Dear Middletown Reformed Church Family and Friends,
Greetings of peace to you!
This Sunday is the Blessing of the Animals and that means —
Bring your animal companions to worship in the sanctuary
Sermon — Sing, Hannah, Sing! Scripture is 1 Samuel 1.9-11, 19-20; 2.1-10 and Luke 1.46-55
Meral Pontier is our guest musician (Meral is an Elder at the Community Church of Keyport)
Deacons’ Offering will be received to help those in our church family and community
For more information about this Sunday’s worship, I invite you to watch this brief video, with a special guest appearance from Coventry House Chloe:
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/play/bybOf0AfhbZEiqtN0FDE4ma93qxreKNdEamfxhFTv6D5Slfk2Pj86y79gWVloj68aculgP3K2NXMX2Pi.5Be_jolPJ2vPL43B?autoplay=true&startTime=1728669472000
And now, receive this blessing attributed to St. Francis of Assisi — Lord make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console; to be understood, as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive, it is in pardoning that we are pardoned, and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen
With gratitude for the privilege of being your pastor and the holy call of loving you,
Pastor Trish