Gathering Hymn

Love will guide us, peace has tried us,

Hope inside us will lead the way

On the road from greed to giving.

Love will guide us through the hard night.

Welcome

Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

Prelude (9:00)

Choral Introit (11:00)

Fugue on the Theme of a Russian Noel              Reinhold Gliere

People, Look East                                                                  Farjeon

Chalice Lighting

Opening Hymn # 112

Do You Hear?

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

Welcoming Roxanne Coleman-Bell, Preschool Teacher

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)

Doce Preludios Americanos, No. 5                 Alberto Ginastera

Ubi Caritas                                                                           Durufle

Devotional Time

    Spoken Meditation

    Sung Meditation #1031

    Silence

Filled with Loving Kindness

Reading

from Tattoos on the Heart                                         Gregory Boyle

Music for the Morning

I'll Be There                                                                             GordyGabriel Paredes, tenor

Sermon

“Putting on the Gold Coat”                                            

Michael Eselun

Closing Song

Comfort Me

Benediction

Postlude

Intermezzo in A Major                                       Johannes Brahms

Extinguishing the Chalice