What does “Turn the Other Cheek” really mean? Or other of the aphorisms that Jesus is recorded as having told his followers two thousand years ago? Erik Gunn draws on the work of Methodist theologian and anti-apartheid activist Walter Wink in today’s service. [Image Credit: Wikipedia]
Worship Associate: Stephen Rich
The Share the Plate for Sunday January 5th and January 12th is EverStrong. EverStrong is the name for OutReach LGBTQ+ Community Center’s part of the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Project an initiative designed to reduce the number of youth experiencing homelessness. The Everstrong Drop-In Center is intended to help LBGTQ+ young adults resolve their homelessness by offering support in obtaining permanent connections, education/employment, stable housing, and social-emotional well-being.
Everstrong was nominated by Deb Myrbo.
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Order of Service
- Gathering Song “Come, Come, Whoever You Are” #188
- Welcome
- Prelude “Ya Tal3een” by Dana Salah arr. Jennifer Hedstrom
- Call to Worship
- Lighting the Chalice and Musical Response
- Centering in Beauty
- Shared Music “O Slowly, Slowly, They Return” #342 (gray hymnal)
- Time for All Ages “Peaceful Fights for Equal Rights” Written by Rob Sanders
- Shared Music “Do You Hear?” #112 (gray hymnal)
- Wisdom from the World’s Traditions
- Reading 1: Matthew, Chapter 5, verses 39-41
- Reading 2: Excerpt from: Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving The Bible Again, by Rachel Held Evans
- Reflection
- Offering “On Bended Knees” by H.T. Burleigh
- Joys and Sorrows
- Shared Music “Building A New Way” #1017 (teal hymnal)
- Extinguishing the Chalice and Benediction
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