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10:00 a.m. Services are now held downstairs

​in Fitch Hall for the Winter.

​See below for safety restrictions.


​​ Donations can be made online using the above donate tab.
Thank you, and stay healthy!
“And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding,
will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”

Philippians 4:7

Safety restrictions for in-person services 
-   Masks will be worn
-   Safe distancing between family groups will be maintained
-   Bulletins will be picked up off a table instead of handed out
-   Offering plates will be stationary rather than passed
-   Frequently touched surfaces will be sanitized before service
-   Music will be instrumental
-   Fans on
-   No refreshments
-   Hand sanitizer available at doors MUST be used before sitting
-   Touchless temperature screening
-   No hugging, handshakes or kisses
-   Please stay home if you have flu-like symptoms or have a fever
Sunday, April 18, 2021
* Call to Worship (responsively)
      Leader:    Community of Christ, make the cross your own.
      People:    God teach us your ways so we live our lives for you.
      Leader:     Community of Christ, look past the church’s door.
      People:    God lead us to take Christ’s towel and wash our neighbor’s feet.
      Leader:     Our currency is love, and kindness our law.
      People:    Turn bombs to bread and tears of anguish to joy.
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Invocation (unison)
    God, let our world’s misery find your mercy, our poverty find your riches, our tears find your smile,
    our eyes find your face, our joy find your heaven, 
our church find your way of ruling by serving.
Confession (responsively)
      Leader:       Where ignorance, self-love, and insensitivity
      People:     Have fractured life in community,
      Leader:      Give us your light, God of love.
      People:     Where hunger and poverty, illness and death,
      Leader:      Have made life an unbearable burden,
      People:     Give us your light, God of grace.
      Leader:      Where injustice and oppression
      People:     Have broken the spirit of people,
      
Leader:     Give your light, God who frees.
      People:    Where suspicion and hatred, conflict and fear,
      Leader:     Have challenged your goodness,
      People:    Give us your light, God of peace.
      Leader:     God open our eyes.  Remove our stubbornness,
      People:    So that we will drink from your fountain of goodness,
      Leader:     And walk in the light of your love.
Prayer of Dedication (unison)
   God thank you for food on our tables, freedom to walk through doors, the sounds of children, a familiar tree,
   healing hospitals, feet with shoes, eyes 
with hope, water where there were deserts in our lives, books for learning,   
   friends to keep us company.

Young People’s Message      “Worth Doing”
Scripture                                   Philippians 2:6-11, Mark 14:36
Message                                   “Here Is Your Cross”
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