Welcome (Rev. Josh Pawelek)
Announcements
Centering
Prelude
Americana I: "Fantasia on America the Beautiful"
Music by Samuel A. Ward
Mary Bopp, piano
Chalice Lighting and Opening Words
“The Peace of Wild Things”
by Wendell Berry
spoken by Genna Bender (11:00)
Opening Hymn
#155 “Circle Round for Freedom”
by Linda Hirschhorn
Circle 'round for freedom,
circle round for peace,
for all of us imprisoned,
circle for release
circle for the planet,
circle for each soul,
for the children of our children
keep the circle whole.
Time for All Ages
“Our Youth Weigh In”
Song
#1009 “Meditation on Breathing”
By Sara Dan Jones
When I breathe in, I’ll breathe in peace
When I breathe out, I’ll breathe out love.
Joys and Concerns
Musical Meditation
Offering
The recipient of our November community outreach offering is Manchester Senior, Adult, and Family Services.
Offering Music
Americana II: "Fantasia on Themes from Aaron Copland”
Mary Bopp, piano
Sermon
“America the Beautiful”
Rev. Josh Pawelek
Closing Song
“America the Beautiful”
adapted from Katherine Lee Bates
O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed thy grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
O beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife,
Who more than self their country loved
And mercy more than life!
America! America!
May God thy soul refine,
Till justice, love and mercy reign,
And all hearts are divine!
O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years,
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law!
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.
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