Gathering Music (begins at 10:50)
“River Flowing in My Soul”
performed by Kate Howard-Bender, guitar & vocals,
and Jeannine Westbrook and Gianna DiMaoilo, vocals
Welcome & Announcements (Gianna DiMaiolo)
Centering (Gianna DiMaiolo)
Introduction to Prelude (Marsha Howland)
Prelude
“Wind Beneath My Wings”
Words by Larry Henley; Music by Jeff Silbar
Performed by Jeannine Westbrook
Chalice Lighting (Kate Howard-Bender)
Opening Words
From Summer Island by Kristin Hannah
Spoken by Marsha Howland
Opening Hymn
“Come Sing a Song with Me”
Words and Music by Carolyn McDade
#346 in Singing the Living Tradition
led by Jeannine Westbrook
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)
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)
Come, share a rose with me,
come, share a rose with me,
come, share a rose with me,
that I might know your mind.
Introduction to the Service (Marsha Howland)
Speaker (Donna Johnson)
Special Reading – Written and presented by Gianna DiMaiolo
Welcoming Visitors and Sharing Joys & Concerns (Gianna DiMaiolo)
Musical Meditation
Offering (Kate Howard-Bender)
The recipient of our January 29th (fifth Sunday) Community Outreach Offering is the UUA Disaster Relief Fund. As a series of atmospheric rivers continue to pour rain onto California, many parts of the state are facing flooding, mudslides, and more damage from winds and water. Contributions to the UUA Disaster Relief Fund will enable the UUA to grant recovery funds right away to California congregations and their members who are facing natural disasters in the days or weeks immediately following them. The Fund is a concrete, material way that we show up and support our fellow UUs and their communities in the wake of more frequent climate disasters.
Offering Music
“Landslide”
Words and music by Stevie Nicks
Performed by Jeannine Westbrook and Kate Howard-Bender
Speaker (Marsha Howland)
Closing Hymn
“Love Will Guide Us”
Words by Sally Rogers; Music traditional, arr. by Betty A. Wylder
#131 in Singing the Living Tradition
led by Jeannine Westbrook
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.
Extinguishing the Chalice (Gianna DiMaiolo)
Closing Words – from Mother Theresa (Marsha Howland)
Closing Circle (Giana DiMaiolo)
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.
