Welcome/ Check in/Lighting of candles (How are you feeling?) was
Sharing of Invitations (see back of the order of worship)
Reading of Church vision “12 Step Program for Ecologic Civilization”
Invocation in unison: Gracious Gaia, we come to honor you and say thank you. We ask in silence for your permission and blessing to worship God and you mother earth. SILENCE Amen
Our Dear, Dear Mother by Raffi
Our dear, dear Mother, daily provider, earth be your name. The time has come, to honor you, to know you and to show our love.” 1.You give us each day our daily grain, kissed by the sun and kissed by the rain. Teach us now to find a way to care for you in our work and play. Chorus 2.Within the beauty of your silent spin, we know you’re hurting and we feel your pain. With your forgiveness we can start anew. We need a chance to make it up to you. Chorus
Passing of the Peace God Loves You and There is Nothing You Can Do About It!
Musical Response Raffi Love is our mother tongue, ultimate freedom song,
On lips of old and young, the breadth of life begun. Love is our mother tongue, Gaia’s communion song, In every nation sung, in every heart reborn. Love is our mother tongue.
Scripture and readings and lyrics to music (see insert)
Reflection St. Francis St. Clare, Dogs and Black Birds Rev. Bonnie
Blessing of the Animals Sing, sing, sing of a blessing, (call and response)
Prayer (In unison) adapted Canticle of the Sun by St Francis
Dear God, We praise You, God for all Your creatures, especially for Brother Sun, who is the day through whom You give us light. And he is beautiful and radiant with great splendor, of You Most High, he bears your likeness.We praise You, Lord, for Sister Moon and the stars, in the heavens you have made them bright, precious and fair.We praise You, God, for Brothers Wind and Air, fair and stormy, all weather's moods, by which You cherish all that You have made.We praise You, God, for Sister Water, so useful, humble, precious and pure.We praise You, God for Brother Fire, through whom You light the night. He is beautiful, playful, robust, and strong. We praise You, God, for Sister Earth, who sustains us with her fruits, colored flowers, and herbs. We praise You, God, for those who pardon, for love of You bear sickness and trial. Blessed are those who endure in peace, by You Most High, they will be crowned. We praise You, God, for Sister Death, from whom no-one living can escape. Woe to those who die in their sins! Blessed are those that She finds doing Your Will. No second death can do them harm. We praise and bless You, God, and give You thanks,
and serve You in all humility. Amen
Prayer Requests (Please offer name and condition briefly.)
Prayer (in unison) Our Mother Father God who is within us we celebrate your many names. Your wisdom come, your will be done, unfolding from
the depths within us. Each day you give us all that we need. You remind us of our limits and we let go. You support us in our power and we act with
courage. For you are the dwelling place within us the empowerment around us and the celebration among us now and forever. Amen
Sharing love stories about animals
Offering for church
(Please make your tax deductible checks out to Church for Our Common Home and the basket is in the dining room.)
Closing Prayer St. Francis and St. Clare of Assisi Prayer
Make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; And where there is sadness, joy, And where there is sadness, joy, joy, joy. God grant that I may not so much seek; To be consoled as to console; To be understood, as to understand; To be loved as to love; For it is in giving that we receive, It is in pardoning that we pardoned. And it is in dying that we are born, to Eternal Life. Amen, Amen, Amen
Check out How are you feeling?
Benediction Blessing Song by Miriam Therese Winters
May the blessings of God go before you. May her grace and peace abound. May her spirit live within you. May her love wrap you round. May her blessings remain with you always. May you walk on holy ground.
Communion is our vegetarian pot luck dinner at the Mary Magdalene Café!
Invitations: Our current ecologic crisis is a call to awaken to the reverence of life and the truth that all nature is alive and sacred. As we witness the sixth extinction of life on earth, the only one created by us humans, we are invited to reclaim the ancient wisdom traditions. We are one organic, interspecies, interconnected whole. What we do affects everyone else. Every Sunday at 5 pm we acknowledge that we need one another more than ever before and commune with God called by many names. We celebrate the wisdom traditions from the East, West, indigenous peoples, new science as we study the teachings of Jesus, Mary Magdalene, the Bible and the newly found gnostic gospels.
Please consider another new source. Opednews.com
Advent Book Group My Xmas gift to you! During advent of The Wisdom Jesus by Cynthia Bourgeault 2nd and 4th Sunday 3-5 pm or on a Monday nights, in person or online for 8 meetings.
Nov. 3rd 5 pm Day of the Dead Worship Please bring photo of loved ones who have died and food they enjoyed to share.
Dec. 1st Thanksgiving Pot Luck Party and sharing of China and Korea trip after Taize
Dec. 15th 8 pm Blind Boys at the Belly Up order tix now!
Lectio Divina and Centering Prayer Contemplation of scriptures and Centering Prayer, an ancient Christian contemplative silent prayer practice, every Wednesday at 10 am.
Monthly Taize Chanting service first Sunday of every month.
Beach worship every second Sunday at La Jolla Shores Beach near life guard tower.
Prayer and Healing Service third Sunday of the month.
Dream Circle every first and third Sunday before worship 3-5 pm.
Committee on Ministry meeting every third Sunday each month 7 pm , and no meeting in September while Bonnie is in China.
Digital Arts Team Meeting usually the 4th Sunday after church and pot luck but has been moved to Dec. 1st.
Please call Rev. Bonnie if you would like a pastoral visit and/or if you would like to pray or if you have prayer requests. (858) 248-5123.
“Human Self-Destruction or Healthy Future? Might Whitehead Help?” Class that Dr. John B. Cobb Jr. Please join Rev. Bonnie Tarwater and Church for Our Common Home for an online class 10 weeks 9-11 am (PST) through the Claremont Institute for Process Studies, https://claremontprocess.org/ The church has paid and you are welcome to come to my house and enjoy one or all classes as my guest. Oct. 12 Freedom vs Determinism; Meaning vs Meaninglessness, Oct.19 Organism vs. Mechanism, Oct. 25 Community vs Competitive Individualism, Nov. 2 Nature as Having Value in Itself vs Nature as Only Resources for US, Nov. 9 The Priority of Experience over its Objects, Nov. 16 Experiencing as Synthesizing Relations, Nov. 23 Science and Religions, Nov. 30 God and Idolatry, Dec.7 Radical Religious Pluralism, Dec. 14 The Primacy of Love.