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Rev. Barbara Gerlach will offer the welcome. Patrick Darling-LaGamma will call\u00a0us\u00a0to\u00a0worship. Michael Hopkins will share the poem &#8220;Mindful&#8221; by Mary Oliver. Reshmina William, Abigail Cipparone, and Michael Hopkins will offer special music with Ulung Tanoto. Casey Capsambelis and Kevin Anderson will serve as our scripture readers with focus texts from the 46th Psalm (God is our refuge) and Phlippians 4:4-13 (rejoice in the Lord always). Meditations on gratitude will be offered by Trevor Bakker, Abigail Cipparone, and Michael Enseki-Frank. Rev. Barbara will also lead\u00a0us\u00a0in the prayers of the people. Join\u00a0us!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join\u00a0us\u00a0at 10:30 in the sanctuary or\u00a0click here\u00a0to join\u00a0us\u00a0by Zoom on this Gratitude Sunday as our Young Adults lead\u00a0us\u00a0in\u00a0worship. Rev. Barbara Gerlach will offer the welcome. Patrick Darling-LaGamma will call\u00a0us\u00a0to\u00a0worship. 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