June 24, 2015
This coming Sunday Lakeshore’s youth will lead the worship service. This will be a service of song and testimony, highlighting the youth-written book “Hymns of Our Faith.” In this book, the teens interviewed members of Lakeshore about their favorite hymns, spiritual songs and worship music, and then wrote up these reflections. Excerpts from the book will be shared, and the service will celebrate a breadth of sacred music that shapes our common faith. Pastor Tanner will also offer a meditation on Psalm 23, one of the musical selections featured in “Hymns of Our Faith.”
Following coffee hour, the forum will be an opportunity to sing hymns that are meaningful to you and share more testimonies about the power of the many hymns and spiritual songs that shape our faith. You will also be able to purchase an autographed copy of “Hymns of Our Faith” at the Forum.
Prayers of the Congregation
- Sheryl and Dave Gattey as they mourn the death of Sheryl’s mom and travel to the memorial service for their nephew
- Our nation as it mourns the death of nine beloved persons at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC
- The mourning families of the students who died in the balcony collapse in Berkeley
- Europe as is struggles to respond in human and just ways to thousands of immigrants crossing the Mediterranean
- The members of American Baptist Churches USA congregations as they gather for the biennial Mission Summit in Kansas City
- Kay Baxter for Stacey, Jamie and herself
- Myra Saxton and Lucille Riggins as they mourn the loss of a longtime friend
- Sandra Dunn as she cares for her father
- Connie Hector as she cares for her family
- Mary Karne for her daughter, Maryla
- Helen Harrison for baby Branson Phillips and family
- All who are traveling
- Continued thanksgiving with Gail Carter
- Alice Butler for Ricky and Jill
- Rowena Jackson for the mentally ill, especially those who are homeless
- Doris and Ted Evans for themselves and their extended family
- Larry Sims for his family
- Alean Saunders-Coffey for her family
- Ann Fields for her family
- Cordia Lee for Elysse, Alta Bates Summit Hospital and herself
- Daphne Chin for her sister-in-law, Lena
- The Meads family for Jean and Alice
- Mary Lee and neighbors upon the sale of their apartment building
- Thanksgiving that Darlene Scott continues to gain strength
- Thanksgiving for the renewed efforts to end the use of the Confederate flag by state and local governments
- Thanksgiving for Pope Francis’ encyclical on climate change. May we take to heart his warning that our sister the Earth “cries out to us because of the harm we have inflicted on her by our irresponsible use of the goods with which God has endowed her.”
- Thanksgiving for global efforts to end elephant, and other wildlife, poaching
- Thanksgiving for the ministry of the Baptist Peace Fellowship
- Thanksgiving fir the ministry of the American Baptist Homes of the West
An Invitation
Join with a group Lakeshore members and friends to witness to God’s love for all, and our welcome to all, at the SF Pride Parade this Sunday. Contact Chuck Johnston at chuckj0454@gmail.com.