In this Enews
- Worship Service with prayers, special music, sermon and communion. Zoom Communion Today, October 4, 10:45 am
- Adult Ed Class – Today, October 4, 11:00 am on Zoom “Our Unhoused Neighbors”
- Peace and Global Witness Special Offering
- Roofless Church 9:00 am on Sundays in October
- Wednesday Zoom Conversations – This week’s presenter - Mike Stone
- Patio Shower for baby Isla – Sunday Oct. 11
- Memorial Service for Binny Fischer – Oct. 24
- THANK YOU! Donations for helping those affected by fires in Sonoma
- Doing the Work: Confronting and Addressing Our Role in Systemic Racism
- Loving Our Neighbors – Pedal for Protein fundraiser
- Women’s and Men’s Book Groups
- Zoom gathering instructions - Sundays 11 am, Wed 12 pm, Thurs 10 am
- Supporting our church’s ministry and mission
Church Calendar - https://www.fpcsr.org/church-calendar
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Opening Music Baba Yetu by Christopher Tin
"Baba Yetu" means "Our Father" in Swahili.
This is a translation of the Lord's Prayer sung by
Stellenbosch University Choir, South Africa
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Service Video – Welcome, Reading, Special Music, Sermon and Communion
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Welcome Pastor Cynthia Cochran-Carney
Reading Table Blessing read by Sue Rostoni
To your table
you bid us come.
You have set the places,
you have poured the wine,
and there is always room,
you say,
for one more.
And so we come.
From the streets
and from the alleys
we come.
From the deserts
and from the hills
we come.
From the ravages of poverty
and from the palaces of privilege
we come.
Running,
limping,
carried,
we come.
……
We hold the seeds of healing,
we dream of a new creation,
we know the things
that make for peace,
and we struggle to give them wings.
And yet, to your table
we come.
Hungering for your bread,
we come;
thirsting for your wine,
we come;
singing your song
in every language,
speaking your name
in every tongue,
in conflict and in communion,
in discord and in desire,
we come,
O God of Wisdom,
we come
- by Jan Richardson janrichardson.com
Special Music Daniel Berkman, Kora
Scripture reading Psalm 107:1-9
Sermon A World Communion Cynthia Cochran-Carney
Click here for PDF of sermon
(video link listed at top of service)
Communion
You are invited to have your own elements of bread and wine or
beverage so you may participate
Also Zoom communion at 10:45 (log in info below)
Song We Are Marching in the Light of God – Siyahamba from Zimbabwe
Singers – Sandra Fisk, Leslie and Ralph Purdy, Martha Wall
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Offering Peace and Global Witness Special Offering
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Click here to donate on line or send a check to FPCSR
Closing Words
You were called to this table.
You were fed at this table.
You were united at this table.
Now, you are sent from this table
into all the world.
Go therefore into the world, with courage.
Set a place for all who hunger.
Fill the cup of all who thirst.
And as you go,
May the Spirit of power and love sustain you. Amen
- from PCUSA Peace and Global Witness offering worship resources
Closing Music Woyaya by Annie Masembe from Uganda
Music by band Osibisa. Virtual choir from Vermont
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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
One License #A-706502
Sunday, October 4, 11:00 am
Adult Education Class on Zoom
(log in info below)
Our Unhoused Neighbors: Updates, Challenges and Hope
Speakers: Rev. Marty Tracy, Chaplain, The Street Chaplaincy Nick Morris,
Executive Director, The Street Chaplaincy
Come hear about what has been happening during the pandemic. Marty Tracy, the new Chaplain with the Street Chaplaincy, will share with us (via video) what it’s been like serving our unhoused neighbors during the Pandemic. Since Marty works at the Marin Medical Center on Sundays, Nick Morris, Executive Director of the Street Chaplaincy, will be with us in the Zoom Room to answer our questions.
Peace and Global Witness Offering, October 4
On October 4 we will collect one of four yearly special offerings by the PC(USA). This offering enables the entire Presbyterian denomination to collaborate in proclaiming Christ’s peace. 50% of the offering goes to the work of the global mission agency, 25% to presbyteries and 25% for local congregations to engage in peacemaking and ministries of reconciliation.
PCUSA Peacemaking Project Virtual Choir Video “This is My Song”
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