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Hafiz, 14th c.  \nWe are living in a world that is absolutely transparent, and God is shining through it all the time.  \nThomas Merton, American Trappist monk, theologian, mystic, poet, social activist, d. 1968 It is your name that makes the cry a healing, it’s your mercy that guards the heart in the panic of yes and no. Let the heart speak to its friend, you who decipher the world to a child. Let the heart speak of the love that humbles it for wilder love, and let my whispered gratitude uphold me through this day. In the hopelessness of every other thing, you make your place, you strengthen your presence, and I ask to bow down before the lord of life.  \nLeonard Cohen, Canadian song-writer, poet and novelist, d. 2016  \nPrayer Candles: Is there a person or relationship that needs a prayer? Please come forward and light an individual prayer candle before our worship begins.  \nGreeting One Another in Peace and Friendship  \nWelcome and Announcements  \nThe Prelude Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing arr. Smith  \nThe Centering Silence  \nLighting the Candle of Common Good Matt and Nora Powers  \nOur church is part of a worldwide community seeking to articulate and reaffirm the common good. We know the Holy Spirit is acting to create this kind of world. Listening and learning are sacred duties in considering the spiritual, social and relational needs of others. May we be attentive to seeing and discerning what the presence of God is doing and to follow it and add to it without fear.  \nThe CUF Worship Team  \nThe Introit One Voice Ruth Moody  \nTricia Griffith, Jill Hoelzer, Brittney Smith , vocal  \n* The Gathering Hymn God, Who Stretched the Spangles Heavens \\# 651  \n* The Call to Worship S. Sledge, alt. Leader: The world is full of the grandeur of God. So dig deeply into the world. People: Lose yourselves in the fiery brushstrokes of a sunset.  \nLeader: Pay attention to a pebble, a leaf, a feather.  \nPeople: Let your eyes linger on the unfurling clouds.  \nLeader: Notice the way sunlight traces glory through the trees.  \nPeople: Celebrate a sliver of moon in a blue-black sky.  \nLeader: Roll the smoothness of a stone over in your hands.  \nPeople: Dip your bare fingers into the edge of a chilly winter stream.  \nLeader: Marvel at each apple, pear, plum, and pepper.  \nPeople: Take in the first flakes of a morning snowfall.  \nLeader: Stand stunned beneath the shifting shadow of an eclipse.  \nPeople: Give thanks for each spruce and cedar, oak and pine.  \nLeader: Turn over a rock to see what’s hidden beneath.  \nPeople: Use the lens of your soul to see a single square foot of earth.  \nLeader: Wonder over the artistry of a Chickadee ’s feathers.  \nAll: See that the Lord is good! Nothing is common.  \nBoundless wonder is everywhere.  \nPay attention! For you may see the infinite wonder of God.  \nThe Gathering Prayer Timothy Dudley-Smith, Hymnwriter, 20th c.  \nO God, the source of life and energy and abundance, defend our planet earth. Teach us to conserve and not to squander the riches of nature, to use aright the heritage of former generations, and to plan for the welfare of the children’s children. Renew our wonder, awaken our concern, and make us better stewards and more careful tenants of your world. Hear us. We beg you to never stop trying to reach us, O Creator of All That Is. Amen  \nThe Hebrew Scripture Exodus 34:29-35  \nThe Anthem The President Sang “Amazing Grace” Zoe Mulford  \nTricia Griffith, vocal  \nTime for the Child in Each of Us  \nSing Our Children to Sunday School (seated) Go Now In Peace \\#437(twice)  \nGo now in peace, go now in peace, may the love of God surround you everywhere, everywhere you may go.  \nThe Prayer Hymn (seated) When the Poor Ones \\# 662  \nThe Silent Prayer and Pastoral Prayer  \nThe Lord’s Prayer (unison) Jean Crane, St. Timothy’s, UK  \nOur Father who dwells within—All in All,  \nin you we live and move and have our being.  \nWholeness is your name. 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