sonder n. the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own
Order of Service
- Prelude: J.S. Bach — Partita No.4, BWV 828: II. Allemande, Linli Wang, Piano
- Opening Hymn: #1023, Building Bridges
- Welcome
- Greet Your Neighbor
- Chalice Lighting
- Wisdom Tale: I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes (Author), Gordon C. James (Illustrator), Nancy Paulsen Books (publisher), read by Tanya Webster
- Sing the Children to their Classroom
- Call to Worship: The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, John Koenig
- Hymn: #73,Chant for the Season, Autumn
- Land Acknowledgment
- Wisdom Reading: “Dinosaurs in the Hood”, Danez Smith
- Prayer, Candles of Joys, Sorrows & Gratitude
- Sung Prayer: Rev. Rebecca Parker
- Sermon: Complex Subjectivity, Rev. Elizabeth Sollie
- Hymn: #407 We’re Gonna Sit at the Welcome Table
- Offertory
- Shared Singing: Hymn #402, From You I Receive
- Announcements
- Hymn: #1008, When Our Heart is in a Holy Place
- Benediction
- Extinguishing the Chalice
- Invitation and Final Wave