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First UCC, Plymouth, 321 N Center Street, Plymouth, IN (2026)

06/04/2026

June 7, 2026

First United Church of Christ
321 N Center St. Plymouth, IN 46563

We are a faithful family of God committed to proclaiming
the peace, hope, and love of Jesus Christ to all.

Church: 574-936-3010

Email: [email protected]

Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday & Friday 10:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m.

Sunday 9:15am
Coffee & Fellowship
Sunday 10:00am
Traditional Worship Service

Do you ever have days when you just go from one thing to the next? Sometimes they are appointments or errands. Sometimes they are interruptions of your plans. And often it’s both in the same day. That’s the kind of day Jesus is having in today’s gospel: Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26. Join us this Sunday as we look at how Jesus deals with this and what we can do also.

ORDER OF SERVICE
GREETING & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Please sign the attendance pad as it is passed to you.

PRELUDE “Come, Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy” Arr: TC McKibben
Our invitation to quiet ourselves to prepare our hearts for worship.

LIGHTING OF THE CANDLES
A symbol of bringing the light of Christ into the world

OUR LIFE TOGETHER
Joys & Concerns / Morning Prayer / The Lord’s Prayer

+ HYMN # 102 “There’s Something About That Name”

+ CALL TO WORSHIP
L: When we pass through the waters,
P: God is there with us.
L: When we suffer and feel hopeless,
P: God is there with us.
L: When we are joyful and celebratory,
P: God is there with us.
L: Whether we feel triumphant or defeated,
P: God, is there with us, always.
L: Come, let us worship together with Emmanuel, God with us.

PRAYER OF CONFESSION (together) Based on Mark 8:31-38
Merciful God, we confess that our sin turns us from you again and again. We are a
sinful generation longing for your mercy. We want not only to save our lives, but to gain the whole world as well. We are too often ashamed to show our faith to the world around us. Have mercy on us. Amen.

WORDS OF ASSURANCE Leader
If we rely upon the law of God, we are beyond hope. But in God’s mercy we are declared righteous through our faith in Jesus, who died for our sins.

+ GLORIA PATRI

+ HYMN # 404 “The Solid Rock”

OFFERING INVITATION
We come now to that time in the service when we are invited and given the opportunity to give to God and the work of his church out of gratitude for what he has
given us.

OFFERTORY PRAYER Pastor Chuck

OFFERTORY SONG “ He Touched Me” Arr: J Purifoy

+ DOXOLOGY (On screen)

BIBLICAL WITNESS Psalm 50: 1-15; Matthew 9: 9-13, 18-26 Geoff Scarberry
L: Hear what the Spirit is saying to God’s people.
P: Thanks be to God.

+ HYMN #510 “Jesus Is All the World to Me”

THE SERMON “Just One Thing After Another” Pastor Chuck

+ HYMN # 271 “Standing on the Promises”

+ BENEDICTION Pastor Chuck
As you leave this gathering, hear God’s call to Go! Go into the uncertainty of the journey ahead, trusting that of this you can be certain: God is with us, and we are sent out together. We are not alone. Thanks be to God! Amen

+COMMISSIONING (on screen)

+TAKING THE LIGHT OF CHRIST TO THE WORLD
A symbol of our call to share Christ’s light where we go.

+ POSTLUDE “Bind Us Together” Arr: CWR Higgs

ANNOUNCEMENTS
MARK YOUR CALANDER:
Sunday, June 14th: Room at the Table Carry In

In the Fellowship Hall following
Services. All are welcome!

Monday, June 15th:
11:30am – Retiree’s Luncheon at Christo’s

Thursday, June 18:
6:00pm – The Harbor: A Gathering for Safe
Conversations

Sunday, June 21st: Father’s Day

Saturday, July 4th: 250th Independence Day!!

Sunday, July 5th: Communion Sunday

Monday, July 20th:
11:30am – Retiree’s Luncheon at Miller’s Assisted
Living

05/31/2026

Thank You, for the SPECIAL MUSIC “American Anthem” by Melody Makers

05/31/2026

Sunday. May 31, 2026
Sermon “Grace, Love, and Communion”

05/27/2026

May 31, 2026

First United Church of Christ
321 N Center St. Plymouth, IN 46563

We are a faithful family of God committed to proclaiming
the peace, hope, and love of Jesus Christ to all.

Church: 574-936-3010

Email: [email protected]

Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday & Friday 10:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m.

Sunday 9:15am
Coffee & Fellowship
Sunday 10:00am
Traditional Worship Service

Second Corinthians 2:13-13 offers a great example of how our worship services are biblically based and to remind us that we all have a part to play in our worship life together. Paul writes in his second letter to the Corinthians “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holt Spirit be with all of you.” This will be the focus of my sermon this Trinity Sunday, because they remind us of very important gifts that our Triune God gives to us - gifts of grace, and of love, and of communion. Gifts that we need now as much as we ever have.

ORDER OF SERVICE
GREETING & ANNOUNCEMENTS

PRELUDE “Come, Thou Almighty King” Arr: L Larson
Our invitation to quiet ourselves to prepare our hearts for worship.

LIGHTING OF THE CANDLES
A symbol of bringing the light of Christ into the world

OUR LIFE TOGETHER
Joys & Concerns / Morning Prayer / The Lord’s Prayer

+ HYMN # 252 “Sweet, Sweet, Spirit”

+ CALL TO WORSHIP
L: We come together today to worship the Triune God, even as we, like the eleven on
the mountainside, have our doubts.
P: Holy Trinity, meet us in our questions and help us embrace your mystery.
L: We come to encounter the God who is both immense and particular, greater than
words can describe, and yet intimately present with us.
P: Holy Trinity, surround us with your love that brings order to chaos and community to individualism.
L: We come to give thanks to God who created and sustains us, who calls us to steward the earth and all that live in it.
P: Holy Trinity, empower us to enter into partnership with you for the flourishing of all creation with gratitude and joy.
L: We come to receive Christ’s commission to make disciples, to baptize, and to teach
the gospel wherever we go.
P: God, immerse us in the life of the Holy Trinity that we might go and welcome others into the dance of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen.

PRAYER OF ILLUMINATION (together)
Holy God, Three in One, you are our eternal hope, our companion in life, our liberating power. Lead us in your mission, baptizing and teaching in your blessed name, so that all may worship you in the end of the age. Amen.

SPECIAL MUSIC “American Anthem” Melody Makers

OFFERING INVITATION
We come now to that time in the service when we are invited and given the opportunity to give to God and the work of his church out of gratitude for what he has
given us.

OFFERTORY PRAYER Pastor Chuck

OFFERTORY SONG “ Holy, Holy, Holy” Arr: J Purifoy

+ DOXOLOGY (On screen)

BIBLICAL WITNESS Matthew 28:16-20; 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 Jane Huff
L: Hear what the Spirit is saying to God’s people.
P: Thanks be to God.

+ HYMN #262 “Holy, Holy, Holy”

THE SERMON “Grace, Love, and Communion” Pastor Chuck

+ CLOSING HYMN # 267 “Come, Thou Almighty King”

+ BENEDICTION Pastor Chuck
Go, therefore, because you are children of the Triune God and partners in God’s work of light, life, and love that even now is at work all around us. May the mystery of the Trinity enfold you, the glory of the Trinity astound you, and the love of the Trinity companion you on your way. Amen.

+COMMISSIONING (on screen)

+TAKING THE LIGHT OF CHRIST TO THE WORLD
A symbol of our call to share Christ’s light where we go.

+ POSTLUDE “Holy God, We Praise Thy Name” Arr: L Shackley

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Sunday, June 14th: Room at the Table Carry In
In the Fellowship Hall following
Services. All are welcome!

Thursday, June 18:
6:00pm – The Harbor: A Gathering for Safe
Conversations

Sunday, June 21st: Father’s Day

Saturday, July 4th: 250th Independence Day!

Sunday, July 5th: Communion Sunday

Monday, July 20th:
11:30am – Retiree’s Luncheon at Miller’s Assisted Living

05/24/2026

We always have such a great time when a bunch of us get together together after church for lunch. All is always welcome. Today was one our biggest group of 16.

05/24/2026

Sunday, May 24, 2026
Sermon: “The Sermon” Pastor Chuck Krieg

05/20/2026

May 24, 2026

First United Church of Christ
321 N Center St. Plymouth, IN 46563

We are a faithful family of God committed to proclaiming
the peace, hope, and love of Jesus Christ to all.

Church: 574-936-3010

Email: [email protected]

Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday & Friday 10:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m.

Sunday 9:15am
Coffee & Fellowship
Sunday 10:00am
Traditional Worship Service

The day of Pentecost, this Sunday, is always a great celebration for the Church. We gather year on this day, to hear the story of the birth of the Church, as told in Acts 2: when the Holy Spirit came upon the apostles like the rush of a violent wind, with tongues of fire dancing on their heads; people of all nations hearing the apostles in their own language, and more than 3,000 responding by being baptized into Christ. It is an amazing story to hear again, isn’t it? But I wonder, when we hear this story , whether we are missing something today. Where is the wind and fire today? Where is the excitement of that first Pentecost? Join us this Sunday as we unpack Act 2:1-21 and answer these questions.

ORDER OF SERVICE
GREETINNG & ANNOUNCEMENTS

PRELUDE “The Comforter Has Come” Arr: M Parks
Our invitation to quiet ourselves to prepare our hearts for worship.
LIGHTING OF THE CANDLES
A symbol of bringing the light of Christ into the world

OUR LIFE TOGETHER
Joys & Concerns / Morning Prayer / The Lord’s Prayer

+ HYMN # 292 “God of Grace and God of Glory”

+ CALL TO WORSHIP
L: Like the disciples, we gather in this space, united by our relationship with the risen
Christ.
P: We come to receive what God has to give.
L: Just as tongues of fire descended on the disciples,
P: We receive the gift of the Spirit’s power and inspiration.
L: Just as the resurrected Christ breathed the Spirit into the disciples,
P: We receive the Spirit’s peace and wisdom.
L: As the life giving and peacemaking Holy Spirit blazes through us today,
P: We receive the gift of the Spirit’s fire that unites us as the body of Christ.
Amen.

OFFERING INVITATION
We come now to that time in the service when we are invited and given the opportunity to give to God and the work of his church out of gratitude for what he has
given us.
OFFERTORY PRAYER Pastor Chuck
OFFERTORY SONG “ Come, Breath of God” Arr: A Giamanco
+ DOXOLOGY (On screen)

BIBLICAL WITNESS Acts 2:1-21 Jane Huff
L: Hear what the Spirit is saying to God’s people.
P: Thanks be to God.

+ HYMN #247 “Spirit of the Living God” 2x

THE SERMON “The Point of Pentecost” Pastor Chuck

INVITATION TO THE SERVICE OF HOLY COMMUNION
Christ our Lord invites to his table all who love him, who earnestly repent of their sin and seek to live in peace with one another. Therefore, let us confess our sin before God and one another.

CONFESSION AND PARDON
We do not presume to come to this your table, merciful Lord, trusting in our own goodness, but in your unfailing mercies. We are not worthy that you should
receive us, but give your Word and we shall be healed, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

L: Hear the good news:
Christ died for us while we were yet sinners; That is proof of God’s love toward us. In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven!

+ HYMN # 323 “Let Us Break Bread Together”

THANKSGIVING AND HOLY COMMUNION COMMUNION SONG “His Voice as the Sound“ Arr: A Murdock

+ CLOSING HYMN # 569 “Battle Hymn of the Republic”
In Honor and Gratitude for all US Military Personnel that dies in service.

+BENEDICTION Pastor Chuck

+COMMISSIONING (on screen)

+TAKING THE LIGHT OF CHRIST TO THE WORLD
A symbol of our call to share Christ’s light where we go.

+ POSTLUDE “Fanfare on ‘Rise Up, O Church of God’” Arr: Arr: TC McKibben

ANNOUNCEMENTS
TODAY: Pentecost
Communion -
Doug Myers & Geoff Scarberry

Monday, May 25th:
Office closed for
Memorial Day

Sunday, June 14th: Room at the Table Carry In
In the Fellowship Hall following
Services. All are welcome!

Thursday, June 18:
6:00pm – The Harbor: A Gathering for Safe
Conversations

Sunday, June 21st: Father’s Day

Saturday, July 4th: 250th Independence Day!

05/13/2026

May 10, 2026

First United Church of Christ
321 N Center St. Plymouth, IN 46563

We are a faithful family of God committed to proclaiming
the peace, hope, and love of Jesus Christ to all.

Church: 574-936-3010

Email: [email protected]

Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday & Friday 10:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m.

Sunday 9:15am
Coffee & Fellowship
Sunday 10:00am
Traditional Worship Service

Every year on the seventh Sunday of Easter, which is the last Sunday of Easter before Pentecost, our Gospel reading is taken from this very famous prayer in John 17:1-20. It is a beautiful prayer offered by Jesus for his disciples, and for all “those who will believe in him through their word.” (John 17:20). Which, of course, is us. It is a long beautiful prayer, but it can be a little confusing. Please join us this Sunday as we break it down to help us better understand exactly what Jesus is praying for, when he prays for us.

ORDER OF SERVICE
GREETING & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Please sign the attendance pad as it is passed to you.

PRELUDE “All Creatures of our God and King” Arr: M Ijames
Our invitation to quiet ourselves to prepare our hearts for worship.
LIGHTING OF THE CANDLES
A symbol of bringing the light of Christ into the world

OUR LIFE TOGETHER
Joys & Concerns / Morning Prayer / The Lord’s Prayer

+ HYMN # 588 “We Have Come into His House”

+ CALL TO WORSHIP
L: We gather today as the church to worship the risen Christ.
P: We come for deeper insights into Scripture.
L: We come to receive the power of the Spirit for our ministry.
P: We come to offer our talents, our gifts, and our presence to God and the
church.

PRAYER OF CONFESSION (together)
Eternal God, you have sent the Holy Spirit to instruct, guide and empower us in our ministry, but we try to get by on our own strength. You invite us to see with the eyes of faith, so that we can know your power at work in the world, yet we look at the confusion around us, and know only despair. You have promised us a glorious inheritance in the resurrection. Still, we live as though we had no hope. Open us
to the Holy Spirit, lift our insights beyond the chaos of the world, hold out to us again the joy that awaits us. May we live, speak and act as a community with a mission, with power, and with assurance. In the name of Christ, who sits at your right hand in
power. Amen

+ GLORIA PATRI (on screen)

MINISTRY OF MUSIC “I Love You Lord “ James Dee Holderread

OFFERING INVITATION
We come now to that time in the service when we are invited and given the opportunity to give to God and the work of his church out of gratitude for what he has
given us.

OFFERTORY PRAYER Pastor Chuck

OFFERTORY SONG “ The Strife Is O’er” Arr: L Smith

+ DOXOLOGY (On screen)

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION (together)
O God, when you speak, mysteries hidden for ages come to light. When you speak, the deepest meanings of the Scriptures are opened up. When you speak, power like a raging wind comes upon the church. We ask that you speak through the reading and proclaiming of your Word today, that we might be enlightened and energized, for our
daily lives, and for our mission together as the church.

BIBLICAL WITNESS Acts 6:6-14; John 17:1-11 Jane Huff
L: Hear what the Spirit is saying to God’s people.
P: Thanks be to God.

+ HYMN #433 “Sweet Hour of Prayer”

THE SERMON “When Jesus Prayed for Us” Pastor Chuck

+ CLOSING HYMN #52 “O God, Our Help in Ages Past”

+BENEDICTION Pastor Chuck
With eyes of our hearts opened, and in the powers of the Holy Spirit, may we go out into the world to declare through our words and actions that God offers hope, forgiveness and fellowship to all who will receive him.

+COMMISSIONING (on screen)

+TAKING THE LIGHT OF CHRIST TO THE WORLD
A symbol of our call to share Christ’s light where we go.

+ POSTLUDE “Crown Him with Many Crowns” Arr: K Carpenter

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Today: Sunday, May 17: Room at the Table Carry-In,
In the Fellowship Hall following
Services. All are welcome!

Monday, May 18:
11:30am – Retirees Luncheon - Sunrise
4:00pm – Council & Elders Meeting

Thursday, May 21st:
6:00pm - The Harbor: A Gathering for Safe
Conversations

Sunday, May 24: Pentecost
Communion

05/10/2026

Sunday, May 10, 2026
Sermon: “Defending Our Hope”
Pastor Chuck Krieg

05/06/2026

May 10, 2026

First United Church of Christ
321 N Center St. Plymouth, IN 46563

We are a faithful family of God committed to proclaiming
the peace, hope, and love of Jesus Christ to all.

Church: 574-936-3010

Email: [email protected]

Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday & Friday 10:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m.

As Christians, we should be full of hope, always, regardless of our circumstances. And we should always be ready to share our hope with others, and to defend it. Hope, along with faith and love, describes how we as believers approach life - with faith, with love, and with hope. And, since hope seems like something that we all need right now, that is what I will be focusing on this coming Sunday, “Defending Our Hope,” from 1 Peter 3:15.

ORDER OF SERVICE
GREETING & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Please sign the attendance pad as it is passed to you.

PRELUDE “Love At Home Medley” Arr: C Stauffer
Our invitation to quiet ourselves to prepare our hearts for worship.

LIGHTING OF THE CANDLES
A symbol of bringing the light of Christ into the world

OUR LIFE TOGETHER
Joys & Concerns / Morning Prayer / The Lord’s Prayer

+ HYMN # 92 “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling”

+ CALL TO WORSHIP
L: Transforming God, you have taken the world’s darkness and re- created a world
filled with the joy of light and hope.
P: Come and hear the good news of God’s love for all creation.
L: Restoring God, you have turned defeat into sudden victory, and re-created a world
filled with the joy and peace of shalom.
P: Come and hear the good news of God’s awesome powers.
L: Renewing God, we respond to your mighty deeds with songs of praise, worship and
thankful prayers. You alone ate God!
P: Come and hear the good news of God’s blessings on us all. Glory and honor,
power and dominion belong to God alone. Amen.

OFFERING INVITATION
We come now to that time in the service when we are invited and given the opportunity to give to God and the work of his church out of gratitude for what he has
given us.

OFFERTORY PRAYER Pastor Chuck

OFFERTORY SONG “ The Manner of Happiness” Arr: S Mueller

+ DOXOLOGY (On screen)

+ HYMN # 275 “How Firm a Foundation”

PRAYER OF CONFESSION
L: As God’s beloved children, we are invited to come to our God with the fullness of our lives, to admit our love and our hate, to admit our faith and our fear. Trusting in God’s mercy, let us make our confession, first in silent prayer.
Offer silent prayers of confession.
ALL: At times we feel so fragile, getting blown about by the latest crisis, by bad news, by our own short tempers and failings. You call us to hold fast to what is good, but so often we flounder, unable to find that solid thing that will center us again. Help us, we
pray. Help us to see you as our center, and to cling to the good that you create in the world. Help us to set aside all our jealousies and prejudices, all our betrayals and lies, all that adds to the world’s hurt. Help us to grow even more into Christ’s likeness, that
we will bear his love and truth to the world. We pray this in his name. Amen.

+ GLORIA PATRI (on screen)

BIBLICAL WITNESS Acts 2:42-47; 1 Peter 3:13-22; John 14:15-21 Jane Huff
L: Hear what the Spirit is saying to God’s people.
P: Thanks be to God.

+ HYMN #271 “Standing on the Promises”

THE SERMON “Defending Our Hope” Pastor Chuck

+ CLOSING HYMN #213 “Because He Lives”

+BENEDICTION Pastor Chuck

+COMMISSIONING (on screen)
+TAKING THE LIGHT OF CHRIST TO THE WORLD
A symbol of our call to share Christ’s light where we go.

+ POSTLUDE “Mother, I Love You/I Often Go Walking”
Arr: Wheelright, Lawler, & Lowder

ANNOUNCEMENTS
TODAY: Mother’s Day

MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Sunday, May 17: Room at the Table Carry In
In the Fellowship Hall following
Services. All are welcome!

Monday, May 18:
11:30am – Retirees Luncheon - Sunrise
4:00pm – Council & Elders Meeting

Thursday, May 21st:
6:00pm - The Harbor: A Gathering for Safe
Conversations

Sunday, May 24: Pentecost
Communion

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