Order of Service - April 24, 2016 "Earth Sunday"
Date of Service:
April 24, 2016
April 24, 2016 Earth Sunday
When we try to pick out anything by itself,
we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.
- John Muir
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*Gathering Hymn For the Beauty of the Earth Conrad Kocher
For the beauty of the earth, for the splendor of the skies
For the love which from our birth over and around us lies:
Source of all, to thee we raise this, our hymn of grateful praise.
For the wonder of each hour of the day and of the night
Hill and vale and tree and flower, sun and moon and stars of light:
Source of all, to thee we raise this, our hymn of grateful praise.
Prelude To a Wild Rose (9am) Edward MacDowell
O Beautiful Gaia (11am) Carolyn McDade
Welcome
Chalice Lighting John Zinner (9am)
Mark Christiansen (11am)
*Opening Hymn #1064 Blue Boat Home
*Covenant Love is the doctrine of this church.
The quest for truth is its sacrament,
And service is its prayer.
To dwell together in peace,
To seek knowledge in freedom,
To serve humankind in fellowship,
Thus do we covenant with each other.
*Hymn of Praise From all that dwell below the skies
Let songs of hope and faith arise
Let peace, goodwill on earth be sung
Through every land, by every tongue.
Offering for the Westside Food Bank
Time for All Ages
Song of Blessing This Little Light of Mine Traditional
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine…
Everywhere I go, I’m gonna let it shine...
Life Together
Offering Speaker Community Services United (CSU) of South Los Angeles
Neelam Sharma
Offering Adventures on Planet Earth, E.T. John Williams
Devotional Time
Sung Response Rising Green Carolyn McDade
My blood doth rise in the roots of yon oak,
Her sap doth run in my veins.
Boundless my soul like the open sky
Where the stars forever have lain.
Where the stars, where the stars,
Where the stars forever have lain.
Reading #632 Passover Remembered Alla Renee Bozarth
Music for the Morning Lead, Kindly Light (9am) John Dykes
Sunshine (11am) Michael McGlynn
Reflection Alison Kendall
Sung Response I feel the tides as they answer the moon,
Rushing on a far distant sand.
Winging my song is the wind of my breast
And my love blows over the land.
And my love, and my love,
And my love blows over the land.
Reflection James Witker (9am)
Beth Brownlie (11am)
Sung Response My foot carries days of the old into new,
Our dreaming shows us the way.
Wondrous our faith settles deep in the earth,
Rising green to bring a new day.
Rising green, rising green,
Rising green to bring a new day.
Reflection Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
*Closing Hymn #163 For the Earth Forever Turning
*Benediction
Musical Response So Close, Enchanted (9am) Jon McLaughlin
Have I Not Known (11am) Keith Getty & Stuart Townsend
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Service Participants: Sheila Bjornlie, Tom Early, Tom Fortich, Glen Howell, Nancy Howell, Barbara
Kernochan, Kris Langabeer, Leah Moore, Rick Rhoads, Mark Warkentin, Michael Young, Steve Young
& Sylvia Young
Service Notes
Today, 60% of our non-pledge offering will go to Community Services Unlimited, (CSU) of South Central Los Angeles to support programs such as Growing Healthy, which engages youth in urban farming and food based learning as a tool to help them adopt a healthier lifestyle and develop an awareness to the food access and environmental justice issues impacting their communities.