Sunday, October 7, 2018
World Communion Sunday, October 7th, 2018
For Meditation and Reflection
“Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.” – Edgar Allan Poe
“I want my boys to have an understanding of people’s emotions, their insecurities, people’s distress, and their hopes and dreams.” – Princess Diana
“God can dream a bigger dream for me, for you, than you could ever dream for yourself.”- Oprah Winfrey.
Welcome and Announcements
A warm welcome is extended to all. No matter who you are, or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here in this safe and sacred place.
Call to Worship
Pastor: Here, in this space made sacred by our shared lives and our shared yearnings, may we find new courage, new generosity of spirit, forgiveness given and received, and rededication to the dreams and higher purposes of our lives.
People: Let us not add to the hopelessness that is in the world. But may wonder and adventure, curiosity and joy, live in us always.
Pastor: May there be aroused in us a determination that by the fuller living of our lives we might find the meaning that life is trying to teach us.
People: May we be filled with new passion, new resolve, to take the next step in our own lives and in the life of the Earth.
Pastor: The moments of worship quickly pass. May the little that we know become enough to guide us, while we seek for new wisdom.
People: What our prayers begin, may our lives continue. Welcome to worship.