Gathering Hymn

Oh, we give thanks for this precious day,

For all gathered here and those far away;

For this time we share with love and care,

Oh, we give thanks for this precious day.

Call To Worship

i thank You God                                                       e.e. cummings                                                                                                                      

Prelude (9:00)

Choral Prelude (11:00)

Simple Gifts                                                           arr. Mark Hayes

i thank You God                                                      Lloyd Pfautsch

                                                                        text by e.e. cummings

Chalice Lighting

Barbara Gibbs

Opening Hymn #128

For All That Is Our Life

 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

The Welcome Table

Song of Blessing

We're Gonna Sit At the Welcome Table

A Time for Community

Pulpit Message

Natalie Kahn, Pledge Committee

Offertory                         

In My House                                                             Patrick Gandy

DeReau Farrar, bass-baritone                                                            

Devotional Time

  Pastoral Prayer

  Sung Meditation

  Silence

Come and Find the Quiet Center

Come and find the quiet center in the crowded life we lead,

Find the room for hope to enter, find the frame where we are freed:

Clear the chaos and the clutter, clear our eyes that we can see

All the things that really matter, be at peace, and simply be.

In the Spirit let us travel, open to each other’s pain,

Let our loves and fears unravel, celebrate the space we gain:

There’s a place for deepest dreaming, there’s a time for heart to care

In the Spirit’s lively scheming there is always room to spare.                      Shirley Murray/B.F. White

Reading

"Thanks"                                                                      W.S. Merwin

Music for the Morning (9:00)

Choral Anthem (11:00)

Give Thanks                                                                 Henry Smith

O Sing a New Song                                                     Rima Snyder

Sermon

"For All That Is Our Life"                 Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur                                                    

Sharing Bread

Closing Hymn #317

We Are Not Our Own

Benediction

Postlude (9:00)

Choral Postlude (11:00)

Be Thou My Vision                                             Irish folk melody

Thanks Be To Thee                                                      G.F. Handel

Extinguishing the Chalice