Round Hill Community Church

ORDER OF SERVICEJune 19, 2016

Fifth Sunday after Pentecost – Father’s Day

PRELUDE The Musical Clock Haydn Minuet

Andantino

WORDS OF WELCOME INTROIT

CALL TO WORSHIP Leader: Come! Come and worship, you who woke early and you who

slept late;All: you who come often, and you who don’t.Leader: Whether we are first or last or somewhere in between,All: there is room for all of us in God’s kingdom, Leader: and more than enough grace to go around.All: Let’s worship God together! 

*HYMN No. 464 God of Grace and God of Glory

*OPENING PRAYER Almighty God, through Jesus you say to us that whoever wishes to be first must become the least and the servant of all.  We come to pray that your church and our world may be one. Teach us to accept humbly that this unity is a gift of

your Spirit; through this gift, change and transform us that we bring forth the Kingdom of God in this place. Amen.

*The congregation is invited to stand*THE LORD’S PRAYER

Our 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 trespasses,as we forgive those who trespass against us,and lead us not into temptation,but deliver us from evil.For Thine is the kingdom,and the power, and the glory,forever and ever. Amen.

*GLORIA PATRIGlory be to the Father, and to the Son,and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning,is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

SUMMER HYMN SINGChildren may now leave for Church School.

ANTHEM The Apple Tree Scott

SCRIPTURE LESSON Matthew 20: 1-16“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the laborers for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his vineyard. When he went out

about nine o’clock, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace; and he said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.’ So they went. When he went out again about noon and about three o’clock, he did the same. And about five o’clock he went out and found others standing around; and he said to them, ‘Why are you standing here idle all day?’ They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard.’ When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the laborers and give them their pay, beginning with the last and then going to the first.’ When those hired about five o’clock came, each of them received the usual daily wage. Now when the first came, they thought they would receive more; but each of them also received the usual daily wage. And when they received it, they grumbled against the landowner, saying, ‘These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.’ But he replied to one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong; did you not agree with me for the usual daily wage? Take what belongs to you and go; I choose to give to this last the same as I give to you. Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?’ So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”

SERMON The Kingdom of God is like… a Landowner The Rev. Dan HaughOFFERING

InvitationAnthem Peace Shaker Tune*Doxology Praise God from whom all blessings flow; praise him,

all creatures here below; praise him above, ye heavenly host: Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

*Hymn O Beautiful for Spacious Skies O beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain, for purple mountain majesties

above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed full grace on thee, and crown thy good with servanthood from sea to shining sea.

TOLLING OF THE BELL; MOMENT OF SILENCE

PASTORAL PRAYER

*Hymn No. 266 Gracious Spirit, Dwell with Me

CHURCH PRAYEROur Heavenly Father, shed forth thy blessed spirit upon all our lives. Make each one of us an instrument in thy hands for good. Purify our hearts, strengthen our minds and bodies, fill us with Christian love. Let no pride, no self-conceit, no rivalry, no ill-will ever spring up among us. Make us earnest and true, wise and prudent, giving no just cause for offense and may thy holy peace rest upon us this day and every day throughout the coming week, sweetening our trials, cheering us in our work, and keeping us faithful to the end, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

BENEDICTION

CHORAL RESPONSE

POSTLUDE Toccata in G Pachelbel

ROUND HILL COMMUNITY CHURCH CREEDI believe in God, the one universal Father of all mankind, revealed supremely in Jesus Christ, our Lord, and present with us to guide, comfort and inspire in the Holy Spirit. I believe in the Kingdom of God; and in the mission of the Christian Church to proclaim the Gospel to all the world, exalting the worship of the Lord our God, and laboring for the progress of knowledge, the promotion of righteousness, the reign of peace, and the realization of human brotherhood. United in Christian love, we pray and labor for the coming of the Kingdom, the triumph of righteousness and the life everlasting. Amen.

ROUND HILL COMMUNITY CHURCH MISSON STATEMENTWe, the members of the Round Hill Community Church, a self-governing, non-denominational body, seek to foster a community of faith where people of all ages and backgrounds pursue spiritual growth; where God is worshipped in Word and praised in music; where friends are made and hurts are healed. We seek to be a community where individuals commit their time and resources to education, fellowship, and to helping those in need among our Church family and in the broader world. We are a church where faith, hope, justice and love are valued, and above all, Jesus is Lord.

CHURCH NEWS

Thank you to Richard Bergstresser and Chuck Zoubek for ushering this morning.

Thank you to Ginger and Josh Jewett for hosting coffee hour this week. Please join them in the parlor following the service.

Please keep in mind that the office is now operating on Summer Hours and will close at noon on Fridays through Labor Day.

Outreach

Interfaith Blood Drive, June 25, 8:00 am – 1:15 pm at First Presbyterian Church, Greenwich - It’s not too late to help save a life this summer! For a newborn facing surgery, an accident victim, or a cancer patient, your donation of one pint of blood this Saturday could help save or extend their life. If you are at least seventeen years old, meet height and weight requirements, and are in generally good health, please make an appointment to give blood - 1-800-733-2767 or go online to www.redcrossblood.org.

Neighbor to Neighbor has identified their June special collection and are asking, specifically, for donations of instant coffee, tea, hot chocolate,

sugar and non-perishable milk (Parmalat or dry milk.) A food wagon and giving envelopes are located in the Narthex.

Fellowship

For its last exhibit of the season, Les Beaux Arts Gallery will feature “Common Ground” by Richard Levine, painter of the American landscape. The show runs through Friday, July 8.

Beach Day 2016!

Mark your calendar for Beach Day 2016 which will be on Wednesday, July 27 (rain date July 28). More details will be provided as the date draws closer but if you have any questions or would like to sign up to help, please see the Rev. Dan Haugh or Caroline Lazzara, Outreach Committee Chair.

REFLECTIONS

"Grace always demands the answer of gratitude. Grace and gratitude belong together like heaven and earth. Grace evokes gratitude like the voice of an echo. Gratitude follows grace like thunder follows lightning.” - Karl Barth, 20th-century Swiss theologian

“Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own.”

-Harold Coffin

"Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul." -Henry Ward Beecher

Cover Art: "Red Vineyards at Arles" (1888) by Vincent Van Gogh

Senior Pastor: The Rev. Dr. Edward G. HorstmannAssociate Pastor: The Rev. Dan Haugh

Minister Emeritus: The Rev. Dr. Ralph AhlbergMinister of Music: Christopher Kabala

Round Hill Community Church395 Round Hill Road, Greenwich, CT 06831

203.869.1091 roundhillcommunitychurch.org