ROSH HASHANAH
Barbara Hatzfeld
Prelude: We’ve Only Just Begun, (R. Nichols & P. Williams)
Welcome
Introduction of Visitors
Opening Words: #636, Bless Us With Peace, read by Pat Knight
Lighting the Chalice Flame:
Let the lighting of this flame rekindle in us the inner light of love, of peace, of joy and of hope. And as one flame lights another, we pledge ourselves to be the bearers of the light wherever we are.
Hymn:
Come, come, whoever you are,
Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving.
Ours is no caravan of despair.
Come, yet again come.
Affirmation: Love is the spirit of this Congregation and service is its law. This is our great covenant to dwell together in peace, to seek the truth in love and to help one another.
Hymn: Introduction by Nickie Albert, #214 Shabbat Shalom (sing twice)
Story for All Ages: Is There Really a Human Race? (Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell) Read by Rachel Melcher
Quiet Time/Meditation/Prayer/Candle Lighting
Responsive Reading: #637 A Litany of Atonement, Led by Larry Stauber
Offertory: Come Together and Rock Hashanah, (Y. Broide)
Hymn: #215 Praise to the Living God
Rosh Hashanah Homily: Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur: 10 Days of Awe, Andrew Kahn & Phyllis Levin
Closing Hymn: #216 Hashiveinu (sing twice)
Extinguishing the Chalice Flame:
We extinguish this flame, but not the light of truth, the warmth of community, or the fire of commitment. These we carry in our hearts until we are together again.
Closing Words: #711
Postlude: Here Comes the Sun (G. Harrison)