“No matter who you are, No matter where you are on life’s journey, You are welcome here.”

Sunday, October 24, 2021

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Welcome to Worship

at St. Paul UCC

We are glad you are here! October 24, 2021 9am Worship

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Information for our friends ~ •Our 9am In-Person and Virtual Worship Service is inspired with hymns, scripture and

a uplifting, theological-based sermon and can be seen on Facebook live, on

stpaulucc.org (our website - and watched at your convenience), and heard on KSTL-690

AM radio & streamed on Jubilee690.com at 9am Sundays and repeated at 9pm. You

can watch the online service anytime after it has begun.

• For those in attendance: please note that our services are recorded and you may be

on camera.

• Please send prayer requests by email to dyoung@stpaulucc.org or call

the church office at 618-233-3303.

• We want to know that you are listening / watching online!

Please call, email or message us!

• If you would like a call or know someone who might need a call, please let us know.

• To continue your offering during this time, go to stpaulucc.org

for online giving or contact the church office to set up automatic withdrawal.

• When you or a loved one is admitted to a hospital, please ask the hospital to notify

the church office. If you have a new addition to your family, if your address or

phone changes, please contact the church office so we can keep our records

current.

* Notes for our congregants to stand if they are comfortably able

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TODAY’S WORSHIP LEADERS

Preacher……………………….………………………..………….………….Rev. Michelle Torigian

Music Director ………………………………………………………………………….Dr. Bill Wade

Liturgist……………..…………….….....…………….…………………..……………….Donna Davis

WELCOME Rev. Michelle Torigian PRELUDE Solemn Melody John S. Dixon (b. 1957) INVOCATION (UNISON)

Ever-calling God, We give thanks that you have gathered us into your Church and graced us with your faithful presence. We ponder our history, ancient and still developing, and marvel at the many expressions of your Church. Grant us the vision to be a part of this new moment in your Church that will bring ever more joy and justice to the world. Continue to gather us, the diverse lot of us, into Jesus’ vision and dream that your faithful people may be one in you. Amen.

*OPENING HYMN Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah (CWM RHONDDA) Text: William Willliams (1717-1791); Music: John Hughes (1873-1932) (See page 4) *PRAYER OF REFLECTION

God of Renewal-

We want to be a church open to your transforming love, and yet, we cling to comfortable ways. We want to honor your “still speaking voice”, but we are fearful of insights which challenge old assumptions. We want to live into Jesus’ dream of oneness, but we fail to listen to voices of difference. God of the Metamorphosis, transform our hearts, minds, and souls! Amen.

CHILDREN’S CHAT Rev. Michelle Torigian

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ANTHEM Jubilate Deo Text: Psalm 100; Music attrib. W. A. Mozart, ed. James Kirkby (b. 1974)

SCRIPTURE Mark 10:46-52

SERMON The Voice Rev. Michelle Torigian

PASTORAL PRAYER AND LORD’S PRAYER 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.

*CLOSING HYMN If You But Trust in God to Guide You (NEUMARK) Text: Catherine Winkworth; Music: Georg Neumark (1621-1681) (See page 6) *BLESSING OF THE GIFTS (UNISON)

Transform our lives, O God, and let these gifts change the world into which we send them. Take them and multiply them to be a blessing of justice and peace in the world you love! Amen.

*BENEDICTION

May the Divine Love that gives to life its beauty, the Holy Reverence that gives to life its sacredness, and the Spirit’s purposes that give to life its deep significance, be strong within each of us and lead us

into ever deepening relationships with God and Creation. Amen. POSTLUDE Fugue in C major in Handelian Style attrib. George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

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ST. PAUL WORSHIP LEADERS

Senior Pastor………………………………………..………………….…Rev. Michelle Torigian

Music Director ……………..…………….….....…………….………………….....Dr. Bill Wade

10/24 Middle and High School Gathering @ 4-5:30pm 10/24 Fireside Club Meeting @ 6pm in Heritage Hall 10/25 Coffee & Conversation with Pastor Michelle @ 2:30-4:30pm 10/29 Halloween Spooktacular Concert St. Paul UCC Sanctuary @ 7pm 10/30 Trunk or Treat –St Paul UCC parking lot @ 10am-12pm Community To-Go Dinner every Tuesday @ 5pm Bible Study Oct 5-Nov 23rd @ 10am in the Genesis Room

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Information about today’s service: All St. Paul United Church of Christ services are recorded. Music used with permission through Onelicense.net License #A-715913, CCLI #1795791, or public domain. Used by permission St. James Press License #17755 Invocation, Prayer of Reflection, and Blessing of the Gifts from Church, New Each Moment: Service Prayers for the 21st Sunday after Pentecost,, written by the Rev. Bonnie Tarwater of San Diego, CA. Benediction from www.rexaehuntprogressive.com

The flowers on the altar this week

are by Laureen Torigian, with love

and prayers, in honor of Pastor

Michelle, for pastor appreciation

month.

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A window on the east wall of Heritage Hall, depicting children being protected by an angel is dedicated to Vom S.S. Lehrer Vere in 1901. Who or what is this?

Archives Artifacts ~ St. Paul trivia from the desk of Roger Henke

Gus Kuether Bev Juenger

Lori Coleman Julie Nollette

Al Stahl Audrey Krummrich Carol Hotz Joyce Maurer Jim Young Our Neighbors

Barb Suess

PRAYER REQUESTS

Please send prayer requests to

pastormichelle@stpaulucc.org

or call 618-233-3303

Praying for your health and well being!

Sundays

9am Traditional Worship

10am Coffee & Donuts

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Here is how to stay in touch with St. Paul

1) Watch the services and check for event updates on FACBOOK -

Like us at St. Paul United Church

of Christ Belleville, IL

2) Go to stpaulucc.org

-and you will find: videos of services, sermons, archives, and much more!!

3) Listen to the radio! 690am

This Week

Weekly Attendance

9am Oct 10, 2021 60 + Online Participants Oct 11, 2020 22 9AM & 37 Outside Service

For Your Prayers Answer: In the year 1901, this group was the church’s Sunday School Teacher Society.