Order of Service – April 12, 2020
Entering Into Sacred Space
Call to Worship: Rev. Danielle DiBona
Welcome and Greeting: Marsha Lawson
Chalice Lighting
Covenant:
Love is the heart of this church.
We commit to:
Being a diverse, welcoming community of mutual care and respect;
Supporting each other's spiritual journey and search for truth and meaning;
Promoting justice and serving the wider community.
We hold ourselves to this promise with compassion and understanding.
Hymn #61: Lo, The Earth Awakes Again
Lo, the earth awakes again — Alleluia!
From the winter’s bond and pain.
Alleluia! Bring we leaf and flower and spray — Alleluia!
to adorn this happy day. Alleluia!
Once again the word comes true,
Alleluia! All the earth shall be made new. Alleluia!
Now the dark, cold days are o’er, Alleluia!
Spring and gladness are before. Alleluia!
Change, then, mourning into praise, Alleluia!
And, for dirges, anthems raise. Alleluia!
How our spirits soar and sing, Alleluia!
How our hearts leap with the spring! Alleluia!
Time For All Ages: Mimi Olivier
Building Beloved Community
Hymn #1018: Come And Go With Me
Come and go with me to that land,
Come and go with me to that land,
Come and go with me to that land
where I’m bound. (2x)
There’ll be freedom in that land…
There’ll be justice in that land…
There’ll be singin’ in that land…
Come and go with me to that land…
Candles Of Joys, Sorrows and Milestones: Marsha Lawson
Reading: The Work Of Easter, words by Howard Thurman
Special Music: Dona Nobis Pacem, performed by Nancy Kurtz, Carole Bundy and Marsha Lawson
Sermon: Rev. Danielle DiBona
Sending Forth
Hymn #1040: Hush
Hush, hush, somebody’s callin’ my name.
Hush, hush, somebody’s callin’ my name.
Hush, hush, somebody’s callin’ my name.
Oh my Lord, oh my Lord, what shall I do?
Sounds like freedom, somebody’s callin’ my name…
Sounds like justice, somebody’s callin’ my name…
Soon one mornin’, death comes creepin’ in my room…
I’m so glad that trouble don’t last always…
Hush, hush, somebody’s callin’ my name...
Closing Words
Parting Music: Good Friday (Traditional Irish), performed by Alex Cumming