Gathering Music (Mary Bopp) (starts at 9:50)
Welcome and Announcements (Alan Ayers, member of the Sunday Services Committee)
Centering (Marsha Howland, member of the Sunday Services Committee)
Prelude
“Bridge Over Troubled Water”
by Paul Simon
performed by Alan and Kathy Ayers and Mary Bopp
Chalice Lighting and Opening Words
Opening Hymn
“May Nothing Evil Cross this Door”
Words by Louis Untermeyer
Music by Robert N. Quaile
#1 in Singing the Living Tradition
led by Jeannine Westbrook
May nothing evil cross this door,
and may ill fortune never pry about
these windows; may the roar
and rain go by.
By faith made strong, the rafters will
withstand the battering of the storm.
This hearth, though all the world grow chill,
will keep you warm.
Peace shall walk softly through these rooms,
touching our lips with holy wine,
till every casual corner blooms
into a shrine.
With laughter drown the raucous shout,
and, though these sheltering walls are thin,
may they be strong to keep hate out
and hold love in.
Introduction to the Service
First Reading:
From “Constellations of our Lives”
by Karen G. Johnston
read by Marsha Howland
First Speaker: Maureen Flanagan
Musical Meditation
Joys and Concerns
Musical Meditation
Offering
The recipients of our July outreach offering are the three area food banks serving residents in towns including Manchester, East Hartford, Ellington, South Windsor, Tolland and Vernon. They are MACC Food Bank, Hockanum Valley Food Pantry, and CT Mutual Aid East of the River Food Pantry.
Offering Music
“I Believe”
by Ervin Drake, Irvin Graham, Jimmy Shirl and Al Stillman
performed by Alan Ayers
Second Speaker: Rob Stolzman
Musical Meditation
Third Speaker: Marsha Howland
Second Reading:
“I Want to Be with People”
by Dana E. Worsnop
read by Marsha Howland
Closing Hymn
“Go Lifted Up”
by Mortimer B. Barron
#1057 in Singing the Journey
led by Jeannine Westbrook
Go lifted up,
Love bless your way,
moonlight, starlight
guide your journey
into peace
and the brightness of day.
Extinguishing the Chalice and Closing Words
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
Breakout Rooms
