Welcome to Sunday Worship
The United Church of Gainesville – July 12, 2020
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Welcome – Tony Miller
Prayers of the People – Talia Raymond
Reading – adapted from “There Was A Child Went Forth” by Walt Whitman – read by Jan Adkins
There was a child went forth every day,
And the first object she looked upon and
received with wonder or pity or love or dread,
that object he became,
And that object became part of her for the day or
a certain part of the day . . . or for many years or stretching cycles of years.
The early lilacs became part of this child,
And the March born lambs,
And the field sprouts of April and May became
part of him,
And the appletrees covered with blossoms,
And all the changes of city and country wherever
she went.
The family usages, the language, the company,
the furniture . . . and the yearning and swelling heart,
The doubts of daytime and the doubts of
nighttime . . . the curious whether and how,
Whether that which appears so is so . . . Or is it
all flashes and specks?
The horizon’s edge, the flying seacrow, the
fragrance of saltmarsh and shoremud;
These became part of that child who went forth
every day, and who now goes and will always go
forth every day,
And these became part of him or her that peruses them
now.
Time with Children – “Because Nothing Looks Like God,” by Lawrence and Karen Kushner – read by Keri Trosper
Hey kids, join us for activity time!
Special Music, Scripture, and Sermon
Special Music – “Wayfaring Stranger” performed by Ned Stewart
I am a poor wayfaring stranger
While traveling through this world of woe
Yet there’s no sickness, toil, or danger
In that bright world to which I go
I’m going there to see my Father
I’m going there no more to roam
I’m only goin’ over Jordan
I’m only goin’ over home
I know dark clouds will gather ’round me
I know my way is rough and steep
Yet beautious fields lie just before me
Where God’s redeemed there vigils keep
I’m going there to see my Mother
She said she’d meet me when I come
I’m only goin’ over Jordan
I’m only goin’ over home
I’m just goin’ over Jordan
I’m just goin’ over home
Scripture – Exodus 2:1-10 – read by Jan Adkins
Sermon – “Looking for Home” by Tony Miller
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Here are the UCG friends celebrating a birthday this week.
Happy Birthday!
Lizzie Dixon 07/12
John Harvey 07/12
Elizabeth McCulloch 07/12
Laura Robertson 07/12
Brandon Telg 07/12
Holden Martin 07/13
Mark Martin 07/13
Walt Barry 07/14
Darren Burgess 07/14
Aubrey Ingram 07/14
Lauren McIntyre 07/15
Cindy Bergbower 07/16
Miles Wolcott-Durante 07/17
Christie King 07/18
Linda Ledbetter 07/18
Sandy Reimer 07/18
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Join us this morning!
Sunday Seminar at 11:15am: Dr. Patricia Hilliard-Nunn of UF on the Lynching of six Black people at Newberry in 1916. Join here
Sunday Seminar at 12:30pm – Holy Zoom: A Sacred Meeting of Minds & Souls Talia Raymond will be available on our Zoom account to talk and share. She’ll be prepared to talk about the online worship experience, but with no set agenda other than hoping to see your faces and have a chance to touch base. Join here.