May 6, 2018                                                                                                         “Lost in Translation”

*Gathering Hymn                                               #1056 Thula Klizeo

 

Call to Worship                                                  Margot Page, Worship Associate

 

Chalice Lighting 

 

Music for the Morning                                       Saranam                                                                    Jason Shelton

 

Welcome

 

*Opening Hymn                                                #1004 Busca El Amor

 

*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

 

*Song of Blessing                                               #1023 Building Bridges

                                                                           Building bridges between our divisions,

                                                                           I reach out to you will you reach out to me?

                                                                           With all of our voices and all of our vision,

                                                                           friends, we can make such sweet harmony

 

Life Together

 

Pulpit Message

 

Offering

 

Offertory Anthem                                                Ecco Mormorar L’Onde                                  Claudio Monteverdi

 

Devotional Time

 

Reading / Reflection                                          Variations on Genesis 11:1-9

 

Pastoral Prayer

 

Silence

 

Musical Response

 

Sermon                                                             Lost in Translation                                                         Rev. Greg

 

Going Deeper

 

*Closing Hymn                                                 #1030 Siyahamba

 

*Benediction

 

Musical Benediction

 

Invitation to Fellowship

 

*Please stand in body or in spirit

 

Greeters:                    Denise Helton (9am); Barbara & Kim Andres and Tom Foretich (11am)

Ushers:                       Steve DePaul & Erik Paesel (9am); Greg Wood & Ned Wright (11am)

Coffee:                        Kit Shaw & Alicia van Ooyen (9am); Hugo Contreras & Sheila Cummins

                                    & Pam Teplitz (11am)

Bookstore:                  Sarah Harper (9am & 11am)

 

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100,000 low-income patients in the Los Angeles area. Because funding for low-income community

health centers is constantly under attack, 27 million Americans are unsure of when, where or

whether they will get healthcare. Well Child and Family Center offers services and programs for

low-income children, women, homeless, and transgender patients. Since the division between the

rich and poor is larger than it's ever been, funding community health centers has become a political

issue. But the public - and St. Johns believes it is a human issue. Partnering with local agencies

offering health services to those with greatest need is a moral issue. We invite you to make a

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