The art of practice is the deliberate, disciplined process of refining skills through repetition, reflection, and adjustment. True practice is more than just a routine. It is and has to be an active engagement that balances patience with persistence. It is often in the small and invisible efforts where growth happens. Led by Linli Wang, we will explore what it is like to turn intention into instinct, potential into progress, and most importantly, to have the willingness to return again and again.
- Prelude
- Ring Tibetan Bowl
- Opening Hymn: #330, The Arching Sky of Morning Glows (slides)
- Welcome
- Chalice Lighting
- Wisdom Tale: Little Augie and His Trumpet (slide)
- Sing the Children to their Classroom (slide)
- Call to Worship: #441, To Worship (slides)
- Hymn: #351, A Long, Long Way the Sea-Winds Blow (slide)
- Land Acknowledgment: (slide)
- Wisdom Reading: Beyond Perfect
- Prayer, Candles of Joys, Sorrows & Gratitude
- Sung Prayer: Rev. Rebecca Parker (slide)
- Homily: Linli
- Hymn: #1011, Return Again (slide)
- Offertory (slide)
- Shared Singing: Hymn #402, From You I Receive (slide)
- Invitations
- Hymn #108 My Life Flows On in Endless Song (slides)
- Benediction: Excerpt from Little Gidding
- Extinguishing the Chalice (slide)
- Invitation and Final Wave
- Postlude