"Ferry Beach Retreat and Conference Center. What's It All About?" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, March 22, 2026

Prelude

"A Beach Named Ferry"

by John Packard

performed by Jenn Richard

Chalice Lighting

#448 by Christine Robinson

We gather this hour as people of faith

With joys and sorrows, gifts and needs.

We light this beacon of hope,

sign of our quest

for truth and meaning,

in celebration of the life we share together.

Welcome and Call to Worship

Introduction to the Service - Nancy Madar

Hymn

#346 "Come Sing a Song With Me"

Words & music: Carolyn McDade

Come, sing a song with me,

come, sing a song with me,

come, sing a song with me,

that I might know your mind.

And I'll bring you hope

when hope is hard to find,

and I'll bring a song of love

and a rose in the wintertime.

Come, dream a dream with me ...

Come, walk in rain with me ...

Come, share a rose with me...

Time For All Ages

"All God's Critters Got a Place In the Choir"

by Bill Staines

Announcements

A Time for Sharing: Introductions, Joys and Concerns

"The Beginning" - Louisa Graver

Offertory

The recipient of our community outreach offering for the month of March is the CT Alliance to End Sexual Violence. Their mission is to create communities free of sexual violence and to provide culturally affirming, trauma-informed advocacy, prevention, and intervention services centered on the voices of survivors.

Offertory Music

"A Song for Judith"

by Judy Collins

performed by Jenn Richard

Memories - Nancy Madar

Reflections - Tracey Jackson

RE Week - Emmy Galbraith

Hymn

#118 "This Little Light of Mine"

Words & music: African American spiritual

This little light of mine,

I'm gonna let it shine.

This little light of mine,

I'm gonna let it shine.

This little light of mine,

I'm gonna let it shine.

Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.

Ev'ry where I go ...

Building up a world ...

Extinguishing the Chalice #456

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.

"The flame in our hearts never ceases burning"

Closing Circle

May faith in the spirit of life

And hope for the community of earth

And love of the light in each other

Be ours now, and in all the days to come.