Our Enduring Legacy

presented by the Trust Fund of Endowments Committee 

March 8, 2026

Established in the 1970s, the Trust Fund of Endowments is essential to the church’s financial stability. It provides funding for special church needs, major repairs, improvements and emergencies, and has played an integral part in funding for our newly renovated Fellowship Hall. This service, led by members of the Board of Trustees of the Trust Fund, will highlight the importance of the Fund for the long-term viability of our church. Key members of the congregation will share why they have made it part of their giving plans.

Sounding of the Bowl

Prelude – Jaime Ramirez

Welcome and Greeting – Donna Pereira

Opening Words – Emilia Westney

Chalice Lighting  –  Pat Ellis

Opening Hymn – #308 The Blessings of the Earth and Sky

The blessing of the earth and sky upon our friendly house do lie.
The rightness of a master’s art has blessed with grace its every part.
The warmth of many hands is strewn in human blessing on this stone.

The wind upon the lakes and hills performs its native rituals.
The worship of our human toil brings sacrament from sun and soil.
With words and music, we, the earth, in nature’s wonder seek our worth.

Here we restore ancestral dreams enshrined in floor and wall and beam,
a monument wherein we build that their high purpose be fulfilled,
be tool to help our children prove an earth of promise and of love.

Covenant – Tracey Homburg

Anthem – “Legacy”  Words and music by Dana Clark. Performed by Dana Clark

Stone ceremony – Jim Noel

Reading from the Community Book of Life

 Story Wisdom – “In a Nutshell” by Joseph Anthony, illustrated by Cris Arbo, read by Tim Versteeg

 Children’s Recessional

 Reading – A Reading by Ashley Rowthorn, read by Scott Emerson-Price

Speakers  – Carol Bertsch, Diane Duesterhoeft & Mike Phillips,  Mary Grace Ketner

 Invitation to Generosity

 Offertory Music

Closing Hymn – #1 May Nothing Evil Cross This Door

May nothing evil cross this door,
and may ill fortune never pry about
these windows; may the roar
and rain go by.

By faith made strong, the rafters will
withstand the battering of the storm.
This hearth, though all the world grow chill,
will keep you warm.

Peace shall walk softly through these rooms,
touching our lips with holy wine,
till every casual corner blooms
into a shrine.

With laughter drown the raucous shout,
and, though these sheltering walls are thin,
may they be strong to keep hate out
and hold love in.

Extinguishing the Chalice/Benediction

Postlude