Announcements                   March 22, 2026

Today: March 22

  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

Tue. 24 6:00 PM- Pastoral Search                
                                            Comm. meeting 
Wed. 25 6:00 PM- Lenten Fireside Chat

Next Sunday, March 29, 2026
                            Palm Sunday w/        
                 Reception of New Members
   9:00 AM- Church Choir rehearsal
10:00 AM- Worship 
10:20 AM- Sunday School
11:00 AM- “Coffee & Conversation”
11:30 AM- Handbell Choir rehearsal       
   7:30 PM- A.A. Meeting

April 
Wed. 16:00 PM- Final Lenten Fireside                  
                                                               Chat
Thur. 2  6:30 PM  - Maundy Thursday Tureen Dinner & Sanctuary Program
Fri. 3   Good Friday
Sat. 4 Holy Saturday

EASTER SUNDAY – April 5
10:00 AM Easter Worship Service

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

Pastor Tammy’s Office Hours
Tuesday & Thursdays
        8:00 AM - 12:00 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      
 Charles Miller   Tom Reagan

Organist Today:
   Katrina Drouhard
Lay Leader:
   Michelle Post
Altar Flowers:
   Marlene Loomis (In memory of 
John M. Kenyon)

Attendance 
56 in person   222 FB views
Fireside Chat – 281 FB views

Deposits for 3/22/26
Operational: $955.00
Loose offering: $40.00
Youth Group: $50.00
Supplies reimbursement: $24.99
Total deposit: $1,069.99

Missions: $3.00
Scrap Metal: $60.00
OGHS: $20.00
Food Pantry: $150.00

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

Sunday, March 22, 2026

CASTILE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

Sunday, March 22, 2026                                                                    10:00 AM

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

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

Call to Worship: (You may be seated)                                                                       Pastor: Some of us come to worship today, weary and worn, heavy 
                with all the circumstances that are too much to bear alone.
People: We gather to travel God’s redemption road together.         Pastor: Some of us come, dry and thirsty, longing for relief and 
                peace from the troubles that surround us.
People: We gather to travel God’s redemption road together.      Pastor: Some of us come with stories to tell of little resurrections, 
                moments of new life that sprang up when we least expected. 
People: We gather to travel God’s redemption road together.     Pastor: Beloved, whatever we bring with us to worship today, God       .               welcomes us and calls us to work together as we travel                  .               God’s redemption road together.                                                                                             People: We gather to travel God’s redemption road together                           
Pastor: We gather to be truth-tellers and life-bringers as we travel           .               God’s redemption road together. Amen.

Hymn No. 253 “Where the Spirit of the Lord Is” x 1

Prayer of Invocation:
     God of mercy, we come to you dry and lifeless, seeking your breath of life. Lead us to the place where our hopes lie buried and call us out from the tombs of despair. Call forth our faith that, with Martha, we may know you to be the resurrection and the life, in this world and the world to come. Amen.

Gloria Patri     
Old Testament:  Psalm 130
 
Children’s Message: “Jesus Raises Lazarus”
                        Dismissal to Sunday School

Church Choir: “You Are Mine” – M. Hayes

Handbell Choir: “Fantasia on Restoration”  by Jason W. Krug
            (Given In memory of C. Edward VanZandt)

Hymn No. 259  “Breathe on me Breath of God” 1, 2, & 4

Gospel Reading: John 11:1-45

Message: “On the Road to Redemption” – Pastor Sue Russell
You Tube:  “I Am the Resurrection”
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 Lord’s Prayer (sins)

Closing Hymn No. 463 “Precious Lord, Take My Hand” 1, 2

Benediction
Postlude

Our offering plates are located in the Church narthex.

    Thank you to Pastor Sue Russell for leading us in Worship today!  If you are a guest here today, we welcome and invite you to visit us again whenever possible.