Pre-Service Environment: We enjoy visiting with each other and connecting. Online participants are invited to open their camera feed and unmute to visit.
INCLUSION
Singing Our Faith ~ “No Matter Who”
No matter who, no matter what
No matter where you are on the journey of life.
You’re welcome, welcome here in this place.
No matter who, no matter what
No matter where you are on the journey of life
Accepted, welcomed by God’s grace.
For we are family, meant to be; Purposed for eternity
Born in love, from above; God’s community
Chorus
And in diversity, unity, Harmony for all to see
Justice and equality; God’s community.
Chorus
Welcome and Announcements
One: As a deer longs for flowing streams of water, our souls reach out to seek our God.
Many: Where is our God? In the cleansing of the rain, in the refreshing of a pool, in the predictability of a faucet.
One: With glad shouts and songs of thanksgiving, our voices lift toward our God.
Many: Where is our God? In the melody of voices raised in concert, in the stillness of silence, in the cacophony of spontaneous praise.
One: As deep calls to deep, we come to worship the Living God.
Many: Where is our God? In the echoes of our prayers, in the reverence of bowed heads, in the hope of raised faces. The Holy One is with us.
Singing Our Faith ~ "Clothe Yourselves with Compassion"
We are the people of God; we are the people of God.
We’re accepted and beloved,
and so we must clothe ourselves…
With compassion, and kindness, humility, gentleness,
and patience.
And over all these things, over all these things, over all these things, put on love. (repeat)
Opening Prayer
Holy Wisdom, we hear you calling us to gather and to hope in your name. Ignite sacred courage in us to proclaim the good news of justice from the comfort of the sanctuary to the public witness of the city gates. Inspire a compelling vision of a gracious, beloved, and empowered community that propels us to confront inequities, challenge privilege, and participate in your creative work in our time. Renew our hope for humanity so that we might rejoice in this inhabited world and delight in our siblings. Amen.
