Gathering Music (Mary Bopp) (begins at 9:50)
Welcome (Marsha Howland)
Announcements (Marsha Howland)
Centering (Marsha Howland)
Prelude
“Amazing Grace”
Virginia Harmony, 1831
Performed by Benjamin Elzerman
Chalice Lighting and
Opening Words (Sandy Karosi)
“Memorial Day”
by Charles F. Flagg
In honor of those we have known and loved in the past,
In recognition of the gifts and sacrifices they have made on our behalf,
And in our sincere hopes that we may be worthy of their memory,
We light our candles,
We give our thanks
And we offer our prayers.
Amen and Blessed Be
Opening Hymn
“Abide with Me”
words by Henry Francis Lyte
music by William Henry Monk
#101 in Singing the Living Tradition
led by Jeannine Westbrook
Abide with me, fast falls the eventide;
the darkness deepens; still with me abide.
When other helpers fail, and comforts flee,
help of the helpless, oh, abide with me.
Swift to its close ebbs out life’s little day;
earth’s joys grow dim, its glories pass away;
change and decay in all around I see:
O thou who changes not, abide with me.
I fear no foe, with thee at hand to bless;
ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness.
Where is death’s sting? Where, grave, thy victory?
I triumph still if thou abide with me.
Introduction to the Service (Sandy Karosi)
First Reading “We Gather to Remember” by Nicole McKay (David Garnes)
Reflection Cory Clark
Musical Meditation (Mary Bopp)
Joys and Concerns (Marsha Howland, David Klotz)
Musical Meditation (Mary Bopp)
Offering
The recipients of our May community outreach offering are MARC, Inc. and MARCH, Inc.
Marc, Inc. provides advocacy, employment, residential, respite and retirement services to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. March, Inc. provides residential programs and supportive living programs to people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities.
Offering Music
“Going Home”
William Arms Fisher and Antonin Dvorak
performed by Benjamin Elzerman
Second Reading Excerpts from Memorial Day speech by Jennifer M. Granholm (David Garnes)
Reflection Jeanne Pitney
Musical Meditation (Mary Bopp)
Reflection Marsha Howland
Musical Meditation (Mary Bopp)
Closing Hymn
“What Wondrous Love”
words by Connie Campbell Hart
music: melody from The Southern Harmony, 1835
#18 in Singing the Living Tradition
led by Jeannine Westbrook
What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul,
what wondrous love is this, O my soul?
What wondrous love is this that brings my heart such bliss,
and takes away the pain of my soul, of my soul,
and takes away the pain of my soul.
When I was sinking down, sinking down, sinking down,
when I was sinking down, sinking down,
when I was sinking down beneath my sorrows ground,
friends to me gather’d round, O my soul, O my soul,
friends to me gather’d round, O my soul.
To love and to all friends I will sing, I will sing,
to love and to all friends I will sing.
To love and to all friends who pain and sorrow mend,
with thanks unto the end I will sing, I will sing,
with thanks unto the end I will sing.
Extinguishing the Chalice (Marsha Howland)
Closing Words (Sandy Karosi)
“Share Your Glorious Light with the World”
by James Morison
Within each of our hearts there is a most glorious light.
Go forth, and let its spark help you understand what troubles both you and others;
Go forth, and let its light of reason be a guide in your decisions;
Go forth, and bring its ray of hope to those in need of help in both body and spirit, that they may find healing;
Go forth, and fan the flames of passion to help heal our world;
Go forth, and spread the warm glow of love, pushing back the darkness of the world;
Go forth, and share your glorious light with the world.
Closing Circle (Marsha Howland)
The service has ended. Go in peace.
