Order of Service - June 8, 2014 "Why We March"
Date of Service:
June 8, 2014
Order of Service June 8, 2014
“A diversity of love is what supports the ecosystem of kindness.”
- Andrew Solomon
*** Gathering Hymn We are a gentle, angry people.
And we are singing, singing for our lives.
We are a gentle, angry people.
And we are singing, singing for our lives. - Holly Near
*** Please stand in body or spirit.
Welcome Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
Prelude Preludium, KV624 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Chalice Lighting
Opening Hymn #298 Wake, Now, My Senses
Latecomers will be seated.
*** 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. – based on Isaac Watts
Offering for the Westside Food Bank
Time For All Ages Tim the Tiger by Rev. Rick Hoyt
retold by Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
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, adapted
A Time for Community
Offertory The Way it Is Daniel Gledhill
Devotional Time
Pastoral Prayer
Silence
Sung Response #123 Spirit of Life
Responsive Reading #657 It Matters What We Believe Sophia Lyon Fahs
Music for the Morning Prelude No. 9 in E minor Gabriel Faure
Sermon “Why We March” Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
Please remain standing in body or spirit and hold hands for the benediction.
*** Benediction and Extinguishing the Chalice
*** Recessional Siyahamb’__ e-ku-kha-nyen’ kwen-khos’
siyahamb’__ e-ku-kha-nyen’ kwen-khos’. (repeat)
Siyahamba, hamba, siyahamba, hamba,
siyahamb’__ e-ku-kha-nyen’ kwen-khos’. (repeat)
We are marching in the light of God…
- South Africa, 20th cent.
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Greeter: Kris Langabeer
Ushers: Kit Shaw & Tom Early
Coffee: Robert & Phyllis Kory
Bookstore: Nancy Babbitt
Backyard Bounty: Melinda Ewen
Service Notes
This month, 50% of the non-pledge offering will go to Common Ground: The Westside HIV
Community Center. Now housed within the Venice Family Clinic, Common Ground is the only HIV
agency on the Westside of Los Angeles and is committed to helping everyone know their HIV status and making sure that people that live with the virus find - and stay connected to - medical care.