We embark on a new year together, and look to our Imagination to envision new ways to connect and care for each other in these challenging and unprecedented times. What inspires and strengthens each of us and our community?
“IMAGINE ALL THE PEOPLE, LIVING FOR TODAY”
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Order of Service
Sunday, January 10, 2021
Welcome Rev. Telos Whitfield
Announcements ASC Board Representative Sarah Lott
Prelude An Irish Air [composer unknown]
Peter Gibbons, Viola
Lighting Our Chalice Bev Miller
We light this chalice to find inner peace,
Love for one another, and faith in ourselves.
Also, to be welcoming to whomever we meet
And to be kind to all living creatures.
So, gather around this light of hope
as we share this time together.
(Oberlin UU Fellowship, Oberlin, Ohio)
Call to Worship Rev. Telos Whitfield
Opening Hymn Storm is Passing Over Charles Albert Tindley
Daniel Kasnitz, voice, instruments and production
Sharing a Story For All of Us “My Brother Martin”
by Christine King Farris
Unison Affirmation Sarah Lott
“Love is the spirit of this congregation and
service is its call. Let this be our covenant:
to dwell together in peace,
to seek the truth in love,
and to help one another.”
Sharing My Path to All Souls Church Marie Gorst
Anthem Peace
Words by Sara Teasdale, Music by Tom Baehr
Sung by the All Souls Church Choir
Sharing Readings Rev. Telos Whitfield
Music and Sign Imagine John Lennon
Interpretation, Bev Miller
Sermon: “Imagine All The People, Living For Today” Rev. Telos Whitfield
Hymn We Are All In This Together Carole King
sung by Janis Chaillou,
Offering shared with 350 Brattleboro
Offertory Imagination Jimmy Van Heusen
Bob Wyckoff, cornet and production
Jamey Aebersold: piano, bass, drums
(Thanks to Jason @jazzbooks.com for permission to stream this track)
Blessing of our Candles of Joy and Concern
Closing Hymn Just As Long As I Have Breath
Words, Alicia S. Carpenter Music, Johann G. Ebeling
Performed by members of the Kitsap Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
[used by permission]
Extinguishing Our Chalice Bev Miller
Before we gather here again—
May each of us bring happiness into another’s life;
May we each be surprised by the gifts that surround us;
May each of us be enlivened by constant curiosity—
And may we remain together in spirit ‘til the hour we meet again.
(Barbara Cheatham)
Closing Circle and song
“Carry the flame of peace and love until we meet again” (sung 2 times)
Benediction
Conversation and Coffee Hour