Greeting

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

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          

Musical Response                    “We Shall Not Be Moved”

African-American spiritual, arr. Anderson

Story for All Ages     “The Day You Begin” by Jacqueline Woodson

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                                          “Interlude VIII”                                                 Hayes

Meditation

Testimony                                                                                                   Alexis Simmons                

Hymn #1053                                “How Could Anyone”                           Libby Roderick

Readings      The Danger of a Single Story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“Proof” by Cornelius Eady

Anthem                                                 “We Rise”                                                     Levine

Sermon     Let Your Motto Be Resistant: A Practice of Witness and Repair     

Rev. Joyce Palmer      

Hymn #169                                     “One More Step”                   Poley/Lewis-McLaren

Benediction                        

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.”