Announcements                     March 1, 2026

Today: Worship w/ Holy Communion

  9:00 AM- Church Choir rehearsal
10:00 AM- Worship Service 
10:20 AM- Sunday School
11:00 AM- ‘Coffee & Conversation”
11:30 AM- Hand Bell Choir rehearsal
  7:30 PM- A.A. Meeting

Wed. 4  6:00 PM- Lenten Fireside Chat
Thur. 5 6:30 PM- Bd. of Elders meeting

Sat. March 7 to March 28 Pastor tammy on Vacation. If Pastoral Care is needed please contact Cindy Feroleto 493-2696

Next Sunday, March 8, 2026
          Guest Leader, Bonnie Miller
   9:00 AM- Church Choir rehearsal
10:00 AM- Worship 
10:20 AM- Sunday School
11:00 AM- Brunch served by Bd. of 
                                              Christian Ed.
11:30 AM- Handbell Choir rehearsal       
   7:30 PM- A.A. Meeting

Mon. 9  11:00 AM- Women’s Fellowship 
                                                        Meeting
Wed. 11 6:00 PM- Lenten Fireside Chat

Pastor:	Tammy Lathan
Cell Phone:	585-969-0695
Church Office:	585-493-2840

Pastor Tammy’s Winter Hours
Tuesday & Thursdays
       9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
         Or by appointment

Church Office & Building Hours:
Tues. thru Fri. 8:00 AM- 2:00 PM

E-mail:  Castile_UCC@yahoo.com

Director of Music & 
   Church Choir Director
         Barbara Meyer
Handbell Choir Director
          J. Thomas Reagan

Worship Technology Team
Ron Lathan          James Loomis 
Jeff Mattingly     Steve Meyer      
Barbara Meyer  Charles Miller    
Tom Reagan

Pianist Today:
    Lisa Gunn  
Lay Leader:
    Michelle Post
Altar Flowers:
   Sandy Graham

Attendance: 2/22/26
57 in person  310 FB views

 Lenten Chat on 2/25: 344 FB views

Deposits for Feb. 22
Operational: $1,295.00
Loose offering: $85.00
Pop Cans: $10.00
Insurance refund: $171.00
Total deposit: $1,561.00
Missions: $9.00

Castile United Church of Christ
4 Washington Street
Castile, NY 14427

MARCH 1, 2026

Communion Sunday

       
       
CASTILE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

Communion Sunday
March 1, 2026                                                                                        10:00 AM

              ( - Please stand if able)             
Prelude
     Ringing of Tower Bell - 10:00 AM 
Greetings and Announcements
       Lenten Symbol: Communion Cup

Opening Praise Hymn No. 23 “Sing Praises” 1, 2

Call to Worship: (You may be seated)                                                                       Pastor: In Lent we remember that our salvation is an unearned gift, 
                that new life is a matter of faith, not of works. 
People: We gather to lay down the burden of trying to earn our                       
                  salvation.                                                                                           
Pastor: We struggle to accept that new life is not just possible but                           
                 given as a free gift of grace. 
People: We gather to bring our struggles into the light and                                         
                  embrace God’s grace with open arms.                                                            Pastor: Like Paul writing to the Romans, we remember God’s
                promise of new life has always rested on grace. 
People: We gather to receive the promise of salvation by grace    
                  through faith.                                                                                                   Pastor: Like the many who have followed, we submit ourselves to
                be formed by grace as we work out our salvation.
People: We gather as people guided by the promise of new life,
                  a promise fulfilled by Christ, whose path we follow.

Hymn No. 381 “Open My Eyes, That I May See” 1, 2

Prayer of Invocation:                                                                                                      
     Infinite Love, heart of all life, you loved this word into being
with such love as to birth yourself among us, Love begotten as the Beloved. Your presence does not separate but unites;
love does not push away, but embraces; you do not condemn, but save. Trusting this, we know we are loved, never rejected.
Thanks be to God! Amen.

Gloria Patri     
Old Testament Reading: Psalm 121

Children’s Message: “Measuring God’s Love”
                        Dismissal to Sunday School

Church Choir: “In Remembrance”  arr. by R. Douglass

Praise Hymn No. 129 “Holy Ground” x1

New Testament Reading: John 3:1-17

Message: “The Courage to Begin Again”
 
You Tube: “Table of Grace” – Phillips, Craig & Dean  
   
Call to Prayer: 
          Doxology No. 625
Praise God from whom all blessings flow;                                           Praise him all creatures here below;                                                                   Praise Him above ye heav’nly host;                                                                        Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.

Offertory Prayer

Sharing Joys and Concerns
        Silent Prayer        Pastoral Prayer 
 
The Apostle’s Creed (No. 716 in Blue Hymnal)

Sacrament of Holy Communion
 “Come To the Table”  (on insert)
                     The Lord’s Prayer (sins)

Closing Hymn No. 380 “Just a Closer Walk with Thee” 1, 3

Benediction
Postlude

Our offering plates are located in the Church narthex.

     If you are a guest here today, we welcome and invite you to visit with our Pastor tammy Lathan and Visit us again whenever possible.