Gathering Music (Mary Bopp) (begins 10 minutes prior to the hour)
Welcome / Announcements / Centering (Rev. Josh Pawelek)
Prelude
“Lullaby for Aurora”
by Lilly Coleman
Chalice Lighting and Opening Words
“A Prayer for My Queer and Trans Siblings”
by Jess Reynolds
spoken by Molly Rourke
Opening Song
“How Could Anyone”
Words and music by Libby Roderick
#1053 in Singing the Journey
How could anyone ever tell you
you were anything less than beautiful?
How could anyone ever tell you
you were less than whole?
How could anyone fail to notice
that your loving is a miracle?
How deeply you’re connected to my soul.
Bridging Ceremony (adapted from Julia Hamilton)
Story
“Neither”
by Airlie Anderson
spoken by Casey Campellone
Musical Meditation (Mary Bopp)
Joys and Concerns
Offering
“Vienna”
by Billy Joel
Performed by Molly Rourke
Offering Music
First Demonstration
“The Weight of Micro-Aggressions”
(Contributions from Casey Campellone, Graham Bornhorst, Sadie Nitzan,
Molly Rourke, Anya Stolzman, Lilly Coleman)
Some Data from the Trevor Project (Sadie Nitzan)
Second Demonstration
“The Lightness of Unconditional Support”
(Contributions from Casey Campellone, Graham Bornhorst, Sadie Nitzan,
Molly Rourke, Anya Stolzman, Lilly Coleman)
Final Reflections “Pride” (Rev. Josh Pawelek
Closing Hymn
“We Are A Gentle, Angry People”
by Holly Near
#170 in Singing the Living Tradition
We are a gentle, angry people,
and we are singing, singing for our lives.
We are a gentle, angry people,
and we are singing, singing for our lives.
We are a justice-seeking people …
We are young and old together …
We are a land of many colors …
We are gay and straight together …
We are a gentle, loving people …
Closing Reading
“dear trans*, non-binary, genderqueer and gender-expansive friends, and kin:
(and those of us whose gender is survival)”
by Theresa Ninán Soto
spoken by Anya Stolzman
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 performed by Will Alexson
This will be a surprise
