Join us to hear and learn insights from a variety of church members whose voices represent a diversity of experience. We draw inspiration from our community and our own lives.
May our voices be heard!
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Sunday, May 26th, 2024
Sunday, May 26th, 2024Voices of Our Congregation
Worship Leaders: Jody McAssey and Marty Shaw
Celebrating 52 years at the West Village Meetinghouse
102 Years as All Souls Church
with more than 200 years of Universalist and
190 years of Unitarian presence in Brattleboro
Gathering Music
Board Welcome and Announcements Jamie Gibson
Prelude Mollie Melloan, pianist
Chalice Lighting – Bringing Us Home To Love Jody McAssey
We light this chalice today as a people dedicated to personal growth.
May it burn away the oppressions we have been taught, and glow instead with the humility of learning.
May it reignite our dreams for a better world, and kindle our joy for simple living.
May we grow in our understanding in how to best come together on a Sunday morning.
May its warmth extend out into the forgotten alleyways of exclusion, and bring us home to love, to welcoming, and to all the challenges, the questions, and the blessings of this beautiful path to becoming a beloved community.
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 Jody McAssey
Story For All Ages The Big Orange Splot by Daniel Manus Pinkwater Marty Shaw
*Opening Hymn #346 Come Sing a Song With Me
Reading
Anthem “This Is My Song”(music of Finlandia)
words by Lloyd Stone, music by Jean Sibelius
All Souls Choir, Tom Baehr, Director
Message and Congregational Voices Marty Shaw and Others
Offering shared with our Ministers Discretionary Fund
Offertory Molly Malloen, pianist
Candles and Stones of Joy and Concern
*Hymn #1008 When Our Heart Is In a Holy Place
Extinguishing our Chalice An Unquenchable Flame
As we extinguish the flame on our chalice, we ignite it inside ourselves.
Our commitment to our mission and to one another is an unquenchable flame.
Let us remember that we are not alone until we light this flame next time.
words of Ben Atherton-Zeman
*Closing Circle “Carry the flame of peace and love until we meet again” (sung 2x)
Benediction
Refreshment and Conversation
*Please rise in body or spirit!