Gathering Music
Welcome
Announcements
Centering
Prelude
"The Oneness of Everything"
by Jim Scott
performed by Mary Bopp
Chalice Lighting and Opening Words
Excerpt from "Love Letters to the Earth"
by Thich Nhat Hanh
Opening Hymn
#203 "All Creatures of the Earth and Sky"
Words attributed to St. Francis of Assisi
Music from Ausserlesene Catholische Kirchengang
Verses 1-3
All creatures of the earth and sky,
come, kindred, lift your voices high,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Bright burning sun with golden beam,
soft shining moon with silver gleam:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Swift rushing wind so wild and strong,
white clouds that sail in heav'n along,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Fair rising morn in praise rejoice,
high stars of evening find a voice:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Cool flowing water, pure and clear,
make music for all life to hear,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Dance, flame of fire, so strong and bright,
and bless us with your warmth and light:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Time for All Ages
Musical Interlude
Joys and Concerns
Musical Interlude
Offering
The Interreligious Eco-Justice Network is Connecticut's only faith-based environmental non-profit organization. Committed to justice and grounded in hope, IREJN is a unifying voice dedicated to positive, hopeful action on behalf of the earth, the one thing we all share and the one place we all call home. Their mission is to inspire and equip Connecticut's religious communities and their spiritual allies to protect our planet through education, engagement, and advocacy.
Offering Music
"Sarabande" from Suite Pour le Piano
Claude Debussy
Sermon
"Interdependence in Three Parts"
Rev. Josh Pawelek
Closing Hymn
#7 "The Leaf Unfurling"
words by Don Cohen; music by John Corrado
The leaf unfurling in the April air,
the newborn child, the loving parent's care;
these constant, common miracles we share:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
All life is one, a single branching tree,
all pain a part of human misery,
all happiness a gift to you and me:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
The self-same bells for joy and sorrow ring.
No one can know what the next hour will bring.
We cry, we laugh, we mourn, and still we sing:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Extinguishing the Chalice
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.