Order of Service - April 9, 2017 "Call the Midwife"
Date of Service:
April 9, 2017
April 9, 2017 A Community of Transformation
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*Gathering Hymn #155 Circle ‘Round for Freedom
Circle 'round for freedom, circle 'round for peace,
For all of us imprisoned, circle for release,
Circle for the planet, circle for each soul,
For the children of our children,
Keep the circle whole.
Prelude Hevenu Traditional Hebrew
Welcome
Chalice Lighting Beth Brownlie
*Opening Hymn #209 O Come, You Longing Thirsty Souls
*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 Celebrating Nowrooz, Persian New Year
Song of Blessing #414 As We Leave This Friendly Place
As you leave this friendly place, love give light to every face;
May the kindness which you learn, light your hearts till you return.
Life Together
Pulpit Messages Right Relations Task Force
Beth Rendeiro (9am)
Sue Stoyanoff (11am)
Reflection Justice District Assembly in Tuscon, Arizona
Voices of Community Cassie Winters, Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services
Offering Asturiana (9am) Manuel de Falla
Kua Rongo Mai Koe (11am) Ngapo Wehi, Arr. Eddie Quaid
Devotional Time A Prayer for the World Amy Shaw
Congregational response: We lift up our hearts.
Silence
Music for the Morning Theme from Seven Years in Tibet (9am) John Williams
My Heart Is Moved (11am) Carolyn McDade
Sermon Call the Midwife Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
*Closing Hymn #301 Touch the Earth, Reach the Sky!
*Benediction
Musical Response Sacred Trust Nancy Nordlie
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Dwight Flowers, Katie Malich & Jila Tayefehnowrooz
Ushers: Hugo Contreras, Nina Emerson, Barbara Kernochan & Kit Shaw
Coffee: Phyllis Kory, Jila Tayefehnowrooz & Linda van Ligten
Welcome Table: Barbara Gibbs
Bookstore: Sarah Harper
Service Notes
Today 40% of our non-pledge offering will go to Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services. With
locations in Culver City and throughout Los Angeles, Didi Hirsch transforms lives by providing
quality mental health care and substance abuse disorder services in communities where stigma or
poverty limit access. Its Suicide Prevention Center was the first in the nation to provide 24/7 crisis
counseling and receives over 55,000 calls each year at 877-7-CRISIS, or 877-727-4747.
Asturiana
To see if it would console me,
I went near to the green pine,
To see if it would console me.
Seeing me weep, it wept,
And the pine, being green,
Seeing me weep, it wept.
~ author unknown