September 14, 2014

 

Gathering Hymn                                     Surprised by joy no song can tell, no thought can compass, here we stand

                                                                to celebrate eternal love, to reach for one another’s hand.

 

                                                               When we are lonely and afraid, in need of kindness, here we stand

                                                               to celebrate eternal love, to reach for one another’s hand.

 

Call to Worship                                       #437 Let Us Worship

 

Chalice Lighting                                      Emily Hero

 

Prelude                                                   On My Own from Les Miserables                  Claude-Michel Schoenberg

 

Opening Hymn                                       #209 O Come You Longing, Thirsty Souls

 

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 and Turning Point

 

Story for All Ages

 

Song of Blessing                                     As you leave this friendly place, love give light to ev’ry face.

                                                                May the kindness which you learn, light your hearts ‘til you return.

 

Life Together

 

Community Speaker (11am)                    Angela Sanbrano, Central American Resource Center (CARECEN)

 

Offering                                                    I Can’t Make You Love Me                            Mike Reid & Allen Shamblin

 

Devotional Time

 

Sung Response                                       #123 Spirit of Life

 

Music for the Morning                              Loving You                                                                         Daniel Gledhill

 

Sermon                                                    Kin, Kinship, Kindness                                Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

 

Closing Hymn                                          #1064 Blue Boat Home

 

Benediction

 

Postlude                                                   Theme from Somewhere in Time                                           John Barry

 

 

Service participants: Nancy Babbitt, Bonnie Brae, Tom Early, Sanna Egan, Melina Ewen, Kris Langabeer,

Carrie Lauer, Rick Rhoads, Kit Shaw, Jila Tayefehnowrooz

 

Our Community Offering this month will go to the Central American Resource Center (CARECEN).

CARECEN is a community organization which provides legal assistance, advocacy and organizational skills,

and educational programs for Central Americans and the larger community in Los Angeles. Its work on

behalf of the children refugees includes legal representation, counseling in coordination with mental

health services to help them cope with the violence many of them have experienced in their home

countries and during their migration, and advocacy to keep in place existing protections for unaccompanied children migrants.