1. family and parenting
2. children

S UNDAY W ORSHIP C ELEBRATION
W ELCOME
OCTOBER 26, 2014 • 11:15 AM • REFORMATION SUNDAY
~ GATHERING ~
If you arrive before 11:00 AM, we welcome you to gather quietly for prayer and reflection.
PRELUDE++ “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God”
“A Mighty Fortress Is Our God”
(Christian Flor)
(J. S. Bach)
Jacqui Lewis
WELCOME/ANNOUNCEMENTS++
INTROIT
“O How Amiable”
HYMN*++
“O God, Our Help in Ages Past”
(Ralph Vaughan Williams)
PRESENTATION: THE MIDDLE CHURCH REFORMER AWARD
Laci Beckett and
Middle Clergy
~ REFLECTING ~
ANTHEM
“A Mighty Fortress Is Our God”
(Martin Luther, arr. Hayes)
Alisa Joyce
MESSAGE FOR ALL AGES
~ Children go to The Ark
Ark.. ~
Jacqui Lewis
MORNING PRAYER/LORD’S PRAYER
Ever<loving and holy God, hallowed be your name. Your reign come, your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our sins, as we
forgive those who sin against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from
evil, for yours is the reign, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
“More Than Anything”
(Lamar Campbell)
“Bless the Lord”
(Richard Smallwood)
SCRIPTURE
Psalm 90.1–17
Adriene Thorne
SERMON
“Song in the Key of Hope”
Adriene Thorne
INVITATION TO JOIN THE MOVEMENT
Chad Tanaka Pack
OFFERTORY “Go Down, Moses”
(arr. Robert Sadin)
Tami Petty, soloist
DOXOLOGY HYMN/DEDICATION PRAYER*
Chad Tanaka Pack
From all that dwell below the skies / Let faith and hope with love arise.
Let peace, goodwill on earth be sung / Through every land, by every tongue.
M IDDLE C HURCH
• BUTTERFLY MEAL PREPARATION — 9:00 AM & 10:00 AM • Social Hall — Prepare bag lunches
for distribution to the hungry in local parks. — Give Help
• CARE CORNER WITH RUCHI AMIN — 12:00–6:00 PM • Room 2$10 — Support by
appointment. Contact Ruchi: 212<477<0666 ext 304 or [email protected]. — Get Help
Adriene Thorne
Toccata in D Minor
*Indicates please stand if you are able
(J. S. Bach)
++ You may find a seat or an Usher will assist you.
PARTICIPATING IN THE CELEBRATION • Allison Sniffin, organ
Middle Church Choir • Jonathan Dudley—Director • Charles Brown, Abigail Fischer, Beth
Hatton, Robert Hughes, Joslyn King, Eric Lamp, Allison Mickelson, Tami Petty, Mark
Rehnstrom, Wesley Rowell, Ann Wazelle, Branch Woodman.
Middle Church Jerriese Johnson Choir • John Del Cueto, Director; Jeremy Bertrand<Price,
Hammond organ; Bernice Brooks, drums; Danny Cheng, bass; Dionne McClain<Freeney–
Director of Community Music, piano.
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M IDDLE C HURCH
Check middlechurch.org for full details of all events.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 27 – NO PROGRAMMING
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28 – NO PROGRAMMING
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29 – NO PROGRAMMING
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30
• CREATIVE WRITING THURSDAYS — 6:30–8:00 PM • Conference Room — A supportive,
creative, and fun place to work on an idea you’ve always wanted to write. — Arts
• UPPER ROOM PRAYER GROUP — 6:30–8:00 PM • Parlor — This monthly opportunity to
pray in community uses The Upper Room prayer devotional as its guide. Middle member
Judith Brown<Leigh leads this group to deeper and higher places. — Being Group
• MIDDLE CHURCH JERRIESE JOHNSON GOSPEL CHOIR REHEARSAL — 7:00–9:00 PM •
Community Room — Weekly rehearsal. All are welcome to join! — Arts
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31
• WEE CARE (INFANT–AGE 4) — 10:00 AM–2:30 PM • Wee Care Room — Childcare.
• CARE CORNER WITH RUCHI AMIN — 9:30 AM–4:00 PM • Room 2$10 — Support by
appointment. Contact Ruchi: 212<477<0666 ext 304 or [email protected]. — Get Help
• MORNING WORSHIP — 11:15 AM • Sanctuary — REFORMATION SUNDAY “Song in the
Key of Hope”
Hope” Adriene Thorne,
Thorne, preache
preacher • Middle Church Choir. — Worship
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1 – NO PROGRAMMING
• THE ARK — 11:30 AM–12:30 PM • 3rd Floor Studio — Grades K–6 explore the Bible through
the arts—singing, acting, dancing, drawing, or drumming. — Children and Youth Education
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2
• JOIN THE MIDDLE MOVEMENT! — 12:30 PM • Social Hall — Join our village of dreamers
and stand with us for racial, LGBT, and economic justice. — Community
• BUTTERFLY MEAL DISTRIBUTION — 12:30 PM • meet at Church House — Help to distribute
bag lunches for the hungry in local parks. — Give Help
• CHAT & CHEW — 12:30 PM • Social Hall — Break bread and share conversation with your
Middle Church family. — Community
• VILLAGE CHORUS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH — 1:15–2:30 PM • Community Room —
Musical and performance workshop for ages 6–14. — Youth Education
• THE ARK LEADER TRAINING — 1:15–2:00 PM • Parlor — Training for leaders of the grades
K–6 Sunday program. — Children and Youth Education
• MIDDLE PROJECT YOUNG ADULTS LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE — 1:30–5:30 PM • 4th floor
Studio — Monthly leadership training for young adults. — Adult Education
• BUTTERFLY MEAL PREPARATION — 9:00 AM & 10:00 AM • Social Hall — Prepare bag lunches
for distribution to the hungry in local parks. — Give Help
• CARE CORNER WITH RUCHI AMIN — 9:30 AM–4:00 PM • Room 2$10 — Support by
appointment. Contact Ruchi: 212<477<0666 ext 304 or [email protected]. — Get Help
• MIDDLE PROJECT FREEDOM SCHOOL PLANNING MEETING — 9:30–11:00 AM • Parlor —
For information, contact Jim at [email protected]. — Youth Education
• WEE CARE (INFANT–AGE 4) — 10:00 AM–2:30 PM • Wee Care Room — Childcare.
• MORNING WORSHIP — 11:15 AM • Sanctuary — “If Jesus Preached a Sermon”
Sermon” Jim Ka
Kast<
st<
Keat,
Keat, preache
preacher • Middle Church Choir • Communion • Family Worship. — Worship
• THE ARK — on hiatus – All of God’s children, the big and the small, enjoy the worship
celebration in the sanctuary. — Children and Youth Education
• IN GOD’S HOUSEHOLD: PART 1 — 12:30–1:00 PM • Sanctuary — What does it mean to live
in God’s household? A congregational conversation for Vision 2020. — Adult Education
• JOIN THE MIDDLE MOVEMENT! — 1:00 PM • Social Hall — Join our village of dreamers and
stand with us for racial, LGBT, and economic justice. — Community
• BUTTERFLY MEAL DISTRIBUTION — 12:30 PM • meet at Church House — Help to distribute
bag lunches for the hungry in local parks. — Give Help
• WORSHIP LEADERSHIP TRAINING — 3:00–4:00 PM • Sanctuary — For more information or
to RSVP, contact Dionne McClain<Freeney at dmcclain<[email protected]. — Art
• CHAT & CHEW — 1:00 PM • Social Hall — Break bread and share conversation with your
Middle Church family. — Community
• ART & SOUL REHEARSAL — 4:30–5:30 PM • Sanctuary — For more information or to RSVP,
contact Dionne McClain<Freeney at dmcclain<[email protected]. — Art
• IN GOD’S HOUSEHOLD: PART 2 — 1:30–2:30 PM • Sanctuary — What does it mean to live
in God’s household? Small group chats to envision Middle in 2020. — Adult Education
• THE OPENING ACT — 4:30–5:30 PM • Conference Room — Gather every week before Art &
Soul to explore themes of faith, life, spirituality, and more. — Adult Education
• MIDDLE YOUNG ADULTS (AGES 20–40) — depart 2:30 PM • meet in the narthex — Travel to
Harlem and watch the New York City Marathon together near Gabby Deveaux’s apartment.
If you’d like to go, contact Jim Kast<Keat at [email protected].— Being Group
• ART & SOUL WORSHIP — 6:00 PM • Sanctuary — REFORMATION SUNDAY “The Greatest
Love of All”
All” Jacqui Lewis,
Lewis, preache
preacher • Cassondra Kellam and the Middle Community
Chorus. — Worship
“God of the Ages”
BENEDICTION*
POSTLUDE
AT
• BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS — 2:00–3:00 PM • Sanctuary Steps — Our animals are more
than just pets, they are members of the family. Join Jim and Alisa on the front steps of the
sanctuary to honor the animals who enrich our lives in so many ways. — Community
~ RESPONDING ~
HYMN*
Our newly5renovated facilities are safe, accessible, and clean, all funded by the Collegiate
Church at a cost of $13,000,000. We need your help to be good stewards of their generosity
and maintain its beauty. Please consume food and drink in the Social Hall only. Thank you!
By entering the Sanctuary, you grant Middle Collegiate Church unrestricted right to use and
publish, transmit, or telecast photographs or likenesses that might be taken of you this day
for use in communications related to the church. You agree that all such material will be the
sole property of Middle Collegiate Church. If you are uncomfortable in the Sanctuary, you
are welcome to worship in the Sanctuary balcony.
• READING THE BIBLE FROM THE MIDDLE — 1:15–2:30 PM • Sanctuary — A sermon talkback
and Bible study to explore this Sunday’s text and sermon themes. — Adult Education
PASSING OF THE PEACE++
SELECTION
M IDDLE C HURCH
We are glad you are here today. If you are visiting for the first time, we invite you to return
often and make Middle Church a home for you, your family, and friends. If you want to join
our movement, see a clergy after worship. Complete the pew card or sign the guest book in
the narthex to receive our newsletter or eblast. Learn more at middlechurch.org. Please
silence your cell phone and leave food or drink outside. Thank you for your cooperation.
T ODAY
Father Michael Lapsley
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING*
TO
• VILLAGE CHORUS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH — 1:15–2:30 PM • Community Room —
Musical and performance workshop for ages 6–14. — Youth Education
• ENCORE! — 7:00–7:30 PM • Social Hall — Food, conversation, and a time to join our village
of dreamers and stand with us for racial, LGBT, and economic justice. — Community
• ART & SOUL REHEARSAL — 4:30–5:30 PM • Sanctuary — For more information or to RSVP,
contact Dionne McClain<Freeney at dmcclain<[email protected]. — Art
WORSHIP VIDEOS AND PODCASTS – Worship music and sermon videos are available on
the Middle Collegiate Church channel. Click the YouTube icon at middlechurch.org.
Subscribe to Middle Collegiate Church sermon podcasts on iTunes: http://ow.ly/i6fHu.
• THE OPENING ACT — 4:30–5:30 PM • Conference Room — Gather every week before Art &
Soul to explore themes of faith, life, spirituality, and more. — Adult Education
PRAYER CORNER
Please pray with us this week for these people and concerns.
Phyllistine; Jorryn; Sandy Stone; Derek Sievers; Joey M.; Donna J.; Eva G. and family; Phillip
Travis; Kendall T.; Sierra Sue Goodale; Djana Maria Hughes; Danita Branam; Scott Stevens;
Julie Runyon; Dominick Vizioli; Hannah; Fred; Eddie Joe; Gregory; Middle’s children;
Middle’s consistory; All who are suffering and struggling from poverty, violence, and
depression; All affected by gun/police violence; All affected by Ebola; Bermuda, Hawaii; the
Middle East; Ukraine; Russia; Australia; Hong Kong; China; the Nigerian Girls<<Bring back our
girls; For jobs and abundance for family and friends; Peace for all.
• ART & SOUL WORSHIP — 6:00 PM • Sanctuary — “How to Be Hot, Holy, and Humble”
Humble”
Taryn Strauss,
Strauss, preache
preacher • Middle Community Chorus • Communion. — Worship
• ENCORE! — 7:00–7:30 PM • Social Hall — Food, conversation, and a time to join our village
of dreamers and stand with us for racial, LGBT, and economic justice. — Community
OCTOBER = DISABILITIES AWARENESS
October is Disabilities Awareness Month. Reach out to your neighbors and friends and help
create a space for conversation around the challenges of differently<abled bodies and
minds. Ruchi Amin is available to discuss cares and concerns at 212<477<0666 x304 or
[email protected].
THIS WEEK: SONG IN THE KEY OF HOPE
• What occurs before and after Psalm 90 is important for our understanding of God and
who we are in God. Read Psalm 89, 90, and 91 this week and ponder your relationship to
the Sovereign, Eternal God.
• Like the Facebook page “Changing the World Two Minutes at a Time” and find
inspiration for two<minute engagements that will change you and the world you inhabit.
• Watch the film Lincoln starring Daniel Day<Lewis and consider what in Abraham
Lincoln’s understanding of self in relationship to God, motivated his choices.
• Read Martin Luther’s “95 Theses” in honor of this Reformation Sunday. If you are feeling
really ambitious, read John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion, 1536 Edition. I’m
happy to loan my copy!
LAST WEEK: PRECIOUS IN GOD’S SIGHT
As we consider the values of God’s Household, one thing is clear: children matter. The
reign of God belongs to them.
• In worship today, choose one of our children to be the beneficiary of your prayers this
week. Ask God to bless that child, hold that child, and care for that child.
• In his new film, Every Three Seconds, filmmaker Daniel Karslake features a boy named
Charlie who raised a quarter of a million pounds to help children in Haiti through
UNICEF. Make a donation to UNICEF and mark it for Haiti relief.
• Middle Church is holding a Day of Art every month on the way to the launch of our
Freedom School beginning today at 2:00 PM. See Alisa Joyce to volunteer. Bring a child to
our next Day of Art on November 9. Donate at middlechurch.org to make the Freedom
School dream a reality.
DEAR MIDDLE FAMILY—
FAMILY Thank you for your financial gifts over the last twelve months! We
ended our fiscal year on June 30, having achieved approximately 94% of our annual offering
goal. This is amazing generosity. In 2008, we gave $164,000; this year, we gave more than
$470,000! As we move back into our program building, and on the way to funding 50% of
our ministry by 2020, Middle Church needs your continued support. Your giving enables us
to grow our efforts to do justice, to nurture spirits, and to share God’s love with those
around us. Thanks for your faithful giving! — Middle Church Consistory
M I D D L E CO L L E G I A T E C H U R CH VI S I O N S T AT E M E N T
Middle Collegiate Church is a celebrating, culturally diverse, inclusive and growing
community of faith where all persons are welcomed just as they are as they come through
the door. Rooted in Christian tradition as the oldest continuous Protestant Church in North
America, Middle Church is called by God to boldly do a new thing on the earth.
As a teaching congregation that celebrates the arts, our ministries include rich and
meaningful worship, care, and education that nurture the mind, body, and spirit, social
action which embraces the global community, and participation in interfaith dialogue for
the purpose of justice and reconciliation. :: middlechurch.org
OCTOBER CLOTHING DRIVE
Middle Church is excited to participate in a clothing drive with our partners at Project
Hospitality who serve families in need on Staten Island. They are seeking NEW unisex
sweatpants and sweatshirts for adults and children. Please also bring NEW packages of
socks, gloves, and hats appropriate for any adult or child. We will collect clothing in the
sanctuary through the end of October.
M I D D L E CO L L E G I A T E C H U R CH
Rev. Jacqueline J. Lewis, Ph.D. – SENIOR MINISTER
Rev. Adriene Thorne – MINISTER • Chad Tanaka Pack, M.Div. – MINISTER
Jim Kast<Keat, M.Div. – ASSOCIATE MINISTER
Alisa Joyce, M.Div. – ASSISTANT MINISTER
SANCTUARY
OFFICE
TELEPHONE
CARE LINE
E<MAIL
WEBSITE
112 Second Avenue (at 7th St.)
50 East 7th Street
New York, NY 10003
212<477<0666
917<439<9268
[email protected]
middlechurch.org
CONSISTORY
ELDERS
Rev. Jacqueline J. Lewis, Ph.D.
Veronica Carrera
Kent Holliday
Jeff Mummert
Shanta Thake Chair
Darren Major
James Wu
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DEACONS
Malia T. Blake
Graham Bridgeman
Johanna Goepel
Erica Hunt
Jonathan Lucas
Hadaryah Morgan
Representatives to
INTERSECTIONS
Elder – Danita Branam
Deacon – Marvin Rodriguez