Prelude: Sonata in C Major by Johann Pez (1664-1716) Gina Jenkins and Sonia Dunbar, recorders, Tom Anastasio, gamba, Hal, harpsichord; Rondeaux

Welcome & Announcements

Call to worship
One: We call upon the Holy One, who is near to us. We testify to your power to make your kindom known among creation.
Many: All your works shall give thanks to you, Holy One, and all your faithful shall bless you.

One: We speak of the glory of your miraculous acts, your abiding presence, and your abundant love.
Many: All your works shall give thanks to you, Holy One, and all your faithful shall bless you.

One: With justice and grace, with hope and mercy, with abundance and discernment, you sustain those in need, you uphold those who have been broken, and you satisfy those who seek a better way.
Many: All your works shall give thanks to you, Holy One, and all your faithful shall bless you.

Opening Prayer

*Gloria Patri   #36
Glory be to the Creator, and to the Christ and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning is now, and ever shall be, world without end.  Amen. Amen.

*Hymn: # 404 (Songs of Spirit) Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

Scripture: Ephesians 3:14-21

Anthem: “Laudamus te” (We Praise Thee) by A. Vivaldi, Mavis MacNeil and Keilah Ussi, soloists

Sermon: “Love that Surpasses Knowledge” by  Rev. Ed Sunday-Winters

A Time of Silence

Offertory

*Doxology
Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise God, all creatures here below; Praise God for all that love has done; Creator, Christ, and Spirit, One. Amen.

*Unison Prayer of Dedication
Sustaining God, receive our offerings and magnify them beyond our imagination for the benefit of your kindom, this ministry, and your creation. Cultivate a heart of generosity within us and enable us to witness the abundance that can be found in the fragments that remain as testimony to your power at work in us. Amen.

* Hymn: # 87 (Songs of Spirit) The King of Love My Shepherd Is

Prayers of the People and The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name,
thy kingdom come,
thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
and the power, and the glory,
forever.

*Hymn: # 425 (Songs of Spirit) O Love That Will Not Let Me Go

*Benediction

*Musical Benediction #174 (Songs of Spirit), Amen, Amen

Postlude: Sonata in C Major by Johann Pez (1664-1716), Gina Jenkins and Sonia Dunbar, recorders, Tom Anastasio, gamba, Hal, harpsichord; Aria, Minuet 1 and 2