Welcome and Announcements
Shared by Pastor Ken
Opening Words
Led by Pastor Ken
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.
Singing Our Faith ~ All Are Welcome
Let us build a house where love can dwell
and all can safely live.
A place where saints and children tell
How hearts learn to forgive.
Built of hopes and dreams and visions,
Rock of faith and vault of grace.
Here the love of Christ shall end divisions:
All are welcome, all are welcome,
All are welcome in this place.
Let us build a house where love is found
in water, wine and wheat.
A banquet hall on holy ground
Where peace and justice meet.
Here the love of God through Jesus is
revealed in time and space.
As we share in Christ the feast that frees us.
All are welcome, all are welcome,
All are welcome in this place.
Let us build a house where hands will reach
beyond the wood and stone.
To heal and strengthen, serve and teach,
And live the Word they’ve known.
Here the outcast and the stranger bear the image
of God’s face.
Let us bring an end to fear and danger.
All are welcome, all are welcome,
All are welcome in this place.
Let us build a house where all are named,
their songs and visions heard.
And loved and treasured taught and claimed
As words within the Word.
Built of tears and cries and laughter,
Prayers of faith and songs of grace.
Let the house proclaim from floor to rafter:
All are welcome, all are welcome,
All are welcome in this place.
Call to Worship
Led by Linda Pape
One: Let there be joy in our coming together this day.
All: Let there be truth heard in the words we speak
and the songs we sing.
One: Let there be help and healing for our disharmony
and despair. Let there be silence for the voice
within us and beyond us. (Moment of Silence)
So let us celebrate the richness and diversity of life.
Singing Our Welcome
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et us build a house where all are named,
their songs and visions heard.
And loved and treasured taught and claimed
As words within the Word.
Built of tears and cries and laughter,
Prayers of faith and songs of grace.
Let the house proclaim from floor to rafter:
All are welcome, all are welcome,
All are welcome in this place.
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