Order of Service Sept 23, 2012

Date of Service: 
September 23, 2012

Gathering Hymn

Come, come, whoever you are

Wanderer, worshipper, lover of leaving

Ours is no caravan of despair

Come, yet again come.

Welcome

 

Prelude

Prelude from Suite Bergamasque                       Claude Debussy                                       

Chalice Lighting

 

Opening Hymn #354

We Laugh, We Cry

Covenant

 

Love is the doctrine of this church.     

The quest of 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, good will on earth be sung

Through every land, by every tongue.           ~ based on Isaac Watts

Offering for the Westside Food Bank

Time for All Ages

 

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

A Time for Community

 

Offertory 

Sarabande                                                                            J.S. Bach

Devotional Time

  Pastoral Prayer

  Meditation in Song

  Silence

 

 

Comfort Me

 

Music for the Morning

Beautiful Love                                                   arr. Irene Gregorio

Sermon

“Listening for Love”                         Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

Closing Hymn

There Is More Love Somewhere

Benediction

 

Postlude

Place to Be                                                                             Hiromi

Extinguishing the Chalice

 

Greeters:

Barbara Gibbs & Glen Howell (11:00)

Ushers:

Peggy Kharraz  (9:00)

Phil Bonacich & David Goetz (11:00)

Coffee: 

Leah Moore (9:00)

Nancy Howell & Sanna Egan (11:00)

Office:

Melanie Sharp

Book Table is closed today.

 

Service Notes

100% of this morning’s offering will go to The Didi Hirsch Community Center and to Our House Grief Support. The Didi Hirsch Center provides mental health and substance abuse treatment services throughout Los Angeles County and operates the only free, accredited, 24 hour seven days a week suicide prevention crisis line from Orange County to Santa Barbara.  Hotline phone: (877) 7-CRISIS or (877) 727-4747

The mission of Our House is to provide the community with grief support services, education, resources, and hope. For fifteen years, Our House has helped thousands of grieving children, teens, and adults as they embark upon their journeys to hope and healing.