This week, we continue our sermon series titled Unraveled: Seeking God When Our Plans Fall Apart with our scripture surrounding the story of the Woman at the Well. Her life has certainly not gone as planned—five husbands, societal shame, isolation. No one plans for that. And then Jesus finds her in the most unlikely of places—at the well at high noon—and invites her into a new world. The shame she’d known unravels. The isolation she lived unravels. Grace surprises her and offers her good news to proclaim. 

My hope this week is that each of you is able to consider this simple story and you too are able to consider what this story brings into your own life, your way of being, and how you see and treat others in this world. Our personal stories are not always so simple and that is true for each person we encounter. 

Let us remember God’s grace that is freely given to each of us, and let us remember this story of one woman who finds herself at a well with one man, that nourishes her in ways she never expected. 

Welcome the unexpected! 

I look forward to worshiping with each of you in the coming weeks, the coming months…
Blessings,
Rev. Dr. Kelly Jackson Brooks 
COVID Protocol Updates - Task Force Notes
The changes in the COVID-Pandemic Protocols with the Department of Health and the CDC are both exciting and challenging. We continue to journey together as a response – not a reaction - on what it means to be the most faithful for the people of UMC and this community.

With all this considered, and with the goal to care for everyone, the COVID Task Force of CUMC has the following guidelines in place for this week:
  • Well-fitted Masks are mandatory for ages 2 and up inside and during the entirety of the worship service. This includes during hymn sings and responsive readings. When Bernalillo County reaches 70% vaccination, mixed-mask wearing will be introduced to the services, but until that time, we ask and thank you for respecting this guideline.
  • Children and youth are welcome in worship! At this time, the nursery is not open – but will be in August! - and we love and encourage the little voices in our midst.
  • We ask that you remain within your family groups (AKA: PODS) during service and be mindful of those around you. Not everyone feels comfortable fully regathering and we want to respect and welcome all worshipers.
  • Process: In July, we will Welcome Rev. Ross and his family and will sit and share during our scheduled Listening Sessions (see below); and in August, we will welcome back Sunday School classes, small groups, Bible Studies, nursery, and meetings into the physical space of CUMC. *Please contact the office directly to schedule and affirm.

Please continue to check these weekly updates and feel free to contact Rev. Dr. Kelly Jackson Brooks with any questions. KellyB@centraltolife.org
 
Thank you to our Task-Force Members! Dr. Teresa Anderson, 
Judy Williams, and Dr. Brooke Baker, Esq.
Join us for Food Truck Thursdays, June 10-July 8, from 11am-1pm. Each week we'll feature a food truck and an acoustic musician to brighten up your lunch hour. Feel free to bring a chair, grab lunch from the truck, and enjoy some live music! You can check out the schedule on Facebook and at www.centraltolife.org.
The Footsteps of Paul Cruise
Mark Your Calendars! The Footsteps of Paul Cruise has been rescheduled (Third Times a Charm!) for October 1-14th, 2022 with a Rome pre-tour offering from September 29-October 2 and a post-tour to the Castel Gandolfo offered. Information pamphlets and an information video coming soon! Please contact Rev. Kelly for more information or visit: www.EO.travel
June is Roadrunner Food Collection Sundays!
On June 20th and 27th we will be collecting food for the Roadrunner Food Bank. Please bring your non-perishable food items to church and place them in the collection box right outside the doors facing the parking lot/East side. Every bit helps bring food to the table for all. Please contact Pastor Kelly for more information. Kellyb@centraltolife.org
Worship Times
8:30 am Parking Lot Service:
  • Tune into 88.1 for the Drive-In Service
  • Communion is offered every Sunday during this service

11:00 am Hybrid Traditional Worship Service:
  • Please join us for our in-person and streamed worship service
Attendance Form
To help track Sunday Attendance, we like to have everyone sign-in with using our Attendance Form.
Rev. Ross and Family Welcome Reception
All are invited to Rev. Ross and Family Welcome Reception, July 11th, 9:30 am-10:30 am in the Welcome Center and Courtyard. 

Please join the CUMC family in welcoming Rev. Ross and his family to Central UMC. We will have individually wrapped special treats, water bottles, and a basket for Welcome cards and gifts.
Rev. Ross Listening Tour
Our newly appointed Senior Pastor, Rev. Ross will be hosting a series of Listening Sessions during the month of July.

Here is how the Listening Tour works:
  • The congregation is invited to gather for 90 minutes in small groups in the Welcome Area and Courtyard for an opportunity to share with Rev Ross your perspective about the church’s history, culture, and future. 
  • The Listening Tour is a time for Rev Ross to listen and learn about CUMC and its members! This is not a time for us to ‘interview’ him or to probe about his views and vision...he wants to be doing a whole lot more listening than talking. 
  • Space for each session is limited to 10, so please sign up soon by calling the church office (505.243.7834) and encourage your friends and others to sign-up us as well.  
  • The Listening Tour will work best when as many people as possible participate! 

Dates…
  • July 12th is Currently Full
  • July 14 - 10am-12pm
  • July 19 - 6pm-8pm
  • July 21 - 10am-12pm
  • July 26- 6pm-8pm
  • July 28 - 10am-12pm

Ross will celebrate his first Sunday with us on Sunday, July 11th. Please help us welcome Ross and his family from 9:30 am-10:30 am in the Courtyard and Welcome Area with a heartfelt reception. Water and a special treat will be provided, along with a Welcome Basket for cards and Welcome to Central gifts. 
Children and Youth Ministries
  • Children and Youth Ministries – Church 4 Kids and Sunday Youth Zoom are on a Summer Hiatus until August. Keep your eyes open for special children & youth opportunities!
Our new Kids channel, a dedicated space for children’s inspirational programming, is helping families stay connected to their faith this winter.
Third Space Ministries
  • Brewery Ministry and Starbucks Study weekly e-devotional is available every Monday. Contact Pastor Kelly to be included in this weekly devotional: kellyb@centraltolife.org
Topics vary week to week

Check-in soon for regathering dates and locations!
Please pray for those on our prayer list!
We are now on Amplify!

Amplify is a multimedia platform allowing churches large and small to discover, customize, and share diverse resources that encourage deeper discipleship and equip churches to pursue their mission with greater impact.


Use CUMC's Access Code to gain access
MSHDNR
How to Give:
  • Mobile – Text #505.384.7589
  • Online – centraltolife.org
  • Mail a Check – 201 University Blvd, NE Albuquerque NM 87106
  • Bank Draft – Contact your bank directly 
  • Recurring E-Giving Through Employee or United Way
Would You Like to Help?
ABQ FaithWorks - A collaborating partner with Central UMC - helps the unhoused and migrants resident in ABQ with immediate humanitarian needs and achieving pathways to greater self-sufficiency in our community. There are many ways you, too, could make a difference. Call Kaity Parent today to volunteer in whatever way works for you. 505 225-8271 admin@abqfaithworks.org and https://www.abqfaithworks.org/.
June 20, 2021
8:30 am Parking Lot Order of Service
Tune into 88.1 for the Drive-In Service

Welcome Music     

Welcome, Community News, Catalytic Generosity

Call to Worship   
We come here to draw water
Thirsty for new life.    
We come here to draw water
Bringing our past and our present, our messy truths and our deepest scars.         
We come here to draw water
Carry-ing shame, and in need of grace.      
Fortunately for us, God always meets us at the well. So breathe deeply and drink up.
God is here. The water is clean.    
Let us worship God.

Opening Hymn   Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
1. Come Thou Fount of every blessing
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Sung by flaming tongues above.
Praise the mount! I'm fixed upon it,
Mount of God's unchanging love.

3. O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I'm constrained to be!
Let that grace now like a fetter,
Bind my wandering heart to Thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
Prone to leave the God I love;
Here's my heart, O take and seal it,
Seal it for Thy courts above.

Opening Prayer                            

Scripture Reading JOHN 4:1-29

Anthem       “Rivers of Living Water”

Sermon  Unraveled Shame

Communion

Affirmation of Faith 
I believe in God, the Great Sewer – Who weaves us together in community, Collecting our loose ends and turning them into be-longing. I believe in the Holy Spirit – Who hems us in before and behind, Catching us when we fall and writing us into God’s holy narrative. And I believe in Jesus Christ – Who loved and claimed the people society had thrown out, refusing to disregard anyone as scrap. I believe God has woven part of God’s self into the fiber of our be-ing, Making us inherently worthy of love and belonging I believe the fabric of my life is weak, That I am prone to error and need God’s handiwork to remind me of love. I believe in the church, and like a quilt of different fabrics, She is designed to be as diverse and beautiful as God’s creations. And I believe that when life unravels, God is there to stitch my wounds together, To hold me in the palm of God’s hand, to tell me of love, and to invite me into a new journey. Amen

Closing Hymn     Just as I Am

Just as I am, without one plea
But that Thy blood was shed for me
And that Thou bid'st me come to Thee
O Lamb of God, I come! I come

Just as I am, Thou wilt receive
Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve
Because Thy promise I believe
O Lamb of God, I come, I come

Blessing & Benediction  

Postlude
June 20, 2021
11:00 am Hybrid Traditional Order of Service

We ask that you please keep your mask on during the singing. If you are uncomfortable with being in the sanctuary with singing, you may exit during the Blessing and Benediction.

Preservice Music

Welcome, Community News, Catalytic Generosity 

Prelude
Call to Worship   
We come here to draw water
Thirsty for new life.    
We come here to draw water
Bringing our past and our present, our messy truths and our deepest scars.         
We come here to draw water
Carry-ing shame, and in need of grace.      
Fortunately for us, God always meets us at the well. So breathe deeply and drink up.
God is here. The water is clean.    
Let us worship God.


Opening Hymn      Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing (vs 1)  400 UMH

Opening Prayer and Lord’s Prayer              

Scripture Reading JOHN 4:1-29

Anthem    “Living Water of Life”    David Lantz

Sermon  Unraveled Shame

Affirmation of Faith 
I believe in God, the Great Sewer – Who weaves us together in community, Collecting our loose ends and turning them into be-longing. I believe in the Holy Spirit – Who hems us in before and behind, Catching us when we fall and writing us into God’s holy narrative. And I believe in Jesus Christ – Who loved and claimed the people society had thrown out, refusing to disregard anyone as scrap. I believe God has woven part of God’s self into the fiber of our be-ing, Making us inherently worthy of love and belonging I believe the fabric of my life is weak, That I am prone to error and need God’s handiwork to remind me of love. I believe in the church, and like a quilt of different fabrics, She is designed to be as diverse and beautiful as God’s creations. And I believe that when life unravels, God is there to stitch my wounds together, To hold me in the palm of God’s hand, to tell me of love, and to invite me into a new journey. Amen

Closing Hymn    Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah  (vs 1,2)      127 UMH
Blessing & Benediction    

Postlude
For more information about the ministries of Central United Methodist Church,
email info@centraltolife.org, call the church office at 243-7834
or check out our website at www.centraltolife.org

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