This Sunday

Order of Worship
April 28, 2024

BELL

OPENING MUSIC

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION OF GUEST SPEAKER, Joyce Fidler

ANNOUNCEMENTS, Christina Mathers

CALL TO WORSHIP, words of Joseph Campbell from Myths to Live 

*OPENING HYMN  #311, Let It Be a Dance

CHALICE LIGHTING, Cricket Sloat

CHILDREN’S MESSAGE; CHILDREN’S COLLECTION OF FOOD    

Video:  "Listening with My Heart: A Story of Kindness and Self-Compassion" by Gabi Garcia

CHILDREN’S BENEDICTION, May Love Surround You” by Carole Etzler

May love surround you with warm gentle arms.

May love surround you and keep you from harm.

And may you always continue to grow.

May you find happiness wherever you go.

OFFERING, Joyce Fidler

*RESPONSE, “From You I Receive”

From you I receive

To you, I give

Together we share

And from this, we live.

JOYS & SORROWS 

Readers:  Sanctuary: Cynthia Toussaint; Zoom: Gail Natzler

READING “Peace is This Moment Without Judgment” by Dorothy Hunt

SERMON, “Face the Music and Dance”............................................Chaplain Michael Eselun

SPECIAL MUSIC, “Let’s Face the Music and Dance”  by Irving Berlin

MEDITATION / PRAYER, Chaplain Michael Eselun

READING, “Choices” by Nikki Giovanni  

CLOSING HYMN, #212, “We are Dancing Sarah’s Circle”

BENEDICTION, Michael Eselun

*EXTINGUISHING THE CHALICE, Cricket Sloat

CLOSING MUSIC

BELL