Order of Service, December 6, 2015
Date of Service:
December 6, 2015
December 06, 2015
Where is the light?… It's in my skin and in my bones
In my heart and in my soul
That light of life, so bright and golden
Like a summer day
When the sun goes missing in the sky
It is rising in my eyes
Chasing all that winter gloom away… The light’s inside of me.
-Peter Mayer
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*Gathering Hymn When Our Heart Is In A Holy Place Joyce Poley
When our heart is in a holy place, x2
We are blessed with love and amazing grace,
When our heart is in a holy place.
When we trust the wisdom of each of us,
Every color, every creed and kind,
And we feel the power of each other’s faith,
Then our heart is in a holy place.
When our heart is in a holy place, x2
We are blessed with love and amazing grace,
When our heart is in a holy place.
Prelude The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (9am) George Wyle
Hanerot Halalu (11am) arr. Blanche Chass
Welcome Rev. Tera Little
Chalice Lighting Andrea Steffan
*Opening Hymn #225 O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
*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 The Sun Goddess of the Heavens adap. Kristin Maier
Song of Blessing Chant for the Seasons: Winter arr. Grace Lewis-McLaren
Autumn cold has turned the starwheel, winter is upon us. x2
Grey the windy storms, cold upon our cheeks the wet rain glistens, glistens.
Autumn cold has turned the starwheel, winter is upon us.
Leaping is the fire, golden in the glass the cider glows like amber.
Autumn cold has turned the starwheel, winter is upon us.
Pulpit Message The Garden of Eternity
Offering Whisked Away (9am) Daniel Gledhill
When Peace Like a River (11am) arr. Dale Grotenhuis
Life Together
Devotional Time
Sung Response Dark of Winter Shelley Jackson Denham
Dark of winter, soft and still, your quiet calm surrounds me.
Let my thoughts go where they will; ease my mind profoundly.
And then my soul will sing a song, a blessed song of love eternal.
Gentle darkness, soft and still, bring your quiet to me.
Darkness, soothe my weary eyes, that I may see more clearly.
When my heart with sorrow cries, comfort and caress me.
And then my soul may hear a voice, a still, small voice of love eternal.
Darkness, when my fears arise, let your peace flow through me.
Responsive Reading #629 Hanukkah Lights
Music for the Morning Rhapsody in Blue George Gershwin
Sermon Where Is the Light? Rev. Tera Little
*Closing Hymn #221 Light One Candle
*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: Tom Foretich, Denise Helton & Jila Tayefehnowrooz
Ushers: Jila Tayefehnowrooz, Linda van Ligten, Greg Wood & Ned Wright
Coffee: Deirdre Dietel, Peggy Rhoads, Kit Shaw & Alicia van Ooyen
Welcome Table: Barbara Gibbs & Linda van Ligten
Bookstore: Mark Warkentin
Service Notes
Today’s Community Offering will go to the Ocean Park Community Center (OPCC). OPCC
empowers people to rebuild their lives, with the goal of ending -- not simply managing -- human
suffering. 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.