We are delighted to be worshipping together this morning. Our hope is that what we will glimpse the Divine and that what we experience here will support and encourage us in the work that is our to do this week.

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Order of Worship



WE GATHER: We Come, Honest and Afraid

Welcome

Call to Worship
         
Opening Hymn       “O Come, Take Heart”                         Bruce Linser

The Peace                                                                          Ginny   Somerville          

“We Light a Candle”

Lighting of the Candle of Peace                                  Ginny Somerville
                                                                                                   Jolynn Spangler
 
 

WE ARE STILL: We Make Room for the Holy to Break In

“Waiting”                                                                                       Bruce Linser  


         
 WE PROCLAIM: We Hear of God at Work In Hard Times

Song of Preparation                                                                 Bruce Linser

 Hebrew Scripture         Jeremiah 4:1-10                    Jolynn Spangler

“Show Up”    

Gospel Reading Luke 1:26-39                                         Jolynn Spangler

“Canticle of the Turning”                                              
               
Message          “Showing Up, Moving Forward”             Pastor  Jason


WE RESPOND: We Let Our Fear Fuel Compassion

Act of Hope “Blessed Are You – Signs of God With Us”
            Come  to the front; write a blessing on the wall to one another.

Prayers of the People 
Lord’s Prayer 
What We Offer
WE ARE SENT: We Insist on Hope Together
Closing Hymn “What Child Is This” (Stanzas 1,3)
Benediction 
Benediction Response
Postlude
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