Order of Worship, Grafton Community Church, 10-05-25
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Topic: Grafton Community Church Worship
Time: Meeting – 9:45 a.m. October 05, 2025
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Order of Worship, Grafton Community Church, 10-05-25 – Season of Pentecost with Holy Communion
Prelude (Ken Olsson, Music Minister)
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O Master, Let Me Walk with You (Dale Wood)
Air from “Water Music” (G. F. Handel)
Abide with Me (Sandra Eithun)
Morning Has Broken (Mark Hayes)
Great is Thy Faithfulness (Dan Sigmon)
Welcome and Announcements (Linda Robertson, Council Chair)
No matter who you are or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here!
*Please observe a moment of silence; so we may each offer our prayers and praise to Creator, Christ & Holy Spirit.
*Hymn #53 “Morning Has Broken” ©
1 Morning has broken like the first morning, Blackbird has spoken like the first bird.
Praise for the singing! Praise for the morning! Praise for them, springing fresh from the Word!
2 Sweet the rain’s new fall sunlit from Heaven, Like the first dewfall on the first grass.
Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden, Sprung in completeness where God’s feet pass.
3 Mine is the sunlight! Mine is the morning, Born of the one light Eden saw play.
Praise with elation, praise every morning, God’s re-creation of the new day!
All lyrics © 1995 Chalice Press
Used by Permission. CCLI License #21383697
* Call to Worship (from “Prayers for the World & Its People,” Iona Abbey Worship Book)
One: Believing that God made and loves the world,
Many: we gather.
One: That it may be reshaped to fulfill God’s purposes,
Many: we pray.
One: To seek a wisdom deeper than our own thinking,
Many: we listen.
One: To honor God who gave us voice,
Many: we worship.
* Unison Prayer
Lord, the disciples asked you how to increase their faith, and you told them about the mustard seed. Tell us again, for we too need greater faith. Be present with us here today; strengthen and guide us. Amen!
* Response Hymn #53 Verse 3
Mine is the sunlight! Mine is the morning, Born of the one light Eden saw play.
Praise with elation, praise every morning, God’s re-creation of the new day!
Scripture:
Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4
The oracle that the prophet Habakkuk saw.
O LORD, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not listen? Or cry to you "Violence!" and you will not save?
Why do you make me see wrong-doing and look at trouble? Destruction and violence are before me; strife and contention arise.
So the law becomes slack, and justice never prevails. The wicked surround the righteous; therefore judgment comes forth perverted.
I will stand at my watchpost and station myself on the rampart; I will keep watch to see what he will say to me and what he will answer concerning my complaint.
Then the LORD answered me and said: Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so that a runner may read it.
For there is still a vision for the appointed time; it speaks of the end and does not lie. If it seems to tarry, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay.
Look at the proud! Their spirit is not right in them, but the righteous live by their faithfulness.
Lamentations 3:19-26
The thought of my affliction and my homelessness is wormwood and gall!
My soul continually thinks of it and is bowed down within me.
But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope:
The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases, his mercies never come to an end;
they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
"The LORD is my portion," says my soul, "therefore I will hope in him."
The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him.
It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
*Hymn #86 “Great is Thy Faithfulness”
1 Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father, there is no shadow of turning with thee;
thou changest not, thy compassions, they fail not; as thou hast been thou forever wilt be.
[Refrain]
Great is thy faithfulness! Great is thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see; all I have needed thy hand hath provided.
Great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!
[Refrain]
2 Summer and winter and springtime and harvest sun, moon, and stars in their courses above
join with all nature in manifold witness to thy great faithfulness, mercy, and love.
[Refrain]
3 Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth, thy own dear presence to cheer and to guide,
strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!
[Refrain]
Reflection: “Spiritual Lament” Pastor C.J. King
Synopsis: In the midst of trying times, the prophets cried out to God through lament. What can we learn from them to strengthen our faith today?
*Hymn #636 “Abide with Me”
1 Abide with me, fast falls the eventide; the darkness deepens, God, with me abide:
when other helpers fail, and comforts flee, Help of the helpless, O abide with me.
2 Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day; earth's joys grow dim; its glories pass away;
change and decay in all around I see; O thou who changest not, abide with me.
3 I need thy presence every passing hour; what but thy grace can foil the tempter's power?
Who, like thyself, my guide and stay can be? Through cloud and sunshine, O abide with me.
4 I fear no foe, with thee at hand to bless; ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness;
where is death's dark sting? Where, grave, thy victory? I triumph still, if thou abide with me.
5 Hold thou thy cross before my closing eyes; shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies;
heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee; in life, in death, O God, abide with me.
Holy Communion
(Ken Olsson Music Minister)
Let Us Break Bread Together (Anthony Giamanco)
Offerings of the People
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Offertory: (Music Minster Ken Olsson)
Peaceful Piano #25 (Mark Hayes)
Response: Doxology
Praise God from whom all blessings flow.
Praise God all creatures here below – Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise God above the source of gifts!
Praise Jesus Christ, whose power uplifts.
Praise the Spirit, Holy Spirit – Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Offertory Prayer of Dedication
The Benediction & 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 debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory,
For ever and ever. Amen.
Postlude: (Music Minister Ken Olsson)
O God, Our Help in Ages Past (Lloyd Larson)
Please greet your neighbors on Zoom or at a “Safe Social Distance” in the sanctuary, as the postlude ends. On Zoom unmute your mikes, share greetings and the peace of this virtual space.
Masks are optional but suggested in the sanctuary!
Grafton Prayer List:
Our Planet Earth * Immigrants experiencing or facing detention or deportation in their loneliness and fear *Those enduring times of stress *Those with PTSD & their families *Beloved pets of Grafton *Mary Karam, & the Humes family *Arlene & Ron Carey *Gaelle McLoud *The Rowley family *Carol Bason *Arthur Park *Norm Robertson *Robert Johnson (Ken Olsson’s father-in-law) *Nancy Merrill *Dick Warren *Joyce Olsson (Ken’s mom) *Cecile Fisher Smith *Dennis Scharback *Todd Baker (Pastor Watson’s friend) *Linda Preziosi *Paul Nolan (Steve Nolan’s cousin) *Christine Tattersall *Gayle Arbuckle *JoAnn Supple (Sherry Brown’s mother) *Jeremiah Olmas (Mary Feder’s friend’s grandson) *Jim Webb (Angela Moulton’s Father) *Karen Hunt *David Lambert *Sophie Field * Robert Waldron (Sherry Brown’s nephew) *Irene Rice *Max Brown *Dick Desrochers *Ben Williams (Pastor King’s husband) *Patricia Donatelli *Roberta Geist
Those Who Have Lost Loved Ones
*Irene Rice & family *Family & friends of Liam Parker (Michele Chickering’s son) *Family & friends of Jerry Goldlust (Christine Tattersall’s close friend) *Family & friends of Bob Wright *Family & friends of Barbara Andrews (Meg Gonzalez’ mom) *Family & friends of Bob Haseltine *Family & friends of Donald F.M. Bolton *Family & friends of Denize Schemm *Family & friends of Helen Lanoie (mother of Andre Lanoie) * Family & friends of Bernard “Pete” Haley *Family & friends of Donna Rice *Family & friends of Galen Pinkham *Family & friends of Susan Lathrop *Family & friends of David James Smith (Cecile Smith’s brother in law) *Family & friends of David Fischmann (partner of Katherine Brown) *Family & friends of Estelle Pieth *Family & friends of Dave Robinson *Family & friends of Debbie Wright *Family & friends of Stephan Fitzsimmons (Caidin Domeracki’s grandfather)
Extended Care:
*Dottie Royal, Bromley Manor, 2595 Depot St., Manchester, VT 05255
*Rev. Catherine Cadieux, Sterling House, 33 Atkinson Street, Bellows Falls VT 05101
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