July 8, 2018                                                                                                                      “A Path Appears”

*Gathering Hymn                             #148 Let Freedom Span Both East and West

 

Call to Worship                                 Abby Arnold, Worship Associate

 

Chalice Lighting                               Traveler, Your Footprints                                                  Antonio Machado

 

Music for the Morning                      On The Wings Of Song                         F. Mendelssohn; arr. W.F. Ambrosio

                                                         Becky Erskine, Violin

 

Welcome

 

*Opening Hymn                                #18 What Wondrous Love

 

*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                               “Henry Hikes to Fitchburg”                                                      by D.B Johnson

 

*Song of Blessing                              #1007 There’s a River Flowing in My Soul

 

Life Together

 

Offering

 

Offertory                                           Anthem Alleluia, from "Exultate Jubilate"                W.A. Mozart; arr. Latham

 

Devotional Time

 

Reading                                         “The Path”                                                                   by Rachel Naomi Remen

                                                          from “My Grandfather’s Blessings:

                                                          Stories of Strength, Refuge and Belonging”

 

Silence

 

Musical Response

 

Sermon                                            A Path Appears                                                                         Catie Grasso

 

Going Deeper                                Does the involvement of others make it easier for you to deal with

                                                       the insecurity of not knowing how to do something?

 

                                                      Is there someone in your family or friend group that you have lost connection

                                                      with due to social media? Has social media made you closer?

 

                                                       Is allowing a path to appear meditative or goal-oriented, or both?

 

*Closing Hymn                                #151 I Wish I Knew How

 

*Benediction

 

Musical Benediction

 

Invitation to Fellowship

 

*Please stand in body or in spirit

 

Greeters:                          Dwight Flowers, Barbara Gibbs & Katie Malich

Ushers:                             Tom Early & Nina Emerson

Coffee:                              Barbara & Kim Andres, Phyllis Kory and Linda van Ligten

Welcome Table:                Barbara Gibbs

Bookstore:                        Sarah Harper

 

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