Gathering music (begins at 9:50) (Mary Bopp)
Welcome (Alan Ayers, member of the Sunday Services Committee)
Announcements
Centering
Prelude
“True Colors”
by Tom Kelly & Billy Steinberg
performed by Janet Desmarais, Kate Howard-Bender, Nancy Madar
and Jeannette LeSure as the flower
produced by Dan Thompson
Lighting the Chalice and Opening Words
“A Place of Belonging and Caring”
by the Rev. Kimberlee Anne Tomczak Carlson
read by Marsha Howland, member of the Sunday Services Committee
Opening Hymn
“There’s a River Flowing in My Soul”
by Rose Sanders
#1007 in Singing the Journey
led by Nancy and Joe Madar
There’s a river flowin’ in my soul.
There’s a river flowin’ in my soul.
And it’s tellin’ me that I’m somebody.
There’s a river flowin’ in my soul.
There’s a river flowin’ in my heart…
There’s a river flowin’ in my mind…
Introduction to the Service (Marsha Howland)
First Reading
excerpts from the Dalai Lama
read by Alan Ayers
First Speaker Fabian Garcia
Musical Meditation (Mary Bopp)
Joys and Concerns
Musical Meditation (Mary Bopp)
Offering
Continuing our practice of sharing our gifts with the community beyond our walls, fifty percent of our Sunday plate collections for the month of February will go to Operation Fuel.
Offering Music
“Humble and Kind”
by Lori McKenna
performed by Dan Thompson, Kathy Ayers and Alan Ayers
Second Reading
“One Love”
by the Rev. Hope Johnson
ready by Marsha Howland
Second Speaker Molly Murphy
Musical Meditation (Mary Bopp)
Third Speaker Al Benford
Musical Meditation (Mary Bopp)
Reflection Alan Ayers
Closing Hymn
“Lean on Me”
by Bill Withers
led by Joe and Nancy Madar
Extinguishing the Chalice
Closing Words
“Here for Beloved Community”
by the Rev. Dr. David Breeden
read by Marsha Howland
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 (Mary Bopp)
Breakout Rooms
