Comfort the Afflicted
Afflict the Comfortable
Sunday, May 18, 2025, 10:25 am
Online on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/738363620
Passcode: BUF
Zoom by phone, for audio only: (346) 248-7799
Meeting ID: 738 363 620
Passcode: 306220
Welcome Rev Paul Beckel
Prelude
Chalice Lighting Steffany Raynes
Covenant
Love is the spirit of this fellowship and service gives it
life. Celebrating our diversity and joined by a quest for
truth, we work for peace, and honor all creation.
This is our Covenant.
Singing Together #1000, Morning has Come
Children’s Focus The King’s Problem, by BUF Religious Explorers
Children’s Blessing
We hold you in our love as you go, as you go. May
your heart be at peace as you go. To nurture the spark
of your precious life, we hold you in our love as you go.
Announcements
New Member Ceremony Krystal Jones, Jenny Harrington, Linda Twitchell
Congregational Response
We will, joyfully. We will try to be our best selves with you, while listening
closely to know who you are. We will offer you here a place of rest and solace…
and endless opportunities to learn and to serve. We will accept responsibility for
our own actions, strive to practice forgiveness, and expect you to do the same.
Present Time Visualization Ahwren Ayers
Reflections
Interlude These 3 Words (by Stevie Wonder),
Ben Workman Smith
Social and Environmental Justice Collection
Michelle Harmeier for the Bellingham Queer Collective
Sharing our Gifts
Singing Together #1028, The Fire of Commitment
Benediction
Circle ‘Round
Afterward
If you’re with us on Zoom today, please stay after the service for our online coffee hour. If you’re here in person, please join us downstairs for coffee and conversation. Visitors: you may wish to use a red cup — then we’ll know you’re open to a bit of orientation.
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