06/13/2026
Community United Presbyterian Church
3rd Sunday after Pentecost, June 14, 2026 - 9:00am
Rev. Kip Harris
Welcome, Greeting of Visitors & Announcements
ICE CREAM SOCIAL Please mark your calendar for Wednesday, June 17, 2026 from 6-8pm. The Carlisle Christian Church will be hosting an ICE CREAM SOCIAL including treats (provided by CUPC) and an evening of music and fellowship in the church’s back yard area! Please plan to join the fun! If you are willing to bring 2 dozen treats, please let Donna Hall know!
ROAD TRIP VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL It's time to think about Vacation Bible School! CUPC will hold ROAD TRIP Vacation Bible School beginning Sunday, July 12 through Thursday, July 16, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. for children 4 years old through just completed 5th grade. A meal will be served prior to our Bible lesson, music, crafts & games. To register: Contact Ann Polito (515-681-9519) To volunteer: Contact VBS director, Crystal Barton (515-783-3900).
SEASON OF SABBATICAL: Next Sunday, June 21st, Amgad Beblawi, will be sharing a message at 9:00am. Printed copies of the sabbatical information including the worship schedule are available at the south and east entrances of the church.
Mission Ministries to Consider
***Contributions for the CCA Food Pantry - June suggestions: Hair-Conditioner, Hair-Shampoo, Jell-O, Jam/Jelly. Contributions for the CCA Food Pantry continue to be received by a financial gift with your regular giving and/or food and personal items received at the church. ALL items will be graciously received!! Printed copies of the 2026 Food Pantry list are available at the south and east entrances to the church!!
***Blessing Box: The community of Hartford now has a Blessing Box located outside the south entrance of CUPC. It is available 24 hours a day – 7 days a week. Anyone in need, is welcome to take what they need. Donations may be placed in the Blessing Box! Arrangements may also be made for delivery to the church by leaving a message at the church. (515-989-3426) If you would like to make a financial contribution to support this project, please note “Blessing Box” on your gift and include it with your offering.
***Gifts to the Noisy Collection will be received on the first Sunday of each month. The goal for the 2026 General Mission Pledge is $2,000.00. In April, $211.43 was received, leaving $1,056.62 to go. THANK YOU to everyone who is helping during 2026!
***Per Capita for 2026 is $54.00 per voting member. Please consider assisting with this mission to the presbytery, synod, and general assembly who help provide leadership within the larger church. The total needed for 2026 is $3,309.56. In April, $158.00 was received leaving $1,263.56 THANK YOU to all who are contributing to this fund during 2026 – for yourself and for others!
Thank you to everyone who is supporting these special ministries!
This Week's Events--Please contact the church office with event information or questions. 515-989-3426
April 20, 2026
Sabbatical Begins
April 20th – July 19th Pastor Kristin’s Sabbatical Leave
Sunday, June 14th
Prop/Fin Meeting
10:00am - During Fellowship
Sunday, June 14th
WAC Meeting
10:00am - During Fellowship
Sunday, June 14th
Senior Appreciation Dinner
4:00pm in Fellowship Hall
Tuesday, June 16th
Session Meeting
6:00pm in Conference Room
Wednesday, June 17th
Ice Cream Social
Carlisle Christian Church 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Friday, June 19th
Senior Citizens
1:30pm – 3:30pm in Fellowship Hall
Things Happening Around Town
Weekly food truck: Monday, June 15th Pho T will be serving supper with Tuckerberry providing desserts. Please stop by the Hartford City Park to take advantage of these options. Sponsored by Hartford Hometown Pride.
Birthdays & Anniversaries
14 Dennis Buchanan, Kendra Pedicini, Denny & Michelle Oakley (A)
15 Jordan Warner
16 Logan Buchanan, Dominic Gooch, Olivia Henrichs, Serenity Prall
17 Ann Polito, Bryan Rawson
18 Olyvia Miller, Taylor & Ryan Hammond (A)
19 Sean Rodman, Gunner Craig Stansbery, Chris Walker
20 Olivia Bauman
Greeters & Fellowship
Greeter
Fellowship
June 21, 2026
Loreesa Curry
Ronda Magnusson
June 28, 2026
Verle & Marge Spence
POTLUCK
July 5, 2026
Service @ Carlisle Christian Church
10:30am
July 12, 2026
Linda Lemley
Barb Mentzer
If you are unable to serve on the date listed, please trade with someone. Thank you.
Online Giving Information
Financial gifts may be made through the Presbyterian Foundation Online Giving program to CUPC using the QR
Code below or click here: https://shorturl.at/ctBPU Gifts to the General Fund (for pledges) and the Capital
Improvement Fund (example: HVAC system replacement) may be made through this site. All other gifts should continue to be sent to the church with designations noted. For assistance, contact the CUPC Church Office at 515-989-3426.
LET US WORSHIP TOGETHER!
*Call to Worship
L: Come and worship the God who is among us.
P: Is God in the hymns?
L: No! Look around you.
P: Is God in the stained-glass windows?
L: No! Look around you.
P: Now we see! God is in each of us!
*Opening Hymn #664 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 recreation of the new day!
*Call to Confession
L: Let us confess to God and before one another our sins and especially the times we fail to discern your presence among us in the lives of those around us.
*Prayer of Confession
P: We confess to you, O God, and before one another that we have sinned. We have forgotten that you created humans in your image, and we have ignored the stories of creation that tell us we are all one family. We want sensational worship and warm, fuzzy feelings as signs that you are among us. We still look for you in the signs of power and miracles. We overlook your constant presence in the people around us. Forgive us and open our eyes and our hearts to find you in one another.
*Assurance of Pardon
L: God is the always-present one who welcomes our willingness to discover the divine love that surrounds us. God’s love and forgiveness are ours.
*Gloria Patri
Glory 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, Amen.
Scripture Reading Matthew 9:35-10:8
Message
Hymn #418 Softly and Tenderly Jesus is Calling
1 Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling, calling for you and for me. See, on the portals he’s waiting and watching, watching for you and for me. “Come home, come home! You who are weary, come home.” Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling, calling, “O sinner, come home!”
2 Why should we tarry when Jesus is pleading, pleading for you and for me? Why should we linger and heed not his mercies, mercies for you and for me? “Come home, come home! You who are weary, come home.” Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling, calling, “O sinner, come home!”
3 O for the wonderful love he has promised, promised for you and for me! Though we have sinned, he has mercy and pardon, pardon for you and for me. “Come home, come home! You who are weary, come home.” Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling, calling, “O sinner, come home!”
Tithes and Offerings
*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.
*Prayer of Dedication
P: Lord, you are the giver of every good gift. Accept these offerings we pray, that through them we may do justice, and love kindness, and walk humbly with you, our Sovereign and our God. Amen.
Prayers of the People
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 sins, as we
forgive those who have sinned 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.
Communion
Closing Hymn #450 Be Thou My Vision
1 Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart; naught be all else to me, save that thou art; thou my best thought, by day or by night, waking or sleeping, thy presence my light.
2 Be thou my wisdom, and thou my true Word; I ever with thee and thou with me, Lord; thou my soul’s shelter, and thou my high tower; raise thou me heavenward, O Power of my power.
3 Riches I heed not, nor vain, empty praise; thou mine inheritance, now and always; thou and thou only, first in my heart, High King of Heaven, my treasure thou art.
*Benediction
You go nowhere by accident. Wherever you go, God is sending you. Wherever you are, God has put you there. God has a purpose in your being there. Christ lives in you and has something to do through you wherever you are. Believe this and go in the grace, and love, and power of Jesus Christ. Amen.
*Benediction Response Blest Be the Ties That Bind
Blest be the tie that binds our hearts in Christian love; the fellowship of kindred minds is like to that above.
*Postlude
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