Order of Service for Sunday, March 10, 2013

Date of Service: 
March 10, 2013

Gathering Hymn

 

Oh, we give thanks for this precious day,

For all gathered here and those far away;

For this time we share with love and care,

Oh, we give thanks for this precious day.

Call To Worship

                                                              Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur                                                     

Prelude (9:00)

Choral Prelude (11:00)

Sonata in C# minor, op. 27 no. 2                                        Beethoven

May Nothing Evil Cross This Door

Chalice Lighting

 

Opening Hymn #1

                                   #357

May Nothing Evil Cross This Door (9:00)

Bright Morning Stars (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

 

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

 

Pulpit Message

Kris Langabeer,  Committee on Ministry                                                 

Offertory                         (9:00)

                                       (11:00)

Prelude, op. 11 #10                                                             Scriabin

Poor Man Lazrus                                                    Jester Hairston

Devotional Time

    Pastoral Prayer

    Hymn #394

    Silence

 

 

Hava Nashirah

Music for the Morning (9:00)

Choral Anthem (11:00)

Nocturne in C# minor                                                          Chopin                                                                

The Promise of Living (from The Tender Land)           Copland

Sermon

"Undoing Evil"                                   Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur                                                    

Closing Hymn #318

We Would Be One

Benediction

 

Postlude

La fille aux cheveux de lin                                                Debussy                                                 

Extinguishing the Chalice