With our routines and world upended by the Shelter in Place Order that affects all of California, we are looking for ways to stay connected during a mandate to physically stay apart from one another. This is a continuation of our time together, even though we’re in different spaces.
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Opening Hymn • All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name
Gathering Prayer
Lay Leader: Mary Beth Harrison
Reading From the Hebrew Scriptures • 2 Kings 2:1-12
Lay Leader: Mary Beth Harrison
Tithes and Offerings
Checks can be mailed to:
Grace Community Church
C/O Rene Horton
P.O. Box 368
Auberry, CA 93602
Special Music • Listen — Mary Jo Renner
Second Reading • 2 Corinthians 4:3-6
Lay Leader: Mary Beth Harrison
Gospel Reading • Mark 9:2-9
Lay Leader: Mary Beth Harrison
Church at Prayer and The Lord’s Prayer
All are invited to email me prayer requests for next week’s prayer, or to get in touch any time during the week. We are in the midst of an unprecidented global event, and I am available as a compassionate ear if you find you need to talk through what’s going on.
Hymn • Transform Us
The Message • Hope Hilton, Guest Preacher
About Our Guest Preacher
Hope Hilton is a Member in Discernment in the Northern California Nevada Conference of the United Church of Christ, and is a Chaplain and Spiritual Care Counselor at Hospice East Bay. She was born and raised near Marysville, CA and studied psychology and religious studies before receiving her M.Div at Pacific School of Religion. She is “Stubbornly Methodist and UCC” and has served as Vice Moderator at First Congregational Church Berkeley, and is Moderator Elect—and is the first trans person to serve in both of those roles in her congregation.
Closing Hymn • Sent Forth by God’s Blessing
Liturgy adapted from Worship Ways.