-We Gather as Gods PeopleSpirit of the Living God

HYMN

UMH 393

CALL TO WORSHIP
Persian Poem
Holy Spirit, renew my spirit with your touch
Clarify my mind with your light
Fill my heart with your goodness
Quench my spirits thirst with your living water
Glory to you, heavenly Father, for the Holy Spirit. Hallelujah!
Holy Spirit, renew my spirit with your touch
Clarify my mind with your light
Fill my heart with your goodness
Quench my spirits thirst with your living water
Glory to you, heavenly Father, for the Holy Spirit. Hallelujah!
Glory to you for your Holy Spirit. Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
PRAISE

Im Goin a Sing

UMH 333

PRAISE

Sweet, Sweet, Spirit

UMH 334

PASSING THE PEACE

OPENING TO GOD

The wind of Gods Spirit

is constantly blowing
in the lives of believers
its continually flowing.

Deborah Ann Belka

Its powerful and mighty,

its character changing
in the souls of believers
its behavior alternating.
The wind of Gods Spirit,
is constantly reforming
in the minds of believers
its attitude transforming.
Its quick and its strong,
its deep and penetrating
in the hearts of believers
its profound and regulating.
The wind of Gods Spirit,
blows as it pleases . . .
for its the very breath of God
that governs the breezes!

-We Listen for Gods Word-

PSALTER

Psalm 36:5-10

UMH 771

EPISTLE LESSON
I Corinthians 12:1-11
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want
you to be uninformed. You know that when you were pagans, you
were enticed and led astray to idols that could not speak. Therefore
I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God
ever says Let Jesus be cursed! and no one can say Jesus is Lord
except by the Holy Spirit.
Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are
varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of
activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in
everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the
common good. To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of
wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the
same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of
healing by the one Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to
another prophecy, to another the discernment of spirits, to another
various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.
All these are activated by one and the same Spirit, who allots to each
one individually just as the Spirit chooses.
GOSPEL LESSON
John 2:1-11
On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the
mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples had also been
invited to the wedding. When the wine gave out, the mother of
Jesus said to him, They have no wine. And Jesus said to her,
Woman, what concern is that to you and to me? My hour has not
yet come. His mother said to the servants, Do whatever he tells
you.
Now standing there were six stone water jars for the Jewish rites of
purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus said to
them, Fill the jars with water. And they filled them up to the brim.
He said to them, Now draw some out, and take it to the chief
steward. So they took it. When the steward tasted the water that
had become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the
servants who had drawn the water knew), the steward called the
bridegroom and said to him, Everyone serves the good wine first,
and then the inferior wine after the guests have become drunk. But
you have kept the good wine until now.
Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cana of Galilee, and revealed
his glory; and his disciples believed in him.

-We Respond to Gods WordGifts from the Spirit?

REFLECTION:

I Sing a Song of the Saints of God

HYMN

Dawn

UMH 712

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE & THE LORDS PRAYER

OFFERING & DOXOLOGY

UMH 94

-We Scatter to Serve the World-

ANNOUNCEMENTS
BENEDICTION
RESPONSE

Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus

UMH 349

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Birthdays & Anniversaries
January 18 - Kristine Ericksen

Essex Eats Out Schedule

Jan 22 - EUMC

Jan 29 - St. Pius

Announcements
Monday Companions will be starting a new book on Monday, Jan 25
at Eves home on Browns River Rd, 7 pm. Voices in the Night by
Pulitzer winner Steven Millhauser, is a collection of short stories, the
seeds of which are culled from many sources: the Biblical Samuel, who
hears the voice of God calling him in the night; a young, preenlightenment Buddha, who searches for his purpose in life; Rapunzel
and her Prince, who struggle to fit the real world to their dream.
From the New York Time Review of Book: Spellbinding, masterly,
sublime . . . Voices in the Night abounds with marvels. The stories are
anchored by dark human yearningsfor perfection, or excitement, or
some ungraspable form of fulfillment.
This is a great time to jump in to Companions. Because the
short stories are independent, you can miss a Monday and not fall
behind! Come join us for cheese, wine, and great discussion!

Thursday Companions will be starting a new book on Thursday, Feb.

11 at home of Ellie Uckele. from 2:30 - 4 p.m. Life Lessons from a Bad
Quaker, by J. Brent Bill.
For anyone who is bad at being good, this is an invitation to a
pilgrimage toward a more meaningful and satisfying life . . . one step
or stumbleat a time.
See Ellie if you would like to join.

Below are people, places, & concerns that folk have lifted up.
Please keep them in your prayers at home.
Please call or email the church office to add to the prayer list.

Health Kit Party at Shelburne UMC on Sat., April 2 at 9 a.m. Our

church is providing the soap for the kits. We will need 300 bars (no
Ivory or Jergens please as they are too soft; all other kinds fine) See
Marilyn Almeida or Ellie Uckele if you would like to participate on
April 2. Leave soap in box on the table at foot of stairs.
We have many young adults away at college or starting new careers.
Please consider send a note to let them know we are thinking of them
back here at Essex UMC. Addresses are in the back of the new
directory.
Our parking lot can be a very busy place. Please consider parking
across the street so that those with young children or walking
difficulties can park close to the building.
New church directories for 2016 are available in the narthex.

Calendar

Tue, 19 Jan:

Office Hours 9:30

Due to Mitchs surgery recovery, there will be:
No Phoenix Books
No Mansfield Bible Study
Choir Practice 6:30 pm
Trustees 7:00

Fri, 22 Jan :

Essex Eats Out at EUMC 5:30 pm

Sun, 24 Jan:

All Church Meeting after Worship

Mon, 25:

Companions at Eves 7:00 pm. New Book: Visions in

the Night by Set. Read the first four stories.

Tues, 26 Jan:

PPR 7:00 pm

Sun, 31 Jan:

Church Has Left the Building Sunday

Wed, 3 Feb:

Green Mountain Nursing Home 2:30 pm

Mon, 8 Feb:

Companions at Eves 7:00 pm. Read stories 5-8.

Wed, 10 Feb:

Ash Wednesday Service 7:00 pm.

Thu, 11 Feb

Thursday Companions, 2:30-4:00 pm Ellies Home



Ongoing Prayers
Judy & Diezela
Zachary Roy
John Bartlett
Brooks Family
Michael Parker
Jill & Doug Griffin
Stan Komecki
Jenna Roy
Paul
Dick Shepard
Robin
Jaylene
Mary
Jake Greg
D.J.
Chris
Gloria
Anne


Ongoing Prayers, cont.

John Young IV
Brenda
Lenore
T.J.
Maureen Evans
Lifted Up Last Sunday
Dawn - surgeons for Donna,s
surgery this week, Donna,
recovery
Nancy - healing for mom after fall
Nancy - friend, Vickie, brain tumor
returned
Nancy - father-in-laws wife, Ann,
passed away
Midge - friend, Ruth, fall, broke
hands
Donna - surgeons, Kirk

Essex Center United Methodist Church

essex_umc@comcast.net
tel. 878-8304
www.essexumc.com
Ministers: the entire congregation
Lay Leader: Joshua Knox
Equipping Pastor: Rev. V. Mitchell Hay
cell tel. 881-3268 (feel free to call)
mitchellhay@comcast.net
Office Manager: Heidi Evans
Organist: Kathryn Parker Pianists: June Packard, Ellie Uckele
Djembe: Barbara Lemmel Guitar: Richard Randazzo & Mia Burnett
Song Leader: Dana Thomas Projection: Sam Evans
Greeter -Gil & Barb Myers
Ushers - Maureen & Bill Wiegner, Barbara Audet

Essex Center United Methodist Church

17 January 2016

Second Sunday after Epiphany