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Sunday, May 5, 2013

Gathering Hymn

 

'Tis a gift to be simple, 'tis a gift to be free,

'Tis a gift to come down where we ought to be,

And when we find ourselves in the place just right,

'Twill be in the valley of love and delight.

When true simplicity is gained,

To bow and to bend we shan't be ashamed.

To turn, turn will be our delight,

'Till be turning, turning we come 'round right.

 

Welcome

Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

 

Prelude (9:00)

 

Choral Prelude (11:00)

Clair de Lune                                                        Claude Debussy

Daniel Gledhill, piano                                                             

Make Channels for the Streams of Love               Lowell Mason

 

Chalice Lighting

Wendi Gladstone

 

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 (9:00)

Welcoming New Members (11:00)

 

 

 

Congregational Welcome

 

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

This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine ...

Everywhere I go, I'm gonna let it shine ...

 

 A Time for Community

 

Pulpit Message

Beth Rendeiro (9:00) 

Our Whole Lives (OWL) , Sexuality Education Program

 

Offertory (9:00)

                (11:00)

Jeux d'eau                                                                 Maurice Ravel                                                              

The Place Where We Meet                        Betsy Jo Angebranndt

 

Devotional Time

    Pastoral Prayer

    Silence

    Hymn #18

 

 

 

What Wondrous Love

 

 

Music for the Morning (9:00)

Choral Anthem (11:00)

Where Can I Turn for Peace?                                 Joleen Meredit

Is It a Dream?                                                   Emma Lou Diemer

 

Sermon

"The Meaning of Membership"       Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

 

 Closing Hymn #168

One More Step

 

Benediction

 

Postlude (9:00)

Choral Postlude (11:00)

Widmung                                                            Robert Schumann

One Love                                                      arr. DeReau K. Farrar

 

Extinguishing the Chalice

 

Sunday, April 28, 2013

 

Processional

Thriller                                                                    Michael Jackson

Max Devita, organ

 

 

Welcome

Mari Nunan

 

 

Chalice Lighting

Jacob Weiner

 

 

Opening Hymn #306

Sing of Living, Sing of Dying

 

 

 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

Zombie in Love                                                     Kelly DiPucchio

read by Ava Walderman

 

 

Song of Blessing

Go now in pieces

Go now in pieces,

May the zombies in  love surround you

As you shuffle, as you shuffle

On your way.                                                                   

 

 

 A Time for Community

 

Offertory

Zombie                                                                   The Cranberries

composed by Dolores O'Riordan

 

 

Sermonette

Misunderstoodedness                                     Madeleine Gordon

 

 

Collection for Youth Summer Trip   

                                                        The Money Song 

                                   composed by Trey Parker & Matt Stone, deranged by Zane Kent Michael

 

 

Sermonette

Disconnectedness                                               Clelia Del Piccolo

 

 

Hymn

It’s the end of the world as we know it,

It’s the end of the world as we know it,

It’s the end of the world as we know it,

And I feel fine.                                                ~ R.E.M.

 

 

Sermonette

Living in the Now                                                      Jacob Weiner

 

 

Meditation

Max Devita

 

 

Last Rites

Katy Hoffman

 

 

Postlude

theme song from The Walking Dead

composed by Bear McCreary

 

 

Extinguishing the Chalice

 

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Gathering Hymn

 

Gathered here in the mystery of the hour,

Gathered here in one strong body.

Gathered here, in the struggle and the power,

Spirit, draw near.

Welcome

Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

Prelude (9:00)

Choral Prelude (11:00)

                                                                

Here We Have Gathered                                             Steve Wight

Chalice Lighting

Beth Brownlie and Bryan Oakes

Opening Hymn #131

Love Will Guide Us

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)

Higgins: A Drop with a Dream                       Christopher Buice

read by Beth Brownlie and Bryan Oakes

Dedicating Ourselves to Our Children (11:00)

Nathan James Sutton Bijur

born March 26, 2012          13 months old

son of Rebecca and Jonathan Bijur

sister of Miriam Elizabeth Sutton Bijur  

Congregational Welcome

 

We welcome Nathan James Sutton Bijur.

We rejoice with his family in the promise he brings.

We will try to live our lives as models of pride and integrity to the young.

We take upon ourselves the privilege and responsibility of helping to

nurture the character and spirit of our children.

We pledge to him and his family the love and support of this community

as a warm and caring place for religious growth.

Song of Blessing #409

Sleep, My Child

Devotional Time

    Pastoral Prayer

    Silence

    Hymn #123 

 

 

 

Spirit of Life

 

 A Time for Community

Community Speaker

Lisa Cahill, TreePeople

Offertory (9:00)

                  (11:00)

 

Abschied vom Walde                                               Mendelssohn

Responsive Reading #550

We Belong to the Earth                                    Chief Noah Sealth

Music for the Morning (9:00)

Choral Anthem (11:00)

The Color Purple                                                    Brenda Russell

Sermon

"Earth Sunday"                                                              Jessica Clay

Closing Hymn#1064

Blue Boat Home

Benediction

Postlude

 

Dome epais, from Lakme                                          Leo Delibes

VanNessa Hulme & Gabriel Paredes

Extinguishing the Chalice

 

Sunday, April 14, 2013

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

Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

Prelude (9:00)

Choral Prelude (11:00)

Bruyeres                                                                 Claude Debussy

Here We Have Gathered                                             Steve Wight

Chalice Lighting

Jessica Clay (9:00)

Rima Snyder (11:00)

 Opening Hymn #163

For the Earth Forever Turning

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 Brave Little Parrot                                                Martin Rafe

Catherine Farmer Loya, Director of Religious Education

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 (9:00)

                  (11:00)

Prelude                                                              Alexander Scriabin

I Am Changing (from Dreamgirls)                       Henry Krieger

Jyvonne Haskin, alto

Devotional Time

    Pastoral Prayer

    Silence

    Hymn  

 

 

 

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.

             ~ words: Shirley Murray, music: B.F. White and Ronald Nelson

 

 

Responsive Reading #555

Some Things Will Never Change                          Thomas Wolfe

Music for the Morning

these children singing in stone                                Rima Snyder 

VanNessa Hulme, Gabriel Paredes, Babatunde Akinboboye

Bronwen Jones, clarinet                                           

Sermon

"Hungry for Transformation"          Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

Closing Hymn

We’re Gonna Sit at the Welcome Table

Benediction

Postlude (9:00)

 

Choral Postlude (11:00)

I Am Changing (from Dreamgirls)                       Henry Krieger

Jyvonne Haskin, alto

Every Night and Every Morn                                    Mark Hayes

Extinguishing the Chalice

 

Sunday, April 7, 2013

Gathering Hymn

 

Sing to the power of the faith within,

Sing to the power of the faith within,

Lift up your voice, be not afraid,

Sing to the power of the faith within.

Welcome

Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

Prelude (9:00)

Choral Prelude (11:00)

Ave Verum Corpus                                                               Mozart

Here We Have Gathered                                             Steve Wight

Chalice Lighting

Amelia & Geno Monteiro (11:00)

Opening Hymn #19

The Sun That Shines

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 Scoop of Rice                                                     Rev. Vail Weller

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                        

(9:00) Morning Praise                                           arr. Jan Sanborn

(11:00) Green Tea Farm                                                       Hiromi

Devotional Time

    Pastoral Prayer

    Silence

    Sung Meditation #402

 

 

 

From You I Receive

Music for the Morning (9:00)

Choral Anthem (11:00)

Green Tea Farm                                                                   Hiromi                                             

The Road Not Taken                                           Douglas Wagner

Sermon

"Learning to Ride a Bicycle"                                Rev. Vail Weller

Closing Hymn #151

I Wish I Knew How

Benediction

Postlude (9:00)

Choral Postlude (11:00)                        

The Lost Chord                                                Sir Arthur Sullivan

Fondly (from 7 Japanese Tanka)                        Gordon Johnson

Extinguishing the Chalice

 

Sunday, March 31, 2013

Gathering Hymn

 

Sing to the power of the faith within,

Sing to the power of the faith within,

Lift up your voice, be not afraid,

Sing to the power of the faith within.

Please stand in body or spirit

Welcome

Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

Prelude

The Crucifixion                                                         Samuel Barber

Lynn Angebranndt, cello

Chalice Lighting

 Janet Goodwin

Opening Hymn #344

A Promise Through the Ages Rings

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

Part I: Jesus the Teacher

Catherine Farmer Loya, Director of Religious Education

Choral Response

Teach Me the Tender Art                                         Royal Stanton

 A Time for Community

Offertory                        

 

Variations on Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing

                                             John Wyeth, arr. Lynn Angebranndt

 

Part II: The Death of Jesus

 

Choral Response

O Sacred Head, Now Wounded (Part I)                  Paul Sjolund

Devotional Time

    Easter Prayer

    Hymn

  

 

 

 

 

                                                                    Walter Brueggemann

Spirit of Life, come unto me.

Sing in my heart all the stirrings of compassion.

Blow in the wind, rise in the sea;

Move in the hand, giving life the shape of justice.

Roots hold me close; wings set me free;

Spirit of Life, come to me, come to me.

Transformation

Kirk Attebury                                             

Part III: Jesus' Message Lives On

Choral Response

Easter Chorale                                                          Samuel Barber

Easter Message

                                                              Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

Seed Ritual

Choral Anthem

Montaña                                   Nic Gonzales, arr. DeReau Farrar

"If you have faith like a mustard seed," thus says the Lord, "you will say to the mountain, 'Move,' and that mountain will move.” Matthew 17:20

Closing Hymn #203

All Creatures of the Earth and Sky

Benediction

Postlude                          

Easter Parade                                                               Irving Berlin

Extinguishing the Chalice

 

Sunday, March 24, 2013

 Gathering Hymn

 

Sing to the power of the faith within,

Sing to the power of the faith within,

Lift up your voice, be not afraid,

Sing to the power of the faith within.

 

Welcome

Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

Prelude (9:00)

Choral Prelude (11:00)

Deep into the Night                                                              Hiromi                                                        

May Nothing Evil Cross This Door                   Robert N. Quaile

Chalice Lighting

 Jila Tayefehnowrooz (9:00)

 Brigham Johnson (11:00)

 Opening Hymn #209

O Come, You Longing Thirsty Souls

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

Persian New Year and the Hafsin Table

Sherri Nader, speaker

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                         

 

Every Season                                                      Nicole Nordeman

Laura Matthews, soloist                                                                          

Devotional Time

    Pastoral Prayer

    Hymn

  

 

 

 

 

  Silence

 

 

Fuente de_Amor, ven hacia mí.

Y_al corazón, cántale tu compasión.

Sopla_al volar, sube_en la mar,

Hasta moldear la justicia de la vida.

Arráigame, libérame,

Fuente de_Amor, ven a mi, ven a mi.

 

Responsive Reading #648

Beginners                                                               Denise Levertov                                                                      

Music for the Morning (9:00)

 

Choral Anthem (11:00)

Sonata for flute and piano, first movement         Mélanie Bonis 

Kenneth Alexander, flute                        

Oseh Shalom (world premiere)                              Richard Scher                                        

Sermon

"Between Paradise and Hell"           Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

Closing Hymn #1040

Hush (Somebody’s Callin’ My Name)

 Benediction

Postlude                          (9:00)

                                       (11:00)

Nocturne                                           Sophie Eckhardt-Grammaté

Sonata for flute and piano, first movement         Mélanie Bonis 

Kenneth Alexander, flute                       

Extinguishing the Chalice

 

Sunday, March 17, 2013

 

Gathering Hymn

 

Come, come, whoever you are.

Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving.

Ours is no caravan of despair.

Come, yet again come.

 

Welcome

Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

 

Prelude (9:00)

Choral Prelude (11:00)

Shenandoah                                                          arr. Kevin Riehle

May Nothing Evil Cross This Door                   Robert N. Quaile

 

Chalice Lighting

Abby Arnold (9:00)

Cathy Gentile (11:00)

 

Opening Hymn #121

We’ll Build a Land

 

 

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

Lifting the Sky: a Skagit story from Peace Tales                                                                                            

told by Rev. Lindi Ramsden

 

 

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                         (9:00)

                                       (11:00)

Somewhere                                                                            Hiromi

Speak of Peace                                                Allan Robert Petker

 

 

Devotional Time

    Pastoral Prayer

    Silence

    Sung Meditation

 

 

 

#391 Voice Still and Small

 

 

Reading 

                                                                       Rev. Theodore Parker

 

 

Music for the Morning

“Journey On” from Ragtime                               Stephen Flaherty                             

VanNessa Hulme, Gabriel Paredes & Babatunde Akinboboye

 

 

Sermon

"Deepening Faith, Growing Leaders, Building Justice"    

                                                                          Rev. Lindi Ramsden                                  

 

 

Closing Hymn #1028

The Fire of Commitment

 

 

Benediction

 

Please be seated for the postlude.

 

 

Postlude (9:00)

Choral Postlude (11:00)

The Lady of the Harbor                                                Lee Hoiby 

Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor                               Irving Berlin

 

 

Extinguishing the Chalice

 

Sunday, March 10, 2013

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

                                                              Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur                                                     

Prelude (9:00)

Choral Prelude (11:00)

Sonata in C# minor, op. 27 no. 2                                        Beethoven

May Nothing Evil Cross This Door

Chalice Lighting

 

Opening Hymn #1

                                   #357

May Nothing Evil Cross This Door (9:00)

Bright Morning Stars (11:00)                                                  

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

 

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

 

Pulpit Message

Kris Langabeer,  Committee on Ministry                                                 

Offertory                         (9:00)

                                       (11:00)

Prelude, op. 11 #10                                                             Scriabin

Poor Man Lazrus                                                    Jester Hairston

Devotional Time

    Pastoral Prayer

    Hymn #394

    Silence

 

 

Hava Nashirah

Music for the Morning (9:00)

Choral Anthem (11:00)

Nocturne in C# minor                                                          Chopin                                                                

The Promise of Living (from The Tender Land)           Copland

Sermon

"Undoing Evil"                                   Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur                                                    

Closing Hymn #318

We Would Be One

Benediction

 

Postlude

La fille aux cheveux de lin                                                Debussy                                                 

Extinguishing the Chalice

 

Sunday, March 3, 2013

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.

Welcome

                                                             Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur                                                    

Prelude (9:00)

Choral Prelude (11:00)

Sonata in F Major, second movement                    W.A. Mozart  

May Nothing Evil Cross This Door                         Robert Quail                                                                                                             

Chalice Lighting

Liza Cranis (9:00)

The Slater-Restum family (11:00)

Opening Hymn #1000

Morning Has Come

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

 

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

 

Pulpit Message

Rob Briner, Ernest D. Pipes Distinguished Lecture Committee

Offertory                                             

O Salutaris Hostia                                        Alexandre Guilmant                                                           

Devotional Time

  Pastoral Prayer

  Hymn #396

  Silence

 

 

I Know This Rose Will Open

Music for the Morning (9:00)

Choral Anthem (11:00)

Sinfonia from Partita No. 2                                              J.S. Bach

Lamentations of Jeremiah                                J. Randall Stroope

Sermon

                                                                       Father Gregory Boyle

Closing Song

There Is More Love

Benediction

Postlude (9:00)

Choral Postlude (11:00)

Variations on "Land of the Silver Birch"               Pierre Gallant

Ecce quomodo moritur                                              Jacob Handl

Extinguishing the Chalice