“One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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: Selections from In an Old World City by Gustav Lind, Linli Wang, piano
• Ring Tibetan Bowl
• Poetry: “[All the Time I Pray to Buddha]” Kobayashi Issa
• Opening Hymn: #346, Come Sing a Song With Me
• Welcome
• Chalice Lighting: Cindy Fesgen
• Wisdom Tale: “Technically, It’s Not My Fault” John Grandits
• Sing the Children to their Classroom
• Poetry: Women’s Prison Every Week, Jill McDonough
• Hymn: #348, Guide My Feet
• Poetry: “There She Is” Linda Gregg
• Land Acknowledgment
• Poetry: “Kinship” Margarita Engle
• Prayer, Candles of Joys, Sorrows & Gratitude
• Sung Prayer: Rev. Rebecca Parker
• Poetry: “Having it Out with Melancholy” Jane Kenyon
• Hymn: #289, Creative Love, Our Thanks We Give
• Poetry: “Escaped Housewife Prefers the Term Cosmetologist”  Karen Craigo
• Offertory
• Shared Singing: Hymn #402, From You I Receive
• Poetry: “In An Unrelated” Elaine Equi
• Announcements
• Poetry: “In Winter” Michael Ryan
• Hymn: #398, To See the World
• Poetry: “With that Moon Language” Hafiz
• Extinguishing the Chalice
• Invitation and Final Wave
• Postlude: When All the World Was Young by Gustav Lind, Linli Wang, Piano