Clackamas United Church of Christ

Prelude - Jean HerreraWelcomePeace Candle - Raleen Hungate and Micheal GarciaAll: We pray for peace,In our hearts,In our homes,In our communities,In our nations,And in our worlds.Acts 8:26-39 Call to Action and Contemplation One: We come from many different places to gather today.All: For wide is God’s welcome, and you are welcome here.One: If you are young, or old, or in the middle, you are welcome here.All: No matter the shade of your skin, you are welcome here.One: If you are married, never married, widowed, or divorced, you are welcome here.All: If you are gay or straight, you are welcome here.One: If you are happy or sad, healthy or ailing, you are welcome here.All: If you are poor or rich, strong or weak, you are welcome here.One: If you need accommodations to participate in worship, you are welcome here.All: If you are transgender or cisgender, you are welcome here.One: If you believe in God some of the time, all of the time, or none of the time, you are welcome here.All: So come, let us worship our welcoming God.Passing of the PeaceSongOfferingPrayersSermon - Holy GlueBenediction

Welcome and AnnouncementsPrelude - Jean HerreraLighting of the Peace Candle - Melanie and CliffAll: We pray for peace,In our hearts,In our homes,In our nations,And in our worlds.Scripture: Isaiah 52:7-10; John 4:24-29Isaiah 52:7-10Call to Action and ContemplationOne: Isaiah proclaimed the salvation of all the earthAll: Let us participate in that salvation.One: Let us care for the earth.All: Let us seek to change systems that have damaged the earth, the climate, and the lives of people and creatures.One: For God so loved the world.All: Let us love the world and participate in the salvation of all the earth. Amen.Passing of the PeaceSong - Look at the WorldOfferingPrayersSermon: For the Salvation of the EarthBenedictionMay God bless you and keep you.May God’s face shine upon you and be gracious unto you.May God look upon you with kindness and give you peace.This day and forever more. Amen.

Welcome and AnnouncementsPrelude - Jean HerreraLighting of the Peace Candle - April and MichealAll: We pray for peace,In our hearts,In our homes,In our nations,And in our worlds.Scripture: Jeremiah 7:1-7; John 14:18-22Micheal: We gather today to share God’s love for all people…April/All: Outsiders and insiders.Micheal: Old-timers and new-comers.April/All: The young, old, and in between.Micheal: Nonbinary, transgender, female, and male April/All: Black, brown, Indigenous, Asian, or white.Micheal: Come as you are.April/All: For this is God’s house, a house of prayer for all people, and God welcomes us all. Amen.Passing of the Peace Song - They Will KnowInvitation to the Offering - AdamCommunity PrayersSermon: God is Wok: Prophetic Justice and Prophetic LoveBenedictionMay God bless you and keep youMay God's face shine upon you and be gracious unto youMay God look upon you with kindness and give you peace,This day and forevermore. Amen

Welcome and Announcements

Prelude - Jean Herrera

Lighting of the Peace Candle - Jessica and Cliff

Cliff/All: We pray for peace,

In our hearts,

In our homes,

In our nations,

And in our worlds.

Scripture - John 20:11-18

Song - Christ the Lord Is Risen Today

Call to Community

Cliff: Come to me, all you who sit in darkness

and in the shadow of death!

Jessica/All: The light shines on you!

Cliff: For Jesus Christ is the light of the world

and this is the story;

Jessica/All: The light shines in the darkness and the darkness could not put it out!

Cliff: Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the life. I am the bright and morning star.”

Jessica/All: We join with the angels in their hymns of praise;

Cliff: Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace, Alleluia!

Jessica/All: Christ is risen! He is risen indeed!

Passing of the Peace

Song - Christ the Lord is Risen Today

Offering

Prayers

Sermon: How to See the Resurrected Jesus

Benediction

May God bless you and keep you.

May God’s face shine upon you and be gracious unto you.

May God look upon you with kindness and give you peace,

This day and forevermore. Amen

Welcome - Adam Ericksen

Prelude - Jean Herrera

Peace Candle - April Ramhit and Cliff Rogers

Scripture: Matthew 21:1-11

Song - All Glory Laud and Honor

Call to Worship

One: Jesus was beloved by the poor and the outcast

All: but he was a threat to people with power.

One: Jesus stood against the Temple,

All: so he was a threat to the Sadducees.

One: Jesus healed on the Sabbath and ate with sinners,

All: so he was a threat to the Pharisees.

One: Jesus took the titles of “Lord,” “Son of God,” and “King.”

All: those were the Caesar’s titles:

he was a threat to the government.

One: Jesus came without violence

All: yet he disturbed the peace.

April: Jesus came proclaiming the Kingdom of God

All: and the kingdoms of this world were frightened.

One: Lord, help us to love your Kingdom

more than the kingdoms of this world.

All: For thine is the Kingdom,

the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

Passing of Peace

Song - Ready the Way of the Lord

Offering

Prayer

Sermon: Palm Sunday and Donkey Politics

Benediction

May God bless you and keep you.

May God’s face shine upon you and be gracious unto you.

May God look upon you with kindness and give you peace

This day and forever more. Amen

Prelude - Jean Herrera

Lighting of the Peace Candle - Micheal and Cliff

All: We pray for peace,

In our hearts,

In our homes,

In our nations,

And in our worlds.

Genesis 4:17-24 and Matthew 10:1-12

One: We come from many different places to gather today.

All: For wide is God’s welcome, and you are welcome here.

One: If you are young, or old, or in the middle, you are welcome here.

All: No matter the shade of your skin, you are welcome here.

One: If you are married, never married, widowed, or divorced, you are welcome here.

All: If you are gay or straight, you are welcome here.

One: If you are happy or sad, healthy or ailing, you are welcome here.

All: If you are poor or rich, strong or weak, you are welcome here.

One: If you need accommodations to participate in worship, you are welcome here.

All: If you are transgender or cisgender, you are welcome here.

One: If you believe in God some of the time, all of the time, or none of the time, you are welcome here.

All: So come, let us worship our welcoming God.

Passing of the Peace

Song - Blessed Be the Tie that Binds

Offering

Prayers

Sermon: God's Original Design for Marriage

Benediction

Welcome and Announcements

Prelude - Jean Herrera

Lighting of the Peace Candle - Micheal and Cliff

Scripture - I Kings 17:8-16 and Mark 8:6-10; 14-18

Call to Worship

Micheal: We come for a time of wonder.

Cliff/All: We come to see something bigger than ourselves.

Micheal: We come to see the God who inspires compassion and hospitality.

Cliff/All: We come to see the God who meets us in our hope and in our despair.

Micheal: Like God met the widow at Zarapheth with compassion,

Cliff/All: Let us meet one another with compassion. Amen.

Passing of the Peace

Song - Put Peace Into Each Other's Hands

Offering

Prayers

Sermon: Managing Anxiety - Pastor Adam

Benediction

Micheal: May God bless you and keep you.

Cliff: May God’s face shine upon you and be gracious unto you.

Micheal: May God look upon you with kindness and give you peace,

Cliff: This day and forevermore. Amen

-Numbers 6:24-26

Welcome and Announcements

Prelude - Jean Herrera

Lighting of the Peace Candle - Micheal and Melanie

Scripture - Joshua 6:15-25; Mark 7:25-30

Call to Worship

One: God calls us to love our neighbor as ourselves;

All: the one who is weak and the one who is strong,

One: the one who is happy and the one who is sad,

All: the one who is enjoying mental wellness today

One: and the one who is struggling with mental illness today,

All: the one we understand and the one we don’t,

One: the one who is embraced and the one who is shunned,

All: the one who is like us and the one who is different.

One: Come, let us worship together!

All: We come, trusting God’s abundant love! Amen!

Passing of the Peace

Song: Love Has Broken Down the Wall

Offering

Prayers

God’s Prostitute, Also Let’s Deconstruct the Biblical Conquest Narrative

Communion

Benediction

Welcome and Announcements

Prelude - Jean Herrera

Lighting of the Peace Candle - April and Cliff

All: We pray for peace,

In our hearts,

In our homes,

In our nations,

And in our worlds.

Scripture - Proverbs 28:20-25; Mark 7:1-15

Call to Worship

Cliff: To those who seek healing, Jesus says:

April/All: Come and receive God’s healing balm of love.

Cliff: To those who are hungry, he says:

April/All: “Come and eat! There’s more than enough for all!”

Cliff: To those who are thirsty, he says:

April/All: “Come and drink! It’s free for the taking!”

Cliff: To those who desire a more just and loving world, he says:

April/All: Let us work together for a better world. Amen.

Passing of the Peace

Song - Everything is Holy Now

Offering

Prayers

Homily - How Jesus Deconstructed Purity Codes

Benediction

Cliff: And now friends, let us join in the unison benediction:

April: May God bless you and keep you.

Cliff: May God’s face shine upon you and be gracious unto you.

April: May God look upon you with kindness and give you peace,

Cliff: This day and forevermore. Amen

-Numbers 6:24-26

Welcome

Prelude - Jean Herrera

Lighting of the Peace Candle - Cliff and Micheal

All: We pray for peace,

In our hearts,

In our homes,

In our nations,

And in our worlds.

Scripture - Judges 5:24-31 and Mark 6:21-29

Call to Worship

One: We gather today to share God’s love for all people…

All: Outsiders and insiders.

One: Old-timers and new-comers.

All: The young, old, and in between.

One: Nonbinary, transgender, female, and male

All: Black, brown, Indigenous, Asian, or white.

One: Come as you are.

All: For this is God’s house, a house of prayer for all people, and God welcomes us all. Amen

Passing of the Peace

Song

Offering

Prayers

Sermon: Dangerous Politics

Benediction

May God bless you and keep you

May God's face shine upon you and be gracious unto you.

May God look upon you with kindness and give you peace.

This day and forevermore. Amen