Safe Harbor or Challenging Cliff
What’s a Congregation?
Reverend Barbara Child
May 25, 2025
Welcoming
Ringing of the Church Bell
Affirmation of Faith
Love is the Doctrine of this Church,
The Quest for Truth is its Sacrament,
Service is its Prayer,
And this is our Covenant:
To dwell together in Peace,
To seek the truth in Love,
And to help one another.
Invitation
Rev. Duane Fickeisen
Prelude
Lighting the Chalice
We gather this hour as people of faith,
with joys and sorrows, gifts and needs.
We light this beacon of hope,
Sign of our quest for truth and meaning,
in celebration of the life we share together.
Aligning
Re-Covenanting
May we forgive ourselves and each other
and begin again in love
Greet Your Neighbor
*Opening Hymn
#389 - “Gathered Here”
Sharing of Personal Joys, Sorrows, and Milestones
Doxology
From all that dwell below the skies,
Let songs of hope and faith arise,
Let peace, good will on earth be sung,
Through every land by every tongue. Amen
*please rise in body and spirit ** words in insert
Exploring
Story
“The Creature of Habit” - Jennifer E. Smith
*Hymn
#318- “We Would Be One”
Reading
“Growing Up Safe” - Eudora Welty
Sermon
“Safe Harbor or Challenging Cliff: What’s a Congregation For?”
Integrating
**Offering
May’s Loose Change for Social Change will go towards FarmHer to Mama
**Announcements
*Closing Hymn
#128
Closing Words
Rev. Bruce T. Marshall
Postlude
Extinguishing the Chalice
May we continue to carry in our hearts
the light of truth
the warmth of community
and the fire of commitment
until we are together again.
