Order of Worship

10-18-26

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

Welcome and Announcements

Shared by Brud McWhorter

Opening Words

Led by Brud McWhorter

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 Clayton Freed

Call to Worship

Led by June Miner

One: Welcome! You who woke early and you who slept late; you who come often, and you who don’t.

All: Whether we are first or last or somewhere in between, there is room for all of us, and more than enough grace to go around. Let us celebrate the Spirit of Life and Love together.

Singing Our Welcome Gather Us In

Please stand in mind, body, or spirit by Marty Haugen

Shared by Clayton Freed

1. Here in this place a new light is streaming,

Now is the darkness vanished away,

See in this space our fears and our dreamings

Brought here to you in the light of this day.

Gather us in, the lost and forsaken,

Gather us in, the blind and the lame.

Call to us now, and we shall awaken;

We shall arise at the sound of our name.

2. We are the young, our lives are a myst’ry,

We are the old who yearn for your face.

We have been sung throughout all of hist’ry,

Called to be light to the whole human race.

Gather us in, the rich and the haughty.

Gather us in, the proud and the strong.

Give us a heart so meek and so lowly;

Give us the courage to enter the song.

3. Not in the dark of buildings confining,

not in some heaven, light years away,

but here in this place, the new light is shining,

now is the Kingdom, now is the day.

Gather us in and hold us forever,

Gather us in and make us your own;

Gather us in all peoples together,

fire of love in our flesh and our bone.

Centering Prayer

Shared by Rev. Dr. David Hodgson

Spirit of Life and Love, we gather today with hearts open to your transforming presence. We ask that You cultivate within us a spirit of true generosity. Expand our vision so that we see stewardship not just as what we give, but as how we live, how we love, and how we advocate for one another.

Make us generous with our attention, that we may truly listen to those whose voices have been marginalized. Make us generous with our assumptions, that we may extend grace, curiosity, and empathy to those with whom we disagree. Make us generous with our resources, that we may hold our privileges loosely and share our abundance to dismantle systems of inequality. Make us generous with our hope, that we may stubbornly believe in a world where everyone has enough.

Break down the walls of scarcity and fear that tell us there is not enough to go around. Instead, root us deeply in the reality of Your abundance, where love multiplies whenever it is shared.

Guide our words, inspire our thoughts, and challenge our comfort today. May our time together equip us to go out into the world as conduits of Your radical hospitality and justice.

Celebrations

Brud McWhorter

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 Clayton Freed

Invitation to Give

June Miner

We are called to make real the sharing of the gifts God has given to us. Let generosity of being happen. Nothing more is required.

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 Just One Hand

Shared by Clayton Freed

Just one hand can’t build a Shadow Rock.

Just two hands can’t build a Shadow Rock.

Chorus

But if two and two and fifty make a million

We’ll see that day come ‘round.

We’ll see that day come ‘round.

Just one prayer can’t lead the way to peace.

Just two prayers can’t lead the way to peace.

Chorus

Just one smile can’t fill the world with joy.

Just two smiles can’t fill the world with joy.

Chorus

The Chime Calls Us to the Word About Life

Brud McWhorter

Word About Life Cultivating Generosity

Shared by Rev. Dr. David Hodgson

“I choose to give to this last as I give to you. Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?”

Matthew 20:14-15

Words for Mission

Led by Rev. Dr. David Hodgson

One: For the blessings we each bestow on one another with our energy, compassion, and prayer, we give thanks.

All: For the blessings we become to others in need, we

give thanks and remember that we are not alone.

One: 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 Free to be You and Me

Shared by Clayton Freed

There’s a land that I see where the children are free.

And I say it ain’t far to this land from where we are.

Take my hand, come with me where the children are free

Come with me, take my hand, and we’ll live…

Chorus

In a land where the river runs free.

In a land through the green country.

In a land to a shining sea.

In a land where the horses run free.

And you and me are free to be, you and me.

I see a land, bright and clear and the time’s comin’ near

When we’ll live in this land, you and me, hand in hand.

Take my hand, come along, lend your voice to my song.

Come along, take my hand, sing a song...

Chorus

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