ReEventsonate for corporate worship through song, prayer, scripture and meditation March 14 at Community United Church SAC-u-lar Welcome and thank you for joining us for this evening of contemplative Christian meditation. When people of God join together in worship and thought we feel God's love RESONATE through the lives of all we are connected to and beyond. Some of these songs may be unfamiliar, or they may be times that you just want to listen or silently pray during this service. All of that is okay. You can't worship incorrectly. We invite you to join in with what you are comfortable with. We hope that through blessing you, you will become a blessing of Salt and Light to this community. PRELUDE WELCOME: HYMNS OF GATHERING: - Hymn of Joy [Verse 1:] Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee God of glory, Lord of love Hearts unfold like flowers before Thee Opening to the sun above Melt the clouds of sin and sadness Drive the dark of doubt away Giver of immortal gladness Fill us with the light of day [Chorus:] Rejoice, rejoice! Emmanuel Your love has come Here to dwell [Verse 2:] All Thy works with joy surround Thee Earth and heaven reflect thy rays Stars and angels sing around Thee Center of unbroken praise Field and forest, vale and mountain Flow’ry meadow, flashing sea Singing bird and flowing fountain Call us to rejoice in Thee [Verse 3:] Mortals join the happy chorus Which the morning stars began Father love is reigning o’er us Brother love binds man to man Ever singing march we onward Victors in the midst of strife Joyful music leads us sunward In the triumph song of life - Come Thou Fount, Come Thou King [Verse 1:] Come, Thou Fount of every blessing, tune my heart to sing Thy grace Streams of mercy, never ceasing call for songs of loudest praise Teach me some melodious sonnet sung by flaming tongues above Praise the mount, I'm fixed up, on it Mount of Thy re- deeming love [Verse 2:] I was lost in utter darkness 'til You came and rescued me I was bound by all my sin when Your love came and set me free Now my soul can sing a new song, now my heart has found a home Now Your grace is always with me And I'll never be a- lone [Chorus:] Come, Thou Fount, come, Thou King; Come, Thou precious Prince of Peace Hear Your bride, to You we sing, come, Thou Fount of our bless- ing Come, Thou Fount, come, Thou King; Come, Thou precious Prince of Peace Hear Your bride, to You we sing, come, Thou Fount of our bless- ing [Verse 3:] O, to grace, how great a debtor daily I'm constrained to be Let Thy goodness, like a fetter, bind my wandering heart to Thee Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, prone to leave the God I love Here's my heart, Lord, take and seal it Seal it for Thy courts a- bove - Brief Reflection from Philippians 4 GOD’S PRESENCE IN OUR PHYSICAL SURROUNDINGS: - Morning Has Broken (Gaelic Hymn/ Cat Stevens) ! - Sunshine On My Shoulders [Chorus:] Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry Sunshine on the water looks so lovely Sunshine almost always makes me high [Verse 1:] If I had a day that I could give you I'd give to you the day just like today If I had a song that I could sing for you I'd sing a song to make you feel this way [Verse 2:] If I had a tale that I could tell you I'd tell a tale sure to make you smile If I had a wish that I could wish for you I'd make a wish for sunshine for all the while - Everything Is Beautiful (Ray Stevens/ Lots of Other Hippie Cool Cats) [Opening:] Jesus loves the little children, All the little children of the world. Red and yellow, black and white, They are precious in his sight. Jesus loves the little children of the world. [Chorus:] Everything is beautiful in it's own way. Like the starry summer night, or a snow-covered winter's day. And everybody's beautiful in their own way. Under God's heaven, the world's gonna find the way. [Verse 1:] There is none so blind as he who will not see. We must not close our minds; we must let our thoughts be free. For every hour that passes by, we know the world gets a little bit older. It's time to realize that beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. [Verse 2:] We shouldn't care about the length of his hair, or the color of his skin. Don't worry about what shows from without, but the love that lives within. And we're gonna get it all together now; everything gonna work out fine. Just take a little time to look on the good side my friend, And straighten it out in your mind. - You Are The Sunshine of My Life (Stevie Wonder) [Chorus:] You are the sunshine of my life That's why I'll always be around, You are the apple of my eye, Forever you'll stay in my heart [Verse 1:] I feel like this is the beginning, Though I've loved you for a million years, And if I thought our love was ending, I'd find myself drowning in my own tears, [Verse 2:] You must have known that I was lonely, Because you came to my rescue, And I know that this must be heaven, How could so much love be inside of you? - Can You Feel The Love Tonight (Elton John) [Verse 1:] There's a calm surrender to the rush of day When the heat of a rolling world can be turned away An enchanted moment, and it sees me through It's enough for this restless warrior just to be with you [Chorus:] And can you feel the love tonight It is where we are It's enough for this wide eyed wanderer That we got this far And can you feel the love tonight How it's laid to rest It's enough to make kings and vagabonds Believe the very best [Verse 2:] There's a time for everyone if they only learn That the twisting kaleidoscope moves us all in turn There's a rhyme and reason to the wild outdoors When the heart of this star crossed voyager beats in time with yours MEDITATION THROUGH SONG: “A Case of You” (Joni Mitchell) WHERE IS THE LOVE: - The Rose (Bette Midler) Some say love, it is a river, that drowns the tender reed Some say love, it is a razor, that leaves your soul to bleed Some say love, it is a hunger, an endless aching need I say love, it is a flower, and you, its only seed Its the heart afraid of breaking, that never learns to dance Its the dream afraid of waking, that never takes the chance Its the one who won't be taking, who cannot seem to give And the soul afraid of dying, that never learns to live When the night has been too lonely and the road has been too long And you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong Just remember in the winter, far beneath the bitter snows Lies the seed, that with the sun's love in the spring becomes the rose - And So It Goes (Billy Joel) [Verse 1:] In every heart there is a room A sanctuary safe and strong To heal the wounds from lovers past Until a new one comes along I spoke to you in cautious tones You answered me with no pretense And still I feel I said too much My silence is my self defense And every time I've held a rose It seems I only felt the thorns And so it goes, and so it goes And so will you soon I suppose But if my silence made you leave Then that would be my worst mistake So I will share this room with you And you can have this heart to break And this is why my eyes are closed It's just as well for all I've seen And so it goes, and so it goes And you're the only one who knows So I would choose to be with you That's if the choice were mine to make But you can make decisions too And you can have this heart to break And so it goes, and so it goes And you're the only one who knows. - Hello (Lionel Richie) I've been alone with you inside my mind And in my dreams I've kissed your lips a thousand times I sometimes see you pass outside my door Hello, is it me you're looking for? I can see it in your eyes I can see it in your smile You're all I've ever wanted and my arms are open wide Cause you know just what to say and you know just what to do And I want to tell you so much, I love you I long to see the sunlight in your hair And tell you time and time again how much I care Sometimes I feel my heart will overflow Hello, I've just got to let you know Cause I wonder where you are and I wonder what you do Are you somewhere feeling lonely? Or is someone loving you? Tell me how to win your heart, for I haven't got a clue But let me start by saying I love you Hello Is it me you're looking for? Cause I wonder where you are and I wonder what you do Are you somewhere feeling lonely? Or is someone loving you? Tell me how to win your heart, for I haven't got a clue But let me start by saying I love you - Fields of Gold (Sting) You'll remember me when the west wind moves upon the fields of barley You'll forget the sun in his jealous sky as we walk in fields of gold So she took her love for to gaze awhile upon the fields of barley In his arms she fell as her hair came down among the fields of gold Will you stay with me, will you be my love among the fields of barley? We'll forget the sun in his jealous sky as we lie in fields of gold See the west wind move like a lover so upon the fields of barley.