Singing #346                        “Come Sing a Song With Me”                 Carolyn McDade

Welcome  

Covenant                                  Love is the spirit of this church,

and reason is its guide.

To dwell together in peace,

to seek truth in freedom,

and to serve human need:

this is our covenant.

Sung Response                    May love shine forth through us today

May light of reason guide our way

May beauty, truth, and joy become

A flame that burns in everyone.

Invocation

Musical Response             “Reflection”  (Menuett en G Moll)                  G. F. Handel      

Story for All Ages          “The Curious Why” by Angela DiTerlizzi

Family Recessional      “This Little Light of Mine” (#118)

African American spiritual

We will exit through the back doors of the sanctuary to go downstairs. Parents are welcome to escort their children downstairs and attend Religious Education with them, as they wish. Children of all ages are welcome to stay in the service.

Offering                 “From Foreign Lands and People” (Kinderszenen)

Robert Schumann          

Readings/Stage-Setting                       

Rainer Maria Rilke, from “Letters to a Young Poet”

Testimony                                                                                                         Li M Blacker

Singing #112                                 “Do You Hear?”                                  Thorn/Hancock

Centering/Opening Hearts            

Anthem                               “Nimrod” (Enigma Variations)                       Edward Elgar

Message                                                Q & A                        Rev. Dr. Matthew Johnson

Singing #6                            “Just as Long as I Have Breath”           Carpenter/Ebeling

*Benediction and Closing Blessing                                                                                 Scott

“Go your way in peace,

Wander as you may;

Blessed is the path you take;

May love guide you on your way.”