This Sunday
“You’re Perfect, Now Change”
By Rev. Rick Hoyt-McDaniels
May 12, 2024
10:00 AM, Sanctuary and Via Zoom
Mothering, whether performed by a mother or someone else, requires accepting a child as they are, while also encouraging and supporting growth. The necessity of loving what is and working for change is the core and the challenge of spiritual work.
Order of Worship
May 12, 2024
BELL
OPENING MUSIC,
WELCOME
ANNOUNCEMENTS,
CALL TO WORSHIP, #442, “We Bid You Welcome” Richard S. Gilbert
*OPENING HYMN, #361, "Enter, Rejoice, and Come In"
*CHALICE LIGHTING,
*COVENANT
Love is the spirit of this church,
the quest for truth is its sacrament,
and service is its prayer.
To dwell together in peace,
to seek knowledge in freedom,
to serve humanity in fellowship,
thus do we covenant.
*SONG OF HOPE AND FAITH
From all that dwell below the skies,
let songs of hope and faith arise.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Let peace, good will on earth be sung,
from every land, by every tongue.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
CHILDREN’S MESSAGE, Rev. Rick Hoyt-McDaniels
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, Rev. Rick Hoyt-McDaniels
Music:
*RESPONSE, “From You I Receive”
From you I receive
To you, I give
Together we share
And from this, we live.
JOYS & SORROWS,
Music:
Readers:
MEDITATION OR SILENCE/PRAYER/READING, #515, “We Lift Up Our Heart in Thanks” Richard M. Fewkes
ANTHEM,
SERMON, “You’re Perfect, Now Change” Rev. Rick Hoyt-McDaniels
*CLOSING HYMN, #298, “Wake, Now, My Senses”
*BENEDICTION, #458 Walter Royal Jones, Jr.
Mindful of truth ever exceeding our knowledge
And community ever exceeding our practice,
Reverently we covenant together,
Beginning with ourselves as we are,
To share the strength of integrity
And the heritage of the spirit
In the unending quest for wisdom and love.
*EXTINGUISHING THE CHALICE,
CLOSING MUSIC,
BELL