Sunday, July 16, 2017                                                                            Can We Make Room Enough for Love?

*Gathering Hymn (standing)            #1007 There’s a River Flowin’ in My Soul

 

Prelude (seated)                                                                                                                                   Daniel Gledhill

 

Welcome

 

Chalice Lighting                               #418 Margot Page

 

Opening Hymn (standing)               #298 Wake Now My Senses

 

*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

 

Offering for the Westside Food Bank (seated)

 

Time for All Ages                               I’m In Love With A Big Blue Frog                                       Leslie Braunstein

 

Song of Blessing                               #118 This Little Light of Mine

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

                                                           Everywhere I go, I’m gonna let it shine...

 

Life Together

 

Pulpit Message

 

Offering                                              Stephie’s Song                                                                      Leslie Beauvais

 

Devotional Time                                  #490 Wild Geese

 

Silence

 

Sung Response                                #1031 Filled with Loving Kindness

 

Music for the Morning                       Interpret the Sky                                                                    Leslie Beauvais

 

Sermon                                             Can We Make Room Enough for Love?                                         Ian Dodd

 

*Closing Hymn (standing)                #301 Touch the Earth, Reach the Sky!

 

*Benediction                                                                                                                                                 Ian Dodd

 

Postlude (seated)                                                                                                                                 Daniel Gledhill

 

*Please stand in body or in spirit

 

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Greeters:                        Roberta Frye, Audrey Lyness & David Olson

Ushers:                           Barbara Kernochan & Peggy Kharraz

Coffee:                            Sheila Cummins, Eileen McCormack & Pam Teplitz

Bookstore:                      Sarah Harper

 

Today, 40% of our offering will go to Step Up On Second. Step Up delivers compassionate support to people experiencing serious mental illness to help them recover, stabilize, and integrate into the community. With 100 permanent supportive housing units at six locations in Santa Monica and on the Westside of Los Angeles, Step Up now serves over 1,800 individuals each year with a focus on offering help, hope, and home. More information available at www.StepUpOnSecond.org.

 

Thank you to Leslie Beauvais for the gift of her music, this morning! Leslie has performed extensively in musical theatre over some 30 years, including the Broadway company of “Les Miserables.” She started writing her own songs in 1995 when in between Musical Theatre performances. She has since recorded two albums of mostly original songs under the artist name Leslie Clemmons. Her third and most recent album CHEMISTRY, released under her first and favorite name Leslie Beauvais, features songs that she wrote all on her own, with the exception of two songs that were co-written by Leslie and her friend and teacher Severin Browne. You can find

out more about Leslie on her website, www.lesliebeauvais.com.