ORDER OF WORSHIP | JUNE 12, 2022 | 10:00 AM HYBRID SERVICE
Before the service: You may light a candle for the joys and sorrows in your heart.
Please respect those seeking silence.
Gathering
Announcements
Susan Marcinkus, Worship Associate
Opening Hymn
SLT #76 “For Flowers That Bloom about Our Feet”
Performed by Jess Huetteman, Bell Street Chapel UU
Welcome & Greeting
Susan Marcinkus
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
by Addae Ama Kraba (adapted)
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Minister
Lighting the Chalice
with words by Amy Zucker Morganstern
Susan Marcinkus
Within the heart of the flower, the fountain of beauty
Within the heart of the community, a fire that warms and dances
Within the heart of each of us, a spark of the spirit of life.
Holy,
holy,
holy.
Wisdom Story
“The Everything Seed,” by Carole Martignacco, illustrations by Joy Troyer
BethAnne Klaver
New Member Welcome Ceremony
New member bios
Meditation & Prayer, Sung, Spoken & Silent
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig
Centering Song
“Where You Go,” by Shohana Jedwab
Sung by Brittany Anne Tranbaugh, Kassie Hughes-Lampros & Anne Wisniewski-Barber, First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia
From the Heart
Katrina Landon & Jessica O’Brien
Board Commissioning & Thanks
Sharing Our Gifts
Online Giving
Text-to-Give: 757-500-0688
In-Person Giving: Place offerings in the dropbox in the Gathering Hall.
Each month we Share the Plate with one of the local organizations that provides a much needed service to our community. It offers us an opportunity to extend our compassion to others in need. This week, your contributions will go to FISH Inc., an all-volunteer, not-for-profit agency, providing help to area residents since 1975. FISH depends entirely on the generous support of WUU, other churches, and the greater community to provide food, clothing and shoes, cleaning and hygiene products, and small housewares to our less fortunate neighbors. FISH gratefully accepts donations of gently-used clothing and non-perishable food, but always needs cash donations to purchase new socks and underwear, to balance the pantry stock, and to pay the rent. Thank you so much for your generosity.
Offertory Music
“Where You Go” (reprise)
Flower Communion
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig
Music: “The Evening Star” by Felix Medelssohn & “Sarabande,” by Edvard Grieg; Ruben Piirainen (Music Director, UU Church West, Brookfield, WI), piano
Closing Hymn
STJ #1021 “Lean On Me”
Led by members of the Community Church of Chapel Hill, Unitarian Universalist
Extinguishing the Chalice
Susan Marcinkus
We extinguish this flame,
but not the light of truth,
the warmth of community,
or the fire of commitment.
These we carry in our hearts
until we are together again.
Closing Circle & Benediction
with words by Norbert Capek
Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig
SLT=Gray Hymnal | STJ=Teal Hymnal
Post-service conversation on Zoom: Zoom participants are invited to stay online for virtual social time.
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