SUNDAY SERVICE
Online ONLY ~ 10 am
Reverend Molly Housh Gordon & Others
Weaving Our Lives
We are all tangled up together in a great web of life that is woven with beauty and hardship, love and loss, thriving and struggle. How do we tend well to the weaving so that all of us are held in care?
More details can be found here:
https://www.uua.org/ga/off-site/2024/sunday-worship
Link for the Zoom Meeting at 10 am:
https://zoom.us/j/209555249?pwd=dkVSdDE1ZWh5dHBVcXo2ZHVKQUJkQT09
Meeting ID: 209 555 249
Phone: 16699009128
Password: 2020
You can also view our Livestream on FB: https://www.facebook.com/ChaliceUUF
Introduction – Rev. Dr. Molly Housh Gordon
Prelude – “Here Together” by David M Glasgow
featuring choirs from All Souls Unitarian Church Indianapolis, IN; First Parish in Concord, MA; First Parish UU in Lexington, MA; First UU Congregation of Ann Arbor, MI; UU Fellowship in Athens, GA; UU Fellowship of Poughkeepsie, NY; UU Church in Cherry Hill, NJ; UU Church in Reston, VA; and UU of Minnetonka, MN
Opening Words – Rev. Dr. Molly Housh Gordon, Rev. Eric Kaminetzky, Rev. Sarah Oglesby-Dunegan, Rev. Sadie Lansdale, Rev. Aaron Stockwell Wisman
Chalice Lighting – Gretchen Maune & Members of the UU Church of Columbia, MO
Story – from Through the Mickle Wood by Valiska Gregory – read by Rev. Dr. Leon Dunkley Jr.
Interlude - ”We Are Weaving Our Lives” by Alexa Sunshine Rose, performed by beheld
Centering Moment – Jamila Batchelder, Director of Religious Education & Violet Vonder Haar, Director of Music Ministry, UU Church of Columbia, MO
Congregational Song – “We are Weaving Our Lives” by Alexa Sunshine Rose
– led by Violet Vonder Haar
We are weaving our lives
We are weaving our hearts and our minds
We are weaving the bright and dark threads
Of our journeys through
We are weaving our lives
We are weaving a blanket of light
We are weaving a basket to hold
All that’s true
Prayer & Moment of Contemplation – Rev. Joan Javier-Duval 2 UUA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Hymn of Response – “Spirit of Life” by Carolyn McDade – led by Natasha Steinmacher
Spirit of Life, come unto me.
Sing in my heart all the stirrings of compassion.
Blow in the wind, rise in the sea;
move in the hand, giving life the shape of justice.
Roots hold me close; wings set me free;
Spirit of Life, come to me, come to me.
Reading – “Shaking the Tree” by Jeanne Lohmann – read by Rev. Jordinn Nelson Long
Anthem – “Weave and Spin” by Starhawk – performed by Lea Morris
Sermon – “Weaving Our Lives” – Rev. Dr. Molly Housh Gordon
Hymn – “Circle Round For Freedom” by Linda Hirschhorn – led by Natasha Steinmacher and Francisco Ruiz
Circle ‘round for freedom, circle ‘round for peace,
for all of us imprisoned, circle for release,
circle for the planet, circle for each soul,
for the children of our children, keep the circle whole.
Offering Introduction – Nicole Pressley for Side with Love
Offertory – “Hold On” by Yola, performed by beheld
Benediction – Rev. Dr. Molly Housh Gordon
Postlude – “Weaving Our Songs” arranged by Paul Winchester; music by David M. Glasgow, Alexa Sunshine Rose, Carolyn McDade, and Starhawk