Worship Guide:

Welcome and Land Acknowledgement


Call to Worship

     All: We Find Our Voices


Song: All Are Welcome


Lament & Protest


Song: Beautiful Things


Word: Psalm 139 & Matthew 5


Poetry


Prayer


Song: We Are a Rainbow


Final Blessing


Song: We Are Marching in the Light of God


Sending Words

     Leaders: Break the silence; love without limits.

     All: Thanks to God

All Are Welcome

Verse:

Let us build a house

Where love can dwell

And all can safely live

A place where Saints and children tell

How hearts learn to forgive

Built of hopes and dreams and visions

Rock of faith and vault of grace

Here the love of Christ shall end divisions


Refrain:

All are welcome, all are welcome
All are welcome in this place


Verse:

Let us build a house where prophets speak

And words are strong and true
Where all God's children dare to seek
To dream God's reign anew
Here the cross shall stand as witness

And a symbol of God's grace
Here as one we claim the faith of Jesus


Verse:

Let us build a house where love is found
In water, wine and wheat
A banquet hall on holy ground
Where peace and justice meet
Here the love of God, through Jesus
Is revealed in time and space
As we share in Christ the feast that frees us

Beautiful Things

Verse:

All this pain

I wonder if I'll ever find my way

I wonder if my life could really change, at all

All this earth

Could all that is lost ever be found?

Could a garden come out from this ground, at all?


Verse:

All around,

Hope is springing up from this old ground

Out of chaos life is being found, in you


Refrain:

You make beautiful things

You make beautiful things out of the dust

You make beautiful things

You make beautiful things out of us

We Are a Rainbow

Refrain:

We are a rainbow, sign of covenant and peace
For the flood of tears will finally cease to be
Come shine your rainbow, splash your hues across the sky
Paint the world in colors proud and bold and free


Verse:

We're the light of all the world, we are a city on a hill

We're a candle on a stand proclaiming light

We will not hide our lamp beneath a bushel any more

We will shine a ray of hope that's burning bright


Verse:

We're a coat of many colors, sewn from many different threads

Covering all in warmth, in welcome and in grace

God said "Let there be light", created every varied shade

In the rainbow each of us can find a place


Verse:

We are hope to still believe in tomorrow's better day

We are peace in a world that's torn apart

We are joy that will last in all the struggles that we face

We are love that blooms and grows in every heart


Verse:

When we face the storms of life, we will never be alone

For our God will be with us on the way

Hand in hand, side by side, we won't be frightened any more

As the mourning night of tears breaks into day

We are Marching in the Light of God

We are marching in the light of God...


We are singing in the light of God...


We are dancing in the light of God...


We are praying in the light of God...