Bouncing Back: Handling the Curve Balls of Life
February 15, 2026
Rev. Rosemary Morrison
Service Leader: Jeff Bisanz
Chimes
Welcome and Announcements
Land Acknowledgement
Prelude
Chalice Lighting
Joy and Power That Grows by Jami Yandle
We light this chalice
for the quiet truths we carry,
and for the futures we’re brave enough to write.
In this circle, we honor
the courage it takes to live openly,
the softness that sustains us,
and the joy and power that grow when we gather.
As the chalice glows
may we feel steadiness rise in us.
May we trust that our becoming—
messy, radiant, unfolding—wholly belongs to us.
By Jami Yandle
Hymn 188 Come, Come, Whoever You Are. (words adated from Rumi 1207-1273)
Greeting our neighbours
Time for All Ages
I Am Courage: A Book of Resilience by Susan Verde
Sharing Our Abundance
Hymn 402 From You I Receive (Sing 2X) (by Nathan Segal)
Hymn 6 Just as Long as I Have Breath. (by Alicia S. Carpenter)
Service Leader Reflection
Video Count on Me by Bruno Mars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phhgQviCjnc
Message Bouncing Back: Handling the Curve Balls of Life
Meditation
Meditation Music 95 There is More Love Somewhere (African American hymn)
Spoken Candles of Joy and Concern
Hymn 1014 Answering the Call of Love (by Jason Shelton)
Extinguishing the Flame
Joy Does Not Vanish Rev. Michelle Collins
Joy does not vanish with the flame. It smolders in laughter, in touch, in the shared breath of those still trying. Carry that brightness into the week ahead.
Benediction
Holy and Generous Love
Go in hope, for the arc of the universe is long and we can bend it toward justice.
Go in courage, for together we have the strength to confront injustice in our daily lives and the larger world.
Go in love, because a holy and generous love is both the reason and the means by which we transform our lives.
By Elena Westbrook
Carry the Flame
Postlude
