June 25, 2017                                                                                           Forgiveness - A Practical Approach

*Gathering Hymn                                  #188 Come, Come, Whoever You Are

 

Prelude                                                 Gracias por el amor                                                           arr. Ross/Robles

 

Welcome

 

Chalice Lighting                                     Margot Page

 

*Opening Hymn                                     #1 May Nothing Evil Cross This Door

 

*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

 

Time for All Ages                                   We All Need Forgiveness                                                     Mercer Meyer

 

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                                      Beth Brownlie

                                                               Spirit Level Foundation Grant Fundraiser

 

Offering                                                  Comfort Me                                                               Mimi Bornstein-Doble

 

Devotional Time

 

Responsive Reading                             #477 (untitled)                                                                     Vivian Pomeroy

 

Silence

 

Sung Response                                    #1013 Open my Heart

 

Music for the Morning                          Caro Mio Ben                                                                      Tomaso Giordani

 

Sermon                                                Forgiveness - A Practical Approach                                    Bart Campolo

 

*Closing Hymn                                     #1010 We Give Thanks

 

Extinguishing the Chalice

 

*Benediction                                         #681 (untitled)                                                    adapted from Gaelic Runes

 

Musical Response

 

Invitation to Fellowship

 

*Please stand in body or in spirit

 

 

Greeters:                                          Michael Young & Steve Young

Ushers:                                             Nina Emerson & Tom Foretich

Coffee:                                             Sylvia Young

Welcome Table:                               Barbara Gibbs & Carol Ring

Bookstore:                                       Sarah Harper

 

Today, 40% of our offering will go to Common Ground: the Westside HIV Center, now housed at Venice Family Clinic. Venice Family Clinic is the first choice in free and affordable healthcare for low-income, uninsured and homeless families and individuals on the Westside and from across Los Angeles County. Common Ground is committed to helping everyone know their HIV status and making sure that people living with the virus find – and stay connected to – medical care. More information is available at: http://commongroundhiv.org.

 

Over three decades of Christian ministry, Bart Campolo became increasingly committed to building loving relationships, working for social justice and cultivating a sense of gratitude for the wonders of life. Now, as a community builder, counselor, podcaster, and humanist chaplain at the University of Southern California, he inspires and supports non-believers who are banding together to actively pursue goodness in an openly secular way. More information is available at www.bartcampolo.org.