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Order of Service
December 30, 2018
Prelude We Three Kings of Orient Are
Welcome & Announcements Susan & Peter Richards
Chalice Lighting
With this flame we renew our commitment to justice, peace and
compassion.
*Affirmation All
From all that dwell below the skies,
Let faith and hope with love arise.
Let beauty, truth, and good be sung
Through every land, by every tongue. Amen
Words based on Isaac Watts. Old Hundredth, Genevan Psalter, 1551
Poem The Summer Day Susan Richards
Mary Oliver
*Hymn #57 All Beautiful the March of Days
Greeting One Another
Story for All Ages Squirrel’s New Year’s Resolution Leyah Jensen
Pat Miller
Children’s Blessing All
Go now in peace, go now in peace.
May the light of love surround you,
Everywhere, everywhere, you may go.
Words and music by Natalie Sleeth
Children depart for the Religious Exploration Program
Anthem Ding Dong Merrily on High
trad. French Carol
Responsive Reading #544 New Year’s Day Peter and All
Joys and Concerns
Hymn #1007 There's a River Flowin' in My Soul
Reflections “What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” Members of the Congregation
Poem Self-Portrait Susan Richards
Mary Oliver
Letting Go: A New Years Water Communion All
Meditation & Moment of Silence Susan Richards
Our Gifts We Bring Peter Richards
Offertory W zlobie lezy
trad. Polish Carol
*Hymn #92 Mysterious Presence, Source of All
Extinguishing the Chalice
Carry the flame of peace and love until we meet again
**Postlude Epiphany Waltz
Thomas Keersecker
Sunday Morning Participants
Sunday Service Leaders – Susan & Peter Richards
Music Director – Barbara Elder
UU Meeting House Choir – Cynthia Csabay, Al Fuller, Cheryl Fuller, Val Hall, Haziel Jackson, Polly Miller, Grace Noyes, Phaedra Plank, Jim Sulzer, Nancy Tobias, Jeffrey Thomson
Coffee Hour Host – Coffee Hour this week is a potluck. Bring something to share and we’ll enjoy! Coffee Hour is also generously funded this week by a grant given by the Strand Family to help us tie up those potluck loose ends.
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