May 13, 2018 “I’ll Love You Forever”

 

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

Call to Worship Rima Snyder, Worship Associate

Chalice Lighting Autumn Communion Rima Snyder

 

Music for the Morning Lullaby Billy Joel

Colleen Keene, soprano

Welcome

*Opening Hymn #1022 Open the Window

 

*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 #1023 Building Bridges

Building bridges between our divisions,

I reach out to you, will you reach out to me?

With all of our voices and all of our visions,

Friends, we could make such sweet harmony.

Life Together

Musical Interlude

Homily “I’ll Love You Forever - Leaving Home”

Written by Rev. Greg & Celia Ward

Read by Rev. Greg & Amy Brunell

Offering

Offertory Anthem Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child           Black Spiritual

Colleen Keene, soprano

Pastoral Prayer

Silence

Homily “I’ll Love You Forever - Returning Home”

Written by Rev. Greg & Celia Ward

Read by Rev. Greg & Amy Brunell

 

Going Deeper

*Closing Hymn #1008 When Our Heart Is in a Holy Place  

*Benediction

Musical Benediction

Invitation to Fellowship

*Please stand in body or in spirit

 

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Greeters: Dwight Flowers (9am); Barbara Gibbs & Kaite Malich (11am)

Ushers:  Tom Early & Barbara Kernochan (9am); Hugo Contreras & Linda van Ligten (11am)

Coffee: Phyllis Kory (9am); Barbara & Kim Andres and Linda van Ligten (11am)

Bookstore:  Sarah Harper (9am & 11am)

 

Service Notes

Today, 40% of our offering will go to to St. John’s Well Child and Family Center. St. John’s Well Child and Family Center serves nearly 100,000 low-income patients in the Los Angeles area.  Because funding for low-income community health centers is constantly under attack, 27 million Americans are unsure of when, where or whether they will get health care. The Well Child and Family Center offers services and programs for low-income children, women, homeless, and transgender patients. Since the division between the rich and poor is larger than it's ever been, funding community health centers has become a political issue. But the public, and St. John’s, believes it is a human issue. Partnering with local agencies offering health services to those with greatest need is a moral issue. We invite you to make a difference. Please give what you can to help out those struggling in our larger community. Thank you!