It’s Never Too Late for Love: Hospice work teaches us that the end of life can be filled with surprises and spiritual gifts. We anticipate that this service will be both in-person and on Zoom. Click right here Sunday shortly before 10 a.m. to join via Zoom.
Join us as we host Brattleboro Area Hospice, with whom we are sharing our Sunday offerings for this month. Ruth Nangeroni, Volunteer Coordinator, will talk about that work, and share a story that illuminates how inspiring this experience can be.
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
“It’s Never Too Late for Love”
Guest Speaker: Ruth Nangeroni, Volunteer Coordinator, Brattleboro Area Hospice
Service Coordinator: Karen Tyler
Board Welcome & Announcements Leslie Kinney
Prelude for Lute BWV 998 J.S. Bach
Eva Greene, piano
Chalice Lighting Eric Williams
We all emerge from
Dwell within
Are transformed by
And called back to Love.
May your mind be humbled before this Mystery.
May your heart grow hopeful by it.
May you be sustained by this Love always.
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 Words Karen Tyler
Opening Hymn: Love Call Me Home Peggy Seeger
LOVE CALL ME HOME (words, music and © 2001 Peggy Seeger)
When the waters are deep,
Friends carry me over
When I cry in my sleep
Love call me home.
CHORUS:
Time, ferry me down the river,
Friends carry me safely over
Life, tend me on my journey
Love call me home.
When the waters are cold
Friends carry me over
When I’m losing my hold
Love call me home. (
CHORUS
When I’m weary and cannot swim
Friends carry me over
Open your arms and take me in
Love call me home.
CHORUS
Take the gift I bring
Friends carry me over
Deep within me life is singing
Love call me home.
CHORUS
Life offers a chance
For friends to carry us over
Time can stop or dance forever
Love call me home.
CHORUS
Story for All Ages: “Peter’s Old House” Elsa Beskow (read by Ruth Nangeroni)
Anthem: And Make It So words and music by Douglas E. Wagner
All Souls Church Choir, Tom Baehr, Director
Poem: “The Fourth Sign of the Zodiac” Parts 1&2 by Mary Oliver
(read by Mary Moriarty)
Offering Guest Speaker: Ruth Nangeroni, Volunteer Coordinator,
Brattleboro Area Hospice
Offertory: Lobe den Herren (arr.) J.S. Bach
Eva Greene, piano
Candles of Joys and Concerns Karen Tyler
Hymn #123: Spirit of Life
Poem: “The Fourth Sign of the Zodiac” Parts 3 &4, by Mary Oliver
(read by Mary Moriarty )
Hymn #18: What Wondrous Love
Extinguishing the Chalice Rachelle Lamb
May you fall madly in love this year .. in love with someone who unhinges your tired trajectory, in love with a spouse of several years who might be aching for lightning, in love with demanding children and crazy relatives .. in love with the particular pedigree of genius insanity that has perhaps claimed you in spite of your reluctance .. and certainly in love with an animal, a cloud, a redwood, the wild .. these at least once a day. May you fall in love with this fragile jewel of a world, with hard work, real learning, just causes, petitioning and prayers. May you fall in love with wonder itself, with the grand mystery, with all that feeds you in order that you may live .. and with the responsibility that that confers. May you fall in love with heartbreak and seeing how it’s stitched into everything. May you fall in love with the natural order of things and with tears, tenderness and humility. May this be a magnificent year for you. May you fall deeply, madly, hopelessly, inextinguishably in love.
*Closing Circle “Carry the flame of peace and love”
until we meet again.” (sung 2X)
*Please stand as you are able
Benediction Karen Tyler
“We move from birth to death amid a crowd of others, and the name of the parade is love.” –Author unknown
Coffee Hour and Conversation