Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union

Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost Children’s Sabbath

October 21, 2018            10:30 am

Meditation
“The true greatness of a person, in my view, is evident in the way he or she treats those with whom courtesy and kindness are not required.”   ― Joseph B. Wirthlin

From there to Here: We Gather

Welcome & Announcements
Welcome to this service of worship!  During the service, you are invited to rise in body or in spirit, standing or sitting, at points in the service marked “ ” .”
Please sign in using the pew folder, passing it back down the row so all can greet one another by name, and place the sheet in an offering plate. We’re glad you’re here!
Prelude By My Side Justin Levitt
“Life is an ever changing adventure with its ups and downs, good and bad. Through it all, there is no greater comfort than having God by my side.”
The Call A Blessing of Solitude by John O’Donohue
Prayer for Approach, Confession & Release  
¨  Hymn  For Everyone Born  (next pages) Everyone Born
¨  Passing the Peace of Christ
All who come to this sanctuary are welcome companions on this day! You are invited to turn to those nearest you and greet them with words of peace and hospitality.

The Living Word among us

Anthem      “Yesu Kwetu ni Rafiki     (What a Friend We Have in Jesus)     M. Burrows
Children’s Church
Lesson from Psalms                     Psalm 104:1-9, 24, 35c (p. 720)
God takes care of creation.
Children’s Moment                  as the children return to their seats we sing:
May God’s presence guard, protect and guide you.  God bless you, God bless you. Our savior’s loving arms be ever ’round you.  God bless you, God bless you. 
Following the Children’s Moment, children kindergarten through 5th grade are invited to Children’s Church in Cowan Chapel. They are also welcome to stay in the service if they prefer. The Children’s Worship Center in the back of the sanctuary has toys, books, and drawing materials for children (or parents) who would like help staying present in the service. For children preschool age & under, care is available in the Nursery, downstairs in Room 104 off the playground.
Gospel Lesson              Mark 10:35-45 (p. 1209)
James and John ask Jesus, “Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory.” Jesus speaks to them of a baptism and a cup that he must endure.
Sermon                  Rev. Kent Gilbert

Living Prayer

Prayers in Action and Reflections
You are invited to reflect and pray, either in your pew or at one or more of the 4 stations.  Some suggested prayer direction is printed in the bulletin on page 8 and at the tables you visit.  You are also free to choose to rest in private prayer, remaining with your own thoughts and in your pew.
Our Offering 
Our gifts help sustain this particular community of caring by sustaining the building, pastors and staff, and all the materials that make our ministry of healing, justice, and teaching available to all in need. In addition, a good portion of our contributions flows out to aid to those in need via many external agencies.
Many friends give online, and you can use your smart phone or computer and go to www.easytithe.com/union. You don’t have to register to make a contribution, but if you do, it can make future generosity that much easier. You can even give by text! Text to 859-448-3403 (Example: Text “$50.00 Offering)
Your contribution is love made visible. Thank you!
Musical Meditation
When invited, please join in singing “God Our Author and Creator”  page 530 in the Black Hymnal
God our Author and Creator, in whose life we find our own, make our daily witness greater by our lives make your love known. Help us show how love embraces those whom fear and greed downtrod; in all yearning hearts and faces let us see a child of God.
Community Prayer & Our Lord’s Prayer
One: Our Maker, our Mother, and …
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 sins as we forgive those who sin 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.

From Here to There

¨  Hymn #498 Black Jesu, Jesu, Fill Us with Your Love Chereponi
¨ The Sending and Blessing
Postlude (please be seated) Fanfare in C Johann Sebastian Bach
Especially in our prayers
Each week we join millions of Christians who pray for one another through the ecumenical prayer cycle and, locally, the Berea Ministerial Association’s prayer cycle. Let us hold the people of Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico and our brothers and sisters at Berea United Methodist Church in our hearts, and pray for them. Please hold these concerns in your prayers, today and throughout the week.
Prayer requests to be printed may be sent to the office anytime before 10:00 am Fridays.
¨ Children in detention centers, that they may be reunited with their families soon.
¨ Our church family members in nursing homes, or who are homebound: Ruth Butwell, Edith Hansen, Nancy Hindman, Loyal Jones, Mary Miller, Alva Peloquin.
¨ Dan Rohrer, with  a severe liver disorder.
¨ Emily Spires, daughter of Randy Stone, diagnosed with breast cancer.
¨ Tina Parker, diagnosed with breast cancer.
¨ Ellen Mink is recovering well from her second knee replacement. She could use some help with meals. Please use this link: https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/o397qd.
¨ Judy Rowell, at the death of her sister, Gertrude Martino, in Texas. She was 96.
” The Bolster family, at the death of Steve’s father, Stan Bolster
“Do One Thing Different” Special Wednesday Nite Live October 24, 5:45 pm supper & 6:30 presentation. Get important financial strategies from a membership organization of Christians that’s been helping members be wise with money and live generously for more than 100 years.
Everybody’s talking about one thing they can do differently to improve some aspect of their financial life. Even one change can make a big impact. Get facts to help you make more informed decisions. Then choose to do one thing differently to positively affect the way you share, save or spend. This session is hosted by Thrivent Financial representatives Joseph R Volpi and Rachel A Hooker, CLTC (No products will be sold at this event)
October 28, 3-5, Community Room. Planned Parenthood of Indiana & Kentucky invites everyone to an afternoon of refreshments and conversation about reproductive justice and the importance of increasing access to care in the community. Please join the staff and President & CEO, Christie Gillespie to discuss the growth of tele-medicine and contraceptive access and how that affects Berea. RSVP to Heather Bruner (heather.bruner@ppink.org or 502-400-2302) by October 24.
Church member David Parks will offer Bluegrass Zen: Meditation, Koans, Conversation on Mondays beginning Oct. 29, 6:30 – 8:00 pm, Cowan Chapel. No experience necessary, all welcome. Experience the beauty of zen, hearts opening to life just as it is.
Two Hundred Strong:  a Choral-Orchestral Collaboration. November 4, 3:00 pm In Honor of the Spring, 2019, Retirement of Dr. Stephen Bolster.
Five musical ensembles from three regional colleges/universities will be joining the Berea College Concert Choir in a collaborative performance in Union Church.
The Asbury University Chorale, Vicki Bell, conductor; and the Centre College Choir, Johann Van Niekirk, conductor will form a 140-voice choir along with the Berea College Concert Choir, Stephen Bolster, conductor.   The Asbury University Orchestra, Nathan Miller, conductor, and the Centre College Orchestra, Robert J. Seebacher, conductor will join forces to form a 60-member orchestral ensemble to perform sections of the Firebird Suite by Igor Stravinsky, conducted by Nathan Miller, and will also accompany the choirs on the centerpiece of the program, the Schicksalslied, Op. 54 (Song of Destiny) of Johannes Brahms, conducted by Stephen Bolster.
Professor Bolster, who is being honored in the concert for his 39 years of teaching vocal and choral music at Berea College, will also conduct the massed choirs on “I’m gonna sing ‘til the spirit moves in my heart,” a stirring African-American spiritual arranged by Moses Hogan. Collaborative pieces conducted by the other conductors include Laudate pueri from the Vesperae  solemnes de confessore by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, David Pegel’s anthem “Keep watch, Dear Lord,” Ecce sacerdos magnus by Anton Bruckner, and Indondana, a South African song.  The five ensembles will be performing an identical program at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday evening, November 3 on the main stage at Norton Center in Danville.
You may have noticed some mobiles of piano hammers hanging around the church! These mobiles have been made from the hammers taken out of our grand piano during its renovation this past summer.  If you are interested, please take one.  We are asking for a donation of $25 that will be credited to account Organ Fund. Make a note on any donation that it is for the mobile and checks can be made out to Union Church. Thanks, and enjoy!
Betty Wray is having a birthday (11/11) and we want to celebrate her! Come to a special birthday coffee hour after worship on Nov. 11. Call Sarah Miller if you can bring something sweet! 859-544-3873.
Meals for Jennie Kiteck. Friends, if you or your children ever played strings with Jennie Kiteck, now might be a nice time to reconnect briefly. She’s not doing much cooking these days and Union Church has set up a MealTrain to provide a home-cooked meal for her once a week on Friday evenings. She is an adventurous eater and does a great job washing up your containers! Use this MealTrain link: https://mealtrain.com/dwkg44 (the link will be live in the emailed Monday announcements).
Please Sign up to Read Scripture or to Help Greet and Usher!  Please use our electronic sign up system, http://signup. com/go/xkdVtB, where you can pick a date that works for you and get reminders!  OR you can also call the office and we’ll get you on the lists.