Order of Service, December 13, 2015
Date of Service:
December 13, 2015
December 13, 2015
Arise then, women of this day!
Arise all women who have hearts,
whether your baptism be that
of water or of fears!
- Julia Ward Howe
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*Gathering Hymn Building A New Way Martha Sandefer, arr. Jim Scott
We are building a new way.
We are building a new way.
We are building a new way, feeling stronger every day,
We are building a new way.
Prelude I Believe in You and Me David Wolfert & Sandy Linzer
Welcome
Chalice Lighting Maggie Potthoff
*Opening Hymn #1026 If Every Woman in the World
*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.
Reflection Faith and Feminism
Sanna Egan (9am)
Paice Van Ooyen (11am)
Song of Hope There’s a River Flowin’ in My Soul Rose Sanders & Kenny Smith
There’s a river flowin’ in my soul.
There’s a river flowin’ in my soul.
And it’s tellin’ me that I’m somebody.
There’s a river flowin’ in my soul.
Reflection Faith and Feminism
Annalivia Martin-Straw (9am)
Cheyenne Mason (11am)
Offering for the Westside Food Bank
Song of Blessing Faith Is A Forest Shelley Jackson Denham & I-to Loh
Seeds of both meek and strong are scattered in the air;
Dignity shines undimmed by bigotry’s glare.
Web of Life, may this thread I weave
Help me bear witness to all I believe.
Justice be my guide as I seek my way,
Lead me into this tender day;
Speak through me in all I do and say.
Pulpit Message Committee on Ministry
Offering Somewhere in My Memory (9am) John Williams
Montaña (11am) arr. DeReau K. Farrar
Life Together
Devotional Time
Sung Response Blessed Spirit of My Life Shelley Jackson Denham
Blessed spirit of my life, give me strength through stress and strife;
Help me live with dignity; let me know serenity.
Fill me with a vision, clear my mind of fear and confusion.
When my thoughts flow restlessly, let peace find a home in me.
Reflection Faith and Feminism
Rev. Tera Little
Music for the Morning The Light in the Piazza, The Light in the Piazza (9am) Adam Guettel
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (11am) arr. Ed Lojeski
Reflection Faith and Feminism
Abby Arnold
*Closing Hymn #1028 Fire of Commitment
*Benediction
Musical Response For the Beauty of the Earth (9am) arr. John Rutter
May You Have Peace (11am) Lynn Fisher McCanne
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Dwight Flowers, Wendi Gladstone & Katie Malich
Ushers: Steve DePaul, David Goetz, Barbara Kernochan & Dan Patterson
Coffee: Sanna Egan, Robert & Phyllis Kory, & Linda van Ligten
Bookstore: Mark Warkentin
Service Notes
Today’s Community Offering will go to the Ocean Park Community Center (OPCC). OPCC is an
independent, community-supported organization in which staff, volunteers and clients work with
mutual respect to address the effects of poverty, abuse, neglect and discrimination.The agency's
programs are designed to remove barriers to access the resources individuals need to ensure their survival, end their victimization and improve their quality of life.