Welcome! We hope this feels like a space you can take a deep breath in. You are loved, just as you are. Full stop. We breathe in. And out. God’s love is here. May we practice love so we can embody Jesus’ love in our daily lives, relationships & justice work.
A Quiet Room is available for anyone with sensory needs or young children. Ask an usher at the back of the sanctuary and they’ll point you toward the Quiet Room.(*) You are invited to rise in body or spirit
Altar: Anni Powell
Welcome | Community Life | Passing the Peace | Invitation to Centering
Prelude |Do Not FearThe Many
*Call to Worship | Carmel Edwards
Community of faith, let us gather our courage
In God’s company, we can do hard things
Brave things
Beautiful things
Risky and transformative things
God is with those who journey toward freedom
For the sake of collective life
For the sake of disrupting evil
For the sake of the human soul
God calls us and God accompanies us
Let us worship and be encouraged
*Vision of Faith
We are all God’s People! We are called by Christ to ministries of love, justice and reconciliation with our church, community and world!
*Song |The Gift of Love – Red Book #408Sharon Cooper
Song | This Is Where Children Belong – Black Book #2233 Sharon Cooper
Kids Connect | Pastor Jenny
Sacred Story | Isaiah 43:16-21 CEB Carmel Edwards
Message | The God of In-Betweens Lux Nissila
Special Music | All Belong Here by The ManyAaron Smith
Joys + Concerns | Pastoral Prayer + Lord’s Prayer | Prayer Song | More Like You – Black Book #2167Sharon Cooper
Offering + Prayer
Delivering One, we long to rise to our full potential, our sacred purpose, our collective possibility. Every day, domination systems aim to wear us down. They limit our dreaming. They usher us into the false safety of despair. We are here, seeking another route. Bless these offerings to our earnest pursuit of a holier way. Amen.
*Song |Draw the Circle WideSharon Cooper
*Benediction | Pastor Jenny
Postlude | Sharon Cooper
You’re invited to say hello after worship and enjoy coffee and snacks. Take a left and then a right as you leave the sanctuary to enter Herrmann Hall.
Community Notes
Children + Youth: All children & youth are invited to Sunday School following Kids Connect during the service. After worship, their adults can pick them up upstairs in the youth room.
Connect: When and if you feel ready to explore more, we’d love to hear more of your story and help you find a place to make friends and grow in faith. Contact Pastor Jenny!
Special Charge Conference: Next Sunday, May 3, after the service in the Fireside Room. Join us as we approve Rev. Karen’s compensation. Church council meeting to follow.
morningsideumc.org | 503-364-5013 | Office is open Monday-Thursday from 9:00 – 2:00 pm
Pastor: jenny@morningsideumc.org
MusicCoordinator: sharon@morningsideumc.org
Faith Formation Coordinator: julie@morningsideumc.org
Office Manager: office@morningsideumc.org
Liturgist Coordinator: judithbither@gmail.com