July 6th Bulletin

Niccolls Memorial Presbyterian Church

Old Forge, New York

Immigration Sunday

Becoming Series: Becoming Beloved Community

July 6, 2025

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PRELUDE

WELCOME

INTROIT: “I Am Becoming Love”

a July 4th acknowledgement

CALL OF THE WILD BECOMING

OPENING HYMN: Morning Has Broken (#664)

          (You are invited to stand if willing and able)

MEDITATIVE MOMENT

          Be Still and Know That I Am God

 In this moment of meditation, you are invited to breathe deeply and rest in God’s presence. If at any point you find this time unsettling or need to step away mentally, please feel free to do so. You are loved and held just as you are.

(Moment of silence.)

 SCRIPTURE READING: Matthew 5:44-45

HOMILY: Becoming Beloved Community

The Baptism of Charlotte Lauren Vance                           

HOLY COMMUNION:

INVITATION TO THE TABLE

PRAYER OF THE PEOPLE

     We will continue to pray as your son taught us to pray, saying…

*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 and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.

INVITATION TO THE OFFERING

ANTHEM: LARGO by Handel

DOXOLOGY: “All Creatures of our God and King” (#15)

          (You are invited to stand if willing and able)

PRAYER OF DEDICATION

 CLOSING HYMN: Open My Eyes, That I May See (#451)

          (You are invited to stand through the extroit, if willing and able)

DISTILLATION

          (A brief opportunity for the congregation to shout out a word or phrase that distills their experience with the  service.)

 BENEDICTION 

 Go now in the grace of what is real.

Walk in the light of your own becoming.

Speak truth with gentleness,

receive truth with courage,

and embody the love that holds it all.

Amen.

 EXTROIT: “Celebrate Love”

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Worship Leader: Lee Vance (he/him)

Choir Director: Judy Barker
Saxophonist: George Smith

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* As we come together in prayer, we acknowledge that the Lord’s Prayer has been incorporated in Christian liturgy since the earliest days of the Church and it holds deep familial meaning for many of us. At the same time, its traditional language reflects a patriarchal context and our Niccolls community embraces a more expansive view of the Divine. The language is challenging for some, and so we encourage each individual to interpret and internalize this prayer in a manner that aligns with their understanding and relationship with the Divine.