Order of Service for Sunday, July 1, 2012

Date of Service: 
July 1, 2012

 

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.

~ Erich Fromm

 

 

 

Gathering Hymn

 

Morning has come,

Night is away

Rise with the sun and welcome the day!

 

Please stand in body or spirit

 

Welcome

 

 

Prelude

 

 

Chalice Lighting

 

Opening Hymn #113

Where Is Our Holy Church?

 

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

Ish                                                                             Peter Reynolds

 

Song of Blessing

This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine,

This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine,

This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine,

Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.

 

Offertory 

 

 

Devotional Time

  Joys and Sorrows

  Silent Meditation

  Sung Meditation #123

  Pastoral Prayer

 

 

 

Spirit of Life

 

 

Music for the Morning

 

 

Readings

Hinge                                                                       Tony Hoagland

excerpt from an interview with Chris Rock

 

Sermon

“Neither Black Nor White”                           Reverend Jim Conn

 

Closing Song #1017

Building A New Way

 

Please remain standing in body or spirit and hold hands for the benediction.

 

Benediction

 

 

Please be seated for the postlude.

 

Postlude

 

 

Extinguishing the Chalice

 

 

–—˜™

 

Greeters:

Denise Helton, Barbara Gibbs & Tom Foretich

Ushers:

David Goetz & Rick Rhoads

Coffee: 

Kit Shaw, Karen Patterson & Peggy Rhoads

Book Table:

Nancy Babbitt

 

 

 

Service Notes

 

Today’s Generous Congregation of 40% of the non pledge offering will go to CLUE-LA, Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice. CLUE LA, founded in 1996, is one of the oldest interfaith worker justice organizations in the country. CLUE LA’s mission is to bring together clergy and lay leaders of all faiths to join low-wage workers in their struggles for justice.