june 28,2026

Guest Preacher: Raquel Irizarry

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Prelude:    Richard Harper

Chalice Lighting:  A Beacon in Chaotic Times by Steven Winters-Bona

We light this chalice during chaotic times.

I invite you to allow its light to guide you—to bring you to a place where you feel balanced and present.

Let it remind you to feel your breath,

to surround yourself with the things you cherish,

lead you to remember one of your happy places.

Let it help you release the things you cannot control,

and remember that you are not alone—that we are all connected,

and all working to be a beacon of light in this chaotic time.

Carry this light with you—not in your hands, but in your words,

in your invitations,

in your willingness to begin.

Opening Hymn:     Sweet, Sweet, Spirit       NCH 361   

Welcome & Announcements

Call to Worship:   From UUA Worship Words

We bless this space and each other with our intention for connection.

May this truly be a sanctuary that radiates with the warmth of relationship.

May it be a place that nurtures and sustains human kinship,

Offering shelter and comfort, and creating bonds of affection and care.

May it provide opportunities for collaboration and interfaith work that does not end at these walls, but reaches out into the larger community and world.

May we be woven ever more artfully and lovingly into the interconnected web of life of which we are all a part.

CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE

We bless this sanctuary as a place of love and peace.

Prayer of Invocation:   

Modern Testimony:  Thank You Friend by Grace Noll Crowell

I never came to you, my friend,

and went away without

some new enrichment of the heart;

More faith and less of doubt,

more courage in the days ahead.

And often in great need coming to you,

I went away comforted indeed.

How can I find the shining word,

the glowing phrase that tells all that

your love has meant to me,

all that your friendship spells?

There is no word, no phrase for

you on whom I so depend.

All I can say to you is this,

God bless you precious friend.

Grace Noll Crowell. "Thank You Friend." Family Friend Poems, https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/thank-you-friend-by-grace-noll-crowell

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

 Ancient Testimony:     Matthew 10:40-42 New International Version

40 “Anyone who welcomes you welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. 41 Whoever welcomes a prophet as a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever welcomes a righteous person as a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward. 42 And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones who is my disciple, truly I tell you, that person will certainly not lose their reward.”

Hymn of Reflection:      What Wondrous Love is This     NCH #223            

Sermon:       Divine Hospitality

Closing Hymn:    God’s Eye is On the Sparrow      NCH #475                  

Benediction:                           Raquel Irizarry

Postlude:                                Richard Harper

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 

First Time Visitor?  

Please sign our red Guest Book (located near the entrance)

and be our guest at the gathering following the service!

Interested in “Official” Church Membership?  

Please speak with Council President Raquel Irizarry about our next New Member gathering!  

An All-inclusive, Welcoming Community of Faith

born from the traditions of the:

Disciples of Christ - www.Disciples.org

United Church of Christ - www.UCC.org

Unitarian Universalist Association - www.UUA.org 

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