Our theme for the month of April is “Resistance,” which can take many forms.  What works for you?  Several members of the congregation will share their perspectives. We anticipate that this service will be both in-person and on Zoom. Click right here Sunday shortly before 10:00 a.m. to join via Zoom. Click here to read our protocols for in-person attendance.When attending in person, please completely power off your cell phone during the service to preserve the Church’s WiFi bandwidth for our Zoom attendees.

“Finding Your Own Path to Resistance”

Sunday, April 16, 2023
Order of Service
Service Leaders: Daniel Kasnitz & Karen Tyler
Greeter: Lois Reynolds

ASC Board Greeting and Announcements            Barbara Woods

Prelude:  “It’s You I Really Need ”                           Daniel Kasnitz & Naomi Steinberg

Chalice Lighting by Andrea Hawkins-Kamper       Maise Crowther

Blessed are we who gather with open hearts, together, in this space, today.
Blessed are we: the chalice-lighters of resistance, justice, love, and faith.
Blessed are we: the heretics, the outcasts, the walkers of our own way.
Blessed are we: the border-crossers, the refugees, the immigrants, the poor, the wanders who are not lost.
Blessed are we: the transgressors, the trespassers, the passers-by, the cause-takers, the defiant, the compliant.
Blessed are we: the hand-extenders, the sign-makers, the protestors, the protectors.
Blessed are we: the trans women, the trans men, the non-binary, the cisgender, the multigender, the no gender.
Blessed are we: the friend, the stranger, the lonely, the hidden, the visible, the authentic.
Blessed are we who rise in solidarity, blessed are we who cannot, blessed are we who do not.
Blessed are we for this is our Beloved Community, and this is who we are.

Opening Words                                                         Karen Tyler

Lighting Our Children’s Chalice
We light this chalice to celebrate Unitarian Universalism. We are the church of the open minds. We are the church of the helping hands. We are the church of the loving hearts.
                                                                                 

Opening Song: “For What Its Worth”                      Stephen Stills
                   Led by Daniel Kasnitz

For What It’s Worth by Stephen Stills
Something’s happening here
But what it is ain’t exactly clear
There’s a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware
I think it’s time we stop
Children, what’s that sound?
Everybody look, what’s going down?
There’s battle lines being drawn
Nobody’s right if everybody’s wrong
Young people speaking their minds
Getting so much resistance from behind
It’s time we stop
Hey, what’s that sound?
Everybody look, what’s going down?
What a field day for the heat (Ooh ooh ooh)
A thousand people in the street (Ooh ooh ooh)
Singing songs and they carrying signs (Ooh ooh ooh)
Mostly say, “Hooray for our side” (Ooh ooh ooh)
It’s time we stop
Hey, what’s that sound?
Everybody look, what’s going down?
Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
It starts when you’re always afraid
Step out of line, the men come and take you away
We better stop
Hey, what’s that sound?
Everybody look, what’s going down?
You better stop
Hey, what’s that sound?
Everybody look, what’s going down?
You better stop
Now, what’s that sound?
Everybody look, what’s going down?
You better stop
Children, what’s that sound?
Everybody look, what’s going down?

Story For All Ages: “Sometimes People March” by Tessa Allen 
                       Read by Karen Tyler

Anthem: “Soon the Day Will Arrive” music by Nurit Hirsch, words by Ehud Manor 

             All Souls Choir, Tom Baehr, Director

Reflections: “Pathways to Resistance”

Song and Solidarity                                                    George Carvill

Resisting Injustice, Building Community                 Catie G. Berg

Persistence                                                                 Daniel Kasnitz

Inviting the Offering shared with ECDC

Offertory:       “Spring Morning”                                Daniel Kasnitz

Honoring the Candles of Joys and Sorrows            Karen Tyler

Hymn #123    “Spirit of Life”

Reading: “The Mad Farmer Liberation Front” by Wendell Berry
Read by Daniel Kasnitz

Closing Hymn #170  “We Are A Gentle Angry People”

Extinguishing the Chalice by Joel Miller
Let our lives be a prayer
That waters dry souls
Mends broken hearts
Refuses to be terrorized
Seeks this world’s beauty
And carries us through its storms.

Closing Circle: “Carry the Flame of Peace and Love” (sung two times)

Benediction:
“If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.”
Dalai Lama

Coffee Hour and Conversation