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: Judith Bither
Welcome | Community Life | Passing the Peace | Invitation to Centering
Prelude | Don Main & Sharon Cooper
*Call to Worship | Thea Lawrence
Provocative and surprising is the God of resurrection!
How wonderful are the strange ways of God.
Making holy our sorrow...
God births life from death.
Disavowing power that threatens and destroys,
God is a force of justice, transformative and restoring.
The peculiar practices of God unsettle and confuse.
Whatever shape love will take, it is welcome in this place.
*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 | I Come with Joy
Red Book #617 - Sharon Cooper
Song | This Is Where Children Belong
Black Book #2233 - Sharon Cooper
Kids Connect |Pastor Jenny
Special Music | Don Main & Sharon Cooper
Sacred Story | Psalm 139 CEB
Thea Lawrence
Message | Pastor Jenny
Joys + Concerns | Pastoral Prayer + Lord’s Prayer | Prayer Song |
Open Our Eyes, Lord - Joyful Noise
Communion + Offering
Christ’s table is open to all. Gluten free bread & grape juice served.
*Song | Sent Forth by God’s Blessing
Red Book #664 - Sharon 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
Pastor Jenny's Last Sunday: All are invited to join us next Sunday, June 14, for Jenny's last Sunday as our appointed pastor. We'll enjoy cupcakes and time together after worship. Want to give a gift to Jenny? A love offering is being received along with notes of gratitude.
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!
morningsideumc.org | 503-364-5013 | Office is open Monday-Thursday from 9:00 – 2:00 pm
Pastor: jenny@morningsideumc.org
Office Manager: office@morningsideumc.org
Liturgist Coordinator: judithbither@gmail.com