Gathering Music
Welcome and Announcements
Speaker Introduction
Centering
Prelude
"The Lovers' Waltz"
Written and composed by Jay Ungar and Molly Mason
Performed by Mary Bopp
Chalice Lighting and Opening Words
Opening Hymn
#170 "We Are a Gentle, Angry People"
Words and Music by Holly Near
Led by Sandy Johnson
We are a gentle, angry people,
and we are singing, singing for our lives.
We are a gentle, angry people,
and we are singing, singing for our lives.
We are a justice-seeking people ...
We are young and old together ...
We are a land of many colors ...
We are gay and straight together ...
We are a gentle, loving people ...
Joys and Concerns
Musical Meditation
Reading: Do Stones Feel? by Mary Oliver
Offering
The recipient of our community outreach offering is the University of Connecticut's Native American Cultural Program or NACP. NACP provides resources, services and community for UCONN's Native and Indigenous students and faculty, helps foster relationships with local tribal nations, and works towards building good relations between UCONN and the land.
Offering Music
"Seasons of Love"
Written and composed by Jonathan Larson
Sung by Sandy Johnson
Reading: "On the Beach" by Mary Oliver
Musical Meditation
Sermon (Rev. Aaron Miller)
Closing Hymn
#131 "Love Will Guide Us"
Words: Sally Rogers
Music: Betty A Wylder
Led by Sandy Johnson
Love will guide us, peace has tried us,
hope inside us will lead the way
on the road from greed to giving.
Love will guide us through the hard night.
If you cannot sing like angels,
if you cannot speak before thousands,
you can give from deep within you.
You can change the world with your love.
Love will guide us, peace has tried us,
hope inside us will lead the way
on the road from greed to giving.
Love will guide us through the hard night.
Meditation
Extinguishing the Chalice and Closing Words
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.
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