Gathering Hymn

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.

Call To Worship

Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

Prelude (9:00)

Choral Prelude (11:00)

Bruyeres                                                                 Claude Debussy

Here We Have Gathered                                             Steve Wight

Chalice Lighting

Jessica Clay (9:00)

Rima Snyder (11:00)

 Opening Hymn #163

For the Earth Forever Turning

Covenant

Love is the doctrine of this church.     

The quest of 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, good will on earth be sung

Through every land, by every tongue.                  ~ based on Isaac Watts

Offering for the Westside Food Bank

Time For All Ages

The Brave Little Parrot                                                Martin Rafe

Catherine Farmer Loya, Director of Religious Education

Song of Blessing

Go now in peace,

Go now in peace,

May the spirit of love surround you

As you go, as you go

On your way.                                                                   ~ Natalie Sleeth

 A Time for Community

Offertory (9:00)

                  (11:00)

Prelude                                                              Alexander Scriabin

I Am Changing (from Dreamgirls)                       Henry Krieger

Jyvonne Haskin, alto

Devotional Time

    Pastoral Prayer

    Silence

    Hymn  

Come and find the quiet center in the crowded life we lead.

Find the room for hope to enter, find the frame where we are freed;

Clear the chaos and the clutter, clear our eyes that we can see

All the things that really matter, be at peace and simply be.

             ~ words: Shirley Murray, music: B.F. White and Ronald Nelson

Responsive Reading #555

Some Things Will Never Change                          Thomas Wolfe

Music for the Morning

these children singing in stone                                Rima Snyder 

VanNessa Hulme, Gabriel Paredes, Babatunde Akinboboye

Bronwen Jones, clarinet                                           

Sermon

"Hungry for Transformation"          Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

Closing Hymn

We’re Gonna Sit at the Welcome Table

Benediction

Postlude (9:00)

Choral Postlude (11:00)

I Am Changing (from Dreamgirls)                       Henry Krieger

Jyvonne Haskin, alto

Every Night and Every Morn                                    Mark Hayes

Extinguishing the Chalice