Round Hill Community Church

ORDER OF SERVICEJune 5, 2016

Third Sunday after Pentecost

PRELUDE Musique Royale Delalande Prelude (Te Deum) Charpentier

Gabriel’s Oboe Morricone

WORDS OF WELCOME INTROIT Come Sunday Duke Ellington

CALL TO WORSHIP Leader: We have gathered here this morning to worship God.All: We have come seeking comfort, inspiration, community,

and insight.Leader: We have come to open ourselves to the power of God’s presence

in our midst.All: We have come to offer up the seasons and the turnings in

our lives, and to ask God’s guidance in our learning and in our growing.

*HYMN No. 25 Praise to the Lord, the Almighty Verses 1, 2, 4 and 5 - AllVerse 3 - Choir only

*The congregation is invited to stand

*OPENING PRAYER Loving God, open our hearts so that we may feel the breath of your Spirit.Unclench our hands so that we may reach out to one anotherand touch and be healed.Open our lips, that we may drink in the delightand wonder of life.Open our ears to hear your agony in our humanity.Open our eyes so that we may see Christ in friend and stranger.Breathe your Spirit into usand touch our lives with the life of Christ. Amen.

*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 trespasses,as we forgive those who trespass 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 and ever. Amen.

*GLORIA PATRIGlory be to the Father, and to the Son,and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning,is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

CHILDREN’S MESSAGE Connie Blunden Children may now leave for Church School.

ANTHEM The Marv’lous Work Haydn The CreationsRisa Renae Harman, Soprano

SCRIPTURE LESSON Psalm 150Praise the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty firmament!Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his surpassing greatness!Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp!Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe!Praise him with clanging cymbals; praise him with loud clashing cymbals!Let everything that breathes praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!

SCRIPTURE LESSON Colossians 3: 12-17As God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. Bear with one another and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive each other; just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. Above all, clothe

yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.SERMON Walk in Beauty The Rev. Dr. Ed Horstmann

*HYMN No. 582 Come Down, O Love Divine

OFFERINGInvitationAnthem O Lord! In The Have I Trusted Handel

Te Deum*Doxology Praise God from whom all blessings flow; praise him,

all creatures here below; praise him above, ye heavenly host: Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

*Hymn O Beautiful for Spacious Skies O beautiful for spacious skies, for amber

waves of grain, for purple mountain majesties above the fruited plain!

America! America! God shed full grace on thee, and crown thy good with servanthood from sea to shining sea.

PASTORAL PRAYER

*Hymn No. 709 Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken

CHURCH PRAYER

Our Heavenly Father, shed forth thy blessed spirit upon all our lives. Make each one of us an instrument in thy hands for good. Purify our hearts, strengthen our minds and bodies, fill us with Christian love. Let no pride, no self-conceit, no rivalry, no ill-will ever spring up among us. Make us earnest and true, wise and prudent, giving no just cause for offense and may thy holy peace rest upon us this day and every day throughout the coming week, sweetening our trials, cheering us in our work, and keeping us faithful to the end, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

BENEDICTION

CHORAL RESPONSE Blessing Bart

POSTLUDE Trumpet Fanfare Mouret

ROUND HILL COMMUNITY CHURCH CREEDI believe in God, the one universal Father of all mankind, revealed supremely in Jesus Christ, our Lord, and present with us to guide, comfort and inspire in the Holy Spirit. I believe in the Kingdom of God; and in the mission of the Christian Church to proclaim the Gospel to all the world, exalting the worship of the Lord our God, and laboring for the progress of knowledge, the promotion of righteousness, the reign of peace, and the realization of human brotherhood. United in Christian love, we pray and labor for the coming of the Kingdom, the triumph of righteousness and the life everlasting. Amen.

ROUND HILL COMMUNITY CHURCH MISSON STATEMENTWe, the members of the Round Hill Community Church, a self-governing, non-denominational body, seek to foster a community of faith where people of all ages and backgrounds pursue spiritual

growth; where God is worshipped in Word and praised in music; where friends are made and hurts are healed. We seek to be a community where individuals commit their time and resources to education, fellowship, and to helping those in need among our Church family and in the broader world. We are a church where faith, hope, justice and love are valued, and above all, Jesus is Lord.

CHURCH NEWS

Thank you to Jake Kommer and Sharon Sun for ushering this morning.

The beautiful flowers in the Sanctuary today are offered in loving memory of Barbara E. Dixon from her family.

Our contemporary second service, First Sundays at Round Hill, will take place today at 4pm in the Sanctuary. All are invited to worship together in a warm and casual atmosphere, followed by a light supper. Special music will be provided by Britt Newman & Co. Subsequent First Sunday services will be suspended during the summer months and our next date will be October 2nd with Nick Page.

OutreachMark your calendar for Beach Day 2016 which will be July 27 (rain date July 28). More details will be provided as the date draws closer but if you have any questions or would like to sign up to help, please see Rev. Dan Haugh or Caroline Lazzara, Outreach Committee Chair.

Interfaith Blood Drive, June 25, 8:00 am – 1:15 pm at First Presbyterian Church, Greenwich –Did you know that a single car accident

victim can require more than 100 units of blood to survive? During the summer blood can be in short supply. Regardless of your blood type, if you are at least seventeen years old, meet height and weight requirements, and are in generally good health, please make an appointment to give blood. To make an appointment to donate, please see Caroline Lazzara at coffee hour. If you are not eligible, please consider recruiting someone who is eligible or volunteer the day of the drive to be a greeter! RHCC is joining with First United Methodist, First Baptist, Congregation Shir Ami and First Presbyterian for this special blood drive.

Neighbor to Neighbor has identified their June special collection and are asking, specifically, for donations of instant coffee, tea, hot chocolate, sugar and non-perishable milk (Parmalat or dry milk.) A food wagon and giving envelopes are located in the Narthex.

FellowshipLes Beaux Arts Gallery is exhibiting Chinese Brush Paintings by Bob Seaver. The show will run through June 9th. Special note: several of Bob’s unframed Chinese brush pieces are available for purchase in the gallery. For details, contact Linda Seaver at linda.seaver@gmail.com.

REFLECTION

When in our music God is glorified and adoration leaves no room for pride,it is as though the whole creation cried,“Alleluia!”

How often, making music,we have found a new dimension in the world of sound,as worship moved us to a new profound“Alleluia!”

So, has the church in liturgy and song,In faith and love,Through centuries of wrong, borne witness to the truth in every tongue:“Alleluia!”

And did not Jesus sing a psalm that nightwhen utmost evil strove against the light?Then let us sing, for whom he won the fight:“Alleluia!”

Let every instrument be tuned for praise!Let all rejoice who have a voice to raise!And may God give us faith to sing always:“Alleluia!”

Chalice Hymnal, No. 7 When in Our Music God Is

Glorified

Senior Pastor: The Rev. Dr. Edward G. HorstmannAssociate Pastor: The Rev. Dan Haugh

Minister Emeritus: The Rev. Dr. Ralph AhlbergMinister of Music: Christopher Kabala

Church School Coordinator: Connie BlundenRound Hill Community Church

395 Round Hill Road, Greenwich, CT 06831

203.869.1091 roundhillcommunitychurch.org