Order of Meeting for Summer Service of 6 August 2006

"Evidence of Things Not Seen"

David Mix Barrington

Welcome and Announcements Patti Benson

Prelude: Wings of a Dove Ferguson

(recorded by Nanci Griffith and Lucinda Williams)

Lighting of the Chalice

*Hymn: O God Our Help in Ages Past #281

*Opening Words (unison) #504

*Hymn: Old Hundredth

From all that dwell below the skies

Let songs of hope and faith arise

Let peace, goodwill on earth be sung

Through every land, by every tongue.

De todos bajo el gran sol

Surja esperanza, fe, amor

Verdad, y belleza cantando,

De cada tierra, cada voz.

Community Greeting

Offertory: What a Wonderful World Weiss-Thiele, arr. Drumm

Karl Drumm, piano

Meditation (from the hymnal, #639)

Interlude: From a Distance Gold, arr. Drumm

DAMB, vocal, Karl Drumm, piano

Readings: from _The End of Faith_ Harris

Interlude: The 23rd Psalm McFerrin

The Ad Hoc Choir

Sermon: Evidence of Things Not Seen David Mix Barrington

*Hymn: Every Night and Every Morn #17

*Closing Words (unison) #420

Postlude: Echoes Williams

(recorded by Dar Williams)

The musical selections include some of my favorite songs taking comfort in a divine presence.

Thanks to Karl and to the Ad Hoc Choir (especially its ad hoc conductor, Flora Majumder) for pulling the music together on rather short notice.

I've discussed the material of this sermon with many people, most notably Brit Albritton and the Rev. Jennie Barrington.

Thanks to them, and of course I accept full blame for my conclusions.