Gathering Music – Mary Bopp, Director of Music
Welcome & Announcements – Stacey Musulin, Member, Sunday Services Committee
Centering – Martha Larson, Co-Chair, Sunday Services Committee
Prelude Music – Sung by the Manchester Women’s Sacred Singing Circle
“Gentle Chant”
by Karen Drucker
“I Am”
by Linda J. Smith
Chalice Lighting & Opening Words – Martha Larson
#448 in Singing the Living Tradition
by Christine Robinson
We gather this hour as people of faith
With joys and sorrows, gifts and needs.
We light this beacon of hope,
sign of our quest for truth and meaning,
in celebration of the life we share together
Opening Hymn
“How Could Anyone”
Words and Music by Libby Roderick
#1053 in Singing the Journey
Led by Jeannette LeSure
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.
(repeat)
Reading 1: What is Self-Compassion?
Excerpts from This Difficult Thing of Being Human – The Art of Self Compassion by Bodhipaksa
Compiled and read by Stacey Musulin
Musical Meditation – Mary Bopp
Reading 2:
Excerpt from The Beauty of the Mosaic
by Rosalind Chai
Read by Martha Larson
Mosaics by Nancy Madar
Musical Meditation – Mary Bopp
Introductions, Joys, and Concerns – Stacey Musulin
Musical Response – Mary Bopp
Offering – Martha Larson
Offering Music
Empathy
Written by Alanis Morrisette and Guy Sigsworth
Performed by Sandy Johnson (vocals) and Dan Thompson (keyboards & video)
Introduction to Speakers – Martha Larson
Speaker 1: Reflections on Mosaics by Nancy Madar
Speaker 2: One Journey to Self-Compassion by Stacey Musulin
Closing Hymn
“Filled with Loving Kindness”
Adapted by Mark W. Hayes/Music by Ian W. Riddell
#1031 in Singing the Journey
Led by Jeannette LeSure
May I be filled with loving kindness.
May I be well.
May I be filled with loving kindness.
May I be well.
May I be peaceful and at ease.
May I be whole.
May you be filled with loving kindness.
May you be well.
May you be filled with loving kindness.
May you be well.
May you be peaceful and at ease.
May you be whole.
May we be filled with loving kindness.
May we be well.
May we be filled with loving kindness.
May we be well.
May we be peaceful and at ease.
May we be whole.
Closing Words & Extinguishing the Chalice – Martha Larson
#686 in Singing the Living Tradition (first and last paragraphs)
by Mark L. Belletini
Go in peace. Live simply, gently, at home in yourselves.
Act justly.
Speak justly.
Remember the depth of your own compassion.
Forget not your power in the days of your powerlessness.
Crave peace for all people in the world, beginning with yourselves,
And go, as you go, with the dream of that peace alive in your heart.
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 (Mary Bopp)
Virtual Coffee Hour / Breakout Rooms
Service Co-Coordinators: Stacey Musulin and Martha Larson
Technical Operations & Contributions: Jane Osborn, Stan McMillen, and Jessey Ina-Lee
