Gathering Music (Mary Bopp) (Begins at 9:50)
Welcome and Announcements (Rev. Josh Pawelek)
Centering
Prelude
Chalice Lighting
Opening Words and Chant
“Turn Scarlet, Leaves!”
words by Raymond J. Baughan
#485 in Singing the Living Tradition
music by Mary Bopp
led by Rev. Josh Pawelek
Turn scarlet, leaves! Spin earth!
Tumble the shadows into dawn
Tumble the shadows into dawn
Opening Hymn
“There is More Love Somewhere”
African American Hymn
#95 in Singing the Living Tradition
led by Rev. Josh Pawelek
There is more love somewhere.
There is more love somewhere.
I’m gonna keep on ‘til I find it.
There is more love somewhere.
There is more hope somewhere…
There is more peace somewhere…
There is more joy somewhere…
Meditation
“In Gatherings”
by Rev. Marta Valentín
from Becoming: A Spiritual Guide for Navigating Adulthood, ed. by Kayla Parker
Musical Meditation (Mary Bopp)
Joys and Concerns
Musical Meditation (Mary Bopp)
Offering
The recipient of our community outreach offering is the University of Connecticut’s Native American Cultural Program or NACP. NACP provides resources, services and community for UCONN’s Native and Indigenous students and faculty, helps foster relationships with local tribal nations, and works towards building good relations between UCONN and the land.
Offering Music
“Get Together”
by the Youngbloods
performed by Pat Eaton-Robb
Reading
excerpt from The Extended Mind
by Annie Murphy Paul
Sermon “Flipping on the Hive Switch” (Rev. Josh Pawelek)
Closing Hymn
“Come Sing a Song With Me”
words and music by Carolyn McDade
led by Rev. Josh Pawelek
Come, sing a song with me,
come, sing a song with me,
come, sing a song with me,
that I might know your mind.
Chorus:
And I’ll bring you hope
when hope is hard to find,
and I’ll bring a song of love
and a rose in the wintertime.
Come, dream a dream with me,
come, dream a dream with me,
come, dream a dream with me,
that I might know your mind.
(Chorus)
Come, walk in rain with me,
come, walk in rain with me,
come, walk in rain with me,
that I might know your mind.
(Chorus)
Come, share a rose with me,
come, share a rose with me,
come, share a rose with me,
that I might know your mind.
(Chorus)
Extinguishing the Chalice
Closing Circle
May faith in the spirit of life
And hope for the community of earth
And love of the light in each other
Be ours now, and in all the days to come.
Postlude
Virtual Coffee Hour and Zoom Breakout Rooms
