Order of Service, September 20, 2015 "Hard Choices"
Date of Service:
September 20, 2015
September 20, 2015
*Gathering Hymn Gracias por el amor arr. William James Ross
Gracias por el amor del cielo, gracias por el inmenso mar,
Gracias por el cantar del bosque. ¡Aleluya!
Gracias por este nuevo día, gracias por nuestra gran unión,
Gracias por todas las bondades. ¡Aleluya!
Prelude The Sixth Station (9am) Joe Hisaishi
Let Peace Begin With Me (11am) Seth Houston
Call to Worship Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
Chalice Lighting
*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 Mussa and Nagib adapted from a story by Malba Tahan
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
Pulpit Message Living Wage Campaign
Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE)
Offering Forgive Me Daniel Gledhill
Devotional Time
Silence
Sung Response We Begin Again In Love Les Kleen
We forgive ourselves and each other.
We begin again in love.
Reading #477 Forgive Us Vivian Pomeroy
Music for the Morning Prelude No. 4, Book I (9am) Claude Debussy
Diffusa Est Gratia (11am) Giovanni Maria Nanini
Sermon Hard Choices Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
*Closing Hymn Comfort Me Mimi Bornstein-Doble
*Benediction
Musical Response Danny Boy (9am) Fred E. Weatherly
An Evening Prayer (11am) Charles Gabriel
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Roberta Frye, Glen Howell, David Olson & Ronda Peacock
Ushers: Tom Early, David Goetz, Dan Paterson & Kit Shaw
Coffee: Sheila Cummins, Alice Hall, Nancy Howell & Eileen McCormack
Bookstore: Nancy Babbitt
Service Notes
Today, 60% of our offering will go to Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice of Los Angeles
(CLUE-LA). CLUE-LA was founded in 1996 to bring together clergy and lay leaders of all faiths to join
low-wage workers in their struggles for justice.