Order of Service- April 3, 2022
Greeting
Welcome and Land Acknowledgement
Prelude
Opening Words “Everything begins on the verge of awareness” by George Kimmich Beach, read by Kimberly Lang
Chalice Lighting “Come We Now Out of the Darkness” by Annie Foerster, read by Kimberly Lang
Chalice Lighting Response “One Flame”- Chorealis and congregation
Reading “O Deep Mystery of Our Lives” by Sheldon W Bennett, read by Jeff Bisanz
Hymn #345 “With Joy We Claim the Growing Light”
Sharing Our Abundance - Cause of the Month: Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office
“From you I receive to you I give, Together we share and by this we live”
Message “Answering the Religious Right with the Big Heart of Universalism” by Scott Alexander (adapted)
Musical Interlude “Shine Your Light” - Chorealis
Candles of Care and Connection
Meditation:
In words “We Bless This Sanctuary” by Sandra Fees, read by Gordon Ritchie
In silence
In music “Heart Wide Open” - Chorealis
Hymn #44 “We Sing of Golden Mornings”
Extinguishing the Chalice
Closing Words “Shine!” by Mary Edes, read by Gerard Hayduk
Postlude “Change the World with Love” - Chorealis; words by Joseph M. Martin, music by Joseph M. Martin and Brad Nix
“Carry the Flame”
