Veradale United Church of Christ
An Open & Affirming Congregation
Worshiping God in Christ – Welcoming All – Working for Justice & Peace
“No matter who you are, or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here!”
October 30, 2022 • 10:30am
10:20am Gathering & Prelude
Wayne Shull, Music Director • Charlie Salt, AV • Naomi Hanvey, Facebook Monitor • Scotty Patton, Zoom Monitor
Diane Smith, Acolyte • Marvin Wilson, Scripture Reader
10:30am Worship begins
God is doing a new thing . . . all the time!
All the time . . . God is doing a new thing!
Passing the Peace and Welcoming the Light Christ
Hymn: “Enter, Rejoice, and Come In”
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Enter, rejoice, and come in. Enter, rejoice, and come in.
Today will be a joyful day; enter, rejoice, and come in.
Open yourself to the song. Open yourself to the song.
Today will be a joyful day; enter, rejoice, and come in.
Open your hearts everyone. Open your hearts everyone. Today will be a joyful day; enter, rejoice, and come in.
Don’t be afraid of some change. Don’t be afraid of some change.
Today will be a joyful day; enter, rejoice, and come in.
Enter, rejoice, and come in. Enter, rejoice, and come in.
Today will be a joyful day; enter, rejoice, and come in.
The Community at Prayer
Sharing Prayers of Gratitude & Celebration
All: Be still and know that I am God. Be still and know that I am God.
Be still and know that I am God. Be still and know that I am God.
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Sharing Prayers of Concern
All: Be still and know that I am God. Be still and know that I am God.
Be still and know that I am God. Be still and know that I am God.
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Sharing Prayers Which Take Us Beyond Words Into Silence
All: Be still and know that I am God. Be still and know that I am God.
Be still and know that I am God. Be still and know that I am God.
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The Lord’s Prayer
(in the spirit of diversity, you are invited to use the words most familiar to you)
Response: “Four-fold Amen”
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A Time of Offering
An Invitation to Share
Dedication Hymn: “A Doxology”
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Praise God whose Light fills each new day, Whose Love we seek along the way,
Whose Spirit forms one family, Whose Presence leads to harmony. Amen.
Dedication Prayer
All: O God of Ongoing Transformation, you give us the gift of your Spirit
and you inspire us to become more fully who we are capably of becoming.
Empower us to reach out with our gifts and make a difference in the world. Amen.
Listening for God
Scripture
~ Isaiah 56: 1-8 ~
Thus says the Lord: Maintain justice, and do what is right, for soon my salvation will come, and my deliverance be revealed. Happy is the mortal who does this, the one who holds it fast, who keeps the sabbath, not profaning it, and refrains from doing any evil. Do not let the foreigner joined to the Lord say, “The Lord will surely separate me from his people”; and do not let the eunuch say, “I am just a dry tree.” For thus says the Lord: To the eunuchs who keep my sabbaths, who choose the things that please me and hold fast my covenant, I will give, in my house and within my walls, a monument and a name better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name that shall not be cut off. And the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord, to minister to him, to love the name of the Lord, and to be his servants, all who keep the sabbath, and do not profane it, and hold fast my covenant— these I will bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer; their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples. Thus says the Lord God, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, I will gather others to them besides those already gathered.
Pastoral Reflection: Radical Renewal: Singing a New Song
Silence for Reflection
Announcements
We Carry God’s Light Into the World God Loves
Hymn: “Restless Weaver”
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Restless Weaver, ever spinning threads of justice and shalom.
Dreaming patterns of creation where all creatures find a home.
Gathering up life’s varied fibers – every texture, every hue.
Grant us your creative vision. With us weave your world anew.
Restless Weaver, still conceiving new life – now and yet to be.
Binding all your vast creation in one living tapestry.
You have called us to be weavers. Let your love guide all we do.
With your Reign of Peace our pattern, we will weave your world anew.
Blessing for Departing
Closing Song: “In the Midst of New Dimensions”
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In the midst of new dimensions, in the face of changing ways,
who will lead the pilgrim peoples wandering their separate ways?
God of rainbow, fiery pillar, leading where the eagles soar,
we your people, ours the journey, now & ever, now & ever, now & evermore.
Postlude
You are invited to spend a few minutes in quiet reflection & allow the music to wash over you.