ORDER OF WORSHIP | JUNE 9, 2024 | 10:00 AM HYBRID SERVICE
We are committed to being an antiracist, anti-oppressive congregation. We celebrate people of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds, genders, and sexual orientations. We honor our spiritual connection to the earth and all living things.
Before the service: You may light a candle for the joys and sorrows in your heart. Please respect those seeking silence.
Opening Welcome
Leslie Fabian, Worship Associate
Announcements
Opening Greeting
Leslie Fabian
Come, come, whoever you are,
Whomever you love,
Whatever your image of the Holy,
Your presence here is a gift.
All are worthy, all are welcome.
Call to Worship
Asha McLaughlin, Guest Worship Leader
Opening Music
Lighting the Chalice
Leslie Fabian
As we light this chalice, may we allow our minds
to rest in stillness for a while.
In gratitude for our ability to think, reason, and
make our way through this physical world,
let us now relax, open our hearts, and receive what is about to come.
Wisdom Story
Austen Petersen, Director of Religious Education
Talk: Entering the Heart Through Meditation
Mark McLaughlin, Guest Worship Leader
Joys & Blessings
Mark McLaughlin
Centering Music
Bansuri/Indian flute
Practice: Entering the Heart Through Meditation
Asha McLaughlin
Sharing Our Gifts
Online Giving
Text-to-Give: 757-500-0688
In-Person Giving: Place offerings in the collection plates as they’re passed during the service.
The collection this week goes to our general operating fund to help cover all of those essential things like staff salaries and building maintenance, as well as the activities that are so important to all of us, from programming to crayons for our RE children. A recorded contribution to the general operating fund also fulfills the annual financial contribution requirement for WUU membership (WUU Bylaws). Thank you for your support!
Offertory Music
Extinguishing the Chalice
Leslie Fabian
We extinguish this flame, in the hope that
the sacredness and peacefulness of what we’ve
experienced here today will carry us through the week.
Closing Words
Mark McLaughlin
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