Make them into love for you.

 GOSPEL
Quote for Reflection:
Real prayer leads to involvement; real involvement leads to prayer.
Deep spirituality impels to action; action impels a deep spirituality
and the circle continues and deepens.
The mystic becomes prophet, the prophet becomes mystic.
Sr. Katherine Marie Dyckman
We Gather as God’s People
HYMN Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise
CALL TO WORSHIP
We come to this time, to this place
with our loves and our losses,
with our almost given-up hopes,
with our long frustrations and unexpected joys.
We come before God
We come before God in praise and thanksgiving!
We come to this time, to this place,
trusting in the God we meet in Jesus Christ,
the God who will not leave us in discouragement and doubt,
but lifts up our hearts to the hope of new life.
We come before God. . .
We come before God in praise and thanksgiving.
We come to this time, to this place
with hands hungry for a closer touch,
with hearts yearning for a transforming experience,
with souls aching for what only God can provide.
We come before God. . . .
We come before God in praise and thanksgiving.
SPIRITUAL Over My Head
PASSING THE PEACE
YOUNG PEOPLE’S MESSAGE
OPENING TO GOD Through It All
OPENING TO GOD Steve Garnaas Holmes
Beloved, I give you my heart.
Beloved, I give you my heart:

my willingness, my passions, my desires.
 him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent).
Luke 13:1-5


At that very time there were some present who told him about
Beloved, I give you my soul. the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their
Beloved, I give you my soul:
 sacrifices.
my mystery, my self, my divine presence.

He asked them, “Do you think that because these Galileans
Make them into love for you. 


 suffered in this way they were worse sinners than all other
Beloved, I give you my mind. Galileans? No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all
Beloved, I give you my mind:
 perish as they did.
my thoughts, my wisdom, my beliefs.
 “Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam
Make them into love for you.
 fell on them—do you think that they were worse offenders than
UMH 103 
 all the others living in Jerusalem?
Beloved, I give you my strength.
Beloved, I give you my strength:
 “No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish just as
I give you my strength:
 they did.”
my gifts, my ability, my being.

Make them into love for you.



Beloved,

We Respond to God’s Word
may all that we do, all that we care or think about,
 REFLECTION What Is God Really Like? Part 3
all that we are, be love for you. Amen. Pascal’s Wager vs. Divine Participation
HYMN Come and Find the Quiet Center FWS 2128
We Listen for God’s Word PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE & THE LORD’S PRAYER
HEBREW SCRIPTURE Jeremiah 3:1-3 We arrange our lives as best we can,
to keep your holiness at bay,
Thus says the Lord:
with our pieties, our doctrines, our liturgies,
The people who survived the sword
our moralities, our secret ideologies,
found grace in the wilderness; safe, virtuous, settled.
when Israel sought for rest,
(silence)
the Lord appeared to them from far away.
I have loved you with an everlasting love;
And then you--
therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you. you and your dreams, you and your visions,
you and your purposes, you and your commands,
GOSPEL John 9:1-7 you and our neighbors, you and the stranger. You.
FWS 2148 As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. His
disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his We find your holiness not at bay,
parents, that he was born blind?” but probing, pervading, insisting, demanding.
And we yield—sometimes gladly, sometimes resentfully,
Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he sometimes too late . . . or soon.
was born blind so that God’s works might be revealed in (silence)
him. We must work the works of him who sent me while it is
UMH 507 day; night is coming when no one can work. As long as I am in We yield because you, beyond us, are our God.
the world, I am the light of the world.” We are your creatures met by your holiness;
When he had said this, he spat on the ground and made mud by your holiness made our true selves.
with the saliva and spread the mud on the man’s eyes, saying to Walter Brueggemann
Then he went and washed and came back able to see. OFFERING & DOXOLOGY
 Below are people, places, & concerns that folk have lifted up.
We Are Sent Into God’s World Please keep them in your prayers at home.
Please call or email the church office to add to the prayer list.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Ongoing Prayers Lifted Up Last Sunday
BENEDICTION Arlitha Barb Audet: Prayers for Barb,Steve and

RESPONSE Let There Be Peace on Earth UMH 431

Callie Ellen who lost a friend What Is God Really Like?
Anne Kennison
Mary Willard
Part 3: Pascal’s Wager
Kathryn: Prayers for our many gifts, for
Norma Strickland the ability to stay cool, prayers for
j Judy & Diezela
Matthew C.
those who can't
Prayers for everyone attending the
vs. Divine Participation
Birthdays and Anniversaries Elissa & Leif BSA National Jamboree.
Greg
August 3: Arthur Skolochenko
August 4: Maureen Wiegner Paula DeMichele
July 29: Josh Knox and Melanie Brown anniversary Don Strickland
July 31: Don and Norma Strickland anniversary Ellie Uckele
Cole
Harley
Calendar
Lenore
Tuesdays: Pastor Is In @ Nest Coffee Shop 10 am - 11:30 am Michael Parker
Jericho Clergy Group 11:30-12:30
Gordon Mitchinson
Thursdays: Church Office 10:00 am- noon Susan

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Tim

Sun, 28 July: March against Family Separation Gather 2:30

pm at the Williston branch of Vermont Technical College
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(Helena Drive & Essex Rd) March to the ICE Data Center
188 Harvest Lane. For those unable to march, please meet
at destination point between 3:45 and 4PM. Dice by Pablo Picasso
Essex Center United Methodist Church
Sun, 4 Aug: Adult Sunday Class 9:00 am essex_umc@comcast.net tel. 878-8304
www.essexumc.com
Sat, 10 Aug: The Garage Sale That Ate Essex! Ministers: the entire congregation Lay Leader: Joshua Knox
Please have all donations at the church by August 6. All Equipping Pastor: Rev. V. Mitchell Hay
proceeds for a new Fellowship Hall roof. Call Linda or cell tel. 881-3268 (feel free to call) mitchellhay@comcast.net
Ron with questions or for help with large items: 878-2926
Please no textbooks, encyclopedias, computer gear, or clothing! Office Manager: Elissa Johnsen
Sunday School Coordinator: Krista Rochefort
Fri, 23 Aug: WOWW Luncheon - at the Lighthouse, Colchester Organ: Kathryn Parker Piano: June Packard
at 11:30 AM. Song Leader: Dana LaClair Projection: Bob McLane Essex Center
Nursery Helper Gail G
Parent Helper: Liz R
next week: TBD
next week: Elissa J
Un-Tied Methodist Church
Greeters: Dorothy B & kids next week: Ron & Linda B
Thanks to Donna Holmes for the Beautiful Altar Covering
Ushers: Gil & Barb M next week: Dawn & Donna 28 July 2019 Seventh Sunday after Pentecost