May 25, 2025

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Boon Lin Ngeo

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Prelude:    Debbie Deane

Chalice Lighting:    

We light our chalice as a symbol of the Light within usand the life that flows through the world around us.It is our beacon as we search for truth.It is the warmth in our hearts for love.And it is the energy that propels us to action.May we be kindled by our time together.

Opening Hymn:   I know Who Holds Tomorrow     

Welcome & Announcements

Call to Worship:  

We are gathered to worship our God.Send your Spirit upon us.We come from many places, with many burdens.Send you Spirit upon us.We turn our hearts to you, O God.Send your Spirit upon us, and make us your beloved family.

Prayer of Invocation:   

First Sacred Reading:    Genesis 2:15-24

  15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden, 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die.”18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper as his partner.” 19 So out of the ground the Lord God formed every animal of the field and every bird of the air and brought them to the man to see what he would call them, and whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. 20 The man gave names to all cattle and to the birds of the air and to every animal of the field, but for the man[a]there was not found a helper as his partner. 21 So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. 22 And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. 23 Then the man said,

“This at last is bone of my bones    and flesh of my flesh;this one shall be called Woman,    for out of Man this one was taken.”

24 Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh.

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:   Vimalakirti Nirdesha Sutra 2

The body of Buddha is born of love, patience, gentleness, and truth.    

Hymn of Reflection:     Holy Spirit Come to Us

Sermon:   God’s Love is the Love that Respects

Closing Hymn:        I want Jesus to Go with Me        NCH 490

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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