Gathering Hymn

For all that is our life, we sing our thanks and praise;

For all life is a gift that we are called to use

To build the common good, and make our own days glad.

Call To Worship

Prelude (9:00)

Choral Prelude (11:00)

Fugue in D Major                                                                J.S. Bach

i thank You God                                                      Lloyd Pfautsch

Chalice Lighting

The Scruggs Family

Opening Hymn #40

The Morning Hangs a Signal

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 (9:00)

Celebrating Membership (11:00)

Congregational Affirmation:

In thanksgiving and love, we welcome you into membership. We promise you respect for

who you are, support on your journey, celebration in joy, and comfort in sorrow.

We are glad you are among us.

Song of Blessing

Go now in peace, go now in peace,

May the spirit of love surround you

As you go, as you go

On your way.                                                                 ~ Natalie Sleeth

A Time for Community

Offertory Speaker

Norman Chamlin, St Joseph's Center

Offertory                         (9:00)                                                         

                                       (11:00)          

Interlude

Come Into the Circle                                  Betsy Jo Angebranndt

Devotional Time

  Meditation

  Silence

  Sung Meditation #86

Election Promises                                                    Mark Belletini

Blessed Spirit of My Life

Responsive Reading #464

And Then                                                                    Judy Chicago

Music for the Morning (9:00)

Choral Anthem (11:00)

Romance in F Major                                            Johannes Brahms

With A Voice of Singing                                            Martin Shaw

Sermon

“The Fire of Commitment”              Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

Closing Song #1028

The Fire of Commitment         

Benediction

Postlude                          (9:00)

Choral Postlude           (11:00)       

How Great Thou Art                                            arr. Mark Hayes

A Rose Touched by the Sun’s Warm Rays                Jean Berger

Extinguishing the Chalice