April 13, 2025

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Boon Lin Ngeo

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Prelude: Debbie Deane

Chalice Lighting:

The chalice we light is a symbol of our faith.It binds us together as one people:a reminder that our strength is in our shared hope for the world,and that our common work is the creation of Beloved Communityamong ourselves and in the world.

Opening Hymn: Wake, Now, My senses SLT 298

Welcome & Announcements

Call to Worship:

Friends, we know what God desires of us:That we do justice, and love kindness, and walk humbly with God.We gather this morning to remind each other about that,To remember that now is always the right time to do these things.So with thanks in our hearts, let us worship God.

Prayer of Invocation:

First Sacred Reading John 15: 9-17

9 As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. 11 I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.12 “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.13 No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.14 You are my friends if you do what I command you. 15 I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing, but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father. 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name. 17 I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another.

Passing of the Peace

Sharing of Our Joys & Concerns

Prayers of the People/Pastoral Prayer

Offering & Doxology: We Give You But Your Own – NCH 785

We give you but your own, what e'er the gift may be; All that we have is yours alone, we give it gratefully

Second Sacred Reading: Sutta Nipata. 149-150

Just as a mother would protect her only child at the risk of her own life, even so, cultivate a boundless heart towards all beings. Let your thoughts of boundless love pervade the whole world.

Hymn of Reflection: Make Channels for the Streams to Love SLT 299

Sermon: Let’s Journey together from Fear to LOVE

Closing Hymn: Love will Guide Us SLT 131

Benediction: Rev. Dr. Boon Lin Ngeo

Postlude: Debbie Deane

All Souls Bethlehem Church

An Open and Affirming Congregation

Pastor: Rev. Dr. Boon Lin Ngeo

Ministers: All Members of ASBC

Minister Emeritus: Rev. Bill Nye

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