Welcome!

We are always delighted to welcome guests! If this is your first time visiting a Unitarian Universalist church or our congregation, here’s some idea of what to expect.

Order of Service

• Prelude: Autumn Petit Adagio from Vremena goda (The Seasons) by Aleksandr Glazunov, Linli Wang, piano
• Ring Tibetan Bowl
• Opening Hymn: #361, Enter, Rejoice and Come In
• Welcome
• Chalice Lighting: Rev. Sharon Wylie
• Wisdom Tale: My Wheel of the Year, written by Nikki Van De Car, Illustrated by Kiki Kita, published by Hachette Book Group, Inc.  Read by Darryl Ray 
• Sing the Children to their Classroom
• Call to Worship: Lynn Unger
• Ritual: Calling the Four Directions
• Hymn: #73, Chant for the Seasons–Autumn
• Land Acknowledgment
• Wisdom Reading: “The Wild Geese” by Wendell Berry
• Prayer, Candles of Joys, Sorrows & Gratitude
• Sung Prayer: Rev. Rebecca Parker
• Ritual:  Apples: Eating Sunshine
• Hymn: #21, For the Beauty of the Earth
• Offertory
• Shared Singing: Hymn #402, From You I Receive
• Invitations
• Hymn: #46, Now the Day is Over
• Benediction: Close the Circle
• Extinguishing the Chalice
• Invitation and Final Wave
• Postlude: ‘Tis Autumn’ by Henry Nemo, Linli Wang, piano