Meditation “Well, you see I have treated many old people and it’s quite interesting to watch what their conscious is doing with the fact that it is apparently threatened with the complete end. It disregards it. Life behaves as if it were going on and so I think it is better for old people to live on, to look forward to the next day as if he had to spend centuries and then he lives happily. But when he is afraid and he doesn’t look forward; he looks back. He petrifies. He gets stiff and he dies before his time, but when he’s living on, looking forward to the great adventure that is ahead, then he lives. And that is about what your conscious is intending to do.” Carl Jung 

Welcome/ Check in/Lighting of candles (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. 

Introduction of  Day of the Dead                Ms. Angela  Garcia-Sermono

Scripture Gospel of Matthew 5: 14-16 “You are the light of the world. You don’t build a city on a hill, then try to hide it, do you? You don’t light a lamp, then put it under a bushel basket, do you? No, you set it on a stand where it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, your light must shine before others so that they may see your good acts and give praise to your Abba God in heaven. " The Inclusive Bible: The First Egalitarian Translation"

Musical Response    This Little Light of Mine  

This little dream of mine, it’s gonna be my guide

This little dance of mine dancing with God all the time 

Reflection Preparing for our Death By Living in God’s Love   Rev. Bonnie 

Musical Response              Softly and Tenderly (see insert) 

Prayer   (In unison)    God of Love, we give thanks for all our ancestors and all those who have loved us into beings. We give thanks for the growth and learning to become more loving from our enemies. We give thanks Gracious God for your love. May we feel your love today in order to care and love our common home, Mother Earth and let our light shine now and in the resurrection of our souls with you. 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 Memories of our loved ones who have died and sharing about food they enjoyed. 

 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. 

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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 usually the Nov 24 before church

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