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OPENING PRAYER Beloved Community Church Covenant

With the help of God
we will walk together
In the ways of Jesus,
creating a community
And striving for a world
where no one is an outcast
And no one is a stranger,
Where all people are celebrated
as precious children of God,
Where we joyfully share with one another
Hope for the living,
comfort for the dying,
Dignity for those in struggle,
And freedom to ask and to seek
and to grow more fully
Into the persons we were created to be.

CHIMING OF THE HOUR: Vincent Perry, Beloved Music Director

PRELUDE

WELCOME

OPENING SONG I’ve Got a Feelin’ AAHH #313 

I’ve got a feelin’ everything’s gonna be alright,
I’ve got a feelin’ everything’s gonna be alright,
I’ve got a feelin’ everything’s gonna be alright,
be alright, be alright, be alright.

The Holy Ghost done told me everything’s gonna be alright,
The Holy Ghost done told me everything’s gonna be alright,
The Holy Ghost done told me everything’s gonna be alright,
be alright, be alright, be alright.

PEACE AND GREETINGS                           

OFFERING Your offerings sustain the work of the church. If you are able, please make a contribution in the offering plate onsite or online (see QR code on the card in the hymn rack). You can also mail a check to the church or drop your offering in the Donation Box beside the EXIT door.

SONG OF PREPARATION Rev Dr Dollie Howell Pankey

SCRIPTURE The Inclusive Bible Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31

Doesn’t Wisdom call? Doesn’t Understanding raise her voice? On the hills along the road, at the crossroads, she takes her stand; beside the city gates of the town, in the gates themselves, she cries out, “Women and men, people everywhere, I ’m calling out to you! I cry out to all of humankind! 

“YHWH gave birth to me at the beginning, before the first acts of creation. I have been from everlasting, in the beginning, before the world began. Before the deep seas, I was brought forth, before there were fountains or springs of water; before the mountains erupted up into place, before the hills, I was born— before God created the earth or its fields, or even the first clods of dirt.

“I was there when the Almighty created the heavens, and set the horizon just above the ocean, set the clouds in the sky, and established the springs of the deep, gave the seas their boundaries and set their limits at the shoreline. When the foundation of the earth was laid out, I was the skilled artisan standing next to the Almighty. I was God’s delight day after day, rejoicing at being in God’s presence continually, rejoicing in the whole world and delighting in humankind.”

May we be blessed by the reading of this word. Amen

INTRODUCTION OF BELOVED COMMUNITY CORNER GROUPS AND LEADERS: Rev. Sonya Gravlee

The Firm Foundation Church, Rev Eva Melton
DSA Birmingham Mutual Aid Working Group, Taylor White and Jenny Machen
Community Education Resource Center (CERC)
The Abbey Breakfast Ministry, Chaplain Susan Oakes
Red Bird Produce (Casey will join us at Prayer and Potluck on 6.29.25)
Cha House Birmingham, Cierra Lober

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE We share prayers of joy and gratitude; prayers of concern or sorrow; and prayers for the world and its people. We end each prayer by saying, “This is my prayer,” and then together we affirm, “This is our prayer.”

CLOSING SONG New Name in Glory AAHH #593

I’ve got a new name over in glory,
and it’s mine, mine, mine!
I’ve got a new name over in glory,
And it’s mine, mine, mine!

I’ve got a new song over in glory,
and it’s mine, mine, mine.
I’ve got a new song over in glory,
and it’s mine, mine, mine!

I’ve got a new shout over in glory,
and it’s mine, mine, mine.
I’ve got a new shout over in glory,
and it’s mine, mine, mine!

BENEDICTION Rev Sonya Gravlee

POSTLUDE

Hymns from the African American Heritage Hymnal. Liturgy adapted from UCC Worship Ways and other sources. Scripture reading from The Inclusive Bible.