ORDER OF WORSHIP | JUNE 16, 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
Susan Marcinkus, Worship Associate & Welcoming Congregation Team
Announcements
Introduction of Tret Fure
Susan Marcinkus
Prelude
“A Piece of the Sky,” by Tret Fure
Opening 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.
Opening Song
“Tender,” by Tret Fure
Call to Worship
“Meditation,” by Kenneth Sawyer
Deborah Fabian, Welcoming Congregation Team
Lighting the Chalice
Susan Marcinkus
We light this flame
to ignite our hearts and minds—
the spark of knowledge that enlightens,
the shimmering hope that burns,
the blazing love that engulfs our actions,
the bonfire of our commitment.
We light this flame for those
who celebrate themselves
who fear
who hope
who persevere
who stand on the side of love for all.
We light this flame
for those who have been ridiculed,
that they may find peace;
for those who have fought to marry,
that they may celebrate;
for those who live in uncertainty in the world,
that they may have hope.
We light this flame
to renew our commitment
that no one shall ever again
suffer for the right to love.
We light this flame
to celebrate our kaleidoscope of diversity:
working, loving, and living on the side of love.
For this, we light this flame.
Wisdom Story
“Our Rainbow”
Madison Sims
Meditation
Deborah Fabian
Musical Interlude
“True Colors,” by Billy Steinberg & Tom Kelly
Performed by David Welch, Welcoming Congregation Team
From the Heart
Susan Marcinkus
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.
PFLAG Williamsburg, the local affiliated chapter of PFLAG National, provides community-based support groups to help further the organization’s mission to create a caring, just, and affirming world for LGBTQ+ people and those who love them. To request information about support group meetings or to be added to the mailing list, email pflagwilliamsburg@gmail.com.
Offertory Music
“The Tie that Binds,” by Tret Fure
From the Heart
Madison Sims
Closing Music
“Freedom,” by Tret Fure
Extinguishing the Chalice
Susan Marcinkus
When we take fire from our chalice, it does not become less, it becomes more.
And so we extinguish our chalice, but we take its light and warmth with us,
Multiplying their power by all of our lives, and sharing it with the world.
Closing Words
David Wilcox, Welcoming Congregation Team
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