Gathering Music
Welcome
Announcements
Centering
Prelude
“Fear Burns Away”
by Mary Bopp
Chalice Lighting and Opening Words
“After the Fire”
by James Crews
spoken by Rev. Josh Pawelek
Opening Hymn
#396 “I Know This Rose Will Open”
words and music by Mary Grigolia
I know this rose will open.
I know my fear will burn away.
I know my soul will unfurl its wings.
I know this rose will open.
Meditation
excerpts from Music of the Mind
by Darryl Reanney
Musical Meditation
Joys and Concerns
Musical Meditation
Stewardship Presentation
Offering
For the month of April, the recipient of our Community Outreach Offering is the CT Alliance to End Sexual Violence. Their mission is to create communities free of sexual violence and to provide culturally affirming, trauma-informed advocacy, prevention, and intervention services centered on the voices of survivors. The Alliance seeks to create a world in which everyone believes sexual violence is a preventable problem and actively plays a role in ending it.
Offering Music
“First Flame”
by Mary Bopp
Sermon
“The Necessary Flames”
Rev. Josh Pawelek
Closing Hymn
#128 “For All That Is Our Life”
words by Bruce Findlow
music by Patrick L. Rickey
For all that is our life we sing our thanks and praise;
for all life is a gift which we are called to use
to build the common good and make our own days glad.
For needs which others serve, for services we give,
for work and its rewards, for hours of rest and love;
we come with praise and thanks for all that is our life.
For sorrow we must bear, for failures, pain, and loss,
for each new thing we learn, for fearful hours that pass:
we come with praise and thanks for all that is our life.
For all that is our life we sing our thanks and praise;
for all life is a gift which we are called to use
to build the common good and make our own days glad.
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.
