ORDER OF WORSHIP | MARCH 3, 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 Song
SLT #188 “Come, Come, Whoever You Are”
Opening Words
Rev. Michelle Collins, Interim Minister
Opening Welcome
Leslie Fabian, Worship Associate
Announcements
Prelude
Courante from Partita No. 4 in D Major, by Johann Sebastian Bach
Heidi Souza, piano
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.
Opening Hymn
STJ #1000 “Morning Has Come”
Lighting the Chalice
Leslie Fabian
We kindle this flame,
Honoring the doorways in our souls:
The windows through which we gaze at one another
The balconies where we catch glimpses of sky
The thresholds we stand on this morning
Wondering, hoping, fearing, dreaming.
Wisdom Story
Austen Petersen, Director of Religious Education & Rev. Michelle Collins
Pledge Drive Introduction
Blessing the Children
“As You Journey,” by Ann Hossler, Director of Music, UU Fellowship of Vero Beach, FL
As you journey
As you journey
May you know
May you know
Love and hope go with you
Love and hope go with you
Learn and grow
Learn and grow
Meditation & Prayer
Rev. Michelle Collins
From the Heart
Katrina Landon
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
“Moonlit Meadows,” by Serge Prokofiev
Heidi Souza, piano
Reflection
“Spiritual Communities ARE Transformation”
Rev. Michelle Collins
Closing Hymn
Extinguishing the Chalice
Leslie Fabian
If here you have found freedom, take it with you into the world.
If you have found comfort, go and share it with others.
If you have dreamed dreams,
help one another, that they may come true.
If you have known love, give some back to a
bruised and hurting world. Go in peace.
Closing Words
Rev. Michelle Collins
SLT=Gray Hymnal | STJ=Teal Hymnal
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