Mental Health affects us all. In the Brattleboro area, the National Alliance for Mental Illness, NAMI-VT, facilitates support group meetings for peers and families and provides educational programs and training for families and individuals impacted by mental illness. Our speakers, Judy and Chip Siler, are members of the NAMI-VT board and facilitators and trainers for various NAMI programs.
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“Together for Mental Health”
Order of Service
Sunday, June 4, 2023
Speakers: Judy & Chip Siler
Service Leader: Christina Gibbons
Greeters: Carla Fogg & Ed Burke
Greeting Christina Gibbons
ASC Board Welcome & Announcements Catie G. Berg
Prelude: Waltz in C# minor (excerpt) Frederic Chopin
Eva Greene, piano
Chalice Lighting .from Robin F. Gray
We join our voices in a holy communion of mind and heart, dedicated to the promises that bind us in compassion, one with another. In this hour we light the flame that signals our intention to find the sacred in every living thing.
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.
Introduction Christina Gibbons
Opening Hymn #65: The Sweet June Days
Story for All Ages: “I Am Human,” by Susan Verde
read by Ellie Weiss
Anthem: “My Soul Is Awakened”
words by Anne Brontë, music by Cristi Cary Miller
All Souls Choir, Tom Baehr, Director
Message: “Together for Mental Health” Chip and Judy Siler
Hymn #1053: How Could Anyone Ever Tell You
Offering shared with NAMI_VT
Offertory: Canción de cuna Leo Brouwer (b. 1939)
Eva Greene, piano
Reflection on Joys and Concerns
Closing Hymn #129: Let Love Continue Long
Extinguishing the Chalice
Closing Circle: “Carry the Flame of Peace and Love” (sung two times)
Benediction Christina Gibbons
Coffee Hour and Conversation