Why is Change So Hard?
February 22, 2026
UCE has experienced tremendous change over the past five years, building both momentum and growth. This is a good moment to pause—reflecting on where we’ve been, where we stand today, and where we’re headed next.
Order of Service
Reverend Rosemary Morrison
Service Leader: Jeff Bisanz
Chimes
Welcome and Announcements
Land Acknowledgement
Prelude
Chalice Lighting The Work that Takes Time by Rev. Michelle Collins
We kindle this light for the work that takes time: the seed’s unseen rooting, the tide’s patient carving, the small turning of heart toward open ground. We look towards what is slow and true, the steady flame that sustains our days.
Hymn 361 Enter, Rejoice and Come In by Louise Ruspini
Greeting our neighbours
Sharing Our Abundance
Hymn 402 From You I Receive (Sing 2X) by Nathan Segal
Hymn 30 Over My Head African American Spiritual
Service Leader Reflection
Meditation
Video Sending You Light by Melanie DeMore =video not recorded
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIsZuoNFtXg&list=RDcIsZuoNFtXg&start_radio=1
Candles of Joy and Concern
Message Why is Change So Hard?
Hymn 1018 Come and Go with Me African American Spiritual
Extinguishing the Flame Life begins small. And grows by Cynthia Rylant
Life is not always easy. There will probably be a stretch of wilderness now and then.
But wilderness eventually ends. And there is always a new road to take.
Remember this: In every corner of the world, there is something to love.
And something to protect
And if, one day, it seems nothing beautiful will ever come your way again.
Trust the rabbit in the field and the deer who crosses your path.
Trust the wolf and the wild geese who find their way back home.
All these know something about life: that everything is changing,
And it is worth waking up in the morning to see what might happen.
Because life begins small. And grows
Benediction
Carry the Flame
Postlude Sister Rosetta Tharpe Up Above My Head https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeaBNAXfHfQ&t=8s - not recorded
