Order of Service - Feb. 28, 2016, "Saying Yes to Interdependence"
Date of Service:
February 28, 2016
February 28, 2016 The Voice of Vocation
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*Gathering Hymn Bind Us Together Bob Gillman
Bind us together, oh bind us together
With cords that cannot be broken.
Bind us together, oh bind us together
Oh, bind us together with love.
Prelude If We Hold On Together (9am) James Horner
Ain’t it a Shame (11am) arr. Fred Hall
Welcome
Chalice Lighting Herb and Susan Stahl
*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
Song of Blessing Go Now in Peace Natalie Sleeth
Go now in peace. Go now in peace.
May the spirit of love surround you
As you go, as you go on your way.
Life Together
Pulpit Messages Congregational Conversations
Committee on Ministry
Super Camp Sunday
Vicky Foxworth (9am)
Delaney Hutchinson (11am)
Offering Distant Bells (9am) Daniel Gledhill
Zigeunerleben (11am) Robert Schumann
Devotional Time
Sung Response From You I Receive Joseph & Nathan Segal
From you I receive, to you I give,
Together we share and from this we live.
Responsive Reading #568 Connections Are Made Slowly Marge Piercy
Music for the Morning We’re in This Love Together Al Jarreau
Sermon Saying Yes to Interdependence Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
*Closing Hymn #1008 When Our Heart Is in a Holy Place
*Benediction
Musical Response Somewhere in Time (9am) John Barry
I Want to Be a Worker (11am) Isaiah Baltzell
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Glen Howell, Kris Langabeer, Michael Young & Steve Young
Ushers: Bonnie Brae, Tom Foretich, David Goetz & Peggy Kharraz
Coffee: Sheila Bjornlie, Nancy Howell, Leah Moore & Sylvia Young
Welcome Table: Kris Langabeer & Carol Ring
Bookstore: Mark Warkentin
Service Notes
To honor African American Heritage Month, in February our opening hymn is 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 to put nutritious food on the
tables of local families and individuals. 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 and to reduce food waste on the Westside of
Los Angeles County. As the food bank warehouse for the Westside since 1981, they annually distribute
4.5 million pounds of food to over 70 local social service agencies.