Prelude Adagio molto from Piano Sonata Op. 10, No. 1 by Ludwig Van - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Prelude Adagio molto from Piano Sonata Op. 10, No. 1 by Ludwig Van Beethoven

Call to Worship

Most patient God: Hold your laughter yet a little while, long enough for us to learn the richness and the grace in the neighborhood (and the self) where we already are, in our own light, sitting to pray.

Opening Hymn SPP #13 Love and Justice

Love and justice, peace and pow'r, show us how to live each hour, raise us up and set us free, show us how to live and be. Love and justice, peace and power, challenge us to give each hour, raise us up and set us free, help us be all we can be .

Tell your neighbors, tell your friends, here's a place hope never ends. Love and justice, peace and power, God is with us in this hour! God is with us in this hour! God is with us in this hour!

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Unison Prayer

How often, how disconcertingly often, O God, we beseech you for what lies at the tips of our fingers: light we think we don’t have; a kinder kin-dom we pine for; a courage we already possess; forgiveness we already own; a peace we could attain if we only stopped running – and talking;

a music we could hear if we turned off the gadgets; a love we could claim if we only said, “I love you,” first to ourselves; a human economy we could build for everyone, by settling for enough, each one of us;


 a politics of civility which could be ours by honoring the common-weal, the common good; a prayer of genuine confession we could make, by whispering, “This much I have done or not – this different Way I will set out to live.

Assurance of God’s Love

Passing of the Peace

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Gospel Reading Mark 4:35-41

Musical Praise True Colors by Cyndi Lauper

Provocation If we only said, “I love you,” first.

Hymn NCH #553 There is a Balm in Gilead

Refrain: There is a balm in Gilead, to make the wounded whole, there is a balm in Gilead, to heal the sin-sick soul. Sometimes I feel discouraged, and think my work’s in vain, But then the Holy Spirit revives my soul again.

Refrain: There is a balm in Gilead, to make the wounded whole, there is a balm in Gilead, to heal the sin-sick soul. Don’t ever feel discouraged, for Jesus is your friend, who, if you ask for knowledge, will never fail to lend.

Refrain: There is a balm in Gilead, to make the wounded whole, there is a balm in Gilead, to heal the sin-sick soul. If you cannot preach like Peter, if you cannot pray like Paul, You can tell the love of Jesus, who died to save us all.

Refrain: There is a balm in Gilead, to make the wounded whole, there is a balm in Gilead, to heal the sin-sick soul.

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Prayer for Others and Ourselves

The Prayer of Jesus

Invitation to Give

Offertory Paul's Theme from A Chorus Line

We praise thee, O God, our Redeemer, Creator; in grateful devotion, our tribute we bring. We lay it before thee, we come and adore thee, We bless thy holy name, glad praises we sing. Amen

Closing Hymn NCH #488 Be Still, My Soul

Be still, my soul: for God is on your side; bear patiently the cross of grief or pain; Leave to your God to order and provide; in every change God faithful will remain. Be still, my soul: your best eternal friend through thorny ways leads to a joyful end. .

Be still, my soul: for God will undertake to guide in future days as in the past. Your hope, your confidence let nothing shake; all now mysterious shall be clear at last. Be still, my soul: the waves and winds still know how Jesus’ power ruled them long ago.

Be still, my soul: the hour will soon be here when we shall be with God whom we adore, with disappointment gone, no grief nor fear, sorrow replace with joy forevermore. Be still, my soul: when change and tears are past, all safe and blessed we shall meet at last.

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Announcements

Benediction and Sending Forth

Choral Blessing

Postlude You’ll Never Walk Alone (When You Walk Through a Storm)