Let Go: Leaving Behind What We

Don’t Need Thursday Morning Worship

2016 General Conference of the Metropolitan Community Churches

SETTING THE SCENE

Letting go of the past requires deep trust in the God who has promised to be with us always. Our scripture this morning joins the Israelites crossing over the Jordan river into the promised land. There are those among us who know deeply and personally about crossing over - our transgender siblings. And they know that once the crossing over begins, there is a

letting go that needs to happen in order to move forward. They are Joshua for us. They are living testaments and can help us all know what it means

to cross over into deeper authenticity and life.

Introduction “Moving Forward”

ACT ONE

Opening Prayer

Unfold me… unfurl me…

untether me… uncurl me…

uncrease me… unwrap me…

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Opening Song “Hungerin’ in My Soul”

Welcome Marcia McFee & Jordan Decker:

“I Will Change Your Name/ How Could Anyone Ever Tell You”

ACT TWO

Ancient and Contemporary Proclamation of the Word Stories of Crossing Over

Joshua 3

“Beautiful Things”

You make beautiful things, You make beautiful things out of the dust.

You make beautiful things, You make beautiful things out of us. (B)

ACT THREE

Invitation to the Journey “Come To The Water”

All who are open to being publicly be thanked for their willingness to stand in the river of authenticity, identifying as transgender, gender-fluid, gender-free, gender-queer, non-binary or pan-gender, transitioned or not,

or any other trans-identifier are invited to come to the center of the congregation when invited.

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Offering for Rainbow Railroad

Offering Song “I Am Free”

Announcements

Closing Song Reprise “I Am Free”

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