Order of Service for Sunday, February 10, 2013
Date of Service:
February 10, 2013
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Gathering Hymn
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Come, come whoever you are, Wanderer, worshipper, lover of leaving. Ours is no caravan of despair, Come, yet again come.
Ven, ven, cual eres, ven, Nómada_en búsqueda, si_amas la vida. La nuestra_es la caravana de_amor, Ven, otra vez ven. |
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Welcome |
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur |
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Prelude (9:00) Choral Prelude (11:00) |
Hymn to Freedom Oscar Peterson Lift Every Voice and Sing Johnson |
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Chalice Lighting |
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Opening Hymn |
We’re Gonna Sit at the Welcome Table |
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Covenant
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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. |
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Hymn of Praise
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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 |
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Offering for the Westside Food Bank |
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Time for All Ages |
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Song of Blessing [1011] |
Return again, return again, return to the home of your soul. Return to who you are, return to what you are, Return to where you are born and reborn again. |
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A Time for Community |
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Offertory |
Come Sunday Duke Ellington Everybody Rejoice (from “The Wiz”) Charlie Smalls |
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Devotional Time Pastoral Prayer Silence Hymn #1009 |
Meditation on Breathing |
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Reading |
Love After Love Derek Walcott |
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Music for the Morning |
I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart Duke Ellington Teri Bond & Joe Engleman |
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Sermon |
"Living the Questions, Loving the Questions” Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur |
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Closing Hymn #1064 |
Blue Boat Home |
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Benediction |
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Postlude (9:00) (11:00) |
If I Had You arr. Art Tatum |
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Extinguishing the Chalice |