Spring Forward!  Don’t forget to set your clocks one hour forward on Sunday!

“The True Power of Community“
with Rev. Telos Whitfield
Greeter: Kathy Squires

Order of Service
Sunday, March 10, 2024

 

Music for Gathering   El último canto              Agustín Barrios
    
Greeting                                                                                              Rev. Telos 

Board Welcome & Announcements                                                Carla  Fogg

Prelude:  Arietta from Lyric Suite, op. 12 Edvard Grieg
                            Eva Greene, piano

Chalice Lighting  words of Elizabeth Nguyen, adapted              Robert Wyckoff
May our chalice flame guide our journey to transform the big and the small, to transform ourselves, and to transform the world. Unitarian Universalism means no one is outside of the circle of love. We stubbornly seek out the spark of the divine in each other. Interdependence means none of us is truly free until we are all free, and our thriving is bound with the earth’s thriving. We are a community called to honor love and justice.

Lighting Our Childen’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.

Call to Worship                                                                                    Rev. Telos

**Opening Hymn #407: We’re Gonna Sit at the Welcome Table
   **Please join in standing as you are able.

Story for All of Us: The Circles All Around Us by Brad Montague

New Member Ceremony! 
Invitation to Join – a Responsive Reading
We gather this morning with excitement and gratitude to welcome new members into our community! We recognize that we are entering into a covenant together, both with each other and the larger force of love and transformation that Unitarian Universalism represents.

Congregation: We are a congregation eager to seek the truth and live our lives in the spirit of generosity. You are joining a community that supports each other in times of joy and sorrow. Please share your creativity and your passions, your strengths and your needs with us. We the members and friends of All Souls U.U. Church welcome you into our midst. We offer you the cooperation of our hearts and hands, and our support as you find your way among us.

Let us welcome Rosa, Allie, Britta (and Skylar!) Liz and Mia into our community with open hearts, knowing they will bring new ideas, unexpected gifts and needed energy. Welcome Home!

Sharing My Path to All Souls                                                             Ian Hefele

Anthem: If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking
poem by Emily Dickinson, music by Leo Smit (adapted)
All Souls Choir, Tom Baehr, Director

Sermon:  The True Power of Community                                            Rev. Telos

Offering shared with The Women’s Freedom Center

Offertory:     Peace     Horace Silver
                 Eva Greene, piano

Honoring Our Candles of Joys and Concerns

**Song #1057: Go Lifted Up
  **Please join in standing as you are able.

Extinguishing the Chalice  words of Shari Woodbury               Robert Wyckoff We extinguish our flame but we know that Love is not only something we receive, but something we practice in community. Let us be accountable to one another for doing the work of living our shared values through the spiritual discipline of Love. As we continue to listen and learn, to act and grow, may each unfold in wholeness— both deeply loving and truly loved.

**Closing Circle: Carry the flame of peace and love
until we meet again. (sung two times)
                  **Please join in standing as you are able.