Gathering Hymn

This is my song, O God of all the nations,

A song of peace for lands afar and mine.

This is my home, the country where my heart is;

Here are my hopes, my dreams, my holy shrine;

But other hearts in other lands are beating

With hopes and dreams as true and high as mine.

Welcome

                                                              Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur                                                    

Prelude (9:00)

Choral Prelude (11:00)

The Greatest Love of All                                        Whitney Houston

Lift Every Voice and Sing                                                       Johnson

Chalice Lighting

Eve Ahlers & Bill Nunan (9:00)

Edgar Hirst (11:00)

Opening Hymn #149

                                   #360

Lift Every Voice and Sing (9:00)

Here We Have Gathered (11:00)                                                  

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

Squeak, Rumble, Whomp, Whomp, Whomp!     Wynton Marsalis

presented by DeReau Farrar, Director of Music and

Dr. Irene C. Gregorio- Stoup, Associate Director of Music

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                        

This Will Be                          Chuck Jackson and Marvin Yancey

VanNessa Hulme, soprano and Jyvonne Haskin, alto                                                         

Devotional Time

  Pastoral Prayer

   Silence

   Hymn #83

Forrest Church

Winds Be Still

Reading

Poem for Flight                                                            Becky Birtha

Music for the Morning (9:00)

Choral Anthem (11:00)

Interlude                                                                  Brian Hargrove

Will You Be There?                                               Michael Jackson

Sermon

"When Change Is Hard"                   Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur                                                    

Closing Hymn #1017

Building A New Way

Benediction

Postlude (9:00)

Choral Postlude (11:00)

They Won’t Go When I Go                                    Stevie Wonder

People, Get Ready                  Curtis Mayfield, arr. Steve Wight

Extinguishing the Chalice