Sample Order of Worship





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WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

LIGHTING OF THE CHALICE

SUNG INVOCATION

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.

HYMN #123 Spirit of Life

CHILDREN’S FOCUS

JOYS AND CONCERNS

OFFERING

SPECIAL MUSIC: Maili Bailey & Nancy Brooks: Don’t Laugh at Me

RESPONSIVE READING: #576 “A Litany of Restoration”

READING: “Moral Courage” by Robert F. Kennedy

HYMN # 1023 Building Bridges

MESSAGE: Thom Harnett: Assistant Attorney General “Silence is Never an Option: Why We Must Speak Out in the Face of Injustice”

SILENCE/PRAYER

HYMN: #318 We Would Be One

BENEDICTION

May the love that overcomes all differences, that heals all wounds, that puts to flight all fears, that reconciles all who are separated, be in us and among us now and always.

HYMN # 346 Come Sing a Song With Me

POSTLUDE