Welcome and Announcements (Sheila Foran, Coordinator)
Gathering Music (Francisco Ruiz, Instrumentalist and Arranger)
Opening Words
Radical Gratitude Spell
Written and adapted for this service by Adrienne Maree Brown
Greeting (Erika Hewitt)
Chalice Lighting (Angeline Jackson)
Song
“We’re All Connected”
Written by Wendy Luelia Perkins
Sung by Wendy Luelia Perkins and Lea Morris
Learning through Conversation (Rayla & Sage Mattson; Rayla & Bradshaw Mattson)
Homily – Part I (Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray)
Learning through Conversation (Rayla & Sage Mattson; Rayla & Bradshaw Mattson)
Homily – Part II (Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray)
Song
“We’re All Connected”
Written by Wendy Luelia Perkins
Sung by Wendy Luelia Perkins and Lea Morris
Offering
About our Community Outreach Ministry (COM):
Continuing our practice of sharing our gifts with the community beyond our walls, fifty percent
of July’s undesignated offertory cash collection will go to the MACC Food Pantry, Hockanum Valley Food Pantry, and CT Mutual Aid East of the River Food Pantry.
Reading
“When Covenant Breaks”
By Frances Kozlar
Holding Silence (Erika Hewitt)
Joys and Concerns
Your Joys and Concerns are welcome in person and via Zoom
Prayer of Connection (Erika Hewitt)
Hymn
“Just as Long as I Have Breath”
#6 in Singing the Living Tradition
Lyrics by Alicia S. Carpenter, ©1981
1981; third verse translated by Francisco Ruiz
Used with permission of the Estate of Alicia Carpenter
Just as long as I have breath, I must answer, “Yes” to life;
though with pain I made my way, still with hope I meet each day.
If they ask what I did well, tell them I said, “Yes,” to life.
Just as long as vision lasts, I must answer, “Yes,” to truth;
in my dream and in my dark, always that elusive spark.
If they ask what I did well, tell them I said, “Yes,” to truth.
Mientras lata el corazón, debo decire “Si,” al amor;
me dolió la decepción, y aún así te dí el perdon.
Si preguntan qué hice bien, diles: Dijo “Si,” al amor.
Just as long as my heart beats, I must answer, “Yes,” to love;
disappointment pierced me through, still I kept on loving you.
If they ask what I did best, tell them I said, “Yes,” to love.
Going Forth
Words by Sarah Lenzi
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
“Love is the Thread”
Written and Performed by Kaleidoscope
