Meditation “The world will be saved by the western woman."
The Dali Lama 2009
Welcome/ Check in(How are you feeling?)
Sharing of Invitations (see back of order of worship)
Invocation 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. Chorus2.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
One Light, One SunRaffi 1. One Light, one sun, One sun lighting everyone, One world turning, One world turning everyone.2. One world, one home, One world home for everyone, One dream, one song One song heard by everyone. 3. One love, one heart, One heartwarming everyone One hope, one joy, One love filling everyone.
Passing of the Peace God Loves You and There is Nothing You Can Do About It
Prayer (in unison) Dear God, You who we call by many names, we come to experience the truth of our oneness and our interconnectedness with all life forms everywhere here in the beauty of the ocean. Please bless our small church that it may boldly walk to save our children with our mother bear instinct intact. May we dedicate our lives to the care of all children who are our own, as well as all living sacred creatures here on our common home Mother Earth. You the God of love, we come to pray and give thanks for the wonder of all nature that is alive and sacred. Thank you for every grain of sand on this beach, for every star in the sky and for every moment we are here together. May our church help to write a new religious story for our time including women in leadership, and may we dedicate our lives to care for all the earths children and all creatures everywhere. Fill our hearts with love we pray that we now that all that is alive is our neighbor. Amen
Please share what you are grateful for.
Musical Response Medley
Spirit of Life, Spirit of the Living God and Voice Still and Small
Spirit of the living God fall afresh on me. (repeat) Melt me, mold me, fill me, use me. Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me.
Prayer Requests (Please offer name and condition briefly.)
Prayer (in unison)Our Mother Father God who is within uswe 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 limitsand we let go. You support us in our power and we act with
courage.For you are the dwelling place within usthe empowerment around usand the celebration among usnow and forever. Amen
Scripture Gospel of Mary Magdalene (For anyone who have not received one please take a gift of the pink copy of the Gospel of Mary Magdalene)
“Peter responded, bringing up similar concerns. He questioned them about Jesus. “Did he then, speak with a woman in private without our knowing it? Are we to turn around and listen to her? Did he choose her over us?” ….Levi answered, speaking to Peter, “Peter, you have always been a wrathful person. Now I see you contending against the woman like the Adversaries. For if Jesus made her worthy, who are you then for your part to reject her? Assuredly, the Savior’s knowledge of her is completely reliable. That is why he loved her more than us.”
Reflection by Bonnie
Saving and Caring for Children in the Taize and Camphill Communities,
by Sir Nicholas Winton and now Church for Our Common Home
Musical Response Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child… a long way from home….
Sometimes I feel like I have no friend...a long way from home….
Sometimes I feel like I’m almost gone….a long way from home…
Scripture Gospel of Luke 10:25-37 The Inclusive new Testament and Rev. Bonnie’s translation
We will read two different versions and ask three questions.
1.What word or short phrase strikes you? 2. What does this have to do with your life? 3. From what I am learning from these scriptures what is God calling me to do, be or transform into?
Musical Response
Offering for church (We thank you for your support of this ministry)
Closing PrayerSt. 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
Musical Response This Little Light of Mine
Set those children free, they belong with you and me…..
This little dream of mine, it’s gonna be my guide….
This little dance of mine dancing with God all the time….
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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 pot luck dinner at the Mary Magdalene Café at the beach.
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 the Great Spirit. We celebrate the wisdom traditions from the East, West, indigenous peoples, new science as we study the teachings of Jesus, Mary Magdalene and the Bible and the newly found gnostic gospels.
Discussion about if we should move our worship in August after church
Invitation to become a memberof Church for Our Common Home, privileges and responsibilities--A Sacred Promise of Love. Please make an appointment with Rev. Bonnie whenyou are interested in membership.
Mary Magdalene Feast Day we will celebrate the entire month of July. We will show new movie Mary Magdalene some evening after pot luck and or anyone is welcome to borrow it and watch it on your own!
Sunday July 21 Bonnie will be in New York at Intentional Community Conference and may live stream worship 5 pm PST? Stay tuned.
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
Dream Circleevery first and third Sunday before worship 3-5 pm.
Committee on Ministrymeeting every third Sunday each month after dinner.NO MEETING IN JULY, next meeting August 18th7 pm ish after pot luck.
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Please call Rev. Bonnieif you would like a pastoral visit and/or if you would like to pray or if you have prayer requests. (858) 248-5123.
Church for Our Common Home, a church and counseling center.
A non-profit thatprovides artistic, religious and psychological services to awaken to the moral and ecologic crisis as an invitation for spiritual growth and creating loving community with all of creation, caring for our common home, Mother Earth.
Minister-Rev. Bonnie Tarwater, (858) 248-5123 Affiliate Community Minister of First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Diego revtarwater@yahoo.com.www.churchforourcommonhome.com
Director- Our Common Home Counseling CenterDr. Walt Rutherford
(858) 442-6272, walterrutherford44@gmail.com, services: Individual and Group therapy, Addiction Issues, PTSD, Spiritual Direction, Pastoral Counseling, Dream Honoring, etc.
Church and Bonnie’s home office 13014 Calle de Las Rosas, SD CA 92129
Walt’s new office 5405 Morehouse Drive #330 SD CA 92121 www.ourcommonhomecounselingcenter.com