Fauntleroy Church, United Church of Christ

Sunday Worship - June, 07, 2026

Welcome to worship at Fauntleroy Church, United Church of Christ! We are so glad to have you with us today. Here are a few helpful notes and asks as you prepare to worship:

If you have a name tag in the wooden rack by the entrance, please wear it so others might know you by name. If not, let us know if you’d like one!
Mask-only designated pews are available at the back of the sanctuary, on the entrance side. We ask that all who sit there do wear a mask to honor the needs and comfort of others in that section.
Please remember to silence your cell phone during worship.
Our Sanctuary features a hearing loop system designed to enhance audio clarity for individuals utilizing hearing aids or cochlear implants. To connect, please adjust your device to the T-coil (telecoil) setting. Wireless receivers are also available at the rear of the Sanctuary.
Please be aware that we livestream our worship on our Fauntleroy Church YouTube channel. For the care and safety of children, our camera focus will be blurred during the Time with Children that recurs weekly. Parents should know that children still might momentarily be shown on our recordings if they come forward for music, communion or a role in leading worship.
If desired, Sunday school is available for ages four through eighth grade after the Time with Children (parent pick-up is on the fourth floor after worship).
If desired, childcare is available for babies through three-year-olds from the start of worship. Ask an usher to direct you to the childcare room.

*Asterisks invite those who are comfortable to please stand.

PRELUDE Mayumi Tayake

WELCOME Rev. Leah Atkinson Bilinski

OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGAGEMENT Lorrie Frost

*CALL TO WORSHIP (responsive) Julie Huff

Leader: Come, and worship God in song!

RESPONSE: ON KEY, OFF KEY, BEHIND-THE-BEAT, WHOLLY IMPERFECT BUT BEAUTIFUL TOGETHER,

Leader: Let inhibition melt away. Untether reservation. Quell voices in the mind disputing your ability, power and beauty. Let loose, and let God!

RESPONSE: MAY OUR STRIVING FOR HARMONY HERE GIVE US VISION AND BOLDNESS AS WE STRIVE FOR HARMONY IN OTHER SPACES.

Leader: In every shared note, every rise and fall, and every full chord,

RESPONSE: MAY WE FEEL THE SONG OF THE SACRED MOUNTING UP ON WINGS LIKE EAGLES,

Leader: And we are invited to ride bareback into the holy refrain of Christ’s vision for the Kin-dom revealed on earth.

RESPONSE: SING LOUD INTO THE WIND, PEOPLE OF GOD. SING FOR BEAUTY. SING FOR RESISTANCE. SING FOR CHANGE. SING AND WORSHIP!

*OPENING HYMN ROUND (see insert) Zachary Fitzgerald, Music Director

“I’m Gonna Sing” / “O When the Saints Go Marching In” / “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”

Text and melodies from American Folk Spirituals in Public Domain. Permission for sheet music usage given by totalchoirresources.com

A TIME FOR CHILDREN Rev. Karyn Frazier

SINGING TO THE CHILDREN OUT (children may leave for Sunday School if desired)

Go now in peace, go now in peace.

May the love of God surround you,

Everywhere, everywhere, you may go.

LIFTING OUR PRAYERS TO GOD Pastor Leah

THE LORD’S PRAYER (unison)

Our Father/Mother/Creator, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread,

And forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.

And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the Kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

“Requiem” by Eliza Gilkyson Fauntleroy Church Choir

A TIME OF SILENCE AS WE HOLD

THE BROKEN HEARTEDNESS OF THE WORLD

SCRIPTURE READING Isaiah 40: 28-31 and 41:1 Julie Huff

Have you not known? Have you not heard?

The LORD is the everlasting God,

The Creator of the ends of the earth.

God does not faint or grow weary;

The Divine’s understanding is unsearchable.

The Sacred gives power to the faint,

And strengthens the powerless.

Even youths will faint and be weary, and the young will fall exhausted;

But those who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength,

They shall mount up with wings like eagles,

They shall run and not be weary,

They shall walk and not faint.

Listen to me in silence, O coastlands;

Let the peoples renew their strength;

Let them approach, then let them speak;

Let us together draw near for justice.

“Draw the Circle Wide” Fauntleroy Church Choir

“Degaje” D.A.M. Ukulele Band

By Alan Claassen. Permission given by artist for use by Fauntleroy Church.

Degaje, Degaje. Somehow we will find a way, where there's no way, Degaje.

*PASSING THE PEACE (AND PRIDE) OF CHRIST Julie Huff

You will be invited to turn to your neighbors and greet them with the peace and/or PRIDE of Christ. You can say, “The peace and PRIDE of Christ be with you” or “Peace and PRIDE be with you!” A response can simply be “And also with you!”

*UNISON PRAYER Julie Huff

O God, the world is a lot these days. Our country is a lot these days. Life is a lot these days. We are tired, weak and worn. And when our personal lives bring sorrows all their own, we are overwhelmed.

And yet, when we gather to worship you in a space of circles-drawn-wide, with awe inspiring us, vision calling us, and “degaje” determination welling up, we are reminded: we are not alone, and we are formidable in our shared strength. We are builders of a movement, and the turn-the-world-upside-down love of Christ calls us forward. Lord, have mercy on this road that we must travel. Give us courage. Give us strength. Give us resolve. Give us beauty. Amen.

“Kyrie” Fauntleroy Acapella Ensemble

By Mr. Mister. Songwriters Richard Page, Steve George, John Lang. Permission granted for online use by Christian Copyright Solutions WORSHIPcast license No. 12825. Note: “Kyrie” means “Lord,” and “Kyrie eleison” means “Lord, have mercy” in Greek.

“Fired Up” Women’s Ensemble

Holly Near. Used with permission of Christian Copyright Solutions WORSHIPCast License No. 12825.

“Revolution” Pastor Leah, Sarah Ackers, Jacob Page, Lucian Smith, Zachary Fitzgerald and Mayumi Tayake on piano

Nina Simone. Permission of Christian Copyright Solutions WORSHIPCast License No. 12825.

INVITATION TO GENEROSITY Julie Huff

Through June our offering money will go to support sending local children and youth OUTSIDE our congregation to the YMCA’s Camp Colman or other Y camps (children of Fauntleroy Church already enjoy a legacy discount; our intent with this offering is to support children of the wider community who might not otherwise be able to benefit from Y camps).

If you would like to contribute to our church’s effort to support Y camp scholarships, you can do so in the following ways:

Simply place cash in the offering plate.

If you desire privacy, put cash inside one of the envelopes marked “Camp Colman Scholarships.” You should find these envelopes in the pew backs. If you leave the envelope unsealed, we’ll reuse it.

Put a check in the offering plate with “CAMP COLMAN SCHOLARSHIPS” on the memo line.

Put a check inside a “Camp Colman Scholarships” envelope with or without that memo line completed (the envelope itself will now indicate your intent).

You can also donate online at www.fauntleroyucc.org looking for the CAMP COLMAN SCHOLARSHIP box/button.

Any checks with incomplete memo lines that are also not inside a “Camp Colman Scholarships” envelope will be assumed intended for the church’s operating budget (but we prefer you indicating your intent on the memo line so we make sure your offering goes where you want it to go!)

Thank you for all the ways you give, including with your annual pledges. You sustain our church, our collective impact, and our voice in this world.

OFFERTORY “How I Long for Peace” Atit Marmer and Nancy Roberts-Brown

By Peggy Seeger. Used with permission of Christian Copyright Solutions WORSHIPCast License No. 12825.

Refrain:

O how I long for peace

Among the peoples and the nation

How I long to halt the plunder

Of the wonders of creation

O how I long for peace

Verses:

I cannot understand

How the sisters, wives and mothers

Cannot stop the slaughter

Of the husbands, sons and brothers

There never will be peace

Till men abandon fighting

As the way to deal with problems

That prevent us from uniting

The profits made from war

There's few that can resist them

Hypocrisy and greed control

The lifeblood of the system

The world can wait no longer

For political permission

Sit down, disrupt, do anything

To make the whole world listen

*PRAYER OF DEDICATION (unison) Julie Huff

O God, it is so deeply true: we do long for peace. We long for the same peace Jesus longed for – a peace that comes when love, justice, equity, grace and compassion abound. Bless now these gifts and the peace-building work to which they will be used. Amen.

*CONGREGATIONAL SONG “I Lift My Voice”

Words and music by Andrea Ramsey, included in The Justice Songbook. Permission granted for use.

When I lift my voice, let it be in song,

a defiant note in the face of wrong.

I won’t stand alone; we’ll stand side by side,

‘cause we know that love is always justified.

Refrain:

When they try to divide us, it will only unite us.

I will lift my voice.

When I lift my voice, let it be for good.

Let me care as much as I know I should.

I won’t stand alone; we’ll stand side by side,

‘cause we know that love is always justified. Refrain

*BENEDICTION Pastor Karyn

*“Let Everything That Hath Breath” Fauntleroy Church Choir

By Jeffery Ames. Used with permission of Christian Copyright Solutions WORSHIPCast License No. 12825.

Sing unto the Lord a new song.

Sing unto the Lord all the earth

Declare God’s glory among the nations.

Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord.

Magnify the Lord with me and exalt God’s name together

Hallelujah, bless God’s name for God is worthy to be praised.

Clap your hands all ye people. Shout with the voice of triumph!

For the Mighty Lord is great and greatly to be praised.

Let everything that than breath praise the Lord.

Come on and praise the Lord Let’s all praise God’s name.

Give him the highest praise. Praise God, the Lord

Praise God with the timbrel, praise God with the dance.

Stand up on your feet and just lift up holy hands.

Sing “Hallelujah” Praise God’s holy name.

For the Lord is worthy to be praised. Lets praise the Lord.

Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord.

You ought to praise God!

POSTLUDE Mayumi Tayake

OFFERING: If you did not bring an offering with you today, we invite you to give at www.fauntleroyucc.org

Thank you for considering how you can support the work of this congregation.

As an open and affirming congregation, the members and staff of Fauntleroy Church are committed to fostering community among people of all races, cultures, gender identities, and sexual orientations.

Leah Atkinson Bilinski, Senior Pastor

Karyn Frazier, Associate Pastor

Zachary Fitzgerald, Music Director

Mayumi Tayake, Accompanist

Sarah Ackers, Volunteer & Engagement Coordinator

Allen Lambert, Caretaker

Aimee Pinckney, Financial Assistant

Pat Gedney, Financial Assistant

Carol Gilderoy, Lead Sunday School Teacher

Carol Smith, Nursery Supervisor

Sebastian Dwyer, Nursery Assistant

Kyle Lorenzen, Office Manager & Worship Technician

Jackie Gould, Building Coordinator

Alfred Machacon, Event Coordinator

Thanks to the following volunteers, who make Sunday mornings happen:

Building Opener: Steve Garrett

Usher Team: Al Bernahl – captain, Paul Koppe, Elliot Sales, Glenn Seaverns

Greeter: Jackie Gould and Margie Huff

Sound Tech: Ben Ackers and Jennifer Vangolen

Nursery: Carol Smith and Sebastian Dwyer

Sunday School: Carol Gilderoy, Doug Gunwaldsen, Paul Levin, Ella Steen

Coffee Hour: Patty Bodzioch and Allison Wetzel

Opportunities for Engagement: Lorrie Frost