A Service of Remembrance for the Life of Guy Anthony Patrick

December 14, 1935 — January 2, 2021

June 26, 2021 2:00 pm Union Church

  Rev. Kent Gilbert, Pastor Bernardo Scarambone, Organist

Gathering Music

My Shepherd Will Supply My Need

On Eagle’s Wings

Be Not Afraid

For Everyone Born  

Welcome Rev. Kent Gilbert

Prayer

Hymn “Let Us Build a House” Marty Haugen

1 Let us build a house where love can dwell and all can safely live, a place where saints and children tell how hearts learn to forgive; built of hopes and dreams and visions, rock of faith and vault of grace; here the love of Christ shall end divisions: All are welcome, all are welcome, all are welcome in this place.
2 Let us build a house where prophets speak, and words are strong and true, where all God’s children dare to seek to dream God’s reign anew. Here the cross shall stand as witness and as symbol of God’s grace; here as one we claim the faith of Jesus: All are welcome, all are welcome, all are welcome in this place.
3 Let us build a house where love is found in water, wine and wheat: a banquet hall on holy ground, where peace and justice meet. Here the love of God, through Jesus, is revealed in time and space, as we share in Christ the feast that frees us: All are welcome, all are welcome, all are welcome in this place.
4 Let us build a house where hands will reach beyond the wood and stone to heal and strengthen, serve and teach, and live the Word they’ve known. Here the outcast and the stranger bear the image of God’s face; let us bring an end to fear and danger: All are welcome, all are welcome, all are welcome in this place.
5 Let us build a house where all are named, their songs and visions heard and loved and treasured, taught and claimed as words within the Word. Built of tears and cries and laughter, prayers of faith and songs of grace, let this house proclaim from floor to rafter: All are welcome, all are welcome, all are welcome in this place.

Reading Isaiah 25 Jane Miller

Sung Psalm 23         please sing when invited:

Shepherd me, O God, beyone my wants, beyond my fears, from death into life.

Reading       Romans 12 (Selections)  Kelly Mehler

Special Music         “Pie Jesu”  Andrew Lloyd Webber

Reading & Reflection            from Thomas Merton         Michael Rivage-Seul

Gospel Acclamation Alleluia!

Homily Rev. Kent Gilbert

Special Music     “Offering” Guy Patrick

Words and Music by Guy Patrick, John Wright Rios, musician

Take, O Lord, the springtime of my youth

Like the golden grains of wheat widespread

And the new green shoots of vine.

Take my youth filled life and joyful love of living,

And the promise of a future bread and wine.

Take, O Lord, the summer of my growing,

Like the tall green shafts of wheat

And all the flowers on the vine.

Take the love I shared and all the joys of loving,

And the vision of a future Bread and wine.

Take, O Lord, the autumn of my aging

Like the harvest of the vineyards

And the towering heaps of grain.

Take the mellow joys of labor and my suffering

And my patience with the growing gift of pain.

Take, O Lord, the winter of my dying

Like the fields and vines entombed in snow

With icy breath above.

Take my hopes and all my memories of living

And plant them in the sunshine of your love.

Take, O Lord, my everlasting spring time,

Where the golden wheat and purple grapes

Are ever young and new.

Take our glory as we gather round your table

To share this bread and wine again with you.

Words of Remembrance and Reflection Charlene Stone

Special Music “What a Wonderful World” written by Bob Thiele  and George David Weiss

Ringing the Peace Bell

Prayer

Our Lord’s Prayer

Our Maker, Our Mother and Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us; and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil: For thine  is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever and ever. Amen.

The Communion We Share The Enduring Eucharist   

Hymn #539  Won’t You Let Me Be Your Servant?     Servant Song

Prayer of Commendation and Release

Hymn Video My Life Flows On            Endless Song

Benediction

Postlude “How Can I Keep from Singing?” Variations