Welcome/ Check in (How are you feeling?)
Sharing of Invitations (see back of the order of worship)
Reading of Church vision “12 Step Program for Ecologic Civilization”
Invocation in unison: Mother Earth, 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.
Musical Prayer Down to the Ocean to Pray Alison Krause
Scripture Gospel of Mary Magdalene‘We should clothe ourselves with the Perfect Human, acquire it for ourselves as Jesus commanded us, and announce the Good News, not laying down any other rules or law that differs from what Jesus said.” After Levi said these things, they started going out to teach and preach, the Gospel according to Mary Magdalene.The Gospel of Matthew 5:3-12 the BeatitudesWalk forth you whoare the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Walk forth you who mourn, for they will be comforted. Walk forth you who aremeek, for they will inherit the earth. Walk forth you whoare those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Walk forth you who are the merciful, for they will receive mercy. Walk forth you whoare the pure in heart, for they will see God.Walk forth you who are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. Walk forth you who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Walk forth you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you. (adapted from Jean-Yves Leloup’s translation and commentary of the Gospel of Mary Magdalene)
Reflection Walk Forth Rev. Bonnie Musical Response Wanting Memories by Sweet Honey and the Rock Refrain: I am sitting here wanting memories to teach me to see the beauty in the world in my own eyes.
Lectio Divina 1. What word or phrase catches your attention?
2. What does this have to do with your life today? 3. What is God calling you to do?
Prayer (In unison) God of Love, we give thanks for the wisdom teachings of Jesus and Mary Magdalene. May we walk forth in love and courage. We give thanks Gracious God for your love that enables us to love one another. May we feel your love today in order to care and love our common home, Mother Earth and all of creation. 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
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
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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.
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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?
Dec. 1st Thanksgiving Vegetarian Pot Luck Party and sharing of China and Korea trip after Taize
Dec. 15th 8 pm Blind Boys at the Belly Up order tix from Bonnie now!
$40 scholarships available
Christmas worship will be Dec. 22 at 5 pm with a vegetarian xmas tamale dinner
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
Digital Arts Team Meeting Nov 24 before church call Jamie for more info
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