Gathering Music (Begins at 9:50)
Welcome and Announcements (Sheila Foran, UUS:E Sunday Services Committee)
Centering
Prelude
“You’ve Got a Friend”
Written by Carole King
Led by Jenn Richard
Introduction to Service
Chalice Lighting
Opening Words
“In the Mystery of Life About Us There is Light”
By George Kimmich Beach
Read by Susan Gabriele
In the mystery of life about us there is light.
It gives us a place to be, to grow, to rejoice together.
It opens the pathways to love.
In this place of friendship there is freedom.
Let the light we kindle go before us,
Strong in hope, wide in goodwill,
Inviting the day to come.
Opening Hymn
“Come Sing a Song With Me”
#346 in Singing the Living Tradition
Words & Music by Carolyn McDade
Led by Jenn Richard
Come, sing a song with me,
come, sing a song with me,
come, sing a song with me,
that I might know your mind.
(Chorus)
And I’ll bring you hope
when hope is hard to find,
and I’ll bring a song of love
and a rose in the wintertime.
Come, dream a dream with me,
come, dream a dream with me,
come, dream a dream with me,
that I might know your mind.
(Chorus)
And I’ll bring you hope
when hope is hard to find,
and I’ll bring a song of love
and a rose in the wintertime.
Come, walk in rain with me,
come, walk in rain with me,
come, walk in rain with me,
that I might know your mind.
(Chorus)
And I’ll bring you hope
when hope is hard to find,
and I’ll bring a song of love
and a rose in the wintertime.
Come, share a rose with me,
come, share a rose with me,
come, share a rose with me,
that I might know your mind.
(Chorus)
And I’ll bring you hope
when hope is hard to find,
and I’ll bring a song of love
and a rose in the wintertime
Joys & Concerns
Musical Mediation (Mary Bopp)
Offering
Offering Music
“Timshel”
Words and Music by Marcus Mumford
Led by Jenn Richard
Meditation
“When Giving is All We Have”
By Alberto Rios
Read by Sheila Foran
We give because someone gave to us.
We give because nobody gave to us.
We give because giving has changed us.
We give because giving could have changed us.
We have been better for it,
We have been wounded by it—
Giving has many faces: It is loud and quiet,
Big, though small, diamond in wood-nails.
Its story is old, the plot worn and the pages too,
But we read this book, anyway, over and again:
Giving is, first and every time, hand to hand,
Mine to yours, yours to mine.
You gave me blue and I gave you yellow.
Together we are simple green. You gave me
What you did not have, and I gave you
What I had to give—together, we made
Something greater from the difference
Musical Meditation (Mary Bopp)
Our First Shared Experience – Jim Adams and John Hankins
Our Second Shared Experience – Martha Larson and Jane Osborn
Musical Interlude (Mary Bopp)
Our Third Shared Experience – Paula Baker and Sadie Nitzan
Closing Hymn
“There is More Love Somewhere”
#95 in Singing the Living Tradition
African American Hymn
Led by Jenn Richard
There is more love somewhere.
There is more love somewhere.
I’m gonna keep on ‘til I find it.
There is more love somewhere.
There is more hope somewhere.
There is more hope somewhere.
I’m gonna keep on ‘til I find it.
There is more hope somewhere.
There is more peace somewhere.
There is more peace somewhere.
I’m gonna keep on ‘til I find it.
There is more peace somewhere.
There is more joy somewhere.
There is more joy somewhere.
I’m gonna keep on ‘til I find it.
There is more joy somewhere.
Extinguishing the Chalice
Closing Words
“Be True, Be Well, Be Loving”
By Cynthia Landrum
Read by Susan Gabriele
We leave this gathered community,
But we don’t leave our connection,
Our concerns, our care for each other.
Our service to each other, to the world, and to our faith continues.
Until we are together again, friends,
Be strong, be well, be true, be loving.
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
Virtual Coffee Hour/Zoom Breakout Rooms
