Order of Worship
Let us be as open vessels that God’s spirit may enter. The Community Gathers: Experience God’s presence in the assembly. Please greet one another with joy and welcome new friends into our community of love.
You are welcome here…come and worship!
Focus: “To be a person is to have a story to tell.” – Isak Dinesen
“The Universe is made of stories, not atoms.” Muriel Rukeyser
Gathering Music: Circle (by Harry Chapin) -Michelle Currie
Welcome:
Responsive Call to Worship:
One: Our God is an awesome God who breathed into emptiness and created all that is.
Many: With love and care, God shaped the world in all its diversity with mountains and valleys, rivers and deserts, and people of all colors and sizes.
One: And threading through it all are beautiful dreams of justice, compassion, liberation, and peace.
Many: O God, creator of our past, our present, and our future, we thank you for the many blessings you bestow on us each moment.
One: Be with us now. Draw near to us as we draw near to you.
Many: Lead us in paths of righteousness. Fill our hearts with compassion and a thirst for justice. Teach us to be co-creators, with You, of a world where all belong and share in the abundance you have given us.
All: Praise be to God.
Opening Hymn: Morning Has Broken #664
Invocation:
Compassionate God,
You who know our hearts and love us without condition,
create in us desire to see your essence within us
so that we might see that in others, and honor your holy
presence in all things. We praise you for this place, this day,
this people, this planet. And all God’s people say, Amen.
Lord’s Prayer:
Awakening: The Story (by Brandi Carlisle) -Michelle Currie
Readings: Stories Matter, Rev. Richard Rohr, Mark 6:1-13
-Bruce Fenlason
(After the readings you may respond, “Thanks be to God”)
Reflection: The Stories of Our Lives Rev. Paula Norbert
Celebration of the Lord’s Supper
Words of Invitation The Bread and The Cup
Prayer of Thanksgiving
Sermon Response: ~ Meditative Instrumental -Michelle Currie
Musical call to Prayer: Hush now in quiet peace, be still your mind at
ease. The Spirit brings release, so wait upon the Lord. (two times)
Prayers of the People:
Silent Prayers Pastoral Prayer
Offertory: -Michelle Currie
Closing Hymn: Blest Be The Tie That Binds
Blessing:
Bless the wisdom of the holy one above us
Bless the truth of the holy one beneath us
Bless the love of the holy one within us
Go forth and be a blessing to others…
(Chinook Psalter)
Response: Thanks be to God
Closing: Go In Peace…
With thanks to Michelle Currie, our Music Director.
Pastor’s Contact Info: 207-205-4951
Email: pnorbert1217@gmail.com.
Union Church Website: unionchurchme.com
Upcoming Dates:
Saturday, July 13, 10am-Memorial Service for Anne Small at Union Church
Sunday, July 14th-Semi-Annual Meeting directly following the
Service. We hope you can join us!
Thursday, July 18, 7pm: Monica Wood will join us for the first of the Summer Speaker Series.
Sunday, July 21-9:45am. Church Wide Photo on steps of church, Individual photos following the Service.
Let Your Light Shine
As the sun rises, Lord, Let your light shine on me. Destroy the darkness about me, Scatter the darkness before me, Disperse the darkness behind me, Dispel the darkness within me. Let your light shine on me. As the sun rises, Lord, Let your light shine on me. The warmth of your Presence, The brightness of your love, The radiance of your joy, The shining of your hope. Let your light shine on me. As the sun rises, Lord, Let your light shine on me. Your light to guide, Your light to lead, Your light to direct, Your light to brighten. Let your light shine on me.
– Found on: Power Lines: Celtic Prayers About Work by
David Adam