Gathering Hymn

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.

Welcome

                                                              Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur                                                    

Prelude (9:00)

Choral Prelude (11:00)

Es ist ein Ros entsprungen                                 Johannes Brahms

Lift Every Voice and Sing                                                   Johnson                                

Chalice Lighting

Opening Hymn #298

Wake, Now, My Senses

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

When the Wind Stops                                      Charlotte Zolotow

read by Margot Page

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.

A Time for Community

Offertory                         

Deep River                                                  spiritual, arr. Burleigh

Tom Ahern, bass-baritone                                                     

Devotional Time

  Pastoral Prayer

  Silence

  Hymn #123

Victoria Safford                                                                              

Spirit of Life

Responsive Reading #650

Cherish Your Doubts                                         Robert T. Weston                                                 

Music for the Morning (9:00)

Choral Anthem (11:00)

Shall We Gather At the River?                         Traditional hymn

Fix Me, Jesus                                                                                Hill

Reflection

"The Benefit of the Doubt"                           

                                    Ian Dodd and Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur                                                    

Closing Hymn #131

Love Will Guide Us

Benediction

Postlude                          (9:00)

                                       (11:00)

I'll Fly Away                                                                  A. Brumley

My Good Lord’s Done Been Here                                       Cloud

Extinguishing the Chalice