Sunday ~ August 29, 2021 ~ 10:00 am

       Order of Worship

         Prelude: Rosemary Nettrouer, “Arietta,” by Grieg

  Announcements  

  Welcome & Greeting

         Music: “Revive Us Again,” Hymn #20

  Call to Worship: Isaiah 40:31 (NRSV)

                   Those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with

                   Wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.

  Centering Meditation

  Music: ”He Leadeth Me,” Hymn #364

  Prayer Concerns

  Pastoral Prayer

  Message: “What’s so Good about Marriage?  Fidelity”

                  Scripture: Ruth 1:16-17

  Open Worship:

                Enjoy the quiet as a respite from life’s busyness.

                Connect with God and with one another in prayer.

                Open yourself to the healing Light of God’s Spirit.

                Find grounding in love and gratitude.

                Share vocal ministry as God leads.

  Benediction

  Postlude: Rosemary Nettrouer

            Technology provided by Michael Barrett, Joe Dawley, and Erin DeGroot.

                   Music coordination by Dawn Blue.

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SAFETY GUIDELINES (Updated 6/15/2021)

In order even to worship in person safely, we will follow these (somewhat eased) guidelines:

·         Masks that cover the nose and mouth will be required of everyone except small children.  (Masks and hand sanitizer will be available for your use.)

·         Length of worship will be less restricted, up to fifty or sixty minutes. 

·         Offering plates will still be near the front and the back of the meeting room.

·         Please continue to sit in designated pews only. 

·         Feel free to linger and chat in the aisles, hallways, and/or outdoors.

·         Once again we have printed bulletins with the order of worship, etc.We will continue to include the order of worship in The Light This Week,so that you maystill print it out and bring it with you or access it on your phone.

·         Are we ready to resume coffee or carry-in meals?  Not yet. 

Please stay home if

·         you are unable or unwilling to comply with these guidelines,

·         you are uncomfortable about or have health reasons to avoid attending worship even with the guidelines,

·         you are sick,

·         you or anyone in your household has been diagnosed with COVID-19, or

·         you have been in contact with someone over the past two weeks who has been diagnosed with or is showing symptoms of COVID-19.

Also, be assured that we will continue live streaming worship for the foreseeable future, and we will continue to monitor the pandemic situation, especially emerging virus variants.  

Questions and suggestions are welcome.  Prayers too!

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SUNDAY WORSHIP ATTENDANCE REPORT

Date	In Person	Online	Total
8-01	18	13	31
8-08	31	13	44
8-15	23	14	37
8-22	21	NA	21

NA = technical difficulties with live streaming.

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CHURCH ACTIVITIES THIS WEEK                               

Saturday, August 29, 1:00 pm, Ministry & Counsel, membership review brown bag

Sunday, August 29, 11:00 am, 205 Sunday School Class

Tuesday, August 31, 7:00 pm, Good Times Squares Dance

Church office hours are 9:00 am to 1:00 pm, Tuesday through Friday.

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DIRECTORY CHANGE

Stan & Eloise Brown

200 W Cedar St

Hesston, KS 67062

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FALL SPIRITUAL FORMATION RETREAT

via Zoom 

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 – SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2020
Register Here!

In our Fall retreat, we’ll go “back to the basics” and explore some of the practices that might help us (re)discover the Ground of our Being and sustain our joyful attention there. Whatever language we use to describe the connection we seek – Spirit, Light, Truth – how can our lives become deeply attuned to it so that we can be faithful, alive, and active in our own times?

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During the retreat, Friends will be invited to quiet, personal reflection, sharing in spiritual friendship in small groups, and fellowship with the whole group. Activities will be assigned during the off-line time. In addition, Zoom space will be kept open during meal time for virtual “table fellowship.” Therefore, we ask that participants hold Saturday open just as if we were meeting on-site. 

Friday’s session will begin at 7pm. Saturday sessions will run: 9-11am, 1-3pm, 7-9pm.

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We are also happy to announce that the Spiritual Formation Working Group will support a year-long program of monthly gatherings via Zoom for Friends who live remotely or whose Meeting cannot sustain a local group. More information about this opportunity will be shared at the retreat. 

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To register, visit https://www.bym-rsf.org/events/spiritform/. We will follow the “pay as lead” model utilized at Annual Session. The suggested contribution is $50/person, which will cover the costs of participation.

The 10th Anniversary of  The Apprentice Gathering (TAG) will take place as an in-person event September 23-25, 2021, on the Friends University campus in Wichita, KS.   We’ve waited for 2 years to gather again, and celebrate our Living Lord.  As we prepare for this amazing event, the only thing missing is you.  If you haven’t registered, sign up today! For information: Apprentice Gathering (apprenticeinstitute.org) If you have any questions about The Apprentice Gathering, please email Jacob Smith.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Friends World Committee for Consultation – FWCC World Office

You are invited to World Quaker Day, our annual event where we celebrate Quakers around the world on Sunday, October 3, 2021.

Our theme: Resilience and Hope: drawing strength from our Quaker faith.

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The Book Club is taking a summer break.  If you have suggestions about timing (7:00 or 7:30 maybe rather than 6:30), format (in person or via Zoom), or book titles for the fall, please let Catherine know (orcagriffith@yahoo.com).   

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          PRAYER REQUESTS AND CONCERNS

·         Our church’s pastoral search

·         People affected by Covid:

·         Nikki Holland (Belize, FUM

·         Debbie Busch (sister of Greg Newby and Vonda Schuster) improving

·         Catherine’s cousin Luke improving but still having breathing problems

·         Dan Schuster is doing OK

·         Brad Blue (firefighter, son of Judy Blue) has tested positive

·         Craig Newby’s family of Pratt, Kansas has been hit hard with the Delta variant

·         Adversity around the world, for example, Afghanistan, Haiti, the pandemic, and forest fires

·         Students, teachers, administrators, staff, families as school starts

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Happy September Anniversaries (40+ years)!!

William and Donna Cline, 65 years on 9/15

Herbert and Fren VanGieson, 57 years on 9/12

Dwight and Evelyn Boyd, 55 years on 9/10

Randy and Carol Mullikin, 47 years on 9/30

Marc and Roxann Dicker, 44 years on 9/3

Happy September Birthdays!!      

Sept. 2: Randall Hinshaw; Sept. 4: Delores Fisher; Sept. 5: Becky Sharpe; Sept. 6: Hudson Donaghue; Sept. 7: Gwen McDonald; Sept. 9: Janet Donaghue, Jackson Fouts; Sept. 12: Donna Bales, Drew Davis; Sept. 16: Reid Charles; Sept. 18: Katelynn Buesch; Sept. 20: Sue Wine; Sept. 21: Karl Bornhauser; Sept. 22: Pat Bentley, Gayle Davis; Sept. 23: Caroline Keehn; Sept. 24: Delyla Howland; Sept. 25: Cameron Chambers; Sept. 26: Arden Bradshaw, Kendra Miller, Manuel Casado, Randy Mullikin; Sept. 27: Murray Cox; Sept. 30: Diana Bowles

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Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” —

John 20:29 (NIV)