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Worship – 3rd Sunday of Pentecost

Dear CCCV Friends in Christ,

Grace and peace to you on this day. You are welcome to join us for worship on Sunday at 9:30 AM as Pastor Liz live streams. Below are your worship materials and link to the video. Blessings!

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Third Sunday of Pentecost

Order of Worship On-Line

Community Congregational Church of Chula Vista

United Church of Christ

P.O. Box 5574 Chula Vista, CA 91912

www.chulavistachurch.com

Call To Worship

Pastor: Incline your ear to us, O God.

People: Be gracious to us, O Lord.

Pastor: Gladden the souls of your servants.

People: You are a good and forgiving God.

Pastor: In our days of trouble, we call on you.

People: There is none like you, O Lord.

Pastor: You are great and you do wondrous things.

All: You alone are God.

Opening Prayer

Loving God who is our constant companion. Thank you for allowing us to worship you this morning. Thank you for uniting our voices and hearts across the miles, from our homes. We know you are Alpha and Omega, yet also our Savior and Redeemer. We worship you, O God, and call upon your Spirit to speak to us, fill us, and empower us to do your good work in the world. As we think of our fathers on this Father’s Day we ask your special blessings upon them. This we pray in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Opening Hymn “God of Grace and God of Glory” (NCH; #436, Vrs 1, 2, and 5)

God of grace and God of glory, on you people pour your power; crown your ancient church’s story; bring its but to glorious flower. Grant us wisdom, grant us courage, for the facing of this hour, for the facing of this hour.

From the evil’s that surround us and assail the Savior’s way, from the fears that long have bound us free our hearts for faith and praise. Grant us wisdom, grant us courage, for the living of these days, for the living of these days.

Save us from weak resignation to the evils we deplore; let the search for your salvation be our glory ever more. Grant us wisdom, grant us courage, serving you whom we adore, serving you whom we adore.

Special Music by Niel and Nate Purificacion  “Wind Beneath My Wings”

Prayers of the People and Lord’s Payer

Scripture Reading Psalm 103: 1-5, 11-3; Micah 6:6-8

Psalm 103:1-5, 11-13

Bless the Lord, O my soul,
    and all that is within me,
    bless his holy name.
2 Bless the Lord, O my soul,
    and do not forget all his benefits—
3 who forgives all your iniquity,
    who heals all your diseases,
4 who redeems your life from the Pit,
    who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
5 who satisfies you with good as long as you live
    so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.


11 For as the heavens are high above the earth,
    so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;
12 as far as the east is from the west,
    so far he removes our transgressions from us.
13 As a father has compassion for his children,
    so the Lord has compassion for those who fear him.

Micah 6:6-8

6 “With what shall I come before the Lord,
    and bow myself before God on high?
Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
    with calves a year old?
7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,
    with ten thousands of rivers of oil?
Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
    the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?”
8 He has told you, O mortal, what is good;
    and what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,
    and to walk humbly with your God?

Sermon “…And what does the Lord require of you”

Closing Hymn- When Peace Like a River (NCH #438, Vrs.1,2, and4)

Verse 1

When peace, like a river, upholds me each day, when sorrows like sea billows role, what ever my lot, you have taught me to say, “it is well, it is well with my soul.”

Refrain

It is well with my soul, it is well. It is well, with my soul.

Verse 2

Though evil should tempt me, though trials should come, let this blessed assurance control, that Christ has regarded my helpless estate, and has payed life and blood for my soul:

Refrain

It is well with my soul, it is well. It is well, with my soul.

Verse 4

Oh God, speed the day that is filled with your light, when clouds are rolled back as a scroll; the trumpets shall sound and the Lord shall appear, “even so,” – it is well with my soul.

Refrain

It is well with my soul, it is well. It is well, with my soul.

Announcements

Benediction

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!!!

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Sunday Worship with Rev. Victoria

Dear Friends in Christ,

Grace and peace to you on this day. We welcome our own Rev. Victoria as preacher and worship leader this Sunday. Rev. Victoria Freiheit is our Associate Pastor for Senior Ministry. Thank you Lionel Jasmin for continuing to bless us through your ministry of music.

On Sunday morning at 9:30 a.m. we’ll have a video worship service here and and a watch party on our Facebook page.

Please find attached the worship liturgy for Sunday’s worship service, which you can print so that you can follow and participate in worship.

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Worship – Trinity Sunday

Dear CCCV Friends in Christ,

Grace and peace to you on this day. This Sunday is known as Trinity Sunday when the Church celebrates the oneness of God and God’s invitation to be in community with God.  Also tomorrow, we  will be blessed with special music by Ester Banayo. It is also Communion Sunday and so I ask that you please have communion elements ready for tomorrow’s worship service;  (bread and juice of any kind.)

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Order of Worship for June 7, 2020

On-line Worship Service

Community Congregational Church

United Church of Christ

P.O. Box 5574 Chula Vista, CA 91912

www.chulavistachurch.com

 Welcome

Call to Worship- Psalm 66

Opening Prayer of Invocation: (In Unison)

Holy Trinity, three in One. We bless you and sanctify your name. On this Trinity Sunday when we celebrate the wholeness of your being, of your love, and of your presence, we give you thanks. Thank you for allowing us to worship you, even from a distance and yet together. Thank you for giving us a new day to sing your praises in song, word, and deed. Thank you for calling us to this time and place of quiet reflection, of surrender to You of all that impedes us from fully loving, fully trusting, and fully following you. Be with us, speak to us, and fill us. This we pray in the name of God the Creator, Jesus our Savior and the Holy Spirit, our sustainer. Amen.

Hymn of Praise  “Holy, Holy, Holy” (NCH #277); verses 1, 2, and 4

Pastoral Prayer

Scripture Reading             Matthew 28: 16-20

Special Music by Ester Banayo:   “I Walk Today Where Jesus Walked”

Communion Meditation             “The Trinity: We Are Invited”

Holy Communion

As grain that was scattered on the hillside
was gathered together and made into one loaf,
so too, we, scattered at tables in our own homes,
are bound together around Christ’s table
and become one.

As grapes grown in the field
are gathered together and pressed into wine,
so too are we drawn together
and pressed by our times
to share a common lot
and are transformed into Christ’s self-giving love for all.

God be with you.

People: And with your spirit.

Pastor: Lift up your hearts

People: We lift them up to God.

Pastor: Give thanks to God, Blessed Trinity

People:  It is right to give God thanks and praise.

Pastor: Praise to you Divine Creator. Thank you for the gift of life,
the beauty of nature,
and your steadfast loving kindness.

Praise to you Divine Redeemer.
Thank you for sharing our human existence,
from birth through death to everlasting life
you have shown us a way worth emulating,
bringing healing and hope to those most in need.

Praise to you Divine Sustainer.
Thank you for the vision to see beyond the immediate,
a calm in the midst of storm,
the strength to build an ever – expanding community
and the courage to bring about any change necessary within our lives.

Prayer of Confession

Assurance of Pardon

The Words of Institution/Remembrance

Prayer of Consecration (In Unison)

Holy God, descend your Spirit upon these gifts of grain and grape
that they might be for us the presence of the living Christ
and pour out your Spirit upon us
so that we might taken, blessed, broken and distributed
so that others might know the blessings
of living in communion with you and one another. 
Through Christ, with Christ and in Christ, in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
all glory and honor are yours Almighty God, now and forever.  Amen.

The Prayer of Our Savior (Our Father who art in heaven…)

The Distribution

Prayer of Thanksgiving (In Unison)

For the beauty of creation,
the gift of life and your presence with each of us,
even though we are physically distanced,
we give you thanks. 
Work through us
so that we might be channels of your mission in the world,
to build your community on earth as it is in heaven. Amen.

Closing Hymn  “At The Cross”  (Red, #95); verses 1, 2, and 4 

Alas and did my Savior bleed? And did my Sovereign die?

Would He devote that sacred head for someone such as I?

 Chorus:

At the cross, at the cross where I first saw the light, And the burden of my heart rolled away. It was there by faith I received my sight, And now I am happy all the day!

 Was it for crimes that I have done, He suffered on the tree?

Amazing pity grace unknown and love beyond degree!

 But drops of grief can ne’er repay the dept of love I owe:

Here, Lord, I give myself away, tis all that I can do!

Announcements

Benediction: The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit will go with you and before you, today and ever more. Amen

 

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Note:  Much of today’s liturgy is taken/ adapted from UCC Worship Ways. On-line worship material. Copyright 2020 Justice and Local Church Ministries, Faith INFO Ministry Team, United Church of Christ, 700 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH  44115-1100.  Permission granted to reproduce or adapt this material for use in services of worship or church education.  All publishing rights reserved. Some of today’s worship service was written by Pastor Liz Aguilar.

 

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Worship – Pentecost Sunday

Greetings to all,

Please find attached the order of worship for this coming Sunday, when we celebrate Pentecost Sunday. We will be worshiping “live” from the parsonage again at 9:30 a.m. this Sunday.

Please find attached the worship liturgy for Sunday’s worship service, which you can print so that you can follow and participate in worship.

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Pentecost Sunday

May 31, 2020

Community Congregational Church,

United Church of Christ

P.O. Box 5574 Chula Vista, CA 91912

www.chulavistachurch.com

 

Call to Worship:

            Pastor: We have come to celebrate the birthday of the church.

            People: We have come to celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Pastor: We have come to celebrate Pentecost and to open ourselves to God’s Spirit that it might fill us.

Together: O God, help us to put our selfish desires aside and direct our thoughts to you, that your power might fill this church and our lives fully, just as it has filled churches and people through the ages. Teach us to be your church and your people wherever we go and whatever we do. Amen.

 Prayer of Invocation: (In unison)

Dear Creator of heaven and earth, be with us as we worship and praise your name. Be with us as we gather as a community of God, asking that the Holy Spirit descend on us as it did in that upper room of our ancestors so many years ago. We welcome the Holy Spirit which sustains us each and every day in the Name of Jesus. Amen.

Opening Hymn of Praise: “Every Time I Feel The Spirit”  (New Century Hymnal 282, verses 1 and 2)

(Refrain)

Every time I feel the Spirit in my Heart I will pray.  Yes, every time I feel the Spirit moving in my heart I will pray.

Verse 1

Upon the mountain my God spoke, out of God’s mouth came fire and smoke.  Looked all around me, looked so fine.  I asked my God if all were mine.

(Refrain)

Every time I feel the Spirit in my Heart I will pray.  Yes, every time I feel the Spirit moving in my heart I will pray.

Verse 2:

Oh, Jordan river, chilly and cold, it chills the body, not the soul.  There’s only one train this track it runs to heaven, then right back.

(Refrain)

Every time I feel the Spirit in my Heart I will pray.  Yes, every time I feel the Spirit moving in my heart I will pray.

Prayers of the People and Lord’s Prayer:

Come Holy Spirit, come!

Enter our lives. Free us from all fear.

Give us strength to carry on.

Give us hope ad joy sufficient for each day.

Come, Holy Spirit, come:

Give us power to be the Church.

Impart your many gifts to our members,

That we may be the body of Christ’s presence in the world.

Free us from all fear, and renew our life together.

Come, Holy Spirit, come.

Bind us close together.

May we rejoice with one another’s joys and weep with one another’s sorrows.

Bind us together, not only with the sheep of this fold,

But all of Christ’s people around this city and world.

Forgive the price, prejudice, and self-righteousness which separate us from one another.

Come, Holy Spirit, come:

That all may be one in Christ, source of all true unity,

Who is with us today and always, even to the end of time. Amen.

 Special Music  “People Need The Lord” sung by Abner Limbo

 Scripture Reading Acts 2: 1-21  (Read in Spanish and English)

The Coming of the Holy Spirit

2 When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. 3 Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability.

5 Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven living in Jerusalem. 6 And at this sound the crowd gathered and was bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in the native language of each. 7 Amazed and astonished, they asked, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? 8 And how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native language? 9 Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, 11 Cretans and Arabs—in our own languages we hear them speaking about God’s deeds of power.” 12 All were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “What does this mean?” 13 But others sneered and said, “They are filled with new wine.”

Peter Addresses the Crowd

14 But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them, “Men of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to what I say. 15 Indeed, these are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only nine o’clock in the morning. 16 No, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:

17 ‘In the last days it will be, God declares,
that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh,
    and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
and your young men shall see visions,
    and your old men shall dream dreams.
18 Even upon my slaves, both men and women,
    in those days I will pour out my Spirit;
        and they shall prophesy.
19 And I will show portents in the heaven above
    and signs on the earth below,
        blood, and fire, and smoky mist.
20 The sun shall be turned to darkness
    and the moon to blood,
        before the coming of the Lord’s great and glorious day.
21 Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Sermon:  “Come Holy Spirit, Come!”

Closing Hymn “Revive Us Again”  (Red Hymnal, #574)

Verse 1

We praise Thee, O God, for the Son of Thy love for Jesus who died and is now gone above.

(Refrain)

Hallelujah, Thine the glory! Hallelujah, amen!  Hallelujah, Thine the glory! Revive us again.

Verse 2

We praise Thee, O God, for Thy Spirit of light.  Who has shown us our Savior and banished our night. 

(Refrain)

Hallelujah, Thine the glory! Hallelujah, amen!  Hallelujah, Thine the glory! Revive us again.

Verse 3

Revive us again fill each heart with Thy love.  May each soul be rekindled with fire from above.

(Refrain)

Hallelujah, Thine the glory! Hallelujah, amen!  Hallelujah, Thine the glory! Revive us again.

Benediction (in Unison)

Let us go now as Spirited people, powerful as the wide in doing God’s will, energetic as fire in extending the love of Christ. Be builders of understanding and makers of peace.

Announcements

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(The Call to Worship and the Pastoral Prayer are from Gifts of the Spirit, by Ruth C. Duck. The Pilgrim Press., New York, NY. 1985. The prayer of Invocation is from Worship Ways, online liturgy from. Justice and Local Church Ministries Team, The United Church of Christ, Cleveland, OH.2020)

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7th Sunday of Easter Worship – Ascension of Jesus

Dear Friends in Christ,

Grace and peace to each of you! Please find attached the order of worship for this coming Sunday, when we celebrate Jesus’ ascension into heaven. We will be worshiping “live” from the parsonage again at 9:30 a.m. this Sunday.

Please find attached the worship liturgy for Sunday’s worship service, which you can print so that you can follow and participate in worship.

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Thank you Lionel for beautiful recordings of our worship music. Below is our worship liturgy including Lionel’s songs.

https://www.facebook.com/chulavistaUCC/videos/1139854326395185/

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Worship Service On-Line for May 24, 2020

Ascension of Jesus and 7th Sunday of Easter

Community Congregational Church of Chula Vista

United Church of Christ

Welcome

Call to Worship (Based on Psalm 47)

Pastor: Clap you hands, all you peoples, shout to God with loud songs of Joy.

People: For the Lord, the Most High, is awesome, a great kind over all the earth.

Pastor: God has gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.

People: Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises.

All: For God is the king of all the earth; sing praises with a psalm.

Hymn of Praise           “Shall We Gather At The River”  (NCH, #597; Verses 1,2,4)

Verse 1

Shall we gather at the river, where bright angel feet have trod,

With its crystal tide forever flowing by the throne of God?

Refrain

Yes, we’ll gather at the river, the beautiful, the beautiful river,

Gather with the saints at the river that flows by the throne of God.

Verse 2

On the margin of the river, washing up its silver spray,

We will walk and worship ever, all the happy golden day.

Verse 3

Yes, we’ll gather at the river, the beautiful, the beautiful river,

Gather with the saints at the river that flows by the throne of God.

Prayer of Invocation (Special Prayer for Ascension Sunday, Said in litany form)

Pastor: Almighty God, we come today reminded of your greatness and glory, your sovereign power and eternal purpose all expressed so wonderfully in Jesus Christ, our Lord, Risen and Ascended.

People: We thank you for the wonder of Ascension, that marvelous yet mysterious moment in the life of the Apostles which left them gazing heavenwards in confusion yet departing in joy.

Pastor: We thank you for the way that it brought the earthly ministry of Jesus to a fitting conclusion; signifying his oneness with you, and demonstrating your final seal of approval on all that he had done.

People: We thank you that through his Ascension Jesus is now set free to be Lord of all: no longer bound to a particular place or time,

but with us always—able to reach even to the ends of the earth.

Pastor: We thank you that through his departing Jesus prepared for his coming again: through his Spirit, his Church, and his coming again in glory.

People: Give us a deeper sense of wonder, a stronger faith, and a greater understanding of all you have done. Loving God, like the Apostles, we too will never fully understand all Ascension means. We accept, but we do not fully understand. We believe, yet we have many questions. Help us, despite our uncertainty, to hold firm to the great truth that the wonder of Christ Jesus goes far beyond anything we can ever imagine, and in that faith may we live each day to His glory and honor. Amen.

Special Music             by Lionel Jasmin, Minister of Music

Prayers of The People

Lord’s Prayer (said in any language you prefer)

Scripture Reading      Luke 24: 44-53

44 Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you—that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled.” 45 Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, 46 and he said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day, 47 and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. 48 You are witnesses of these things. 49 And see, I am sending upon you what my Father promised; so stay here in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”

50 Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and, lifting up his hands, he blessed them. 51 While he was blessing them, he withdrew from them and was carried up into heaven.  52 And they worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy; 53 and they were continually in the temple blessing God.

Sermon           “The Ascension of Jesus- Mystery, Awe, and Questions”

Closing Hymn             “When We All Get To Heaven”         (Red, #123, Verses 1,2,4)

Verse 1

Sing the wondrous love of Jesus, Sing His mercy and His grace;

In the mansions bright and blessed He’ll prepare for us a place.

Refrain

When we all get to heaven, what a day of rejoicing that will be!

When we all see Jesus, we’ll sing and shout the victory!

Verse 2

While we walk the pilgrim pathway clouds will overspread the sky;

But when traveling days are over not a shadow, not a sigh.

Verse 3

Onward to the prize before us! Soon His beauty we’ll behold;

Soon the pearly gates will open we shall tread the streets of gold.

Closing Prayer and Benediction