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Service


on line


at


10:00 am

July 4, 2021

10:00 am - Full Worship Service

on HCC's YouTube Channel:  

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwvLqzvjbXllo7SErFpyLdg

and on Hingham Congregational Church UCC's Facebook Page:

https://www.facebook.com/Hingham-Congregational-Church-UCC-131372013547483/

The service will remain on Facebook and YouTube if you would like to watch later.

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Hingham Congregational Church,

United Church of Christ

 An Open and Affirming Congregation

Virtual Worship Service 

July 4, 2021

10:00 am


Welcoming Covenant


In the name of God and Jesus Christ, the Hingham Congregational Church

welcomes all who seek to know and worship God, and invites everyone to join

in our mission through participation and leadership of the congregation.


As a community of faith, we take seriously the biblical call to love God and our

neighbors as ourselves, and recognize that, although we are many members,

we are one.

❖   We celebrate the uniqueness of everyone.

❖   We rejoice in our diversity of views and understandings of our shared faith.

❖   We affirm relationships based on love, commitment, and mutual respect.

❖   As is stated in our by-laws, we strive for righteousness, justice and peace.


It is with this spirit and the love of God that we openly welcome all persons,

inclusive of every race, ethnicity, class, age, gender, physical or mental ability,

sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, and inclusive of any

others, to journey with us as we move forward with the work of this church in the

world.


No Sunday School program this week.


Order of Worship


Prelude

The Blues from Lenox Avenue       

 Dr. Eileen Hutchins, piano

William Grant Still

We encourage you to take this opportunity to be in quiet prayer and reflection.

Welcome and Announcements

Rev. Dr. Peter W. Allen

Introit                    

       

God Bless America

Senior Choir 

Irving Berlin Arr. Mac Huff

Call to Worship by Nancy Townley                           Rev. Dr. Peter W. Allen

Leader: God’s greatness is wondrous to behold.

All: Everywhere we look, we can see the imprint of the Divine.

Leader: From the loftiest mountains to the crashing waters of the sea,

All: There God’s greatness stands majestically.

Leader: God’s greatness can be within the human heart.

All: Let us honor and praise God with acts of loving kindness and compassion.

Hymn

Sing Praise to God, Our Highest Good                                  

NCH #6 vv. 1,2,5,&6

Sing praise to God, our highest good, profound respect ex-

pressing, God gives us health, life, livelihood, with every

needed blessing. To God, who wondrous works performs, cre-

ating life and calming storms, to God give praise and glory!


Creation thanks you, Holy One: you made us and re-

new us. Delighted at what you have done, you show your

Greatness through us. So may all living things proclaim the

Wonders of their Maker’s name: to God give praise and glory!


Forever with us, God is here, Nor ever will desert us.

So dearly loved, we shall not fear: there’s nothing that can hurt us.

We place our trust in God’s command, who leads us with a mother’s hand: to God Give praise and glory!


Dear Christian friends, we bear the name of Christ, our sure salvation.

Let us recall Christ Jesus came, most holy incarnation, 

Came from the one God we adore, came with new life for evermore: 

To God give praise and glory!


*Opening Prayer (in unison)                                       

God of mystery and community, you have called us together today to remind us of who you are and of the journey you set before us. Help us to pay attention to the wisdom of scripture, of our ancestors and leaders, of our neighbors, and of our own hearts. Remind us that success is not measured in numbers, but in faithfulness. Enable us to truly be your disciples in this world. We pray in the spirit of Jesus...


 (Silence)


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 debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.


*Please feel free to pray as you wish. We respect tradition  — and we welcome images of the Divine that are diverse and inclusive.

Children's Message

Jen DiMarzio, Interim C/E Director

Special Music  

                          


Thou Art Worthy 

Senior Choir     

Pauline Mills Arr. Jack Schrader

Ministry of the Word

Scripture Reading: Isiah 51:1, Psalm 51:10-17, Matthew 5:1-12

Deacon Jeff Swain

Isaiah 51:1   Blessings in Store for God’s People


Listen to me, you that pursue righteousness,

   you that seek the Lord.

Look to the rock from which you were hewn,

   and to the quarry from which you were dug


Psalm 51:10-17


Create in me a clean heart, O God,

   and put a new and right spirit within me. 

Do not cast me away from your presence,

   and do not take your holy spirit from me. 

Restore to me the joy of your salvation,

   and sustain in me a willing spirit. 


Then I will teach transgressors your ways,

   and sinners will return to you. 

Deliver me from bloodshed, O God,

   O God of my salvation,

   and my tongue will sing aloud of your deliverance. 


O Lord, open my lips,

   and my mouth will declare your praise. 

For you have no delight in sacrifice;

   if I were to give a burnt-offering, you would not be pleased. 

The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit;

   a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. 


Matthew 5:1-12 The Beatitudes


When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying:


‘Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.


‘Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.


‘Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.


‘Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.


‘Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.


‘Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.


‘Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.


‘Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.


‘Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Sermon                    

The Enduring Foundation

Rev. Carlos Moonie

Pastoral Prayer and Silent Prayer

Daryl Denelle, Ministry Intern

Hymn

O Beautiful for Spacious Skies

PH# 440

O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain,

For purple mountains majesties Above the fruited plain!

America! America! God shed his grace on thee.

And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea.


O beautiful for pilgrim feet, whose stern, impassioned stress

A thoroughfare for freedom beat Across the wilderness!

America! America! God mend thy every flaw,

Confirm thy soul in self control, Thy liberty in law.


O beautiful for heroes proved In liberating strife,

Who more than self their country loved, Any mercy more than life!

America! America! May God thy gold refine,

Till all success be nobleness, And every gain divine.


O beautiful for patriot dream That sees beyond the years

Thine alabaster cities gleam, undimmed by human tears!

America! America! May God shed his grace on thee,

And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shing sea.  Amen.

Congregational Commissioning (in unison)

Brothers and sisters, may we leave this place of worship with 

Christ’s spirit in our hearts. May we encourage the fainthearted: help the weak; practice patience with all; seek to do good;

rejoice always; pray without ceasing and give thanks in all 

circumstances. For this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for us.

Praise be to God!

Benediction

Postlude

Quit Dat Fool'nish 

Dr. Eileen Hutchins, piano

William Grant Still 

If you are able, please remain seated in quiet reflection during the postlude.

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Many thanks to our wonderful HCC staff; our talented volunteer musicians; our guest preacher, the Rev. Carlos Mooney; and Deacon Jeff Swain.

  

Please keep in 

           your prayers...


  • Josh Antoine
  • Stephanie Minister’s cousin, Doreen Kiley.
  • Nancy Mooney
  •  Bud and Connie Thompson
  • Elise England, 14 year old recovering from surgery
  • Susan Wells, recovering from surgery 
  • Karin Sloan, whose father passed away recently
  • Stoddard Rowley’s father, Phil Rowley, with health concerns
  •  Friends of Mark Beck, Mike & Tamara Newberry, with health concerns, 
  • Nick Nasson, with health concerns
  • Peter Edson’s sister, Dale, with health concerns
  • Ann Holmes, Priscilla Anderson’s mother
  • Al Carpenter 
  • Ryan Lamonde, prayers for peace and courage  
  • People in abusive households
  • Allan Bacon, Carolyn Antoine's brother 
  • Peter Edson
  • Daryl Denelle, seeking ordination
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Hingham Congregational Church, UCC

366 Main St, Hingham MA 02043

781-749-1276 hccucc.com

Rev. Dr. Peter Allen, Senior Pastor 

Pastor@hccucc.com

David Giessow, Director of Music

David@figgypuddin.com

Brett Anderson, Director of Technology

brettanderson1@aol.com

Todd Swavey, Tenor

todd.swavey@gmail.com

Susanne Mullin, Office Administrator

churchoffice@hccucc.com

Daryl Denelle, Ministry Intern

daryl.denelle@yale.edu

Dr. Eileen Hutchins, Organist

hutchins.kungie@verizon.net

Will Exantus, Facilities Manager

wezantus2002@yahoo.com

Priscilla Anderson, Teacher

freedomhorsefarm57@yahoo.com

Jen DIMarzio, Interim C/E Director

jendimarzio@gmail.com

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Our first indoor service: 


July 11 at 9 a.m.



More information/guidance coming.


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Our Annual Outreach Calendar Year officially begins with Quincy’s Interfaith Social Services’ (ISS) Backpack Drive! 


Our goal is to provide 25 children in need with school-ready backpacks to utilize during the upcoming 2021–2022 academic school year by July 20th. The estimated average cost of the backpack filled with school supplies is $50. Please be on the look-out for our article with more information in July’s Horizon! 


To make this initiative as convenient as possible, we have priced all the items at:



Staples

729 Bridge Street, Route 3A

Weymouth, MA 02191

Riverway Plaza

(781) 331-4282

 P.S. 

Please check out our QR code:

for a complete list of items needed. 

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Please sign up at:  

  https://hccucc.com/vbs-2021/


Space is limited!




Vacation Bible School 

is coming back !!!


We are planning some fun stuff for the kids at VBS this summer! All activities will be taking place outside. There will be music, games, and crafts. We look forward to seeing your kiddos again! 


We are in need of volunteers to make this an awesome VBS! Please contact Jen DiMarzio if you are interested in helping out! Have a high schooler at home? Send them our way for a fun week of volunteering at camp!


When: August 23-27.    9:00am-12:00pm

Cost: $30/kid.     Pre-K to Grade 5