May

17th

 

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ANNOUNCEMENTS | PRELUDE

                          WE GATHER

GATHERING SONG 

        “O For A World”

WELCOME – Callie Rivera

CALL TO WORSHIP – Larry Pitts

                    We gather today in the space between- between what has been and what will be, between endings and beginnings, between the familiar and the unknown. 

               God meets us in the waiting. 

                 Today we give thanks for our graduates, for the work they have completed, the growth they have experienced, and the future opening for them.

                God blesses every threshold.

                Like the first disciples, we may not know exactly what comes next. We may carry questions, hopes, worries, and dreams.

                     God is with us. The Spirit is near.

                 So come, all who are beginning again. Come, all who are uncertain. Come, all who are standing in the space between.

                We lcome to be formed for love, strengthened for courage, and sent toward community, justice, and peace. Amen.

            “Something Beautiful for God”

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WE LISTEN

HONORING OUR GRADUATES – Rev. David Wheeler & Callie Rivera

Xero Mauer, Theo Mauer, and Damesha Mejia

SPECIAL MUSIC

        “Forever Young“

PASTORAL PRAYER I LORD’S PRAYER – Rev. Wheeler

SERMON – Rev. Wheeler

“The Space Between“

“Acts 1:6-14”

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“John 17:11”

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WE FEAST

INVITATION TO COMMUNION – Rev. Wheeler

A GREAT THANKSGIVING

         One: God is with us.

          All: With us now and forever!

        One: So lift your hearts and voices.

          All: We lift then up to God!

       One: Let’s join in thanks and praise.

          All: How right it is to do this together!

WORDS OF INSTITUTION – Rev. Wheeler

PRAYER FOR THE BREAD AND CUP – Larry Pitts

 COMMUNION SONG

        “Room At the Table“

COMMUNION RESPONSE – Rev. Wheeler

Love has come. Love is here among us. Love will reign in fullness.

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WE RESPOND

MINISTRY CONNECTION AND OFFERING INVITATION – Callie Rivera

*DOXOLOGY

*OFFERING PRAYER – Larry Pitts

*BENEDICTION – Rev. Wheeler

CLOSING SONG

        “Something Beautiful For God“

POSTLUDE

*Please rise in body or spirit.

**All Communion bread is Gluten Free and Vegan