Order of Service - Feb. 14, 2016 "The Voice of Vocation"
Date of Service:
February 14, 2016
February 14, 2016 The Voice of Vocation
Don’t ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive, and then go and do that
because that’s what the world needs, people who have come alive.
- Howard Thurman, writer, minister, and college chaplain
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*Gathering Hymn We Give Thanks Wendy Luella Perkins
Oh, we give thanks for this precious day,
For all gathered here, and those far away;
For this time we share with love and care,
Oh, we give thanks for this precious day.
Prelude Remembrance Daniel Gledhill
Welcome
Chalice Lighting Wendi Gladstone
*Opening Hymn #149 Lift Every Voice and Sing
*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 Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch Eileen Spinelli
Song of Blessing How Could Anyone Libby Roderick
How could anyone ever tell you
You were anything less than beautiful?
How could anyone ever tell you
You were less than whole?
How could anyone fail to notice that your loving is a miracle?
How deeply you’re connected to my soul.
Life Together
Pulpit Message Congregational Conversations
Committee on Ministry, Leon Henderson-MacLennan (9am)
Sue Stoyanoff (11am)
Offering The Entertainer Scott Joplin
Devotional Time
Sung Response Voice Still and Small John Corrado
Voice still and small, deep inside all, I hear you call, singing.
In storm and rain, sorrow and pain, still we’ll remain singing.
Calming my fears, quenching my tears, through all the years, singing.
Responsive Reading #568 Connections Are Made Slowly Marge Piercy
Music for the Morning All the Livelong Day, Working Stephen Schwartz
Sermon The Voice of Vocation Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
*Closing Hymn Hush arr. Jason Shelton
Hush, hush, somebody’s callin’ my name…
Oh my soul, oh my soul what shall I do?
Sounds like freedom, somebody’s calling my name…
Oh my soul, oh my soul what shall I do?
Sounds like justice, somebody’s calling my name…
Oh my soul, oh my soul what shall I do?
Soon one mornin’, death come creepin’ in my room…
Oh my soul, oh my soul what shall I do?
I’m so glad trouble don’t last always…
Oh my soul, oh my soul what shall I do?
*Benediction
Musical Response Somewhere in Time (9am) John Barry
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Dwight Flowers, Barbara Gibbs & Katie Malich
Ushers: Steve DePaul, Dan Patterson, Kit Shaw & Jila Tayefehnowrooz
Coffee: Robert & Phyllis Kory, Linda Van Ligten & Jila Tayefehnowrooz
Bookstore: Mark Warkentin
Service Notes
To honor African American Heritage Month, in February our opening hymn will be Lift Every Voice and Sing. Often called the Black National Anthem, this hymn is a setting of a poem that was originally written to honor President Lincoln in 1899. There is something profound about reciting this text anytime topics such as oppression, justice, or activism enter the conversation. It is a text that calls us toward the pursuit of liberty for all, while rejoicing in the progress we have made and honoring those lives that have been and will be lost to the struggle.
Today, 60% of our non-pledge offering will go to Westside Food Bank. The need for food assistance in our area is up by over 85% since the start of the Great Recession. Westside Food Bank’s mission is to distribute as much food as possible to local agencies with food assistance programs. As the food bank warehouse for the Westside since 1981, they annually distribute 4.5 million pounds of food to over 70 local service agencies.