Homecoming: Blessing of the Water.
September 8, 2024.
Rev R. Morrison
Service Leader: Marilyn Gaa
Chimes
Welcome and Announcements
Land Acknowledgement
Prelude
Chalice Lighting
You are welcome here… by Rev. Allison Palm
We gather this morning on the brink of a new congregational year,
Some of us come fresh from summer adventures,
From wind and waves and sunshine.
Some of us come broken down from summer losses,
From tears and pain and heartache.
Some of us come renewed from summer rest,
From peace and solitude and contemplation.
Some of us come wearied from summer monotony,
From work and heat and sameness.
Whoever you are, wherever you come from, whatever gifts and needs you bring,
You are welcome here.
Hymn 346 Come, Sing a Song With Me
Sharing Our Abundance
Hymn 402 From You I Receive (Sing 2X)
Service Leader Reflection
Video Swimming to the Other Side by Pat Humphries- no audio or video from this copyrighted material
Candles of Joy and Concern
Hymn 121 We’ll Build a Land
Reading John and Lynne Turvey
Water Ceremony
Hymn 1018 Come and Go with Me
Extinguishing the Flame
Until We Meet Again by Amy Zucker Morgenstern
May all our hours together be blessed as this one has been: by open-hearted sharing, learning from one another, and making beautiful harmonies together.
And may we greet everyone we encounter with the same acceptance and grateful kinship, until we meet again. Blessed be.
Benediction
Carry the Flame
Postlude
