thursday, sunday, arch 1, arch 4, 2018
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Welcome to Worship at Federated! If you are new to Federated, please tell us on a “Visitors Card” & in a red Friendship Folder.
Children are welcome in worship at Federated. Children’s Activity Bags are at the Sanctuary entrance. The Library/“Cry Room” is child friendly. Child care is available Sundays in the Nursery. Ushers are here to help you — please ask them if you need hearing assistance devices and large
print hymnals. Ushering are Lloyd Castner, Cliff Jensen, Randy Kasper, John Peterson, Marilyn Perterson, Clark Smith, and Toby Sand, Youth Usher.
We are called Federated because on July 2, 1914, Columbus’ Congregational (now the United Church of Christ) and Presbyterian churches joined to serve as one congregation.
The Order of St. Andrew serves as Federated’s deacons. Prayer requests can be shared on Prayers Cards in the pew pockets or Prayer Chain requests to the Church Office (402) 564-2812
to call the Order of St. Andrew. The Prayer Chain is strictly confidential. If you missed worship last week, visit www.federatedcolumbus.org for videos of worship and bulletins, or on Channel 1304 (HD) Mondays & Saturdays at Noon and Sunday evenings at 8pm.
In case of an emergency, the pastors’ cell phone numbers are: Annika: (402) 942-1636 / Edward: (402) 302-2812
Federated Church Clergy and Staff
Rev. Dr. Annika Lister Stroope Senior Pastor
Jim Rains Office Manager
Rev. Dr. S. Edward Yang Associate Pastor
for Children, Youth, and Families [email protected]
Chrissy Ford Bookkeeper & Publications Coord.
Lee Augustin, Organist Zach Nickolite, Custodian
Bob Arp, Chancel Choir Director Ashli Porter, Nursery Attendant
Stuart Gausman Bell Choir Director
Lay Pastor Antonio Garcia El Buen Pastor Fellowship
Governing Council 2018 - Federated Church Elders
Dave Melick, President • Bill Royer, Vice President Louise Moran, Secretary • Terry Norris, Treasurer
Class of 2018 Class of 2019 Class of 2020
Jeannie Kiser-Jensen
Julie Graham Wilma Arp
Sharon Kuncl Kathy Leischner Linda Wheatley
Bill Royer Gail Wurdeman Doug Williams
Thursday, March 1,
2018
Sunday, March 4,
2018
JOYS & CONCERNS Our youth group is in Omaha Sunday for annual church visitation and fellowship activity. They will worship at Christ Community Church, have lunch, and go ice skating. Please hold Marcia Grant in your prayers as she is at Bryant Hospital with influenza. Jim Morris is recovering well from knee replacement and in physical therapy. He and Kathy thank the church for its prayers and concern. Please hold Denny Vollbracht in your prayers as he recovers from open heart surgery. Please pray for Margaret Trew as she is rehabbing at Morys Haven.
THIS WEEK AT FEDERATED CHURCH Sunday, March 4 9:15am Youth Visit to Christ Comm. Church, Omaha 9:30am Worship Service, Sanctuary 10:30am Education Hour 3:00pm El Buen Pastor Worship Service, Sanctuary Monday, March 5 5:15pm Order of St. Andrew Meeting, Library 5:15pm Special Olympics, Gym 7:00pm CM Teachers Meeting, EC 8 7:00pm Boy Scouts Troop 212, Fellowship Hall Tuesday, March 6 8:00am Tues. Morning Book Group, Fellowship Hall 12:00pm All Staff Noon Luncheon, EC 7 1:30pm Lenten Prayer Gathering, Sanctuary 4:00pm Emerson Elementary After-school Tutoring 6:00pm Consonaires Rehearsal, Choir Room 7:00pm Cub Scouts Pack 279, Fellowship Hall Wednesday, March 7 12:05pm Lenten Worship & Lunch, First Methodist 3:00pm Wed. Youth After School, FH, Upper Rooms 6:30pm Bell Choir Rehearsal, Sanctuary 7:30pm Chancel Choir Practice, Choir Room 7:30pm Youth Club, Upper Room, Gym Thursday, March 8 6:30pm Thursday Worship Service, Sanctuary Friday, March 9 6:00pm Latino Prayer Service, Sanctuary Saturday, March 10, No events scheduled Sunday, March 11 - Daylight Savings Time Begins 9:30am Worship Service, Sanctuary 10:30am Education Hour 3:00pm El Buen Pastor Worship Service, Sanctuary 6:00pm Confirmation Class, Fellowship Hall
Education Hour After Sunday Worship Today - Education Hour Resume
Sunday School for pre-K to high school are welcome to Christian formation and fellowship at 10:30 a.m. in the Education Center
All Adults are welcome in the sanctuary for Education Hour at 10:45 a.m. Today we being the series Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church with
Bible scholar and pastor N.T. Wright
Mission and Outreach
Thank you for supporting Federated youth and pastors participating in 30 Hour Famine, which was a fast all day Friday through 6am Saturday. We raised $442 for World Vision’s hunger relief programs!
Caring & Connecting
ANNOUNCEMENTS For more details, visit www.federatedcolumbus.org,
or contact the church office (402)564-2812.
2018 Address Directories are still in production. Please inform Chrissy of input for these you may have - [email protected] or (402) 564-2812.
Tuesday Christian Book Discussion Group will meet at 8AM (instead of 7AM). All are invited to for coffee in Fellowship Hall. Lenten Reading: The Last Week: What the Gospels Really Teach about Jesus's Final Days in Jerusalem by Marcus Borg and Dominic Crossan.
The Season of Lent
Custodial Service Update
Lent is a season to make time and space for prayer. Our sanctuary welcomes you into a quiet space for personal reflection and prayer. A selection of printed prayers will also be available. You are welcome to pray in the sanctuary any time that the church building is open (please use the south entrance of the church). A group will meet on Tuesdays from 1:30 – 2:30 PM for those wanting to be in prayer with others. Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus. (1 Thess. 5: 16-18)
Shevlin Service Master will be providing custodial services to Federated Church on a trial basis through April. Please inform the church office if you find any area of the church in need of custodial attention (502) 564-2812 or [email protected].
Postcard Survey Re: Worship Times Thank you to all who have returned a postcard from the Worship & Music Committee surveying the congregation about worship times. 131 postcards have been returned to the church office. So far, 67 votes are for a 10:00 a.m. Sunday worship service, 49 votes for a 9:30 a.m. Sunday worship service, and 15 with only comments (but no votes). The Worship & Music and Christian Education Committees, along with the Governing Council, will be in dialogue about the survey results. Please mail in your postcard if you haven’t already!
Book Exchange Youth Mission Fundraiser has begun! Find a book to enjoy and/or donate books to share. Freewill donations go to the Youth Summer Mission.
We Gather To Worship God Thursday March 1 and Sunday, March 4, 2018
Hymns, Songs, Prayers, and liturgies in Bold are for the participation of the Congregation The Prelude invites us to begin our time of worship; please take this time for silent reflection.
Prelude Ivory Palaces arr. Walters
The Lord’s Prayer Malotte Lee Augustin, Organ & Piano
Welcome & Announcements (Please sign and pass Friendship Folders to your neighbors.)
* Call to Worship ‡ Marilyn Vrana, Liturgist (Sun.)
One: Sisters and brothers, God is at work in us and with us! All: God’s love holds us in all times and in all places. One: We are protected, in woe as in well, by the goodness of God. All: Through our worship, we love the God who dwells in us, and in whom we dwell. One: Let us turn our hearts to God with the sung prayer of confession. * Sung Prayer of Lenten Confession and Reconciliation Tune on Hymnal Pg. 422
We have failed to love our neighbors, their offences to forgive; Have not listened to their troubles, nor have cared just how they live,
We are jealous, proud, impatient, loving over much our things; May the yielding of our failings be our Lenten offerings.
Silent Prayers of Confession One: All are invited to a time of silent prayer.
Declaration of God’s Forgiveness Psalm 27 One: Amen. Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage! All: In Jesus Christ we are forgiven. Alleluia! Amen.
* Opening Hymn No. 376 Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (verses 1 & 2) Hailey Marker, Acolyte (Sun.) All children are invited forward during the 2nd verse of the hymn for the Children’s Sermon.
Children’s Sermon (Sun.) H.I.S. Puppet Ministry
Puppeteers: Enyssa Arps & Jayda Arps Directors: Julie Graham, Cindy Hoadley, & Katie Claus
Choral Anthem (Sun.) By Christ Redeemed J.A. Shafferman Bob Arp, Director
Prayer for Illumination
Singing of Scripture No. 196 Psalm 51 (pew Bible Old Testament page 520) Congregation sings Refrain; Cantors sing verses 1 - 6
Bob Arp, Annika Lister Stroope, Jeremy West, Cantors
Sermon Second of a Six-Part Lenten & Easter Season Series in conversation with Rev. William Willimon’s book Sinning Like a Christian: A New Look at the 7 Deadly Sins
Annika Lister Stroope, Senior Pastor
Moment for Silent Reflection
* Communion Hymn No. 517 We Come as Guests Invited (verses 1 & 2)
Invitation to the Lord’s Table
*As you are able in body or in spirit, please rise. ‡ UCC Worship Ways
Great Prayer of Thanksgiving and the 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.
Communion of God’s People Congregants are served communion in the pews. Please hold the bread and cup to partake together. Federated celebrates an open table, meaning all who trust in Christ are welcome to receive communion. Children are welcome to receive communion with the permission of parents and guardians as part of the family’s on-going conversations about faith. Only grape juice is served for communion, though the service sometimes refers to “wine.” Gluten-free wafers are at the center of bread trays. After partaking, please place cups in pew holders.
Unison Prayer after Communion All: Gracious God, you feed us with the bread of life, and renew us for your service. Help us to share Christ’s invitation to be faithful disciples going forth from this table. Amen.
* Communion Hymn No. 517 We Come as Guests Invited (verse 3)
Invitation to the Offering
Offertory When at Night I Go to Sleep Humperdinck
* Doxology ‡‡ Praise God throughout these forty days. Praise Christ, our Lord, whom God did raise
And praise the Spirit who imparts, God’s love in Christ into our hearts. Amen.
* Prayer of Dedication One: In the book of the prophet Micah, scripture asks us this question: All: What does the Lord require of us? One: The prophet responds: All: to love justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with God. O Lord, accept these offerings as one step on our humble walk with you. May our offerings extend justice and kindness in your world. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
* Hymn No. 376 Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (verse 3)
* The Benediction and the Passing of the Peace One: We have received grace upon grace from Christ’s table. In God’s grace we find peace. Let us now share that peace with one another: the peace of Christ be with you. All: And also with you. One: Please greet one another with a sign of peace.
* Closing Hymn No. 376 Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (verse 4)
Postlude Andante con moto Guilmant
After praising God with the Postlude, all are warmly welcome to Sunday fellowship time with refreshments at Café La Fed, hosted this week by the Membership & Growth Committee.
*As you are able in body or in spirit, please rise. ‡‡ tune on page 592 of hymnal CCLI License #1160936
All are warmly welcome (& invite a friend!) to
Lenten Lunch & Worship Services at First United Meth-
odist Church WED. 12:05pm Mar. 7—Rev. Edward, Federated
March 14—Rev. Cindi , First Methodist
March 21—Rev. Annika, Federated
