OPENING TO GOD as you are being rooted and grounded in love.

I pray that you may

Quote for Reflection: Now there was a great wind... have the power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the
The hope of a secure and livable world but God was not in the wind; breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of
lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all
and after the wind an earthquake, the fullness of God.
justice, peace, sisterhood, and brotherhood. 
~ Martin Luther King, jr. ~ but God was not in the earthquake;
Now to the One who by the power at work within us is able to
and after the earthquake a fire, accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine, to
but God was not in the fire; God be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations,
We Gather as God’s People and after the fire a sound of sheer silence. forever and ever. Amen.


—1 Kings 19.11-12 j
HYMN For the Beauty of the Earth UMH 92 My response is to get down on my knees before Abba, God this
In roar of rush and tumble
 magnificent parent who parcels out all heaven and earth. I ask God
GATHERING PRAYER Rev. Gord whitewater-frantic traffic,
 to strengthen you by the Spirit—not a brute strength but a glorious
God of gentle rains and warm sun, tangled in there,
 inner strength—that Christ will live in you as you open the door
a whisper;
 and invite him in. And I ask him that with both feet planted firmly
God who encourages growth;
in life bent wrong,
 on love, you’ll be able to take in with all followers of Jesus the
we are creatures who sometimes grow quickly, extravagant dimensions of Christ’s love. Reach out and experience
and sometimes get stuck. in rusty knife-edged days

the breadth! Test its length! Plumb the depths! Rise to the heights!
God of freedom, of liberation, of binding ropes being cut; cutting deep and rough,
 Live full lives, full in the fullness of God.
we are bound in ways we don't always a murmur;

God can do anything, you know—far more than you could ever
understand or recognize. in empty, looted places,
 imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams! God does it
God of exodus and exile and homecoming, long hope-starved roads,
 not by pushing us around but by working within us, his Spirit
God who calls us to leave where we are and come home; not separate from them,
 deeply and gently within us.
help us to have the courage to make the journey in wrecks and ruins and regrets
 Glory to God in the church! 

and to trust in the path. a sigh Glory to God in the Messiah, in Jesus!

God of health and healing, ***
 Glory down all the generations!

not much, I know, since even my mildest voice 
 Glory through all millennia! Oh, yes!
God who wants us to be made whole;
we come as people who are wounded in body and in spirit, shatters planets, flattens suns,

but in temple-deep silence

We Respond to God’s Word
people who seek healing.
at the root of your thickest pain

enough to be distinct from noise or nothing,

SPIRITUAL Jesu, Jesu UMH 432 neither shouting nor a closed eye:
 REFLECTION What Is God Really Like?
a wordless syllable, slight, and yet
 Pt. 1: Is God Good or Is God Great?
HYMN This Is My Song UMH 437 enough to have created light,

enough to let you know
 HYMN Draw the Circle Wide W&S 3154
GATHERING PRAYER, cont. Rev. Gord I'm trying to let you know

God of Grace, I'm here. PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE & THE LORD’S PRAYER
we come as people who yearn live through that Grace. Steve Garnaas-Holmes
And so we praise you for the growth, OFFERING & DOXOLOGY
we rejoice in being set free,
we dance along the path that leads us home,
we give thanks for the healing we have received,
We Listen for God’s Word We Are Sent Into God’s World
and we worship now as people of Grace. PAULINE EPISTLE Ephesians 3:14-21
ANNOUNCEMENTS
For this reason I bow my knees before Abba God, from whom
PASSING THE PEACE every family in heaven and on earth takes its name. I pray that,
according to the riches of God’s glory, the Lord may grant that BENEDICTION
YOUNG PEOPLE’S MESSAGE you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through
the Spirit, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, RESPONSE Let There Be Peace on Earth UMH 431
 Birthdays and Anniversaries Below are people, places, & concerns that folk have lifted up.
Please keep them in your prayers at home.
July 2: June Packard July 4: Brec Norton Please call or email the church office to add to the prayer list.
July 5: Barb Lemmel July 6: Julia Davenport
Ongoing Prayers Lifted Up Last Sunday What Is God Really Like?
June 30: Bruce & Donna Douglas anniversary Arlitha Pat - brother, healing from knee surgery
July 4: Ken & Midge Yates anniversary Callie David - Mike, doing well and walking Part One: Is God Good or Is God Great?
Anne Kennison post-amputation
Mary Willard Mary - Mom & Don, recovering from
Essex Eats Out Schedule Norma Strickland stroke
July 5: 1st Congo July 12: Holy Family Judy & Diezela June - Ellie, visiting Essex and future
July 19: St James July 26: EUMC Matthew C. travel to Ireland
Elissa & Leif Dawn - June & family, mother’s health
Greg crisis
Calendar Paula DeMichele Donna - Lani Willard’s engagement
Tuesdays: Pastor Is In @ Nest Coffee Shop 10 am - 11:30 am Don Strickland Marilyn - thankful to avoid war this week
Ellie Uckele Mitch - clergy who are moving to new
Jericho Clergy Group 11:30-12:30
Cole appointments; Megan who becomes
Thursdays: Church Office 10:00 am- noon Harley DS; Preston who moves to St. Paul’s;
the delegates to General Conference
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Lenore
Michael Parker 2020: Effie, Jay, & Becca (clergy);
Gordon Mitchinson Bonnie, Amanda, & Ralph (lay)
Sun, 30 June: Adult Sunday Classes Begin 9:00 am Susan For children and families separated at the
border
Mon, 1 July: Monday Companions, Conclude Holy Envy in Tim
Eve’s Garden, 7 pm

Sun, 7 July: Adult Sunday Class 9:00 am

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Sun, 14, 21 July: Narda Carlson leads worship

Sun, 28 July: Adult Sunday Class 9:00 am

Essex Center United Methodist Church
Sat, 10 Aug: The Garage Sale That Ate Essex! essex_umc@comcast.net tel. 878-8304
Please start bringing your donated items in early July www.essexumc.com
and leave in the back room in the Hall. Please keep Ministers: the entire congregation Lay Leader: Joshua Knox
large items until July 27, and have all donations at the Equipping Pastor: Rev. V. Mitchell Hay
church by August 6. All proceeds for a new cell tel. 881-3268 (feel free to call) mitchellhay@comcast.net
Fellowship Hall roof. Call Linda or Ron with
questions or for help with large items: 878-2926 Office Manager: Elissa Johnsen
PLEASE NO textbooks, encyclopedias, computer Sunday School Coordinator: Krista Rochefort
gear, or clothing! Organ: Kathryn Parker
Song Leader: Dana LaClair
Piano: June Packard
Projection: Sam Evans
Essex Center
Thanks to Barb Myers for the Beautiful Altar Covering
Un-Tied Methodist Church
Nursery Helper Barb L next week: Jody H
Parent Helper: Mary D next week: Nancy N 30 June 20193 Third Sunday after Pentecost