HELPFUL CHURCH INFORMATION

 

A NURSERY AND TODDLER ROOM are available downstairs for babies and toddlers during the church service.  Grace, Megan and Anna will be there to greet you and your children.

 

BABY MONITORS are available for those of you who leave your children in the nursery or toddler room during the church service.  To check one out, please see Grace in the nursery.

 

BE SURE TO CHECK OUR WEB SITE ww.ucchurch.org each week for updates and new pictures! A preview of the Order of Service, Sunday announcements and Sermon Titles are posted each week!  An archive of sermons, newsletters, and up-to-date calendar are all readily available on the website too.

 

HEARING ASSISTED RECEIVERS are available for your use during the church service.  Please see an usher if you need one.

 

WANT A CD of a worship service?  Please sign up on the CD Form on the information board in Fellowship Hall.  You may pick-up your CD in the library.  $2 per CD may be put in “Deposit Box” in the office.

 

WOMENS’ GUILD BOOK EXCHANGE New books come in every week for this Women’s Guild outreach project.  Please bring books you have read and think others would enjoy to add to our bookshelves.  We like to keep our inventory interesting and inviting!   

 

CHECK OUT THE BULLETIN BOARDS IN FELLOWSHIP HALL.  The minutes of all the UCC Boards are posted on the bulletin boards as is the roster for the Church Council.

 

UCC HAS A FACEBOOK PAGE! You can link to our Facebook page by clicking on “Facebook” on any page of our church website, www.ucchurch.org

 

 

Good Morning! Welcome to University

Congregational Church!

 

 

TODAY

 

THE FLOWERS ON THE COMMUNION TABLE are given today by Sue and Larry Anderson in memory of Sue’s father, Orval Krause and Larry’s parents, Gordon and Gladys Anderson.

 

A PARENT’S MEETING will be today in the conference room to discuss UCC’s children’s program.   An informal lunch will be served. Childcare is provided.

THIS WEEK

 

LIVING THE QUESTION CLASS will meet tomorrow night, February 3^rd, at 6:30 in the conference room. See additional information about the class on the following page in the bulletin.

 

YOGA CLASSES meet on Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. ($5.00) and Friday at 10:00 a.m.in Fellowship Hall.

 

A REMINDER-THE WG VALENTINE TEA is next Saturday at 2:00 in Fellowship Hall.  Please be sure and bring your ticket to enter for the door prizes. Thank you for your support of this fun event.

 

NEXT SUNDAY

 

THE OUTREACH BOARD will meet in the office meeting room at 11:45.

 

 

 

 

 THE SPRING FELLOWSHIP DINNERS are a great way to become better acquainted with other UCC members and to meet people you may not know.  It’s always a lot of fun to get together and not too much work for anyone as the host furnishes the entree, and all the guests bring a dish.  We welcome both members and non-members.  Sign up today for a great time!  If you are willing to host, please indicate the number of people you can accommodate for dinner, including yourself. Signup sheets are on the PIC board in Fellowship Hall. Last day to sign up is February 16.

 

CAN YOU HELP? The numbers are growing in our Sunday School, and we envision further growth this year.   But it has been awhile since all the rooms available for the children and youth Sunday School programs have been used. Consequently, they are due for a thorough inventory and cleaning plus reorganizing to make sure they are kid friendly.  The C.E. Board is seeking volunteers to help with this project.  Not knowing exactly how long this may take, we have set aside Saturdays February, 2/8 and 2/15, from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. as work days. With enough volunteers, it may take only one day.  If you can help or if other days work  better for you, please call Karen Parker, 337-5817. Any amount of time you can give to this project will be appreciated.

 

PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL’S “WORD AND NOTE” presents Dr. Amy-Jill Levine, E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of New Testament Studies and Professor of Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt University Divinity School. Dr. Leavine will speak Friday, Feb. 7 at 7:00 and Saturday, Feb. 8 at 10:00 and 1:00.  Mainstreet Brass Quintet will perform Saturday, Feb. 8 at 7:00. More information is on the PIC board in Fellowship Hall.

 

292014 COMMUNION TABLE FLOWER SCHEDULE is on the PIC board in Fellowship Hall. There are some dates in February, March and April still open! Sign up early to get the date you want!

 

IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS, BILL PARK will have his bone marrow transplant in Kansas City.  If you would like to send him and Diane a card, the best address for right now is Bill Park, c/o Christine White, 11301 W. 125^th Terrace, Overland Park, KS 66213.

AS WE APPROACH THE LENTEN SEASON mark your calendar for Munch and Muse beginning Wednesday, March 5, at 6:00 p.m. in Fellowship Hall. “The Last Week” written by Marcus Borg and John Dominic Crossan presents a day by day account of Jesus’s final week of life beginning on Palm Sunday. A chapter from this book will be discussed each Wednesday with the final chapter ending the series on Thursday, April 17, Maundy Thursday. The sermon’s each Sunday will also follow each of the final days of Jesus’s life.   A light dinner of soup and bread will be served. Reading the book before the class is preferred but not required.

UCC IS SPONSORING A TOUR of WSU’s photography exhibit, Juvenile In Justice, being shown at the Ulrich Museum of Art on the WSU campus Thursday, February 20 at 6:00 p.m.  California photographer Richard Ross turns his lens on the dramatic increase of detention among our young Americans. We will be given a tour by museum staff and then hold a discussion on the exhibit and social justice led by Rev. Dr. Robin McGonigle. Here is a link to the photographer’s website: http://richardross.net/juvenile-in-justice

There is also a flyer  about the tour on the Welcome Table in the foyer or contact Paul Jackson at paul@box2384.temp.domains or 634-0430.

 

MEN’S GROUP LUNCH is Thursday, February 20, 11:30 at Lakeside Club located at the corner of Webb and 21^st behind Walgreens.  This month Gail Goetz, Director of Operations of Goodwill Industries will be the speaker. Goodwill is a whole lot more than the Thrift Shops you see, come and hear about all the good work they do with the money raised in those Thrift Shops.

Sign up in Fellowship Hall on the PIC board.

 

2014 HOLY LAND TRIP brochures are on the Welcome Table for anyone interested or if you have friends who might be interested in the trip scheduled for next March.  There is also trip insurance information, as well.  Please call Robin at 634-0430 or email her at revdocmom1@gmail.com with any questions.

 

Traditional Word:  John 20:18

 

  “Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples , ‘I have seen the Lord’; and she told them that he had said these things to her.”

 

Contemporary Word:

 

“She is all of us at our passionate best, when we refuse to live in the broken present and dare to dream of a future full of promise.  We commune in intimacy with Jesus, as Mary Magdalene did, when we accept the gift of abundant life and live as joyful witnesses to the resurrection.”   Joyce Hollyday

       

First Anthem      “My Shepherd Will Supply My Need”

American Folk Hymn, by Mack Wilberg

 

My Shepherd will supply my need:

Jehovah is His Name;

In pastures fresh He makes me feed,

Beside the living stream.

He brings my wandering spirit back

When I forsake His ways,

And leads me, for His mercy’s sake,

In paths of truth and grace.

 

When I walk through the shades of death,

Thy presence is my stay;

A word of Thy supporting breath

Drives all my fears away.

Thy hand, in sight of all my foes,

Doth still my table spread;

My cup with blessings overflows,

Thine oil anoints my head.

(Continued)

 

 

 

 

The sure provisions of my God

Attend me all my days;

O may Thy house be my abode,

And all my work be praise!

There would I find a settled rest,

While others go and come;

No more a stranger, nor a guest,

But like a child at home.

 

Second Anthem   “Hymn for Our Time” by John Ness Beck

 

Not alone for mighty empire, stretching far over land and sea,

Not alone for bounteous harvests, lift we up our hearts to Thee.

Standing in the living present, memory and hope between,

Lord, we would with deep thanksgiving, praise Thee more for things unseen.

 

Not for battleships and fortress, not for conquests of the sword,

But for conquests of the spirit give we thanks to Thee, O Lord;

For the priceless gift of freedom, for the home, the church, the school,

For the open door to freedom, in a land the people rule.

 

God of justice, save the people from the clash of race and creed,

From the strife of class and faction, make our nation free indeed;

Keep her faith in simple freedom strong as when her life began,

‘Till it finds its full fruition, in the commonwealth of man.

Amen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HELPFUL CHURCH INFORMATION

 

A NURSERY AND TODDLER ROOM are available downstairs for babies and toddlers during the church service.  Grace, Megan and Anna will be there to greet you and your children.

 

BABY MONITORS are available for those of you who leave your children in the nursery or toddler room during the church service.  To check one out, please see Grace in the nursery.

 

BE SURE TO CHECK OUR WEB SITE ww.ucchurch.org each week for updates and new pictures! A preview of the Order of Service, Sunday announcements and Sermon Titles are posted each week!  An archive of sermons, newsletters, and up-to-date calendar are all readily available on the website too.

 

HEARING ASSISTED RECEIVERS are available for your use during the church service.  Please see an usher if you need one.

 

WANT A CD of a worship service?  Please sign up on the CD Form on the information board in Fellowship Hall.  You may pick-up your CD in the library.  $2 per CD may be put in “Deposit Box” in the office.

 

WOMENS’ GUILD BOOK EXCHANGE New books come in every week for this Women’s Guild outreach project.  Please bring books you have read and think others would enjoy to add to our bookshelves.  We like to keep our inventory interesting and inviting!   

 

CHECK OUT THE BULLETIN BOARDS IN FELLOWSHIP HALL.  The minutes of all the UCC Boards are posted on the bulletin boards as is the roster for the Church Council.

 

UCC HAS A FACEBOOK PAGE! You can link to our Facebook page by clicking on “Facebook” on any page of our church website, www.ucchurch.org

 

 

Good Morning! Welcome to University

Congregational Church!

 

 

TODAY

 

THE FLOWERS ON THE COMMUNION TABLE are given today by Emily Hurt in celebration of, her mother, Rebecca’s birthday.

 

THEODORE MCPHERSON TOY will be baptized today. Teddy is the son of Chris and Katie Toy and the grandson of Mac and Jean Knighton, and Chuck and Sarah Toy of Topeka.

 

A NEWCOMER’S CLASS will be held today after the church service downstairs in the conference room for anyone who would like to find out more about our church or are interested in becoming a member.  A light lunch will be served.

THIS WEEK

 

THE CHURCH COUNCIL will meet tomorrow night, January 24 at 6:30 in the conference room.

 

LIVING THE QUESTION CLASS will not meet tomorrow night, but will resume the following Monday, February, at 6:30 in the conference room. See additional information about the class on the following page in the bulletin.

 

YOGA CLASSES meet on Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. ($5.00) and Friday at 10:00 a.m.in Fellowship Hall.

NEXT SUNDAY

 

A PARENT’S MEETING will be held Sunday, February 2 in the conference room to discuss UCC’s children’s program.   An informal lunch will be served. Childcare is provided.  Please contact Paul if you are interested in attending (paul@box2384.temp.domains).

 THE SPRING FELLOWSHIP DINNERS are a great way to become better acquainted with other UCC members and to meet people you may not know.  It’s always a lot of fun to get together and not too much work for anyone as the host furnishes the entree, and all the guests bring a dish.  We welcome both members and non-members.  Sign up today for a great time!  If you are willing to host, please indicate the number of people you can accommodate for dinner, including yourself. Signup sheets are on the PIC board in Fellowship Hall. Last day to sign up is February 16.

 

GOOD NEWS FROM CHRISTIAN EDUCATION! The numbers are growing in our Sunday School, and we envision further growth this year.   But it has been awhile since all the rooms available for the children and youth Sunday School programs have been used. Consequently, they are due for a thorough inventory and cleaning plus reorganizing to make sure they are kid friendly.  The C.E. Board is seeking volunteers to help with this project.  Not knowing exactly how long this may take, we have set aside the first three Saturdays in February; 2/1, 2/8 and 2/15, from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. as work days. With enough volunteers, it may take only one day.  If you can help, please call Karen Parker, 337-5817. Any amount of time you can give to this project will be appreciated.

 

THE ADULT DISCUSSION GROUP is continuing to meet on Sunday mornings at 9:00 a.m. in the conference room.  Next Sunday, February 2, Martin Eby will talk about his and Melodee’s recent trip from Moscow to Leningrad on the Volga Canal including pictures of the Catherine Palace and Hermitage. With the interesting and educational things that Martin and Melodee are a part of, this should be very informative talk.

 

292014 COMMUNION TABLE FLOWER SCHEDULE is on the PIC board in Fellowship Hall. There are some dates in February, March and April still open! Sign up early to get the date you want!

 

2014 HOLY LAND TRIP brochures are on the Welcome Table for anyone interested or if you have friends who might be interested in the trip scheduled for next March.  There is also trip insurance information, as well.  Please call Robin at 634-0430 or email her at revdocmom1@gmail.com with any questions.

 

 

 

Women of University

Congregational Church

 

You are invited to a Women’s Guild Valentine Tea

Saturday, February 8, at 2:00 p.m.

Informal modeling by Ann’s Fashions

Door Prizes

Advanced tickets may be purchased  for $12.00 each after church today through February 2 in Fellowship Hall or though the church office.

 

INTER-FAITH MINISTRIES SOUPER BOWL

Friday, January 31, 10:30 am to 2:00

First Presbyterian Church, 515 N. Broadway

Some of Wichita’s best chefs are preparing soup for your bottomless bowl. Bread and beverages will also be served.

Live music, entertainment and door prizes.

Available for sale will be “church lady” desserts, hand-crafted pottery by local artis, and pre-loved cookbooks.

Tickets are $15.00 each but a book of 10 tickets are $130.

To pay with a credit card call 316-264-9303 or mail a check to IFM, 829 N. Market, Wichita, KS 67214

Proceeds provide shelter and food for homeless and hungry people locally.

***Robin will save a table for UCC folks and encourages everyone to come and enjoy the soup while supporting Interfaith

 

Traditional Word:          John 4:5-26

A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, ‘Give me a drink’. (His disciples had gone to the city to buy food.) The Samaritan woman said to him, ‘How is it that you, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a woman of Samaria?’ (Jews do not share things in common with Samaritans.) Jesus answered her, ‘If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, “Give me a drink”, you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.’ The woman said to him, ‘Sir, you have no bucket, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water? Are you greater than our ancestor Jacob, who gave us the well, and with his sons and his flocks drank from it?’ Jesus said to her, ‘Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.’ The woman said to him, ‘Sir, give me this water, so that I may never be thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water.’

Jesus said to her, ‘Go, call your husband, and come back.’ The woman answered him, ‘I have no husband.’ Jesus said to her, ‘You are right in saying, “I have no husband”; for you have had five husbands, and the one you have now is not your husband. What you have said is true!’ The woman said to him, ‘Sir, I see that you are a prophet. Our ancestors worshipped on this mountain, but you say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem.’ Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such as these to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.’ The woman said to him, ‘I know that Messiah is coming’ (who is called Christ). ‘When he comes, he will proclaim all things to us.’ Jesus said to her, ‘I am he, the one who is speaking to you.’

 

  Contemporary Word:     “The Woman At The Well”

                                                               By Scripto Santo

She came looking for water,
It was dusty and hot,
It was midday,
She was hiding.

The Man sat on the edge,
He was above Jacob’s abyss.
Deep down was the water.
He had tossed in a pebble,
It splashed a long way down.
He asked her for water.
She was taken aback,
By His Jewish cheek.

He looked at her,
Explaining all.
He told her
And inspired her.
Her dropped bucket
As she sprinted away,
Towards the Samaritan town,
Shouting the Good News.

 

Every time I think about Jesus, surely he died on Calvary.

Every time I talk about Jesus, surely he rose up from the grave.

Every time I shout about Jesus, surely he’s coming from the sky.  Surely he died on Calvary.

 

Second Anthem         “Give Me Jesus”

 

When I am alone, give me Jesus.

You may have all the rest, give me Jesus.

When I come to die, give me Jesus.

You may have all the rest, give me Jesus.

And when I want to sing, give me Jesus.

You may have all the rest, give me Jesus. And when I am alone, give me Jesus.

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HELPFUL CHURCH INFORMATION

 

A NURSERY AND TODDLER ROOM are available downstairs for babies and toddlers during the church service.  Grace, Megan and Anna will be there to greet you and your children.

 

BABY MONITORS are available for those of you who leave your children in the nursery or toddler room during the church service.  To check one out, please see Grace in the nursery.

 

BE SURE TO CHECK OUR WEB SITE ww.ucchurch.org each week for updates and new pictures! A preview of the Order of Service, Sunday announcements and Sermon Titles are posted each week!  An archive of sermons, newsletters, and up-to-date calendar are all readily available on the website too.

 

HEARING ASSISTED RECEIVERS are available for your use during the church service.  Please see an usher if you need one.

 

WANT A CD of a worship service?  Please sign up on the CD Form on the information board in Fellowship Hall.  You may pick-up your CD in the library.  $2 per CD may be put in “Deposit Box” in the office.

 

WOMENS’ GUILD BOOK EXCHANGE New books come in every week for this Women’s Guild outreach project.  Please bring books you have read and think others would enjoy to add to our bookshelves.  We like to keep our inventory interesting and inviting!   

 

CHECK OUT THE BULLETIN BOARDS IN FELLOWSHIP HALL.  The minutes of all the UCC Boards are posted on the bulletin boards as is the roster for the Church Council.

 

UCC HAS A FACEBOOK PAGE! You can link to our Facebook page by clicking on “Facebook” on any page of our church website, www.ucchurch.org

 

 

Good Morning! Welcome to University

Congregational Church!

 

 

TODAY

 

THE FLOWERS ON THE COMMUNION TABLE are given today by Emily Hurt in celebration of, her mother, Rebecca’s birthday.

 

WE WELCOME Chris and Katie Toy and their son Teddy who will be baptized today.  Teddy is the grandson of Mac and Jean Knighton, and Chuck and Sarah Toy.

 

A NEWCOMER’S CLASS will be held today after the church service downstairs in the conference room for anyone who would like to find out more about our church or are interested in becoming a member.  A light lunch will be served.

 

THIS WEEK

 

THE CHURCH COUNCIL will meet tomorrow night, January 24 at 6:30 in the conference room.

 

LIVING THE QUESTION CLASS will not meet tomorrow night, but will resume the following Monday, February, at 6:30 in the conference room. See additional information about the class on the following page in the bulletin.

 

YOGA CLASSES meet on Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. ($5.00) and Friday at 10:00 a.m.in Fellowship Hall.

NEXT SUNDAY

 

A PARENT’S MEETING will be held Sunday, February 2 in the conference room to discuss UCC’s children’s program.   An informal lunch will be served. Childcare is provided.  Please contact Paul if you are interested in attending (paul@box2384.temp.domains).

 THE SPRING FELLOWSHIP DINNERS are a great way to become better acquainted with other UCC members and to meet people you may not know.  It’s always a lot of fun to get together and not too much work for anyone as the host furnishes the entree, and all the guests bring a dish.  We welcome both members and non-members.  Sign up today for a great time!  If you are willing to host, please indicate the number of people you can accommodate for dinner, including yourself. Sign up sheets are on the PIC board in Fellowship Hall. Last day to sign up is February 16.

 

GOOD NEWS FROM CHRISTIAN EDUCATION! The numbers are growing in our Sunday School, and we envision further growth this year.   But it has been awhile since all the rooms available for the children and youth Sunday School programs have been used. Consequently, they are due for a thorough inventory and cleaning plus reorganizing to make sure they are kid friendly.  The C.E. Board is seeking volunteers to help with this project.  Not knowing exactly how long this may take, we have set aside the first three Saturdays in February; 2/1, 2/8 and 2/15, from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. as work days. With enough volunteers, it may take only one day.  If you can help, please call Karen Parker, 337-5817. Any amount of time you can give to this project will be appreciated.

 

THE ADULT DISCUSSION GROUP is continuing to meet on Sunday mornings at 9:00 a.m. in the conference room.  Next Sunday, February 2, Martin Eby will talk about the recent trip to Russia made by he and Melodee this past fall. With the interesting and educational things that Martin and Melodee are a part of, this should be very informative talk.

 

292014 COMMUNION TABLE FLOWER SCHEDULE is on the PIC board in Fellowship Hall. There are some dates in February, March and April still open! Sign up early to get the date you want!

 

2014 HOLY LAND TRIP brochures are on the Welcome Table for anyone interested or if you have friends who might be interested in the trip scheduled for next March.  There is also trip insurance information, as well.  Please call Robin at 634-0430 or email her at revdocmom1@gmail.com with any questions.

 

 

AREA RUGS NEEDED See Barbara McKee or the church office if you have 1or 2  8 X 10 or 10 X 10 area rugs for a family the church has helped the past few months.  You have helped with bunk beds, a couch, and Angel Tree items for the adults and children. Their living conditions are so much better because of your support.

 

INTER-FAITH MINISTRIES SOUPER BOWL

Friday, January 31, 10:30 am to2:00

First Presbyterian Church, 515 N. Broadway

Some of Wichita’s best chefs are preparing soup for your bottomless bowl. Bread and beverages will also be served.

Live music, entertainment and door prizes.

Available for sale will be “church lady” desserts, hand-crafted pottery by local artis, and pre-loved cookbooks.

Tickets are $15.00 each but a book of 10 tickets are $130.

To pay with a credit card call 316-264-9303 or mail a check to IFM, 829 N. Market, Wichita, KS 67214

Proceeds provide shelter and food for homless and hungry people locally.

***Robin will save a table for UCC folks and encourages everyone to come and enjoy the soup while supporting Interfaith.

Traditional Word:    John 4:5-26

A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, ‘Give me a drink’. (His disciples had gone to the city to buy food.) The Samaritan woman said to him, ‘How is it that you, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a woman of Samaria?’ (Jews do not share things in common with Samaritans.) Jesus answered her, ‘If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, “Give me a drink”, you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.’ The woman said to him, ‘Sir, you have no bucket, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water? Are you greater than our ancestor Jacob, who gave us the well, and with his sons and his flocks drank from it?’ Jesus said to her, ‘Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.’ The woman said to him, ‘Sir, give me this water, so that I may never be thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water.’

Jesus said to her, ‘Go, call your husband, and come back.’ The woman answered him, ‘I have no husband.’ Jesus said to her, ‘You are right in saying, “I have no husband”; for you have had five husbands, and the one you have now is not your husband. What you have said is true!’ The woman said to him, ‘Sir, I see that you are a prophet. Our ancestors worshipped on this mountain, but you say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem.’ Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such as these to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.’ The woman said to him, ‘I know that Messiah is coming’ (who is called Christ). ‘When he comes, he will proclaim all things to us.’ Jesus said to her, ‘I am he, the one who is speaking to you.’

 

  Contemporary Word:

 The Woman At The Well by Scripto Sancto

She came looking for water,
It was dusty and hot,
It was midday,
She was hiding.

The Man sat on the edge,
He was above Jacob’s abyss.
Deep down was the water.
He had tossed in a pebble,
It splashed a long way down.
He asked her for water.
She was taken aback,
By His Jewish cheek.

He looked at her,
Explaining all.
He told her
And inspired her.
Her dropped bucket
As she sprinted away,
Towards the Samaritan town,
Shouting the Good News.
 

 

 

 

 

 

INCLEMENT WEATHER CLOSING NOTIFICATION FOR UNIVERSITY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

 

In the event of inclement weather that is deemed significant enough that church services or activities should be cancelled, the following procedure will occur: The Senior Minister and the Church Moderator will make the determination to cancel the worship service and/or other activities.

The Director of Christian Life (or designee) will insure the following communications occur:

1. A cancellation notification will be posted on the church sign.
2. The church website will reflect the closure.

(www. ucchurch.org)

1. The church Facebook page will reflect the closure.

The following media outlets will be contacted about the closings KWCH, KSNW, KAKE, KFDI, and NPR

First Anthem          “Amazing Grace”                 

 

 

 

Second Anthem “Until I Found the Lord”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HELPFUL CHURCH INFORMATION

 

A NURSERY AND TODDLER ROOM are available downstairs for babies and toddlers during the church service.  Grace, Megan and Anna will be there to greet you and your children.

 

BABY MONITORS are available for those of you who leave your children in the nursery or toddler room during the church service.  To check one out, please see Grace in the nursery.

 

BE SURE TO CHECK OUR WEB SITE ww.ucchurch.org each week for updates and new pictures! A preview of the Order of Service, Sunday announcements and Sermon Titles are posted each week!  An archive of sermons, newsletters, and up-to-date calendar are all readily available on the website too.

 

HEARING ASSISTED RECEIVERS are available for your use during the church service.  Please see an usher if you need one.

 

WANT A CD of a worship service?  Please sign up on the CD Form on the information board in Fellowship Hall.  You may pick-up your CD in the library.  $2 per CD may be put in “Deposit Box” in the office.

 

WOMENS’ GUILD BOOK EXCHANGE New books come in every week for this Women’s Guild outreach project.  Please bring books you have read and think others would enjoy to add to our bookshelves.  We like to keep our inventory interesting and inviting!   

 

CHECK OUT THE BULLETIN BOARDS IN FELLOWSHIP HALL.  The minutes of all the UCC Boards are posted on the bulletin boards as is the roster for the Church Council.

 

UCC HAS A FACEBOOK PAGE! You can link to our Facebook page by clicking on “Facebook” on any page of our church website, www.ucchurch.org

 

 

Good Morning! Welcome to University

Congregational Church!

 

 

TODAY

 

THE FLOWERS ON THE COMMUNION TABLE are given to day by Kim and John Carraway in appreciation of all the ways UCC has enriched our lives.

 

UCC MEMEBERS PLEASE STAY SEATED for the annual meeting immediately after the church service. Everyone is welcome to stay but if you are a guest, you may leave if you like. The slate of board members and church officers to be voted on are listed further in the bulletin. The full slate plus the annual report will be distributed.

 

 

THIS WEEK

 

LIVING THE QUESTION CLASS will meet tomorrow night, January 13, at 6:30 in the conference room. See additional information about the class on the following page in the bulletin.

 

YOGA CLASSES meet on Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. ($5.00) and Friday at 10:00 a.m.in Fellowship Hall.

 

MEN’S GROUP LUNCH will be at 11:30, Thursday, January 16, at Lakeside Club located at 21^st and Webb behind Walgreens. The speaker this month is Scott Sarver, a volunteer restoring “Doc” the B-29 here in Wichita. Please sign up in Fellowship Hall or call the office if you plan to come.

 

NEXT SUNDAY

 

THE C.E. BOARD will meet in the Science and Exploration Room at 11:45.

 

THE BOARD OF DEACONS will meet in the area outside the downstairs kitchen at 11:45.

 

THE MUSIC BOARD will meet in the parlor at 11:45

 

THE OUTREACH BOARD will meet in the office meeting room at 11:45.

 

THE TRUSTEES will meet in the conference room at 11:45.

 

COLLEGE HILL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH  presents the Honorable Richard D. Greene Memorial Lecture Series on Saturday, January 18 and 19. The featured speaker is Reverend Doctor Tex Sample who’s talks on “Christian Justice for the Common Good” are titled “What is wrong with a Justice of Rights?, “A Christian Justice” and “Working for the Common Good”. Tickets needed for Saturday lectures/dinner. Please see the poster in Fellowship Hall on the PIC board for more information.  Tickets are required for Saturday lectures/dinner.

 

1. Election of church officers and board members as listed below;

Moderator-Phil Rhea Moderator-Elect Marla Flentje Church Clerk Jane Phares Treasurer Sharon Tims (2 year term) Council Members at Large Barbara Mohney (2 year term), Sue Anderson (two year term), Mert Buckley (2 year term), Diane Park (1 year term), Bao Mosinyi (one year term) Board of Deacons Ann Dorrah, Dorothy Blankenship, Wanda Nicholas, Ginger Phillips, Anna Mills, Carla Walker, Paula Kidd, Roy Parker, Karen, Nye, Connie Buckley (second term), Mitch Buehler, and Rosemary Davenport, Jonathan Romain, and Trudy Matthews Christian Education Board Jenny Heskett and Grace Kneil Outreach Board Charlie and Gloria Russell, Diane and Howard Lachenmayr, Patsy Scott, Kim Carraway, and Lillian Mayer Music Board  Jay Decker and Lavinia Gerould Board of Trustees Will Momson.  Nominations may be made from the floor.

1. Such other business as is appropriate.

Copies of the Slate of Officers and 2013 Annual Report will be distributed prior to the meeting.

 

A PARENT’S MEETING will be held Sunday, February 2 in the conference room to discuss UCC’s children’s program.   An informal lunch will be served. Childcare is provided.  Please contact Paul if you are interested in attending (paul@box2384.temp.domains).

 

A NEWCOMER’S CLASS is scheduled for Sunday, January 26, after the church service for those who missed the last class on January 5 because of the inclement weather. Please let the church office (634-0430) know if you are interested in learning more about UCC or are interested in becoming a member.  A light lunch will be served.

 

292014 COMMUNION TABLE FLOWER SCHEDULE is on the PIC board in Fellowship Hall. There are some January dates that still need to be filled! Sign up early to get the date you want!

 

2014 HOLY LAND TRIP brochures are on the Welcome Table for anyone interested or if you have friends who might be interested in the trip scheduled for next March.  There is also trip insurance information, as well.  Please call Robin at 634-0430 or email her at revdocmom1@gmail.com with any questions.

INCLEMENT WEATHER CLOSING NOTIFICATION FOR UNIVERSITY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

 

In the event of inclement weather that is deemed significant enough that church services or activities should be cancelled, the following procedure will occur: The Senior Minister and the Church Moderator will make the determination to cancel the worship service and/or other activities.

The Director of Christian Life (or designee) will insure the following communications occur:

1. A cancellation notification will be posted on the church sign.
2. The church website will reflect the closure.

(www. ucchurch.org)

1. The church Facebook page will reflect the closure.
2. The following media outlets will be contacted about the closings KWCH, KSNW, KAKE, KFDI, and NPR.

 

 

 

 

 

 Traditional Word:    l Kings 21:1-15

Naboth’s Vineyard

Later the following events took place: Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard in Jezreel, beside the palace of King Ahab of Samaria. And Ahab said to Naboth, ‘Give me your vineyard, so that I may have it for a vegetable garden, because it is near my house; I will give you a better vineyard for it; or, if it seems good to you, I will give you its value in money.’ But Naboth said to Ahab, ‘The Lord forbid that I should give you my ancestral inheritance.’ Ahab went home resentful and sullen because of what Naboth the Jezreelite had said to him; for he had said, ‘I will not give you my ancestral inheritance.’ He lay down on his bed, turned away his face, and would not eat.

His wife Jezebel came to him and said, ‘Why are you so depressed that you will not eat?’ He said to her, ‘Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and said to him, “Give me your vineyard for money; or else, if you prefer, I will give you another vineyard for it”; but he answered, “I will not give you my vineyard.” ’ His wife Jezebel said to him, ‘Do you now govern Israel? Get up, eat some food, and be cheerful; I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.’

So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name and sealed them with his seal; she sent the letters to the elders and the nobles who lived with Naboth in his city. She wrote in the letters, ‘Proclaim a fast, and seat Naboth at the head of the assembly; seat two scoundrels opposite him, and have them bring a charge against him, saying, “You have cursed God and the king.” Then take him out, and stone him to death.’ The men of his city, the elders and the nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had sent word to them. Just as it was written in the letters that she had sent to them, they proclaimed a fast and seated Naboth at the head of the assembly. The two scoundrels came in and sat opposite him; and the scoundrels brought a charge against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, ‘Naboth cursed God and the king.’ So they took him outside the city, and stoned him to death. Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, ‘Naboth has been stoned; he is dead.’

 

 

As soon as Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, Jezebel said to Ahab, ‘Go, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead.’

  Contemporary Word:

By Wayne Shanklin, 1951, and recorded by Frankie Lane

If ever the Devil was born without a pair of horns

It was, you Jezebel, it was you.

If ever an angel fell

Jezebel, it was you, it was you!

 

First Anthem      “Create in Me”       by Purifoy

Create  in me a clean heart O God ,

and renew a right spirit within me , I pray.

Restore to me now  the joy of salvation

and hold me with Thy free spirit.

 

Second Anthem   “The Love of God”    by Dan Forrest

The love of God is greater far than tongue or pen can ever tell,

It goes beyond the highest star, and reaches down to lowest hell,

The guilty pain, bowed down with care, His Son to win, He reconciled, and pardoned from his sin. .

 

When years of time shall pass away and earthy thrones and kingdoms fall,

When men who here refuse to pray, on rocks and hills and mountains call,

God’s love so sure shall still endure all measureless and strong.

 

Redeeming grace to Adam’s race, the saints and angels song,

O love of God, how rich and pure, how measureless and strong!

For evermore endure the angels’ song.

 

Could we with ink the ocean fill and were the skies of parchment made, were every stalk on earth a quill, and every man a scribe by trade, to write the love of God above would drain the ocean dry,

Now could the scroll contain the whole, though stretched from sky to sky.

 

O love of God, how rich and pure, marvelous and strong!

It shall forever endure the angels’ song.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday, January 19th at 4:00 PM–Organizational meeting for this new group.  Our community welcomes all who seek fellowship free from dogmatic requirements in any form.

HELPFUL CHURCH INFORMATION

 

A NURSERY AND TODDLER ROOM are available downstairs for babies and toddlers during the church service.  Grace, Megan and Anna will be there to greet you and your children.

 

BABY MONITORS are available for those of you who leave your children in the nursery or toddler room during the church service.  To check one out, please see Grace in the nursery.

 

BE SURE TO CHECK OUR WEB SITE ww.ucchurch.org each week for updates and new pictures! A preview of the Order of Service, Sunday announcements and Sermon Titles are posted each week!  An archive of sermons, newsletters, and up-to-date calendar are all readily available on the website too.

 

HEARING ASSISTED RECEIVERS are available for your use during the church service.  Please see an usher if you need one.

 

WANT A CD of a worship service?  Please sign up on the CD Form on the information board in Fellowship Hall.  You may pick-up your CD in the library.  $2 per CD may be put in “Deposit Box” in the office.

 

WOMENS’ GUILD BOOK EXCHANGE New books come in every week for this Women’s Guild outreach project.  Please bring books you have read and think others would enjoy to add to our bookshelves.  We like to keep our inventory interesting and inviting!   

 

CHECK OUT THE BULLETIN BOARDS IN FELLOWSHIP HALL.  The minutes of all the UCC Boards are posted on the bulletin boards as is the roster for the Church Council.

 

UCC HAS A FACEBOOK PAGE! You can link to our Facebook page by clicking on “Facebook” on any page of our church website, www.ucchurch.org

 

 

Good Morning! Welcome to University

Congregational Church!

 

 

 

TODAY

 

A NEWCOMER’S CLASS will be in the conference room downstairs after the church service for anyone in interested in becoming a member of UCC or finding out more about the church. A light lunch will be served.

 

THIS WEEK

 

LIVING THE QUESTION CLASS will meet tomorrow night, January 6, at 6:30 in the conference room. See additional information about the class on the following page in the bulletin.

 

YOGA CLASSES meet on Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. ($5.00) and Friday at 10:00 a.m.in Fellowship Hall.

 

THE POINSETTIAS will be moved to Fellowship Hall this week and you are welcome to take one home, especially if you gave to the poinsettia flower fund.

 

NEXT SUNDAY

 

PLEASE PLAN TO STAY FOR THE UCC ANNUAL MEETING

immediately following the church service in the sanctuary. Please read the list of nominated officers and board members on the next page.

 

 

 

29 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the Annual Meeting of University Congregational Church, Wichita, KS as provided for in the church’s bylaws.  The meeting will be held on Sunday, January 12, 2014 in the sanctuary immediately following the church service.  The agenda items are as follows:

1. Election of church officers and board members as listed below;

Moderator-Phil Rhea Moderator-Elect Marla Flentje Church Clerk Jane Phares Treasurer Sharon Tims (2 year term) Council Members at Large Barbara Mohney (2 year term), Sue Anderson (two year term), Mert Buckley (2 year term), Diane Park (1 year term, Bao Mosinyi (one year term) Board of Deacons Ann Dorrah, Dorothy Blankenship, Wanda Nicholas, Ginger Phillips, Dianne Robinson, Anna Mills, Carla Walker, Paula Kidd, Roy Parker, Karen, Nye, Connie Buckley (second term), Mitch Buehler, and Rosemary Davenport Christian Education Board Jenny Heskett and Grace Kneil, Jon Romain, and Trudy Matthews Outreach Board Charlie and Gloria Russell, Diane and Howard Lachenmayr, Patsy Scott, Kim Carraway, and Lillian Mayer Music Board  Jay Decker and Lavinia Gerould Board of Trustees Will Momson

1. Such other business as is appropriate.

 

 

2014 COMMUNION TABLE FLOWER SCHEDULE is on the PIC board in Fellowship Hall. There are some January dates that still need to be filled! Sign up early to get the date you want!

 

2014 HOLY LAND TRIP brochures are on the Welcome Table for anyone interested or if you have friends who might be interested in the trip scheduled for next March.  There is also trip insurance information, as well.  Please call Robin at 634-0430 or email her at revdocmom1@gmail.com with any questions.

 

 

 

 

 

INCLEMENT WEATHER CLOSING NOTIFICATION FOR UNIVERSITY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

 

In the event of inclement weather that is deemed significant enough that church services or activities should be cancelled, the following procedure will occur: The Senior Minister and the Church Moderator will make the determination to cancel the worship service and/or other activities.

The Director of Christian Life (or designee) will insure the following communications occur:

1. A cancellation notification will be posted on the church sign.
2. The church website will reflect the closure.

(www. ucchurch.org)

1. The church Facebook page will reflect the closure.
2. The following media outlets will be contacted about the closings KWCH, KSNW, KAKE, KFDI, and NPR.

 

 

MEN’S GROUP LUNCH will be at 11:30, Thursday, January 16, at Lakeside Club located at 21^st and Webb behind Walgreens.  Please sign up in Fellowship Hall or call the office if you plan to come.

 

 

 

 

 Traditional Word:       Matthew 2:1-12

                     

In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising, and have come to pay him homage.” When King Herod heard this, he was frightened, and all Jerusalem with him; and calling together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Messiah was to be born. They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea; for so it has been written by the prophet: ‘And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who is to shepherd my people Israel.’” Then Herod secretly called for the wise men and learned from them the exact time when the star had appeared. Then he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “Go and search diligently for the child; and when you have found him, bring me word so that I may also go and pay him homage.”

When they had heard the king, they set out; and there, ahead of them, went the star that they had seen at its rising, until it stopped over the place where the child was. When they saw that the star had stopped, they were overwhelmed with joy. On entering the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother; and they knelt down and paid him homage. Then, opening their treasure chests, they offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they left for their own country by another road.

Contemporary Word: Giovanni’s Gifts

from Fra Giovanni, a 16^th century Italian monk, in 1513

 

There is nothing I can give you

Which you have not; but there is much, very much,

that, while I cannot give it, you can take.

 

No heaven can come to us unless our hearts

find rest in today.  Take heaven!

No Peace lies in the future which is not hidden

in the present.  Take Peace!

 

The gloom of the world is but a shadow.

Behind it, yet within our reach, is joy.  Take joy!

There is radiance and glory in the darkness

could we but see, and to see, we have only to look,

I beseech you to look.

 

Life is so generous a giver, be we,

judging its gifts by the covering,

Cast them away as ugly, or heavy, or hard.

Know the covering, and you will find beneath it,

a living splendor, woven of love, by wisdom, with power.

 

Welcome it, grasp it, and you touch the

angel’s hand that brings it to you.

Everything we call a trial, a sorrow, or a duty,

believe me, that angel’s hand is there:  the gift is there,

and the wonder of an overshadowing presence.

Our joys, too; be not content with them as joys.

They, too, conceal diviner gifts.

 

Life is so full of meaning and purpose,

so full of beauty—beneath its covering—

that you will find earth but cloaks your heaven.

 

Courage then to claim it; that is all!

But courage you have; and the knowledge that we

are pilgrims together,

wending through unknown country,  home.

 

And so, at this Christmas time, I greet you,

Not quite as the world send’s greetings,

but with the profound esteem and with the prayer

that for you, now and forever,

you will meet the Christ each day.