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This special service will be led by Rev. Telos Whitfield and our Caring Circle. We do not know when our last day might be… This service will offer ways we can look toward our own dying process with care. Within this circle of caring, we have stories of supporting people at the end of their lives, and honoring their memory. And each of us have experienced losses of those we love. Let us explore this universal experience, together.
“Honoring Our Lives, Dying With Care”
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Order of Service
Sunday, April 25, 2021
Welcome Rev. Telos Whitfield
Announcements Jamie Gibson
Prelude Pavane, op. 50, by Gabriel Fauré
Arr. for flute and piano (excerpt)
Tom Baehr, flute Eva Greene, piano
Chalice Lighting by Albert Schweitzer Beth McKinney
“At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.”
Opening Words Rev. Telos Whitfield
Opening Hymn #1064 Blue Boat Home
lyrics, Peter Mayer; melody, Hyfrydol
sung by Robert Wyckoff
Story For All of Us “The Tenth Good Thing About Barney”
by Judith Viorst, Erik Blegvad (Illustrator)
read by Ellie Weiss
Sharing My Path to All Souls Church Beth McKinney
Anthem “Butterflies”
Haiku by Andrea S. McAuslan, music by Tom Baehr
Sung by All Souls Choir, directed by Tom Baehr
“What Happens When We Die? A Variety of Beliefs” Rev. Telos Whitfield
Reflection Making Friends With Dying Beth McKinney
Sharing a Poem Crossing the Bar by Alfred Lloyd Tennyson
read by Ellie Weiss
Reflection George Carvill
Reading 23rd Psalm
read by Beth McKinney
Reflection Strained Service For a Party: Linda Hay
Planning a memorial service proactively
Reflection Learning As We Live Rev. Telos Whitfield
Hymn Love Call Me Home by Peggy Seeger
www.peggyseeger.com
sung by Steve Squires, Marie Gorst, Catie Berg & Karen Tyler,
interpretation by Beverly Miller
Offering shared with Minister’s Discretionary Fund
Offertory Abide with Me by William H. Monk
Peter Gibbons, viola; Eva Greene, piano
Blessing of our Candles of Joy and Concern
Closing Hymn #1057 Go Lifted Up by Mortimer Barron
Christina Gibbons, soprano; Eva Greene, piano
Closing Words Rev. Telos Whitfield
Extinguishing Our Chalice by Lee Huebert Beth McKinney
“Lighting a candle is somewhat like the beginning of life. If that is true, then perhaps extinguishing a candle is like the ending of life. But death may not be the end of us. We live on in the memories of friends and loved ones. The influence we possessed in life works on, moving persons or causes forward. Let us not forget that most candles have more than one life, and so, perhaps, may we.”
Closing Circle and song
“Carry the flame of peace and love until we meet again” (sung 2 times)
Conversation and Coffee Hour