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FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOSTJune 28, 2020, 10:00 a.m. Hancock United Church of Christ, Congregational •1912 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, MA

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WELCOME TO HANCOCKWe are delighted that you chose to worship with us today and are strengthened by your participation in our service! While we are sad that we cannot see you face-to-face this week, we are blessed to still be able to worship in a meaningful way. In these next few weeks, we will be having our worship televised and livestreamed via youtube.com/hancockchurch.

In these times, community is more important than ever. Because of this, we invite you all to share your ideas of how best to feel spiritually fulfilled in these times of limited interaction. You can send any thoughts to Hancock Church at 781-862-4220, or email Paul ([email protected]) or Barbara ([email protected]).

www.hancockchurch.org

OUR VISION: Inspired by the life and teachings of Jesus, we are changing the world through love, compassion, and courage.

OUR MISSION: In the revolutionary spirit of our Christian faith, we invite you to join us as we

• worship God with all our hearts and minds

• walk our spiritual paths together

• cherish one another

• build community in a diverse world

• protect the earth

• work for the common good

OUR VALUES:

Vision, Mission, and Values

faithfulness inclusion compassion gratitude integrity generosity humility vulnerability courage

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MOMENT FOR REFLECTIONChristianity has never been a passive faith. The faith is not something that we simply and only believe in, and then sit and wait passively to see how life unfolds. Jesus didn’t call for believers, but for disciples, for people who walk the walk that he walked, and not just take his word for things. Today we look at a key moment in the gospel of Matthew when Jesus sent out into the world the twelve disciples that he had called. “As you go” he told them, “proclaim the good news,

‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’ Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons.” It unnerves us to think about what these words might mean for us, his contemporary disciples. We suspect that we are called to do more than simply believe that he said these things to them all those years ago. But what might it mean for us to cure the sick or raise the dead?

PRELUDE . . . . . . Prelude in D Major from The Well Tempered Clavier . . . . . . by J.S. BachGraham Campbell, piano Pre-Recorded

WORDS OF WELCOME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul Shupe

JUNE CELEBRATIONSFifty Year Members: Bill and Carolyn Aitken, Freeman “Bud” Fraim, Blake Ireland, Peggy McKibben

OPENING HYMN . . . . . . . . . .How Firm a Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . .#237 verses 1,4,5Pre-recorded

1. How Firm a Foundation, O Saints of the Lord,Is Laid for your faith

in God’s Excellent Word!What more can God say

than to you has been said,To you who for refuge

to Jesus have fled?

4. “When through fiery trials your pathway shall lie,My grace, all sufficient,

shall be your supply:The flame shall not hurt you;

I only designYour dross to consume and your gold to refine.”

5. “The souls that on Jesus have leaned for repose

I will not, I will not dessert to their foes;

Those souls, though all hell should endeavor to shake,

I’ll never, no, never, no, never forsake”

Service of Worship

*Congregation standing—some may wish to remain seated

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PROCLAMATION OF THE WORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul ShupeMatthew 9:35-10:8

Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing every disease and every sickness. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”

Then Jesus summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to cure every disease and every sickness. These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon, also known as Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Simon the Cananaean, and Judas Iscariot, the one who betrayed him.

These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Go nowhere among the Gentiles, and enter no town of the Samaritans, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. As you go, proclaim the good news, ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’ Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. You received without payment; give without payment.

*CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE All Sing:

GATHERING SONG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Come on, Children, to the Gospel Feast

Come on, children, to the gospel feast.Gather 'round, gather 'round!

Jesus welcomes all, the little and leastGather 'round, gather 'round!

This is where we sing and pray,read God's word on this glad day.

Come on, children, to the gospel feast.Gather 'round, gather 'round!

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CHILDREN’S TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susan Clinkenbeard

THE MORNING OFFERING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul ShupeThis week's offering is being donated to the UCC Disaster Ministries. To learn more, visit www.lexrap.org. For information on how to give, see page 8.

OFFERTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I Will Arise . . . . . . . . . . . . . .American traditional, Pre-recorded, Hancock Chancel Choir arr. By Alice Parker

PRAYER OF DEDICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul Shupe

*DOXOLOGY . . . . . . . From North and South and East and West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S-29

CALL TO PRAYER . . . . . . . . .O Lord, Hear My Prayer . . . From the Taize Community

O Lord hear my prayer, o Lord hear my prayerWhen I call, answer me.

O Lord, hear my prayer, o Lord hear my prayerCome and listen to me.

PASTORAL PRAYER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susan Clinkenbeard

A TIME OF SILENT PRAYER

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THE LORD’S PRAYEROur Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.

LITANY FOR THE ENDING OF A MINISTRY COVENANT

PRESENTATION OF GIFTS

THE SERMON . . . . . . . . . . .Heal the Sick, Raise the Dead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul Shupe

CLOSING HYMN . . . . . . . . . . God’s Counting on Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Pete Seeger

1. When we look and we see things are not what they should be

God's counting on me, God's counting on you

When we look and we see things are not what they should be

God's counting on me God's counting on you

Chorus:Hoping we'll all pull throughHoping we'll all pull through

Hoping we'll all pull through me and you

2. Time to turn things around, trickle up not trickle down


Time to turn things around, trickle up not trickle down


Chorus

3. When there's big problems to be solved let's get everyone involved


When there's big problems to be solved let's get everyone involved


Chorus

4. Don't give up, don't give in working together we all can win


Don't give up, don't give in working together we all can win


Chorus

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5. What we do now you and me will effect eternity


What we do now you and me will effect eternity


BENEDICTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul Shupe

BENEDICTION RESPONSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . God Be With You Till We Meet AgainPre-Recorded Hancock Chancel Choir

God be with you ‘til we meet again,Loving counsels guide, uphold you,

With a shepherd’s care enfold you:God be with you ‘til we meet again.

PASSING THE PEACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susan Clinkenbeard

POSTLUDE

Join Us for a Discernment Team Discussion at 11:15 am!

You are also invited to join the Discernment Team for discussion of the survey content TODAY, Sunday, June 28 at 11:15 AM via Zoom (Meeting ID: 856-3829-4787; Password: 782995). To join by video:

• Download the Zoom app on your phone, tablet, or computer that you will use for the conference. A non-handheld device is best.

• Click "Join a meeting." Then enter the Meeting ID Number: Meeting ID: 856-3829-4787, password 782995, followed by your name.

• Select "Join with Computer Audio." A picture will appear if your camera is enabled. Use your device settings to enable the camera if there is no picture.

To join by phone:

• Dial 646-558-8656.

• When prompted, enter the Meeting ID: 856-3829-4787; Password: 782995

For more information, see page 10.

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Build Community in a Diverse World

Anti-Racism Small GroupsWould you like to further explore what it means to become anti-racist? Are you interested in being part of a small group that helps each other learn and grow in our own awareness of what it means to be allies to our black, indigenous, people of color sisters and brothers? These would be informal, non-judgmental, low-pressure groups, where, as we grow and learn, we can

grow together in order to create a more just and equitable world. If you are interested in this, please reach out to Barbara ([email protected]). Thanks so much!

Immigrant and Refugee JusticeHancock’s Immigrant and Refugee Justice Team has launched a Google Group to facilitate the sharing of information, questions, and ideas among the Hancock community about immigrant and refugee issues. It functions like a listserv; you can post information or questions to the group and everyone who

is a member will see it, and they can reply and continue the conversation. If all you want to do is read the conversations without posting yourself, that’s fine too; there’s no obligation to participate. (If you’re familiar with the HEAT Google Group we’ve had for many years, it will function like that.) To receive an invitation, or if you have any questions, write [email protected].

Help Us Maintain OUr secUrity On ZOOM!In order to maintain our security during Zoom gatherings such as meetings and coffee hours, please be sure that your Zoom account name is reflective of your actual name, first and last. You can change your Zoom name by going to zoom.com and editing your account. Doing so helps us know who and who not to admit to meetings and gatherings. Thank you!

Book Discussion Group on July 8All are invited to a Book Discussion Group on Wednesday, July 8 at 8pm led by Rev. Babrara Callaghan! Join us as we discuss Sue Monk Kidd's The Book of Longings via Zoom.

Our Mission is To...

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Walk Our Spiritual Paths TogetherMOrning Offering

During this time of “virtual church”, please note our updated instructions for participating in the offering.Each week at Hancock we accept an offering of gifts for two purposes:Mission Partner of the Week. Each Sunday we accept gifts for one of our mission partners, a select organization doing God’s work in the world. Many are local or regional organizations whom we’ve worked with for years; all are effective organizations making a difference in people’s lives. These donations are passed directly to the organization and are in addition to the donations included in Hancock’s budget.Sustaining Hancock’s Vision. Gifts are also welcome in the Sunday offering plate for Hancock Church that supports our staff, our building, community outreach and all of the worship and programs at Hancock. You may make a gift for either in one of three ways:• Through our website. Go to www.hancockchurch.org, click on the Give button in the upper right, and follow the instructions to make a gift by credit or debit card or ACH bank transfer. Be sure to indicate in the dropdown menu whether the gift is for “Mission Partner” or “Hancock Church.”• Send a check. Make it payable to Hancock UCC, and note on the memo line either “Mission Partner” or “Hancock.” Our address is 1912 Massachusetts Ave., Lexington MA 02421.• Text to give. From your smart phone or tablet, text the dollar amount along with "Mission" or “Hancock” to 781-386-0866 and tap the link to enter your credit card information.

On June 7, we raised $605 for the Lexington Refugee Assistance Program (LexRAP). Thank you!

Upcoming Offerings: Food Link (July 5) and Place of Promise (July 12)

sign Up fOr tHe HancOck Daily!To connect with Hancock Monday through Friday while we're physically apart, contact [email protected] to sign up for the Hancock Daily! On Monday, we'll offer an entry from the Ministers' Blog; on Tuesday, a

guided meditation; on Wednesday, an invitation to Bible study with the preacher; on Thursday, a weekly prayer; on Friday, our song of the week from Mark.


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Walk Our Spiritual Paths TogetherTake the Discernment Team Survey

The Discernment Team invites you to take the Senior Minister Discernment Survey. Below you will find a link to the survey, as well as link to a PDF that allows you to preview the survey before taking it online.

The cover letter included in the survey provides details about the Discernment process and the purpose of this survey. In brief, this survey focuses on the “position description” for our next Senior Minister—a list of the skills, qualities, and experiences that we believe will enable Hancock to meet the Vision, Mission and Values statement adopted by the congregation in June 2019.

We ask you to reflect on the questions asked, to help us prioritize among the leadership characteristics we have identified, and to indicate what we may have missed.

To take the survey, please go to: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/8VKXDKS

To view a PDF of the survey, go to: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-HYrpwc1cioOjc-TR2knASeWen_fCIUM/view

We are eager to hear from you! Please complete the survey by July 1. The Discernment Team thanks you for your participation!

You are also invited to join the Discernment Team for discussion of the survey content TODAY, Sunday, June 28 at 11:15 AM via Zoom (Meeting ID: 856-3829-4787; Password: 782995).

Missing HancOck tables? HancOck grills? let's DO tHeM VirtUally!

Parish Life and the Welcoming Committee are teaming up to make this happen. Just let us know if you are interested and we will take care of the details. We will create groups who will then decide when their group will meet up over Zoom. The groups will also decide what kind of event they

will share: dinner, a cook-out, wine and cheese – whatever!

To sign up or ask questions, contact Beth Schutt ([email protected]) or Priscilla Thayer ([email protected]; 781-894-9575)


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Worship God with all our Hearts and Minds

cOnnect witH paUl anD barbara Via VirtUal Office HOUrs

Paul and Barbara will be holding virtual office hours. Paul's office hours are on Mondays from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. and Tuesdays from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Barbara’s office hours are Mondays from 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., Tuesdays

from 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., and alternate Thursdays from 9:0 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

To sign up, contact Paul at [email protected] or 781-698-8953, or Barbara at [email protected] or 336-558-1242. You can of course always call or email and talk with us in times outside of these specific hours as well.

bible stUDy witH tHe preacHers On weDnesDays Via ZOOM

Bible study with the preacher is offered every Wednesday at noon via Zoom. Here's how to participate!

To join by video:

Download the Zoom app on your phone, tablet, or computer that you will use for the conference. A non-handheld device is best.

Click "Join a meeting." Then enter the Meeting ID Number, 751-145-448, followed by your name.

Select "Join with Computer Audio." A picture will appear if your camera is enabled. Use your device settings to enable the camera if there is no picture.

To join by phone:

Dial 646-558-8656.

When prompted, enter the Meeting ID Number, 751-145-448, followed by #.

weekly sHaring anD prayer eVery tHUrsDay

Every Thursday at 11:00 a.m., we will hold a time of sharing and prayer led by your ministers. If you are subscribing to the Hancock Daily, the Zoom link will be emailed to you on Thursday mornings. We hope that you will join us as we continue to find new expressions for the ways in which we cherish one another, and embrace new ways of walking our

spiritual paths together, during in this time. To sign up to receive the Hancock Daily, contact [email protected].


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Work for the Common Goodcalling all seaMstresses anD tailOrs

The Building Reopening Committee is hard at work determining how and when we will be able to start using our building once more. One of the things we will need is masks to hand out to anyone who comes without one. We are looking to make a basketful of cloth masks in adult, youth, and children sizes so that anyone who needs one can use

it at church and then take it home to reuse. I have patterns, cloth, elastic, and thread for anyone that has time to make a few for Hancock over the next two months. If you have the time and inclination to help with this project, please contact [email protected] for the pattern and any other supplies you need.

interfaitH garDen UpDate

Opening Season 11 at the Interfaith Garden collided with the state shutting down from COVID-19. Initially the Garden was closed to most volunteers with necessary work to prep and plant done by Carla, our head farmer, and a few regulars. This allowed organizers time to establish new protocols with the objective to keep all participants

safe and healthy. One outcome is that fewer volunteers work at a time so it is easier to physically distance from one another. Currently, the Garden is operating with about 25% of the usual number of weekly volunteers. During this period, the Garden has found its own pace and flourished… albeit with maybe more weeds than usual! Nonetheless, Carla has been making deliveries to the Lexington Food Pantry since early May.

The new schedule slowly rolls volunteers back into the Garden on a regular basis. That means that faith communities, like Hancock, are working in the Garden about once per month. If you are interested in helping, please contact Amy Swanson at [email protected]


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Build Community in a Diverse WorldtHank yOU fOr yOUr DOnatiOns tO place Of prOMise!

Several Hancock members have generously donated games, books, DVD's, a ping-pong table, an air hockey table, a pinball machine and more as entertainment supplies for the residents of Place of Promise. The Mission & Justice Team is delivering them this Saturday, just in time for them to

also be used by the Kids of Promise summer program for kids in the neighborhood. Many thanks to all the donors!

lUncHes fOr OUtDOOr cHUrcH Of caMbriDge: yOU can Help!We are providing 40 lunch bags every other Sunday for homeless folks who participate in the Outdoor Church in Cambridge. During the year Hancock middle school youth [JYO] make sandwiches and put together lunch bags once a month to be delivered to the Outdoor Church. Until we can all be together again at Hancock, Hancock adults are stepping up to

provide these Outdoor Church lunch bags, now every other week. With COVID, the need for food is even greater. We are working with Hancock youth to write notes to include in the lunch bags. How can you help? Help is needed for lunch bags for 7/5, 7/19, 8/2, 8/16, 8/30, 9/13. Are you interested in making 20 sandwiches? Or providing granola bars or water or cookies or fruit for each lunch bag? Sandwiches and other items are brought to the Hancock parking lot 7:20 a.m. on the designated Sunday morning. We assemble (with face masks, gloves, and social distancing) the lunch bags, which are then picked up and taken to the Outdoor Church. If you are interested in helping with the Outdoor Church lunches, please contact Daryl Battin (781-789-3763 / [email protected]), who will coordinate a schedule for the lunch bag contributions. Also contact her if you have lunch bag items to contribute which need to be picked up. Thank you so VERY much for your help – these lunches are an essential part of the day for Outdoor Church attendees. Another way you can help is with donation funds for the supply disposable face masks, for brown paper lunch bags, for $5 Dunkin Donut gift cards, for the granola bars and waters included with the Outdoor Church lunch bags. Donations for the Outdoor Church can be made to Hancock Church by check or online; please specify “Outdoor Church” on a check or in the comment field for online donations. Thank you again!


We welcome all who seek to know God.

We believe that, although we are many members, we are one body in Christ.

We have been called as well as challenged by God to respect and reconcile our differences.

We recognize and love each individual as a child of God.

We welcome, respect, support, and lovingly encourage people of every race, ethnicity, creed, class, gender, sexual orientation, age, and physical and mental

ability to join us on our journey of faith.

The faith journey indeed calls Hancock Members not to be silent in the face of prejudice, injustice, and exclusion, but to express our faith, in word and deed,

for justice and inclusiveness for all humanity.

As Paul wrote in Galatians, “In Christ there is no longer Jew or Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for all are one...”

Hancock Covenant of Welcome

Paul Shupe Senior Minister [email protected]

Barbara Callaghan Minister [email protected]

David C Clark Minister of Children and Families [email protected]

Susan Clinkenbeard Congregational Care Coordinator [email protected]

Genna BeattyMinister of Youth and Young Adults

[email protected]

Mark Morgan Director of Music

[email protected]

Marilyn Becker Associate Director of Music

[email protected]

Kathryn Dominguez Church Administrator

[email protected]

www.hancockchurch.org

Church Office Phone: (781) 862-4220Hancock Community Prayer: (781) 862-6845Church Office Hours: M-Th 9:00-3:00, F 1:00-4:00 p.m.

For Emergency Pastoral Support: Paul: (781) 698-8953 | Barbara: (336) 558-1242

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