“Healthy Families, Thriving Farms, Connected Communities”

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Order of Service
Sunday, March 7, 2021

Gathering

Board Greeting                      Ron Niswander

Prelude:   Aguas de Marco     Antonio  Carlos Jobim
      “and the riverbank talks of the waters of March
It’s the end of all pain, it’s the joy in your heart”

Eva Greene, piano; Dan Kasnitz, AV production 
Chalice Lighting: by Katy Gelfand

We light our chalice as a symbol of gratitude
as we celebrate the abundance of our lives together.
In this sanctuary we harvest bushels of strength for one another, and offer our crop with the hands of compassion and generosity.
In the authentic and gentle manner of our connections, we cultivate a simple sweetness to brighten our spirits.
May we be grateful for the ways we nourish and uplift each other, for it is the sharing of this hallowed time together that sustains us.

Opening Words

Opening Hymn # 207:    Earth Was Given As a Garden
Marie Gorst, soprano; Dan Kasnitz, AV production

Stewardship Moment                 Christina Gibbons

Reading:   “Let the Artists Win” by Bob Janis-Dillon
             read by Kathy Squires

Story For All Ages: “Last Stop on Market Street” by Matt de la Pena
read by Karen Tyler

Special Music   Inch by Inch (The Garden Song)  David Mallett
Steve Squires, voice, guitar & production

Offering Speaker: Laura Carbonneau of Food Connects

Offertory:  Lorsque vous n’aurez rien a faire,    Georges Massenet
“When I am with you… winter turns to spring”
Eva Greene, piano; Dawn Upshaw, soprano
Dan Kasnitz, AV production

Candles of Joys and Concerns

Hymn #318:  We Would Be One     Samuel Wright; Jean Sibelius (Finlandia)
Steve Squires, George Carvill & Eva Greene

Extinguishing the Chalice: by Amy Zucker Morgenstern
When we take fire from our chalice, it does not become less. It becomes more. And so we extinguish our chalice, but we take its light and warmth with us, multiplying their power by all of our lives, and sharing it with the world.

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

Benediction