffee Hour

Attendance: January 21 - 57

CIRCUIT WRITER: Items for the newsletter should be sent Suzanne Herlihy (suzannevherlihy@gmail.com). _______________________________________________ INFORMATION FOR BULLETIN: Items for the weekly bulletin should be sent to Lois by TUESDAY morning: jesselee.umc@gmail.com AND lmhalzack@gmail.com _______________________________________________ PASTOR’S OFFICE HOURS: Rev. Stinson will be in the office Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday, 9am-12pm. He can be reached by email at jstinson4242@aol.com For an emergency, please call Rev. Stinson at: 203-984-0141(cell) or 203-378-4702(Home). CHURCH OFFICE HOURS: Tuesday thru Thursday, 8:30am - 12:30pm. Please leave voice mail message when office is closed.

Jesse Lee United Methodist Church 25 Flat Rock Road - Easton, CT 06612 (203) 372-8250 - Web: www.jesselee.org

Email: jesselee.umc@gmail.com

Rev. James Stinson – Pastor

Joseph F. Swindon - Minister of Music Michelle Wendt - Church School Superintendent

Lois Halzack - Administrative Assistant

Jesse Lee Church is the direct descendent of the oldest continuously operating Methodist Society of New England. Our church traces its origin to 1789 when Jesse Lee, A Methodist Circuit Rider (traveling preacher), was appointed to spread the Word of God to New England. The congregation has met in this warm colonial sanctuary since 1813. The United Methodist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination of 10 million members in the USA and around the world. It is affiliated with Methodist Churches in 87 countries in the world. We confess Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and the historic Christian faith.

Our Vision

Jesse Lee United Methodist Church seeks to be a compassionate congregation whose members, through word and deed, live the Great Commandment of Jesus Christ to “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength, and your neighbor as yourself.”

Jesse Lee United Methodist Church At Worship

January 28, 2018 10:00 A.M.