Anthem New Every Morning Is the Love Gary James
New every morning is the love our wakening and uprising prove;
Through sleep and darkness safely brought, restored to life and power and thought.
New mercies, each returning day, around us hover while we pray;
New perils past, new sins forgiven, new thoughts of God, new hopes of heaven.
If on our daily course our mind be set to hallow all we find,
New treasures still, of countless price, God will provide for sacrifice.
Old friends, old scenes, will lovelier be, as more of heaven in each we see;
Some softening gleam of love and prayer shall dawn on every cross and care.
The trivial round, the common task, will furnish all we ought to ask:
Room to deny ourselves, a road to bring us daily nearer God.
Only, O Lord, in thy dear love, fit us for perfect rest above;
And help us, this and every day, to live more nearly as we pray.
Sheep May Safely Graze J.S. Bach
Flocks in pastures green abiding, safely with their Shepherd rest.
Cooled by waters gently gliding, flocks in pastures green abiding…
With the food of life he feeds them, to the fold he gently leads them,
There to dwell forever blessed.
September 3, 2023 Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost The Rev. Chrissy Westbury
“Know that I am with you and will keep you… I will not leave you until I have done what I promised you.”
Creative God, awaken your church in our city as we collaborate for the common good. Open our eyes and hands to people marginalized or voiceless. Help us live so that
our workplaces and neighborhoods know the beauty and power of your good news. Give us such passion for your love that we tell others and spread the glory of your peace. Amen.
Children’s Blessing
Children: You are loved!
Congregation: You are loved!
Children’s Blessing
Children: You are loved!
Congregation: You are loved!
You tilled the barrenness of chaos…
Therefore, with all those who have journeyed with you in every time and place,
we lift our glad cries of deliverance: Sanctus #569
"It’s the first recorded question Jesus asks his disciples, and I believe it’s a question for the ages. What are you looking for? In your heart, in your secret and quiet places, what are the hungers that drive you forward in your life of faith? Why do you still have skin in this game we call Christianity? As you say goodbye to an old year and welcome a new one,
what are you hoping for, asking for, looking for, in your spiritual life? Do you know?"
Debie Thomas, Journey with Jesus
"When Joseph awoke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him; he took (Mary) as his wife..." Matthew 1:24