Order of Worship

Labor Day Weekend

08-31-25

Prelude ~

Shared by Tanner Bayles

Pre-Service Song ~ It’s the Work of Many Hands

1. One by one we gather here for such a time as this

To celebrate with joyful heart our holy heritage,

People with a mission, anchored in our faith,

Following the Spirit’s call in every time and place.

Chorus (repeat)

It’s the work of many hands,

It’s the sound of many voices,

It’s the love of many hearts that make a church.

2. Singing, praying, serving now, and speaking from

the heart,

All of us have special gifts that make us who we are.

Hopeful and united as one community,

Growing with each other in God’s human family.

Chorus

3. Keep searching the horizon here for evidence of

grace.

The gospel message comes alive when others you

embrace.

So feed the hungry, help the homeless, let your

spirits soar.

Let the love of Jesus Christ live in you more and

more.

Chorus

Welcome and Announcements

Shared by Pastor Ken

Opening Words

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 ~ Singing Our Faith Gather Us In

by Marty Haugen

1. Here in this place a new light is streaming,

Now is the darkness vanished away,

See in this space our fears and our dreamings

Brought here to you in the light of this day.

Gather us in, the lost and forsaken,

Gather us in, the blind and the lame.

Call to us now, and we shall awaken;

We shall arise at the sound of our name.

2. We are the young, our lives are a myst’ry,

We are the old who yearn for your face.

We have been sung throughout all of hist’ry,

Called to be light to the whole human race.

Gather us in, the rich and the haughty.

Gather us in, the proud and the strong.

Give us a heart so meek and so lowly;

Give us the courage to enter the song.

3. Here we will take the wine and the water,

Here we will take the bread of new birth,

Here you shall call your sons and your daughters,

Call us anew to be salt for the earth.

Give us to drink the wine of compassion.

Give us to eat the bread that is yours,

Nourish us well, and teach us to fashion,

Lives that are holy and hearts that are true.

Opening Prayer

Pastor Ken

4. Not in the dark of buildings confining,

Not in some heaven, light years away,

But here in this place, the new light is shining,

Now is the Kingdom, now is the day.

Gather us in and hold us forever.

Gather us in and make us your own;

Gather us in all peoples together,

Fire of love in our flesh and our bones.

Celebrations For the Deep Goodness of Life

Led by Pastor Ken

Music for Thinking of You Cards ~

Shared by Tanner Bayles

In the pew racks are cards with the title “Thinking Of You”. Please use these cards to write a note to someone so they know they are remembered and cared for. Put the card in the offering plate when it comes by, and the church office will forward the cards to the person addressed on the card. This was one of the elements of our time together that you lifted up as important for all of us.

Thank you!

QR Code for Giving Page

Ringing the Chime Calling Us to Sacred Listening



Word About Life~

Offered by Pastor Ken

Words for Mission

Led by Cindy Gattorna

One: May we go forth from this place thankful for the

life that sustains and renews us, and open to the

grace that surrounds and surprises us.

All: May we go forth from this place with

openness and with thanksgiving!

One: These are the times!

All: We are the people!

One: All of Creation is blessed!

All: May we love all and serve all!

One: God be with you

All: And also with you.

One: Amen.

All: Amen!



Sending Forth Song ~ This Land is Your Land

by Woody Guthrie

Chorus

This land is your land. This land is my land,

From California to the New York Island,

From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream

waters.

This land is made for you and me.

As I was walking that ribbon of highway,

I saw above me that endless skyway.

I saw below me that golden valley.

This land was made for you and me.

Chorus

I roamed and rambled, and I followed my footsteps

To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts,

And all around me a voice was sounding,

This land was made for you and me.

Chorus

When the sun came shining, and I was strolling

And the wheat fields waving, and the dust clouds

rolling,

A voice was chanting as the fog was lifting,

This land was made for you and me.

Chorus

In the shadow of the steeple I saw my people;

By the relief office I seen my people;

As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking,

Is this land made for you and me?

Chorus

This land was made for you and me.

This land was made for you and me.



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