Gathering Music (Mary Bopp)
Welcome and Announcements (Martha Larson and Stacey Musulin, members of the Sunday Services Committee)
Introduction to Service (Martha Larson)
Centering (Stacey Musulin)
Prelude
“Starburst”
Improvisation by Mary Bopp
Chalice Lighting and Opening Words
“Out of the Stars”
by Robert T. Weston
#530 in Singing the Living Tradition
Out of the stars in their flight, out of the dust of eternity, here have we come,
Stardust and sunlight, mingling through time and through space
Out of the stars have we come, up from time;
Out of stars have we come
Time out of time before time in the vastness of space, earth spun to orbit the sun,
Earth with the thunder of mountains newborn, the boiling of seas.
Earth warmed by sun, lit by sunlight:
This is our home.
Out of stars we have come.
Mystery hidden in mystery, back through all time;
Mystery rising from rocks in the storm and the sea.
Out of the stars, rising from rocks and the sea,
kindled by sunlight on earth, arose life.
Ponder this thing in your heart; ponder with awe:
Out of the sea to the land, out of the shallows came ferns.
Out of the sea to the land, up from darkness to light,
Rising to walk and to fly, out the sea trembled life.
Ponder this thing in your heart, life up from sea:
Eyes to behold, throats to sing, mates to love.
Life from the sea, warmed by sun, washed by rain,
Life from within, giving birth, rose to love.
This is the wonder of time; this is the marvel of space;
Out of the stars swing the earth; life upon earth rose to love.
This is the marvel of life, rising to see and to know;
Out of your heart, cry wonder: sing that we live.
Opening Hymn
“For the Beauty of the Earth”
#21 in Singing the Living Tradition
led by Sandy Johnson
words by Folliott Sandford Pierpoint
music by Conrad Kocher
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.
Prayer
“A Prayer”
by Toyohiko Kagawa
from Songs of the Slums
Translated from the Japanese by Lois Erickson. c.Cokesbury, 1935
read by Martha Larson
Star Drawing Meditation (Stacey Musulin with music by Mary Bopp)
Joys and Concerns and Visitors (Martha Larson)
Musical Response
“Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”
Words by Jane Taylor, verses 1, 2 and 5
Music French melody “Ah! Vous dirai-je, maman,” published in 1761
sung by Vera Elzerman
Offering ( Stacey Musulin)
Offering Music
“When You Wish Upon a Star”
Leigh Harline and Ned Washington
sung by Sandy Johnson
Reflections on Toyohiko Kagawa (Martha Larson)
Reading
“If Only There Are Stars”
by Toyohiko Kagawa
Translated by Lois J. Erickson
read by Martha Larson
Musical Interlude (Mary Bopp)
Reading
By Alan Lightman
Read by Stacey Musulin
Homily – The Meaning and Metaphor of Stars (Stacey Musulin)
Closing Hymn
“This Little Light of Mine”
#118 in Singing the Living Tradition
words by Emmon Bach
music by Janet McLoud McGaughey
led by Sandy Johnson
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.
Ev’rywhere I go, I’m gonna let it shine…
Building up a world, I’m gonna let it shine…
Extinguishing the Chalice (Stacey Musulin)
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
Break out Rooms
