Borders

We are crossing borders in our lives all the time – sometimes consciously and sometimes they slip by us.

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
  • Ring Tibetan Bowl
  • Opening Hymn: #1008, When Our Heart is in a Holy Place
  • Welcome
  • Chalice Lighting
  • Wisdom Tale: Adapted “The Wisdom of the Crows” from The Barefoot Book of Buddhist Tales, retold by Sherab Chödzin and Alexandra Kohn
  • Sing the Children to their Classroom
  • Call to Worship: Margaret Weis
  • Hymn: #1035, Freedom is Coming
  • Land Acknowledgment
  • Wisdom Reading: Douglas Coupland
  • Prayer, Candles of Joys, Sorrows & Gratitude
  • Sung Prayer: Rev. Rebecca Parker
  • Sermon: “Borders” Rev. Elizabeth Sollie
  • Hymn: #66, When the Summer Sun is Shining
  • Offertory
  • Shared Singing: Hymn #402, From You I Receive
  • Invitations
  • Hymn: #352, Find a Stillness
  • Benediction
  • Extinguishing the Chalice
  • Invitation and Final Wave
  • Postlude