Order of Worship

10-25-26

Always maintaining a proper balance between proclamation of the word about life with the deeds which make life good.

Welcome and Announcements

Shared by Monet Davis

Opening Words

Led by Monet Davis

One: Who are we and what are we called to do?

All: We are the sensitive and responsive ones called to

create a world where every person is radically affirmed and barriers between people become bridges of inclusion, justice, and spirituality.

Prelude

Shared by Tanner Bayles

Call to Worship

Led by Susan Glynn

One: With visions of life as meant to be, we gather as the

people of God.

All: We answer your call with open and outstretched

hands that reach in peaceful welcome to a world of

neighbors known and unknown.

One: We heed the call to create new titles of community and

new links of affection.

All: We rejoice in our unity with all humanity. Equipped by the Spirit of Life and Love, we gather together in gladness and thankfulness.

Singing Our Welcome Everyone is Welcome Here

Please stand in mind, body, or spirit

Led by Tanner Bayles

We have travelled each a separate road,

and been carrying a different load.

But, tho’ we’ve travelled far and near,

today our journeys bring us here.

We have come to worship, praise, and learn,

and to spread our joy, or share concern.

We want to hear your point of view;

what is your journey teaching you?

Chorus:

Everyone is welcome here;

won’t you stop along your way?

The perfect love that casts out fear

is the love that makes us stay.

Everyone is welcome here; we do have a place for you.

The reconciling love of God will make all creation new.

God created our community full of wonderful diversity

and we grow closer to complete with every child of God we meet.

So come share your story, sing your song,

and we’ll do our best to sing along.

Although the future is unknown, we are not facing it alone. Chorus

Centering Prayer

Rev. Dr. David Hodgson

Spirit of Life and Love, we gather in the warmth of your expansive love, a love that knows no borders, erects no walls, and excludes no one. Open our eyes to see our neighbors—not just those who look like us, talk like us, or think like us, but the stranger, the outcast, the overlooked, and the ones from whom we have turned away. Grant us the grace to look past our own comfort and biases, to slow down when we are busy, and to choose human connection over judgment. Teach us how to listen deeply and to share generously.

Break our hearts open to true inclusion. Let our lives be a living liturgy—where our kindness is our worship, our inclusion is our creed, and our pursuit of justice is our offering. Amen.

Celebrations

Monet Davis

This is our time to share the celebrations of our lives: birthdays, anniversaries, words of kindness, and works of peace and justice.

Special Music for Thinking of You Cards

Shared by Tanner Bayles

Cultivating Shadow Rock: an Invitation to Stewardship

Invitation to Give

Led by Susan Glynn

One: We dedicate these gifts to the holy work of being a

neighbor.

All: May these resources feed the hungry, clothe the

vulnerable, and speak truth to power.

One: But do not let our giving end at the offering plate.

All: Break down the walls of our comfort so we can see

the needs of others. Help us to cross the roads of

division, to bind up the wounds of the hurting, and

to share the burdens of our fellow travelers.

QR Code for Giving Page

Dedication of Our Offerings

Led by June Miner

One: The riches of God’s gracious love have been entrusted to us.

All: It is a love that cannot and will not be hoarded.

One: Through the giving of ourselves and our offerings, we

share the love God, and we are true to our values of

inclusion, justice, and spirituality.

All: Let our gratitude for life be expressed in our

generosity.

Singing Our Faith Comin’ Home

Please stand in mind, body, or spirit

Led by Tanner Bayles

Come on in from the storm, and listen to my song.

It’s the song of a lost soul comin’ home.

Maybe you’ve sung it too

when you thought that you were through,

and you didn’t think you had anything left to do.

Chorus

We’re comin’ home. We’re comin’ home.

We’re laughing tears of joy, we’re comin’ home,

knowin’ ev’rything’s not gone;

The nighttime has a dawn;

It sings another song, comin’ home.

Maybe something’s going on that makes you feel alone.

You wonder if you’ll find another home.

Well, it doesn’t go away quite as easily as they say,

But just remember we’re around and we’re going to stay.

Chorus

Last week these friends came ‘round,

said these days they feel so down,

seems that everything secure has come unwound.

They say the only thing to do is to get together with you,

to let things grow and pull each other through.

Chorus

The Chime Calls Us to the Word About Life

Monet Davis

Word About Life On Being Neighborly

Rev. Dr. David Hodgson

“And who is my neighbor?”

Luke 10:29

Words for Mission

Please stand in body, mind or, spirit

Led by Rev. Dr. David Hodgson

One: As you leave this space, let go of the divisions that keep us apart. May the only true label you carry out these doors be the label of “neighbor." These are the times!

All: We are the people!

One: All of creation is blessed!

All: May we love all and serve all!

One: May God be with you.

All: And also with you.

One: Amen

All: Amen.

Sending Forth Song Come Away

Please stand in mind, body, or spirit

Led by Tanner Bayles

Chorus

Come away to the land of freedom, come away, come away

to a land where we can be together,

Come away, come away, come away.

Since God made this world we live in, come away, come away,

Let’s love it now with all our being,

Come away, come away, come away.

Chorus

If you want to love this world now, come away, come away,

You start by caring for each other,

Come away, come away, come away.

Chorus

Side by side we’ll walk together, come away, come away.

And all the way care for each other,

Come away, come away, come away.

Chorus

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