Worship Roadmap - April 28, 2024
Updated: Tuesday, April 23, 2024 6:54:43pm
(Roadmap version: Draft
Pastor: Rev. Shavon Walker
Lay Reader: TBD, Song Leader: TBD
Lectionary Scripture: Acts 8:26-40; Psalm 22:25-31; 1 John 4:7-21; John 15:1-8;)
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Prelude
"Live in Charity"
Les Presses de Taizé
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Song: "All Are Welcome"
Song Leader: Please rise as you are able and sing our opening song.
Let us dream a home
where love can dwell
and all can safely live,
a place where
young and old can
tell how hearts
learn to forgive
Built of longings,
hopes and visions,
rock of faith and
vault of grace,
as we seek a way
to end divisions
All are welcome,
all are welcome,
all are welcome
in this place.
Let us dream a home
where prophets speak
with words so stong
and true,
where all God's children
dare to seek
a broken world made new.
Here the love of God
might teach us,
and reveal in time
and space
how we share
this common home
between us:
All are welcome,
all are welcome,
all are welcome
in this place.
Let us make a home
where all are named,
their songs and stories
heard,
and loved and treasured,
taught and claimed --
each verse and
every word.
Built of tears and
cries of laughter,
prayers of faith
and songs of grace,
may this home
proclaim from
floor to rafter:
All are welcome,
all are welcome,
all are welcome
in this place.
Marty Haugen; Words Copyright © 1994, 2022, Music Copyright © 1994 GIA Publications, Inc. All rights reserved, Reprinted under OneLicense.net A-726183.
Lay Reader: Call to Worship
Lay Reader: Please join me in our responsive Call to Worship.
Lay Reader: Call to Worship - responsive
One: Here in this place of worship,
with the congregation of the faithful,
All: we lay down our fears,
to boldly sing God's praise.
One: Here in the vineyard of the Lord,
with our siblings in Christ,
All: grandparents tell stories of faith
to little ones who they love.
One: Here where God waits to serve us at the Table:
All: we shall be so filled with love
that we will run to serve others.
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Lay Reader: Announcements
Please be seated.
Welcome to Campbell United Church of Christ!
We are an Open and Affirming congregation and
no matter where you are on your spiritual journey,
you are welcome here.
(raise Bulletin)
Please take the Bulletin insert home with you to remind you of upcoming events.
(highlight next week special events if any)
Lay Reader: Other Announcements
Lay Reader: Are there any other announcements?
Pastor: Passing of the Peace-Invitation
Pastor: Let us pass God’s blessing of peace among one another.
Pastor: Passing of the Peace
One: May the peace and joy of Christ be with you.
ALL: And also with you.
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Pastor: Passing of the Peace
Share a wave, elbow bump, or hug as you are mutually comfortable
Song: "One Voice"
Song Leader: Please remain standing or rise as you are able and sing.
Creator, we ask
of You this day
Come and heal our land
Knit our hearts together
That Your glory
might be seen in us
Then the world will know
That Jesus Christ is Lord
Let us be one voice
that glorifies Your name
Let us be one voice
declaring that You reign
Let us be one voice
in love and harmony
And we pray, O God,
grant us unity
Let us be one voice
that glorifies Your name
Let us be one voice
declaring that You reign
Let us be one voice
in love and harmony
And we pray, O God,
grant us unity
Now is the time
for you and I
To join our hearts in praise
That the name of Jesus
Will be lifted high
above the earth
Then the world will know
That Jesus Christ is Lord
Let us be one voice
that glorifies Your name
Let us be one voice
declaring that You reign
Let us be one voice
in love and harmony
And we pray, O God,
grant us unity
Let us be one voice
that glorifies Your name
Let us be one voice
declaring that You reign
Let us be one voice
in love and harmony
And we pray, O God,
grant us unity
Robert Gay; (c) 1989 Integrity's Hosanna! Music (Admin. by Capitol CMG Publishing (Integrity Music [DC Cook])) CCLI Song #12138 used under CCLI license #2541334
Song Leader: Prayer of Invocation
Song Leader: God of growth,
Teach us to love one another
with that passion which comes
from your overflowing heart,
so those around us will recognize
we are bound together by your love
not divided by our fears.
Teach us to offer forgiveness to those who hurt us,
offer peace to all filled with hate,
and hope to those burdened by despair.
In Jesus name.
Amen
Song Leader: Please be seated.
Lay Reader: Scripture
Acts 8:26-40
John 15:1-8
(NRSV)
Lay Reader: Scripture Reading: Acts 8:26–40 (NRSV)
Then an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” (This is a wilderness road.)
So he got up and went. Now there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of the Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, in charge of her entire treasury. He had come to Jerusalem to worship
and was returning home; seated in his chariot, he was reading the prophet Isaiah. Then the Spirit said to Philip, “Go over to this chariot and join it.”
So Philip ran up to it and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah. He asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?”
He replied, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to get in and sit beside him.
Now the passage of the scripture that he was reading was this: “Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter, and like a lamb silent before its shearer, so he does not open his mouth.
In his humiliation justice was denied him. Who can describe his generation? For his life is taken away from the earth.”
The eunuch asked Philip, “About whom, may I ask you, does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?”
Then Philip began to speak, and starting with this scripture, he proclaimed to him the good news about Jesus.
As they were going along the road, they came to some water; and the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is to prevent me from being baptized?”
He commanded the chariot to stop, and both of them, Philip and the eunuch, went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.
When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away; the eunuch saw him no more, and went on his way rejoicing.
But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he was passing through the region, he proclaimed the good news to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
Lay Reader: Scripture Reading: John 15:1–8 (NRSV)
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower. He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit.
You have already been cleansed by the word that I have spoken to you.
Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me.
I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing.
Whoever does not abide in me is thrown away like a branch and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.
If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples.
Lay Reader: Scripture Response
One: This is God’s self-revealing through the stories of our people.
All: Praise be to God.
Song: "To You, O God All Creatures Sing"
To you, O God,
all creatures sing,
And all creation, everything
sings your praises, alleluia!
Your burning sun
with golden beam,
Your silver moon
with softer gleam
Sing your praises,
alleluia, alleluia!
Your wind that
blows the tempest by,
Your clouds that
sail across the sky
sing your praises, alleluia!
Your morning
rises with a song,
and lights of evening
sing along,
Sing your praises,
alleluia, alleluia!
To you, O God,
day after day,
Your planet earth
in every way,
sings your praises,
alleluia!
As savory fruit
and fragrant flower
Show forth your
glory and your power,
Singing praises,
alleluia,alleluia!
Dale Bleam; Geistliche Kirchengesang; St. Francis of Assisi; William Henry Draper; Words: Public Domain ; Music: 2016 Broadman Press (Admin. by Music Services, Inc.) CCLI Song #7072138 used under CCLI license #2541334
Pastor: Message
"Embracing Inclusion: A Message of Love"
Rev. Shavon Walker
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Choir: Anthem
"Put a Little Love in Your Heart"
by Jimmy Holiday
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Pastor: Offering
Pastor: From you comes every gift we need, every blessing we have.
May we not hoard them for ourselves, but offer them back to you,
that the poor might be fed, the lonely befriended,
and the despairing be filled with hope.
While we do not pass the plates for our Offering,
we do have offering plates at the back rows of chairs as you enter the sanctuary.
Please feel free to place your offerings there.
We also have a secure way to give online by using our webpage at campbellucc.com/donate
Let us pause and reflect as you give your offerings.
(Ruth plays a short interlude)
Now let us sing our thanks for our blessings.
Song: "Doxology (Old 100th)"
Praise God from whom
all blessings flow;
Praise God
all creatures here below;
Praise God above
you heavenly host;
Creator, Christ and
Holy Ghost.
Thomas Ken; Word adaptations reprinted from Book of Worship, © 1986. Used by permission of the United Church of Christ Office for Church Life and Leadership
Pastor: Dedication of the Offering
Pastor: Loving God,
bless these gifts and all the ways in which we give.
May each of our gifts be a part of co-creating
and tending to the love, safety, belonging, and dignity
You envision for the world. Amen.
Lay Reader: Prayer for Transformation and New Life
Lay Reader: The seeds of grace, hope, joy, and love are planted deep with us,
so they can bear fruit in our lives.
But we resist staying connected to the Vine,
thinking we can flourish on our own.
Please join me as we pray, saying,
Lay Reader: Responsive Prayer
All: Mother of Compassion:
called to be one body,
we fragment ourselves into a million selfish pieces;
All: your children of love,
We look down on our sisters, brothers and siblings in Christ;
All: though your Perfect Love was broken for us,
we are sometimes afraid to give of ourselves to the world.
All: Abide in us, Vine Grower, so we may live boldly and love fearlessly, and proclaim Christ's good news
(Brief pause for silence and self examination)
Lay Reader: Words of Grace
Lay Reader: Do you feel it - there, deep down in your hearts?
God's love is alive, beating, breathing - in you!
Because God abides in us, we can live for others,
allowing God's love to bear fruit in us.
Thanks be to God, we are forgiven!
Amen.
Song: "Love Divine, All Loves Excelling"
Love divine,
all loves excelling,
Joy of heaven,
on earth be found,
Fix in us a humble dwelling,
All your faithful
mercies crown;
Jesus, you are
all compassion;
Pure, unbounded
love impart.
Visit us with your salvation,
Enter every
trembling heart.
Come, almighty to deliver,
Let us all
your life receive;
Suddenly return, and never,
Nevermore your
temples leave.
You we would
be always blessing,
Love you as your Angels love,
Pray and praise
for your unfailing,
Wounded arms
out-stretched above.
Finish, then,
your new creation;
Pure and spotless
may we prove;
Let us see
your great salvation
Perfectly restored
in you;
Changed from glory
into glory,
Till in heaven
we take our place,
Crowned as saints,
we ever shall be
Lost in wonder,
love, and praise.
Charles Wesley; Text: (c) 1995, Pilgrim Press, The , Reprinted under OneLicense.net A-726183.
Pastor: Prayers of the People
You are invited to share prayers of joy or concern. So that the people online may hear, please wait for the microphone to be brought to you before sharing your joy or concern.
Online people are invited to unmute and offer your prayers. You can also email your prayers for our community to prayerchain@campbellucc.org
Please let us know if you would like your spoken prayer to be distributed on the Prayer Chain email.
(Wait for prayers to conclude, then Pastor may re-voice offered prayers or proceed to Silent Meditation)
Pastor: Silent Meditation
Pastor: Let us keep those and our unvoiced prayers in mind as we listen for God in the silence that follows the ringing of the singing bowl.
(The singing bowl is rung.)
Pastor: Pastoral Prayer
Pastor: (use your own or embellish this)
Holy God, hear the prayers we have voiced and those that remain unvoiced in our hearts.
Bless us this day with lives filled with love, caring, generosity, and deep, abiding hope.
We pray that your kingdom will dwell among all people, and that we may be instruments of your love and your grace.
Holy Spirit, open our hearts with the joy of healing a world filled with brokenness and pain.
In the name of the one who taught us the ways of light and love, be in our very lives.
Amen.
Pastor: Let us now pray together the prayer that Jesus taught us:
Pastor: The Lord's Prayer
ALL: Our Father (God/Mother/Creator),
who art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
ALL: Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
ALL: Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors (sins/trespasses)
ALL: Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
ALL: For thine is the kingdom, and the power,
and the glory forever.
Amen.
(Pastor and Lay Reader move to the Communion table.)
Song: "We are the Branches"
We are the branches,
You are the vine.
We are the cup,
You are the wine.
You are the bread
that feeds our soul.
Fill us and
make us whole.
We are the branches,
You are the vine.
We are the cup,
You are the wine.
You are the bread
that feeds our soul.
Fill us and
make us whole.
Susan Hough; Campbell UCC
Pastor: Communion Invitation
Pastor: Friends, if your seeking has led you here,
if your weary heart followed breadcrumbs all the way to this sanctuary,
then I have good news:
you do not have to seek anymore.
This table is God’s Table.
So if you came here looking for justice,
then rest in the comfort that all will be fed here.
If you came seeking beauty,
then let your spirit marvel at the beauty of a community coming together.
If you came seeking a brush with the Divine,
then know that God is present in this ordinary meal.
So kick off your walking shoes.
Let your weary heart stop the search.
We are standing on holy ground.
This is God’s Table.
All are invited.
Come.
Pastor: Liturgy - lift hearts
One: Lift up your hearts.
All: We lift them to the Lord.
One: Let us give thanks to the Lord, our God.
All: It is right to give God thanks and praise.
Communion
Pastor: God of the lost and the found,
surely it is right for us to give our thanks and praise;
for day after day we look for you,
and day after day we find you:
in the laugher of children,
in the sun rising over the horizon,
in the flowers of spring.
Pastor: Our seeking does not go unanswered,
and for that we are grateful.
Lay Reader: So first and foremost, we come to you in prayer to say thank you,
for when we’re seeking beauty,
you give us mountains and freckles, green eyes and brown eyes.
When we we’re looking for reason to hope,
you give us rainbows after the storm, and candles flickering in the window.
When we’re seeking peace,
you give us three part harmony and the sound of the rain.
And when we’re seeking justice,
your life reminds us that everyone is welcome at your Table, and none shall be turned away.
Pastor: For all these reminders we are deeply grateful.
And yet, gracious God, our seeking does not stop.
For even though your fingerprints are all over this world,
we are not yet at your promised day.
Pastor: So in addition to our gratitude, we also pray today for conviction.
Do not let us get comfortable with half-hearted seeking.
Do not let us grow numb to the suffering of this world.
Make us relentless in our pursuit of justice—
relentless in our consoling of the grieving,
in our welcoming of the stranger,
and in the feeding of the hungry.
Pastor: Like a dog with a scent,
may we walk toward your kingdom,
never giving up, never wandering off the path.
Pastor: Communion
Pastor: Holy Mystery, God the Spirit,
we call on you to transform these familiar things,
as you continually transform the world around us.
Bless this bread and this cup,
the wheat and the grape,
the farmer and the harvest,
the seed and the sower.
So that in the sharing of these simple elements in community,
we may taste and see your goodness,
so that we might catch a glimpse of what it is to be in communion with you and with one another.
Through Christ, in Christ, and with Christ,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
all glory is yours, God most holy,
now and forever.
(The Pastor lifts and breaks the loaf)
(The Pastor lifts the cup)
Lay Reader: Communion
Lay Reader: We are called into community, so that we may become a gift to one another.
Friends, there are a lot of tables in this world, but there is none like this one.
We have a seat saved for you.
Come.
As you come forward, please use the hand sanitizer station.
We have both regular and gluten-free elements for you to use.
If you would prefer to be served in your seat,
stay put and we will come to you.
The Table is ready, Please come.
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Lay Reader: Communion
Please come forward
to receive the elements
(The elements are shared.
Lay Reader returns to seat after all are served.)
Pastor: Communion Blessing
Pastor: God of manna and mustard seeds,
we came to this Table hungry
and we leave feeling full—
full of hope,
full of promise,
full of what could be.
For we not only found glimpses of you at this Table,
but we caught a glimpse of the way things could be:
in a meal where all are welcomed and all are fed.
Is there anything holier than that?
So thank you for nourishing our curiosity
alongside our spirit and our conviction.
May we always seek you the way you seek after us.
With grateful hearts we pray, amen.
Song: "Sent Forth by God's Blessing" (NCH#76)
Song Leader: Please rise as you are able and sing our closing song.
Sent forth by God's blessing,
our true faith confessing,
The people of God
from this dwelling
take leave.
The service is ended.
Oh, now be extended
The fruits of our worship
in all who believe.
The seed of the teaching,
receptive hearts reaching,
Shall blossom in action
for God and for all.
God's grace did invite us,
and love shall unite us
To work for God's realm
and to answer the call.
With praise and
thanksgiving to God
ever-living
The tasks of our everyday
life we will face.
Our faith ever sharing,
in love ever caring,
Embracing God's children
of each tribe and race.
With your grace you feed us,
with your light now lead us,
Unite us as one
in this life that we share.
Then may all the living
with praise and thanksgiving
Give honor to Christ
and that name
which we bear.
Omer Westendorf; Text by Omer Westendorf © 1964, World Library Publications. Music by Leland Sateren, © 1972 Augsburg Fortress, Descant © 1993, The Pilgrim Press. Reprinted under One License.net A-726183
Pastor: Benediction
Pastor: Please join me in our responsive Benediction:
Pastor: Responsive Benediction
One: Go now, in the love of our God.
All: We will live for others through our God.
All: We will forgive others, just as we have been forgiven.
One: Go now, in the community of the Spirit.
All: We will serve others in every need,
in every place, in every heart.
One: Amen!
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Postlude
"I will Sing of your Love, Love, Love"
by Christopher Grundy
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Pastor: Rev. Shavon Walker
Lay Reader: TBD
Song Leader: TBD
Music Director: Ruth Huber
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Slides production: Ken True, Flo Galvez
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Liturgy adapted from: Service Prayers for the Fifth Sunday of Easter by Thom M. Shuman
© 2021 Thom M. Shuman, used with permission.
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Communion liturgy adapted from SEEKING LENT: A GENERAL COMMUNION LITURGY © 2014 The United Church of Canada/L’Église Unie du Canada. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike License. To view a copy of this license, visit
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