Order of Worship

10-11-26

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

Welcome and Announcements

Shared by the Gaberdiel Family

Opening Words

Led by the Gaberdiel Family

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 Tanner Bayles

Call to Worship

Please stand in mind, body, or spirit

Led by the Gaberdiel Family

One: We gather today in the holy quiet and the vibrant sound of this place. We come as we are—mind, body, heart, and spirit. We listen for the sacred pulse that echoes through the universe.

All: Spirit of Life and Love, we thank you for the gift of music. For melody that heals our sorrow, for a beat that lifts our feet, and for the shared voice that reminds us we are never alone.

One: From ancient chants to new and unexpected songs, from the thunder of drums to the breath of a single flute, you invite us to express our deepest joys and our rawest questions. You meet us in the dissonance and compose beauty from our chaos.

All: Open our ears to hear your voice in a new key. Open our spirits to worship beyond the boundaries of convention. Let our lives be authentic, our joy be loud, and our actions become a song of love and justice for your world. With a song in our hearts and compassion in our hands, we celebrate the Spirit of Life and Love.

Singing Our Welcome How Can I Keep From Singing

Led by Tanner Bayles

My life flows on in endless song

Above earth’s degradation;

I feel the grace and join along

To hail a new creation.

Thro’ all the tumult and the strife

I hear the music ringing;

It finds an echo in my soul

How can I keep from singing?

When tyrants tremble, sick with fear

And freedom’s bells are ringing;

When friends rejoice both far and near

How can I keep from singing?

To prisons filled with families

Our thoughts to them go winging;

When race and gender wars retreat

How can I keep from singing?

I lift my eyes, the cloud grows thin;

I see the blue above it;

And day by day this pathway smooths,

Since first I learned to love it.

The joy of life makes fresh my heart

With justice ever springing;

We harmonize and find our part

How can I keep from singing?

Centering Prayer

Shared by Rev. Dr. David Hodgson

Spirit of Life and Love, source of all harmony, creator of the rushing wind, the beating heart, and the quiet song, we gather to raise our voices in celebration and song. Thank you for the gift of music—for chords that mend our broken places, for rhythms that call our bodies to dance, and for voices that rise together in shared hope. When words are too heavy, let the music carry us. When our spirits are weary, let the melody revive us. As we sing, may we pray twice, joining our whole selves—mind, hands, and heart—In tune with your liberating grace echoing the deep, inclusive love that sustains all.

Cultivating Shadow Rock

Michelle Black

Celebrations

The Gaberdiel Family

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 Tanner Bayles

Invitation to Give

Led by the Gaberdiel Family

One: In the light and beauty of day

All: We give thanks in awe and wonder.

One: In the dark and stillness of night,

All: We dream of healing and hope.

One: And so we give with all our joys and in all our concerns.

May we be ever mindful of the presentness of Spirit of Life

and Love among us and to see new possibilities of the now.

QR Code for Giving Page

The Chime Calls Us to the Word About Life

The Gaberdiel Family

Word About Life

Shared by Melanie DeMore

Words for Mission

Led by Rev. Dr. David Hodgson

One: We came together with quiet hearts, and we filled this

space with melody, rhythm, and song. We have breathed in

the gift of music, and it has knitted our souls together. But

music cannot be contained within these walls. A song kept

to oneself is just a breath.

All: The music we celebrated today was given to us to be shared, to heal the broken, to comfort the weary, and to spark joy in dark places.

One: Go out into the world now, not in silence, but as living

instruments. Let your kindness be a gentle melody. Let your

justice be a steady, unshakeable beat. Let your love be a

chorus that welcomes every voice. 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 Trees of the Field

Please stand in mind, body, or spirit

Led by Tanner Bayles

You shall go out with joy and be led forth with peace;

The mountains and the hills will break forth before you.

There’ll be shouts of joy, and all the trees of the field

will clap, will clap their hands.

And all the trees of the field will clap their hands, (clap, clap)

The trees of the field will clap their hands, (clap, clap)

The trees of the field will clap their hands (clap, clap)

While you go out with joy.

(Repeat faster)

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