Sunday Worship, May 7, 2023, 10:30 a.m.
“Transforming Ourselves: A 75th Anniversary Service”
- For this service, Rev. Bethany is curious to hear YOUR reflections on three questions
Worship Lead: Rev. Bethany Russell-Lowe
Worship Associate: Watercolor Golightly
Worship Leaders: Brian Moon, Jamili Omar, and Hangyu Bai
Our Order of Service:
- Welcome
- Rev. Bethany Russell-Lowe
- Prelude
- “Wonder of Wonders” — Desert Chorale
- Call to Worship
- Rev. Bethany Russell-Lowe
- Chalice Lighting
- Watercolor Golightly
- Hymn #1
- Brian Moon
- Joys and Sorrows
- Watercolor Golightly
- Prayer
- Rev. Bethany Russell-Lowe
- Hymn
- #123 Brian Moon
- Offering
- Watercolor Golightly
- Offertory
- Hangyu Bai
- Homily
- Rev. Bethany Russell-Lowe
- Anthem
- “A New Day” Desert Chorale
- New Member Recognition
- Jamili Omar and Judy Jessing
- Hymn
- Brian Moon
- Chalice Extinguishing
- Watercolor Golightly
- Postlude
- “Happy Birthday” Desert Chorale
Attributions:
- Prelude
- “Wonder of Wonders” by Randall Springer
- Chalice Lighting
- “On The Brink” by Rev. Leslie Takahashi
- Hymn #1
- “May Nothing Evil Cross This Door” #1 in Singing the Living Tradition
- Prayer
- “Welcoming the Ancestors” by Rev’s Christina Shu and Tera Landers
- Hymn #123
- “Spirit of Life” by Carolyn McDade, #123 in Singing the Living Tradition
- Offertory
- Homily Sketches excerpt from
- Wishful Thinking by Frederick Buechner,
- “Turning to One Another” by Margaret Wheatley
- Anthem
- “Benediction” by Georgeann Weaver
- Hymn
- “A New Day” by Agnes Paulsen
- Chalice Extinguishing
- “It Becomes More” by Rev. Amy Zucker Morgenstern
- Postlude
- “Happy Birthday”