It is that time of the year when cultures all over the world remember and honor their dead. Unitarian Universalists also mark this time of year. We will remember the people we have lost this year in a collective ritual of celebration, remembrance and grief. We will also remember those who have been gone longer. Bring pictures of your lost loved ones for our altar.
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: “For Remembrance” from A Garland of Memories by Frederic Muller, Linli Wang, Pianist.
- Ring Tibetan Bowl
- Centering Music: Intermezzo, Op. 118 No. 2 by Johannes Brahms, LInli Wang Pianist
- Opening Hymn: STJ# 1050, We are…
- Welcome
- Chalice Lighting: Florence Caplow
- Wisdom Tale: Michael Rosen’s Sad Book by Michael Rosen, illustrated by Quentin Blake, published by Candlewick, read by
- Beau Ohlgren
- Call to Worship: Sarah Gettie McNeill
- Hymn: #86, Blessed Spirit of My Life
- Land Acknowledgment
- Wisdom Reading: “Blessing for the Brokenhearted” Jan Richardson
- Prayer, Candles of Joys, Sorrows & Gratitude
- Sung Prayer: Rev. Rebecca Parker
- Sermon: Day of Remembrance, Rev. Sollie
- Hymn: #96, I Cannot Think of Them as Dead
- Offertory
- Shared Singing: Hymn #402, From You I Receive
- Invitations
- Hymn: #194, Faith is a Forest
- Benediction: In Blackwater Woods, by Mary Oliver
- Extinguishing the Chalice
- Invitation and Final Wave
- Postlude: Memories of a Viennese Park by Dave Brubeck