Greeting

Hymn #324                     “Where My Free Spirit Onward Leads”

Carpenter/Williams

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.

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.

Call to Worship       

Invocation                                                                                                  Denise Levertov

Musical Response                 “Where Do We Come From?”                     Gaugin/Tate     

Story for All Ages                   “Noticing,” by Kobi Yamada

Children’s 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.

Offertory                                        “Morning Praises”                                           Shelton

Prayer & Meditation                “Mother’s Day Prayer”               Rev. Kathleen Rolenz                      

Testimony                                                                                                          Linda Kimel

Hymn #288                                    “All Are Architects”                Longfellow/Benjamin

Reading            From “Imagineering Soul,” by Rev. Christine Robinson

Anthem                                      “We Dare to Question”                                      Shelton

Message

Cowboy Churches and Wresting for Jesus: The Case for Religious Imagination

Rev. Bret Lortie

Hymn #317                               “We Are Not Our Own”                                Wren/Hurd

Benediction                                                                                               Richard F. Boeke

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.”