Gathering Music (Begins at 9:50)
Welcome and Announcements (Sheila Foran, UUS:E Sunday Services Committee)
Centering
Prelude
Improvisation by Mary Bopp
Introduction to Service
Chalice Lighting
Opening Words (Pema Chödrön)
Opening Hymn
Meditation on Breathing
#1009 in Singing the Journey
Words and Music by Sarah Dan Jones – 1962
When I breathe in,
I’ll breathe in peace.
When I breathe out,
I’ll breathe out love.
Breathe in, Breathe out,
Breathe in, Breathe out
(Repeat)
Joys & Concerns
Musical Interlude
Offering
Continuing our practice of sharing our gifts with the community beyond our walls,
fifty percent of our Sunday plate collections for the month of February will go to
Operation Fuel.
Offering Music
“Hope”
Written by Arlo Parks; Vocals by Samantha Murphy
Produced by Dan Thompson
Reading 1
From “The Dude and the Zen Master”
Written by Jeff Bridges and Bernie Glassman
Musical Interlude
Homily
“The Impersonal Nature of Suffering”
Nancy Thompson
Reading 2
Small Kindnesses
by Danusha Lameris
Closing Hymn
“Filled with Loving Kindness”
#1031 in Singing the Journey
Traditional Buddhist Meditation
Adapted by Mark W. Hayes; Music by Ian W. Riddle
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
Extinguishing the Chalice
Closing Words (Pema Chödrön)
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
