Worship Service – October 11, 2020

The Building is Closed and the Church is Open

While we have restricted access to the building, Peace Church is very much open to ministry—working to respond to our own congregation, as well as the needs of our neighbors and community.  Please consider giving either to Peace Church general fund or the Gabriel Fund – which is used to meet the needs in the community.

We recognize that in this time, people’s financial situations may have changed. We ask you to prayerfully consider what you can give.  If you use electronic giving, we thank you for your constancy of support.  If you would like to give through our online form, we would be grateful. For all the contributions from our members and friends—whether financial, time, or prayer—we ask God’s blessings on those gifts that Peace Church may be healing balm in this time when we are living in our own Gilead.

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October 11, 2020  ⁂  10:30am

Liturgists
The People of Peace Church
Judy Hlina, ASL Interpreter
Phyllis Cook, Lay Leader
Jim Pospisil, Music Director
Nathan Holst, Faith Formation Minister 
Rev. Kathryn Nelson

Prelude    “Three Great Loves”

Announcements and Ringing of the Peace Bells 

God is Revealed as We Gather

Responsive Call to Worship

Awaken! This new day reveals itself, a day of new possibilities. Come, let us give thanks.
We give thanks to you, O God for one more day to experience the miracle of being alive
With every breath we remember that life is a gift, and we give thanks.
With every step we know the wonder of walking on your Earth, and we give thanks.
With every word we affirm God’s transforming love for each and every one of us, and we give thanks.
Holy One, through you all things are made new.  

Opening Hymn    “Touch the Earth Lightly”    (#569)

Responsive Prayer of Confession    from General Synod 30

Gathered here on this Holy Ground, the Psalmist reminds us that:
The earth is the Creator’s, and everything in it—this world and all who live in it.
We confess that many who have come before us misrepresented Holy Scripture in order to dispossess indigenous inhabitants of their homes and sovereignty; claimed divine authority to take these lands; and used treaties as tools of imperial exploitation.  They forgot, but we must remember:
The earth is the Creator’s, and everything in it—this world and all who live in it.
We confess that as present-day residents of our precious Mother Earth, we have not been faithful stewards of her care nor of the circle of life and all our relations, human and non-human. All Creation calls us to remember:
The earth is the Creator’s, and everything in it— this world and all who live in it.

Assurance of God’s Love

Story For All Ages

Stewardship Mission Moment:  “Love of Children”    Susan Larson Kidd

God is Revealed in the Word

God’s Word in the Hebrew Scriptures:  Exodus 32:1–14

Special Music    “Come with Me”     ~Waylon Jennings 

sung by Susan Larson Kidd, Patty Beech Dziuk, Katey Fornear, and Kelli Hallsten-Erickson

Sermon    “Divine Bovine”

Song    “Forgive Us Now” by Dave Brown

We Respond to God’s Presence

Sharing Our Prayer Concerns, Silent Prayer, Pastoral Prayer, the Lord’s Prayer and Choral Amen

Sharing Our Offerings

Offertory    “Crowded Table”    ~The Highwomen

The Thanksgiving    “Take My Gifts”   (#562, 1 vs) 

Prayer of Dedication

*Closing Hymn    “What a Friend We Have in Jesus”   (#506)

*Benediction 

*Postlude