5/29 - The Opposite of Addiction Is Connection + Memorial Day (Romans 7:15-8:2 - " For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing")

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ORDER OF WORSHIP HIGHLIGHTS

LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT:

PRELUDE : TBA

GATHERING HYMN "Gather Us In" :

ANTHEM "Turn The World Around" by Harry Belefonte & Robert Freedman, arr. Larry Farrow:

CONTEMPORARY READING The Twelve Steps :

SPECIAL MUSIC "Goin' Home" by Antonin Dvorak Megan O'Toole, soprano and Dr. Marc Dickey, organ :

SCRIPTURE Romans Chapter 7 verse 15 to Romans Chapter 8 verse 12:

SERMON Rev. Tom Emanuel - The Opposite Of Addiction Is Connection :

OFFERTORY : TBA

SENDING HYMN "We Are Called"

POSTLUDE : TBA

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