Gathering Music (Mary Bopp) (begins at 9:50)
Welcome and Announcements (Martha Larson, co-chair, UUS:E Sunday Services Committee)
Centering (Martha Larson)
Prelude
“Sonata No. 2 in A Major for Violin and Clavier,” first movement
by J.S. Bach
performed by Sharon Gunderson and Mary Bopp
Chalice Lighting and Opening Words
“A Universal Love”
by Rebecca Ann Parker
(unison reading)
Even when our hearts are broken
By our own failure
Or the failure of others
Cutting into our lives,
Even when we have done all we can
And life is still broken,
There is a Universal Love
That has never broken faith with us
And never will.
Opening Hymn
“Love Will Guide Us”
words by Sally Rogers
music, traditional, arr. by Betty A. Wylder
#131 in Singing the Living Tradition
led by Sandy Johnson and Dan Thompson
Love will guide us, peace has tried us,
hope inside us will lead the way
on the road from greed to giving.
Love will guide us through the hard night.
If you cannot sing like angels,
if you cannot speak before thousands,
you can give from deep within you.
You can change the world with your love.
Love will guide us, peace has tried us,
hope inside us will lead the way
on the road from greed to giving.
Love will guide us through the hard night.
Meditation (Rev. Dr. Jan Carlsson-Bull)
Musical Meditation (Mary Bopp)
Joys and Concerns
Musical Response (Mary Bopp)
Offering
Offering Music
“All You Need is Love”
By John Lennon and Paul McCartney
performed by Sandy Johnson and Dan Thompson
Sermon
“Love Out of the Box”
Rev. Dr. Jan Carlsson-Bull
Closing Music
Ahavah Rabbah (“Love Great”)
by Elana Arian
performed by Sharon Gunderson and Mary Bopp
Translation: How deeply you have loved us.
Extinguishing the Chalice
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 (Mary Bopp)
