WHAT COLOR IS YOUR RIBBON?
Chris Juhl
Prelude: I Won’t Back Down (T. Petty & J. Lynne)
Opening Words: From Israel Zangwill
Lighting the Chalice Flame: We gather this hour as people of faith, with joys and sorrows, gifts and needs. We light this beacon of hope, a sign of our quest for truth and meaning, in celebration of the life we share together. Christine Robinson
Hymn: #123 Spirit of Life
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.
Responsive Reading:
Thirty spokes share the wheel’s hub;
It’s the center hole that makes it useful.
Shape clay into a vessel;
It’s the space within that makes it useful.
Cut doors and windows for a room;
It’s the holes that make it useful.
Therefore profit comes from what is there;
Usefulness from what is not there.
Children & Youth Check-In & Send-Off: Go now in peace, go now in peace; may the spirit of love surround you everywhere, everywhere you may go.
Time of Reflection, Meditation/Prayer
Offertory: When You Believe (S. Schwartz)
Sermon: What Color is Your Ribbon? Chris Juhl
Hymn: #347 Gather the Spirit
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: From T.S. Eliot
Postlude: Fight Song (R. Platten & D. Bassett)
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