Welcome!
Please join us for Sunday Service, September 15th at 9am and 11am
"Resisting Christian Nationalism"
Rev. Monica Dobbins
Service will be live-streamed on Zoom (the zoom link is on the front page of the website)
Coffee Hour in Eliot Hall, will follow each service.
Order of Service
Special thanks to our guest musicians Reese and Liam Harper.
- Ringing of the Bell
- Prelude: “Sunday Morning” – improv as played by Reese Harper, piano
- Introit: #188, “Come, Come, Whoever You Are” – words adapted from Rumi (1207-1273); music by Rev. Lynn Ungar (American, b. 1963); led by Rev. Monica Dobbins
- Welcome & Announcements – Rev. Monica Dobbins
- Chalice Lighting – Rev. Monica Dobbins
- Opening Hymn: #113, “Where Is Our Holy Church?” – words by Edwin Henry Wilson (American, 1898-1993); music: Genevan Psalter (1551), adapt. by William Crotch (English, 1775-1847)
- Lay Minister: Henry Whiteside
- Interlude: "Six Petits Duos, Op. 48", by Ignaz Pleyel (Austrian, 1757-1831) – Liam Harper, violin; accompanied by Reese Harper, piano
- Meditation – Rev. Monica Dobbins
- Meditation Response: “Where Is My Mind?” by Frank Black (American, b. 1965) – Reese Harper, piano
- Song of Gratitude: #1010, “We Give Thanks” – words & music by Wendy Luella Perkins (Canadian, b. 1966); led by Rev. Monica Dobbins
- Offertory – Rev. Monica Dobbins
- Doxology
- From all that dwell below the skies
- Let hymns of faith and hope arise
- May peace, good will on earth be sung
- Through every land by every tongue
- Amen
- Sermon: “Resisting Christian Nationalism” – Rev. Monica Dobbins
- Closing Hymn: #134, “Our World Is One World” – words & music by Cecily Taylor (English, 1930-2018)
- Benediction – Rev. Monica Dobbins
- Postlude: “A Walk in C” – improv as played by Reese Harper, piano