September 2, 2018                                                                                                                 Labor Day Service       

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*Gathering Hymn                                     #109 As We Come Marching, Marching   

Call to Worship                                        Abby Arnold, Worship Associate

Chalice Lighting       

Music for the Morning                              Zion’s Walls                                                                    Aaron Copeland

Welcome   

*Opening Hymn                                      #358 Rank by Rank Again We Stand   

*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                                   "Rachel Fister’s Blister"                                            by Amy MacDonald    

*Song of Blessing                                  #395 Sing and Rejoice

                                                                   Sing and rejoice, sing and rejoice.

                                                                   Let all things living now sing and rejoice.

Life Together   

Offering   

Offertory Anthem                                   Laudate Dominum from Solemn Vespers                         by W.A. Mozart

Devotional Time   

Reading / Reflection                                   

Pastoral Prayer

Sermon                                                 Our Struggle will be Our Freedom                                  Rev. Rae Huang   

Going Deeper                                       1) If “struggle is a school,” what have you learned?

                                                              2) What are you being called to or invited to change today?

*Closing Hymn                                     #301 Touch the Earth, Reach the Sky!

*Benediction   

Musical Response

Invitation to Fellowship

*Please stand in body or in spirit

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Greeters:                 Kim and Barbara Andres, Denise Helton           

Ushers:                    Linda van Ligten & Greg Wood      

Coffee:                     Hugo Contreras, Deirdre Dietel, Kit Shaw & Alicia van Ooyen   

Bookstore:              Sarah Harper

Service Notes

Today, 40% of our offering will go to CLUE, Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice. CLUE brings together clergy and lay leaders of all faiths with laborers, immigrants and low-income families in the cause of a just economy that works for all who live in Southern California. Clue cultivates a region-wide network of more than 600 religious leaders who partner with unions and community organizations to negotiate with employers for better working conditions, with lawmakers for policies that improve the lives of workers and immigrants, and with developers for contracts that require local hiring and other community benefits.

The Reverend Rae Huang, a faith-rooted organizer for Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE),  is an ordained pastor in the Presbyterian Church (USA). She has a Masters of Divinity from Boston University-School of Theology and a Masters of Theology from Duke Divinity.  She has more than 13 years of experience working in nonprofit, ecumenical, and interfaith contexts domestically and abroad, ranging from organizing youth and families on healthcare and street violence issues to her chaplaincy work in street, university, and hospital settings. She also works with Kaleidoscope Institute, training faith leaders and clergy in anti-racism work and leadership, and provides mediation support for communities and schools.