Gathering Music (begins at 9:50) (Martha Larson)
“Sonatina No. 1, Op. 151”
by Anton Diabelli
“Prelude and Fughetta, Op. 10, Nos. 39 and 40”
by J. O. Armand
Welcome and Announcements
Centering
Prelude (Martha Larson)
Two strains of “A Summer Breeze”
by James Scott
Lighting the Chalice
Opening Words
#429 in Singing the Living Tradition
by William F. Schulz
Come into this place of peace
and let its silence heal your spirit;
Come into this place of memory
and let its history warm your soul
Come into this place of prophecy and power
and let its vision change your heart
Opening Hymn
“From All the Fret and Fever of the Day”
#90 in Singing the Living Tradition
Words by Monroe Beardsley, music by Cyril V. Taylor
Led by David Klotz
From all the fret and fever of the day,
let there be moments when we turn away
and, deaf to all confusing outer din,
intently listen for the voice within
In quietness and solitude we find
the soundless wisdom of the deeper mind;
with clear harmonious purpose let us then
bring richer meaning to the world again.
Introduction to the Service
Musical Response
First Reading
“Eagle Poem”
by U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo
Musical Response
Homily Part I
Hymn
“For the Beauty of the Earth”
#21 in Singing the Living Tradition
Words by Folliott Sandford Pierpoint, music by Conrad Kocher
Led by David Klotz
For the beauty of the earth, for the splendor of the skies,
for the love which from our birth over and around us lies:
Source of all, to thee we raise this, our hymn of grateful praise.
For the joy of ear and eye, for the heart and mind’s delight,
for the mystic harmony linking sense to sound and sight:
Source of all, to thee we raise this, our hymn of grateful praise.
For the wonder of each hour of the day and of the night,
hill and vale and tree and flower, sun and moon and stars of light:
Source of all to thee we raise this, our hymn of grateful praise.
For the joy of human care, sister, brother, parent, child,
for the kinship we all share, for all gentle thoughts and mild:
Source of all, to thee we raise this, our hymn of grateful praise.
Joys and Concerns
Musical Response
Homily Part II
Offering
Offering Music (Martha Larson)
“Adagio from Sonata No. 35 in C Major”
by Joseph Haydn
Homily Part III
Musical Response
Second Reading
“Invitation”
by Mary Oliver
Closing Hymn
“I Brought My Spirit to the Sea”
#4 in Singing the Living Tradition
Words by Max Kapp, music by Alec Wyton
Led by David Klotz
I brought my spirit to the sea;
I stood upon the shore.
I gazed upon infinity.
I heard the waters roar.
And then there came a sense of peace,
some whisper calmed my soul.
Some ancient ministry of starts
had made my spirit whole.
I brought my spirit to the trees
that loomed against the sky.
I touched each wand’ring careless breeze
to know if God was nigh.
And then I felt an inner flame that
fiercely burned my tears.
Upright, I rose from bended knee
to meet the asking years.
Extinguishing the Chalice
Closing Words
#502 in Singing the Living Tradition
by W. E. B. DuBois
Now is the accepted time,
not tomorrow,
not some more convenient season.
It is today that our best work can be done
and not some future day or future year.
It is today that we fit ourselves
for the greater usefulness of tomorrow.
Today is the seed time,
now are the hours of work,
and tomorrow comes the harvest
and the playtime.
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.
The service has ended. Go in peace.
