Order of Service September 9, 2012

Date of Service: 
September 9, 2012

Gathering Hymn

Come, come, whoever you are.

Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving.

Ours is no caravan of despair.

Come, yet again come.

Call to Worship

Kenneth Patton                                 

Choral Prelude

Come Into the Circle                                  Betsy Jo Angebranndt

Chalice Lighting

 

Opening Hymn #347

Gather the Spirit

 

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

 

Story for All Ages

A Lamp In Every Corner; Part One     Janeen K. Grohsmeyer

told by Catherine Farmer Loya

                                                  Director of Religious Education

Introducing DeReau K. Farrar, Director of Music

A Time for Community

 

Offertory 

Ubi Caritas                                                        Maurice Durufle

Where charity and love are, there God is.

Story for All Ages

A Lamp In Every Corner; Part Two

Bringing Our Light to Church

Sung Meditation

 

When I breathe in, I breathe in peace.

When I breathe out, I breathe out love.

Kindling the Flame

Story for All Ages

A Lamp In Every Corner; Part Three

Choral Anthem

Standing On the Side of Love                               Jason Shelton

                                              arrangement by DeReau K. Farrar                                 

Reflection

“Standing On the Side of Love”  Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur                                                         

Taking the Light With Us                                                         

Closing Song

This Little Light of Mine

 Benediction

 

Choral Postlude

Morning Has Broken                                                Cat Stevens

Extinguishing the Chalice