*RESPONSE  "Spirit of the Living God"  Black hymnal No. 283  Iverson

(Please note, the word "me" has been replaced with "us".)

Spirit of the living God, fall a-fresh on us; Spirit of the living God, fall

a-fresh on us. Melt us, mold us, fill us, use us. Spirit of the living

God, fall a-fresh on us.

GIFT OF MUSIC"  The Storm Is Passing Over"  arr. Barbara W. Baker

*HYMN  "My Life Flows on in Endless Song"  Black hymnal No. 476  Endless Song

OFFERTORY SOLO  "Peace in the Valley"

*Doxology  Red hymnal No. 513

SCRIPTURE  Exodus 1:8-2:10

RESPONSE  Holy, Holy, Holy

SERMON  "Holy Disobedience" Rev. Sarah Verasco

*HYMN

Minister: Rev. Sarah Verasco

Minister of Music: Dr. John T. Michniewicz

Soloist: Daniel Bircher, Baritone

Please remember the following members of United’s family in your prayers this week:

All Shut-ins.

Carol Bereza (Diane Benitez’s sister)

Nelliana Best Carolton Conv. Hospital, 411 Mill Plain Rd., Ffld. 06824

Marcia Brown (Christopher Weldon’s mother)

Lois Gerety 297 Sturges Road, Fairfield, CT 06824

Tom Hetherington (father of Maribeth Johnson)

Fabian Johnson, 101 Infantry in Iraq (son of Pauline Wickham)

Robert Kinsman (Uncle of Leslie Farrell)

Diane Mark-Walker, Los Angeles (wife of Jim Motavalli’s cousin)

Edward Morrissey (stepfather of Rachel Matz)

Pastoral Search Committee- for wisdom and guidance from the Holy Spirit.

Joan Shubert (daughter of Dot VanTassell)

Mimi Sorrentino, 30 Rosebud Dr., Rosebud Village, Trumbull, CT 06611

Gene Thrush

Dorothy VanTassell, 85 Putting Green Rd., Fairfield, CT 06825

Tom VanTassell (son of Dot VanTassell)

Harry Walker, 2010 Club Drive, Vero Beach, Fl. 32963

Linda Watson (sister of Richard Watson and aunt of Carrie Watson)

Christopher Weldon (nephew of Howard and Josephine Kelly)

To our guests: United Congregational Church welcomes you to its worship and fellowship. Please sign the guest book in the Narthex and join us in the Guild Room for coffee and iced tea following the service. Hosted by Arthur and Mary Helen Williams.

The flowers in the Chancel were given by Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Williams.

Large-type Order of Worship and personal sound enhancement receivers are available. Ask your usher.

The Deacon assisting this morning is Holly Hamilton.

A Stephen Minister is available for private prayer and/or conversation immediately following the service. The Stephen Minister this morning is Eric Gramse..

The Deacon on call for the month of August is Kimberly Martinez,

Telephone No. 203-380-1270.

Head Ushers: Howard Kelly, Sr., William E. Neighbors, Jr., B. Joyce Layman

Next Sunday, September 7 worship will be at 8:30 a.m. in Howland Chapel and 10:00 a.m. in the Sanctuary.

United Congregational Church is looking for church school teachers. There is an opening in our Pre-K through first grade classroom and an opening for multiple age groups. Please contact Carrie Watson, at 203-335-3107 x310 or carrie_watson@sbcglobal.net for information.

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Covenant to Care is collecting school supplies and backpacks for local school children. If you would like to assist in this outreach program, Be on the lookout for Staples Annual School Supply Penny Sale. Bring your purchases to church on any Sunday and leave them in the basket outside the Guild Room.

On Friday, September 12, United’s Stephen Ministry will host a cabaret style evening of live music with good friends. The entertainment will include contemporary popular songs rich in spirit as well as traditional hymns and heartwarming stories of God’s love in action. A free will offering will be collected and baked goods will be available for purchase in support of United Stephen Ministry. Doors will open at 6:45 p.m. and child care will be available at a very nominal charge. While reservations are not necessary, we ask that you contact the church office at 335-3107 if you plan to attend.

Feel the Warmth has been approved for the Neighborhood Assistance Act, which allows Corporations to make donations and receive a 60% tax credit for 2008.

We need help identifying Corporations that may be interested in this opportunity. The window for this benefit is limited and requires immediate attention.

Please contact Kim Hudler @ 203-521-3760 or Rev. Sarah Verasco @ 203-335-3107 so we can follow-up on your suggestions.

Please note, Subchapter S Corporations, Limited Liability Companies, Limited Liability Partnerships, and Limited Partnerships are not eligible for the credit.

Calendar

August 31 9:30 a.m. Worship in Howland Chapel

10:30 a.m. Social time in the Guild Room

September 1 Labor Day—Office closed

September 2 6:00 p.m. Stephen Ministry

September 3 4:30 p.m. Norma Pfriem Choir

7:00 p.m. AA

.. 7:30 p.m. Chancel Choir

September 4 6:00 p.m. Feel the Warmth

6:00 p.m. Deacons Dinner Meeting at Herbert Koehler’s home

September 7 8:30 a.m. Worship in Howland Chapel

9:00 a.m. Church School Registration and Breakfast

. 9:15 a.m. Choir

10:00 a.m. Worship in Sanctuary

11:15 a.m. Board of CE Meeting

11:15 a.m. Social time in Pilgrim Hall

8 Now a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. ⁹The new king said to his people, ‘Look, the Israelite people are more numerous and more powerful than we. ¹⁰Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase and, in the event of war, join our enemies and fight against us and escape from the land.’ ¹¹Therefore they set taskmasters over them to oppress them with forced labour. They built supply cities, Pithom and Rameses, for Pharaoh. ¹²But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread, so that the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites. ¹³The Egyptians became ruthless in imposing tasks on the Israelites, ¹⁴and made their lives bitter with hard service in mortar and brick and in every kind of field labour. They were ruthless in all the tasks that they imposed on them.

15 The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah, ¹⁶‘When you act as midwives to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birthstool, if it is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, she shall live.’ ¹⁷But the midwives feared God; they did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but they let the boys live. ¹⁸So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and said to them, ‘Why have you done this, and allowed the boys to live?’ ¹⁹The midwives said to Pharaoh, ‘Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife comes to them.’ ²⁰So God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied and became very strong. ²¹And because the midwives feared God, God gave them families. ²²Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, ‘Every boy that is born to the Hebrews^* you shall throw into the Nile, but you shall let every girl live.’

2Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a Levite woman. ²The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw that he was a fine baby, she hid him for three months. ³When she could hide him no longer she got a papyrus basket for him, and plastered it with bitumen and pitch; she put the child in it and placed it among the reeds on the bank of the river. ⁴His sister stood at a distance, to see what would happen to him.

5 The daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river, while her attendants walked beside the river. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her maid to bring it. ⁶When she opened it, she saw the child. The child was crying, and she took pity on him. ‘This must be one of the Hebrews’ children,’ she said. ⁷Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, ‘Shall I go and get you a nurse from the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?’ ⁸Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, ‘Yes.’ So the girl went and called the child’s mother. ⁹Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, ‘Take this child and nurse it for me, and I will give you your wages.’ So the woman took the child and nursed it. ¹⁰When the child grew up, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and she took him as her son. She named him Moses,^* ‘because’, she said, ‘I drew him out^* of the water.’

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