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SUNDAY, MAY 20, 2012
WE
GATHER IN GOD’S PRESENCE
PRELUDE Julia Penistan
WELCOME Rev. Rivkah Unland
LIFE AND WORK
OF THE CONGREGATION
CALL TO
WORSHIP:
One: God beyond all names and images,
All: we worship you
in faith.
One: God in the Christ
One with human face
All: we worship you
in truth.
One: God who moves, draws,
forms and enlightens our life,
All: we worship you
in Spirit.
God in relationship.
God the beginning and God the end.
You are God.
OPENING
HYMN: #315 (VU) Holy, Holy, Holy
OPENING
PRAYER
One: God, Holy Mystery,
All: You bind us to yourself this day,
God of seraphim and sinners.
You reach out to draw us ever closer,
that we might feel the brush
of your grace soft upon us,
that we might feel the healing touch
of your compassion resting gently within us.
You bind us to yourself this day,
Heir of Glory and Grace.
You keep us by your side,
that we might walk with you
through the streets of the kingdom,
bringing hope to the despairing,
offering consolation to the broken hearted,
sharing love with those tossed aside by the world.
You bind us to yourself this day,
Spirit of Justice.
You fill our hearts with living water
that they might overflow to parched people,
you teach us how to give ourselves away,
so we might take on the burdens of others.
We bind ourselves to you this day,
God in Community, Holy in One, Amen.
HYMN: #14
(MV) Where Two or Three
TIME WITH
THE CHILDREN
PRAYER
AND PRAYER OF JESUS
WE
LISTEN FOR THE WORD
ANTHEM: I Bind
Unto Myself Today VU
#317/318
SCRIPTURE:
Matthew 28:16-20
READING: (From: A
Song of Faith)
God is
Holy Mystery,
beyond
complete knowledge,
above perfect
description.
Yet,
in love,
the one
eternal God seeks relationship.
So God
creates the universe
and with it
the possibility of being and relating.
God tends
the universe,
mending the broken
and reconciling the estranged.
God
enlivens the universe,
guiding all
things toward harmony with their Source.
Grateful
for God’s loving action,
We cannot
keep from singing.
With the
Church through the ages,
we speak
of God as one and triune:
Father,
Son, and Holy Spirit.
We also
speak of God as
Creator,
Redeemer, and Sustainer
God,
Christ, and Spirit
Mother,
Friend, and Comforter
Source of
Life, Living Word, and Bond of Love,
and in other ways that speak faithfully of
the One on whom our hearts rely,
the fully shared life at
the heart of the universe.
We witness to Holy Mystery that is Wholly
Love.
MESSAGE: “The
Mystery of the Trinity”
WE
RESPOND TO THE WORD
HYMN: #268
(VU) Bring Many Names
OFFERING
OFFERING RESPONSE:
from #179
Hallelujah, hallelujah. Give thanks to the risen Christ;
hallelujah, hallelujah! Give praise to God's name.
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
CLOSING HYMN: #321 (VU)
Maker in Whom We Live
BLESSING AND SENDING
POSTLUDE
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