Order of Service, Oct. 25, 2015 "Pilgrimage"
Date of Service:
October 25, 2015
October 25, 2015
We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring
will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.
~ T. S. Eliot
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*Gathering Hymn Come and Go with Me arr. Kenny Smith
Come and go with me to that land...where I’m bound. (x2)
Peace and love abide there in that land...where I’m bound. (x2)
Come and go with me to that land...where I’m bound. (x2)
Prelude Komm, süßer Tod (9am) Johann Sebastian Bach
The Silver Swan (11am) Orlando Gibbons
Welcome Jo An Peters
Chalice Lighting
*Opening Hymn #122 Sound Over All Waters
*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 The Treasure Uri Shulevitz
Song of Blessing Love Will Guide Us arr. Betty A. Wylder
Love will guide us, peace has tried us.
Hope inside us will lead the way
On the road from greed to giving.
Love will guide us through the hard night.
Life Together
Offering Still Hurting, The Last Five Years (9am) Jason Robert Brown
Bright Morning Stars (11am) arr. Shawn Kirchner
Devotional Time Michael Eselun
Silence
Sung Response When I Am Frightened
When I am troubled, will you listen to me?
When I am lonely, will you be my friend?
Will you be there for me, comfort me tenderly?
Will you share some of your feelings with me?
If you will show me commitment,
Then I may learn to love as you do,
Then I may learn to love.
Responsive Reading Pilgrimage Richard Rohr
Pilgrimage happens when you’re not moving.
You learn when you’re unlearning.
Revelation comes in gulps that leave you gasping,
But sometimes it seems to come in the slow accumulation of small
insights that you hardly know have happened,
In chance encounters and odd surprises,
In little glimpses of what you did not go to see and did not know
was there.
Music for the Morning Travel, Starting Here, Starting Now David Shire
Matthew Ian Welch, baritone
Jyvonne Haskin, mezzo soprano
Colleen Keene, soprano
Sermon Pilgrimage Michael Eselun
*Closing Hymn #1020 Woyaya
*Benediction
Musical Response Prelude, Op. 53, No. 9 (9am) Nikolai Kapustin
Puisque Tout Passe (11am) Paul Hindemith
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Glen Howell, Kris Langabeer, Michael Young & Steve Young
Ushers: Tom Early, Tom Foretich & Ned Wright
Coffee: Sheila Bjornlie, Nancy Howell, Leah Moore & Sylvia Young
Welcome Table: Kris Langabeer & Carol Ring
Bookstore: Nancy Babbitt
Service Notes
Michael Eselun, a long-time member here, returns to our pulpit for the 13th time. Michael serves as the
chaplain for the Simms-Mann/UCLA Center for Integrative Oncology. He has worked extensively in
oncology, hospice, palliative care and with acute psychiatric patients. He recently gave the keynotes at the
national conference for Women Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer, and the Promising Practices for
Mental Health and Aging Conference. Michael is also a co-founder and chair of GLIDE, Gays and Lesbians
Initiating Dialogue for Equality. Over the last 20-plus years, Michael and fellow speakers have reached an
audience of over 150,000 students, teachers and agencies in the LA area. He has a TED talk available via You
Tube, “It’s Magic” and a website, www.michaeleselun.com . CD’s available for purchase after the service
include several of his talks.
Today, 60% of our non-pledge offering will go to the Simms/Mann UCLA Center for Integrative Oncology, a
national model for providing integrative patient care for individuals and families touched by cancer. The
Simms/Mann Center remains committed to maintaining wellness, maximizing health, and complementing
the best oncologic practices and scientific research through individualized care offered by a
multidisciplinary team committed to enhancing the physical, psychological and spiritual well-being of
people touched by cancer.