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!
Pre-Gathering Music: You Are Welcome here (by Wiley Beveridge)
-Michelle Currie & Jen Comeau
Gathering Music: When I Reach the Place I’m Going (by Emory Gordy Jr./Joe Henry) -Ada Goff
Welcome:
Call To Worship: Psalm 101
Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth.
Worship the Lord with gladness;
come into his presence with singing.
Know that the Lord is God.
It is the Holy One that made us, and we are God’s;
we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
and his courts with praise.
Give thanks to God, bless God’s name.
For the Lord is good;
God’s steadfast love endures forever,
and his faithfulness to all generations.
Opening Hymn: Where Is the Light (arr. Patricia Mulholland) -Patricia Mulholland/Jen Comeau & Members of the Union Church Choir
(CHORUS)
Where is the light?
Where is the light?
Where is the Light?
Oh! The light’s inside of me!
Opening Prayer:
Living God, we embrace your presence in our lives. Help us to grow stronger together in your garden of love. Plant us together in your peace. Root us together in your hope. Transform us together by your equal justice for all. In your loving presence, we pray. Amen.
Lord’s Prayer
Awakening: These Are the Times (by Jenniger Comeau) -Jen Comeau, Cheryl Sager, Neil Zweieg and Members of The Union Church Choir
(CHORUS)
These are the times we have been made for
Believe we’ve got wheat it takes
Join the river of unity to restore
Love and healing to the human race; love and healing to the human race
Readings: Psalm 95:1-2, Psalm 96:1-6, 11-13, Ephesians 5 (exceperts) -Maureen White
Music: Front Porch (by Joy Williams) Cheryl Sager & Neil Zweig
The Shelter of A Chorus (by Michelle Currie) -Michelle Currie & The Union Church Choir
(CHORUS) Sing, sing our song, Sing out loud and clear
Sing, about community
And the shelter of a chorus filled with You & Me!
Musical call to Prayer: (two times) Hush now in quiet peace, be still your mind at ease. The Spirit brings release, so wait upon the Lord. Michelle Currie
Prayers of the People
Silent Prayers Pastoral Prayer
Offertory: One Voice (by Barry Manilow) -Michelle Currie
Doxology: Praise God from whom all blessings flow, Praise God all creatures here below. Praise God above ye heavenly hosts, Creator, Christ and Holy Ghost. Amen.
Prayer of Dedication:
Closing Music: This Little Light of Mine/When the Saints Go marching In
Blessing: As we listen to the blessing of music,
we give thanks for the gifts of this day.
May the warmth of this community
sustain our hearts and encourage our minds,
as we engage the blessings of life’s challenges and joys.
The service has ended. Your service has begun
Go in peace. Go in joy. Go in love.
Postlude: Go In Peace