Order of Service: July 15, 2018 "Darwin, Natural Faith & the New Story'

Date of Service: 
July 15, 2018
 
            July 15, 2018                                                                             “Darwin, Natural Faith and the New Story”
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*Gathering Hymn                                 #126 Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing                         Gray Hymnal
 
Call to Worship                                     Dorothy Steinicke
 
Chalice Lighting                                                                                                               Thomas Lowe Fleischner
                                                                                                                                                         & Simone Weil
 
Music for the Morning                          I Wish I Knew How                                                                  Nina Simone
 
Welcome
 
*Opening Hymn                                  #1035 Freedom is Coming                                                       Teal Hymnal
 
*Covenant                                          Love is the doctrine of this church.
                                                           The quest for 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, goodwill on earth be sung
                                                          Through every land, by every tongue.
 
Offering for the Westside Food Bank
 
Time for All Ages
 
*Song of Blessing                               #1007 There’s a River Flowin’ in My Soul                               Teal Hymnal
 
Life Together
 
Pulpit Message                                  de Benneville Pines Camping Weekend                                    Karl Lisovsky
 
Offering
 
Offertory Anthem                                Hymn to Freedom                                                                 Oscar Peterson
 
Devotional Time
 
Responsive Reading                           #530 Out of the Stars                                                       Robert T. Weston
 
Pastoral Prayer
 
Silence
 
Musical Response
 
Sermon                                              Darwin, Natural Faith, and The New Story                          James Witker
 
Going Deeper
 
*Closing Hymn                                    #298 Wake Now My Senses                                                   Gray Hymnal
 
*Benediction
 
Musical Benediction
 
Invitation to Fellowship
 
*Please stand in body or in spirit
 
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Greeters:                    Roberta Frye, Wendi Gladstone, Audrey Lyness & David Olson
Ushers:                      Erik Paesel & David Goetz
Coffee:                       Sheila Cummins, Alice Hall, Eileen McCormack & Pam Teplitz
Welcome Table:         Barbara Gibbs & Wendi Gladstone
Bookstore:                 Sarah Harper
 
Service Notes
Today, 40% of our offering will go to Voices4Freedom.org. Contrary to popular belief, slavery is not a thing of the past. Although it is not legal anywhere on the planet, there are more slaves today than at any time in human history. 45.8 million men, women and children enslaved today.
 
Voices4Freedom.org is an LA based non-profit which uses education and media and reporting of corporate corruption to shine a light on labor abuses worldwide.
 
Please support this important application of our principles. Please give what you can to help out those struggling in our larger community. Thank you!