Order of Service – May 3, 2020
Entering Into Sacred Space
Call To Worship: Karen Johnston
Welcome and Greeting: Karen Johnston
Chalice Lighting: Our Community Knows no Boundaries, words by Nancy Reid McKee, read by Karen Johnston
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 #131: Love Will Guide Us
Love will guide us, peace has tried us, hope inside us will lead the way on the road from greed to giving. Love will guide us through the hard night. If you cannot sing like angels, if you cannot speak before thousands, you can give from deep within you. You can change the world with your love. Love will guide us, peace has tried us, hope inside us will lead the way on the road from greed to giving. Love will guide us through the hard night.
Time for All Ages: Mimi Olivier
Building Beloved Community
Candles of Joys, Sorrows and Milestones: Karen Johnston
Reading: Let Us Be at Peace, Thich Nhat Hanh
A Musical Journey with Molly Ruggles
Reading: Gift To Sing, James Weldon Johnson
Hymn #100: Peace Like a River
I’ve got peace like a river, I’ve got peace like a river, I’ve got peace like a river in my soul. (2x) I’ve got joy like a fountain… I’ve got love like an ocean… I’ve got pain like an arrow… I’ve got tears like the raindrops … I’ve got strength like a mountain …
Continuing The Journey with Molly Ruggles
Special Music: Hold On performed by Marsha Lawson, Carole Bundy, Joe Walters, Nancy Kurtz, Alex Cumming, Linda Schwetz
Sending Forth
Hymn #162: Gonna Lay Down My Sword And Shield
Gonna lay down my sword and shield, down by the riverside, down by the riverside, down by the riverside. Gonna lay down my sword and shield, down by the riverside, gonna study war no more. (Chorus) I ain’t gonna study war no more, I ain’t gonna study war no more, ain’t gonna study war no more. (2x) Gonna lay down my burden down by the riverside … (Chorus) Gonna shake hands around the world, ev’rywhere I roam … (Chorus)
Closing Words: A New Song, a New Harmony adapted from Richard S. Gilbert and Robert French Leavens, read by Karen Johnston
Parting Music: The Reckless Kitchen performed by Molly Ruggles & Alex Cumming