In this Enews
• Worship Service with prayers, special music, and service video
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Opening Music God of the Sparrow, Care for Us by Craig Courtney
Lyrics by Jonathan Cook
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Service Video – Welcome, Reading, Song, Scripture, Sermon
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Welcome Pastor Cynthia Cochran-Carney
Reading “A Blessing with Roots” read by Dave Berta
Tug at this blessing
and you will find
it is a thing
with roots.
This is a blessing
that has gone deep
into good soil,
into the sacred dark,
into the luminous hidden.
It has been months
since the ground
gathered the seed
of this blessing
into itself,
years since the earth
enfolded it.
Sometimes
that’s how long
a blessing takes.
And the fact
that this blessing
should finally show
its first fruits
on the day
you happened by—
well, perhaps we shall
simply call the timing
of this ripening
a mystery
and a sweet grace.
Take all you want
of this blessing.
Take every morsel
that you need for
the path ahead.
Let its fruits fall
into your hands;
gather them into
the basket of
your arms.
Let this blessing
be one place
where you are willing
to receive
in unmeasured portions,
to lay aside
for a moment
the way you ration
your delights.
Let yourself accept
its inexplicable plenitude;
allow it to give itself
to sustain you
not simply for yourself—
though on this bright day
I might be persuaded
to think that would
be enough—
but that you may
gather its seeds
into yourself
like the ground
where this blessing began
and wait
with the patience
of seasons
and of years
to bear forth
in the fullness of time
a stunning harvest,
a plenteous feast.
- by Jan Richardson, the paintedprayerbook.com
Special Music Foday Kabba – National Anthem of Gambia
Daniel Berkman, Kora
Scripture verses Jeremiah 17:7-8, Ephesians 3:17
Sermon Spiritual Redwoods: Rooted and Grounded Cynthia Cochran-Carney
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Song Celtic Alleluia by Fintan O'Carroll and Christopher Walker
John Steiner and Cynthia Cochran-Carney
Refrain
Alleluia, alleluia. Alleluia, alleluia.
Now with the strength of your Word, send us to be your disciples, to bring all the world to the joy of your kindom. (Refrain)
Now make us steadfast in faith, joyful in hope of Christ's coming,
and by unity let your love fill our lives. (Refrain)
Closing Words
Love wholeheartedly.
Be God’s people in our fragmented world.
Live knowing you are rooted and grounded in love.
Go in peace.
Amen.
Postlude Dona Nobis Pacem
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Online Service Production Team
Martha Wall, John Steiner, Alan Choy and Cynthia Cochran-Carney
Filming & Video Production – Karyn Kleinman
Songs included in this service are covered by streaming copyright license
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