Gathering Music (begins at 9:50)
Welcome
Announcements
Introduction to Service
Centering
Prelude
“You Want it Darker”
Words and music by Leonard Cohen
Paul Shumsky, guitar; Penny Field, vocals
Dan Thompson and Penny Field, production
Chalice Lighting
Opening Words
Opening Hymn
“Comfort Me”
#1002 in Singing the Journey
By Mimi Bornstein-Doble
Led by Jeannine Westbrook
Comfort me, comfort me,
comfort me, oh my soul.
Comfort me, comfort me,
comfort me, oh my soul.
Sing with me, sing with me …
Speak for me, speak for me …
Dance with me, dance with me …
Reading: “Hineni,” a poem by Penny Field
Musical Meditation
Joys and Concerns
Musical Meditation
Reading: “Chiaroscuro,” a poem by Penny Field
Musical Meditation
Offering
Offering Music
“Soul’s Lament” by Kenny Burell
Paul Shumsky, guitar
Homily
Closing Hymn
“For All That Is Our Life”
#128 in Singing the Living Tradition
Words by Bruce Findlow; music by Patrick L. Rickey
Led by Jeannine Westbrook
For all that is our life we sing our thanks and praise;
for all life is a gift which we are called to use
to build the common good and make our own days glad.
For needs which others serve, for services we give,
for work and its rewards, for hours of rest and love;
we come with praise and thanks for all that is our life.
For sorrow we must bear, for failures, pain, and loss,
for each new thing we learn, for fearful hours that pass:
we come with praise and thanks for all that is our life.
For all that is our life, we sing our thanks and praise;
for all life is a gift which we are called to use
to build the common good and make our own days glad.
Extinguishing the Chalice
Closing Circle
The service has ended. Go in peace.
Postlude
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