Your transition team exploring Starr King’s heritage has listened to you through your individual and collective storytelling. Rev. Sollie will share what we heard and some observations. What is the story Starr King tells about itself?
Order of Service
- Prelude
- Ring the Tibetan Bowl
- Opening Hymn: STLT #1023 Building Bridges
- Welcome
- Chalice Lighting: Rev. Li Kynvi
- Call to Worship: Rev. Katie Romano Griffin
- Hymn: STLT #1, May Nothing Evil Cross This Door
- Land Acknowledgment
- Wisdom Reading: Jane Hooper
- Prayer, Candles of Joys, Sorrows & Gratitude
- Sung Prayer: Rev. Rebecca Parker
- Sermon: The Story of Us, Rev. Elizabeth Sollie
- Hymn: STJ #1014, Answering to the Call of Love
- Offertory
- Shared Singing: Hymn #402, From You I Receive
- Hymn: STJ #1003, Where do we Come From?
- Benediction: Pablo Picasso
- Extinguishing the Chalice
- Invitation and Final Wave
- Postlude
Lyrics
Hymn #1023 Building Bridges
Building bridges between our divisions,
I reach out to you, will you reach out to me?
With all of our voices and all of our visions,
Friends, we could make such sweet harmony.
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Hymn #1 May Nothing Evil Cross This Door
May nothing evil cross this door,
And may ill fortune never pry
About these windows;
May the roar and rain go by.
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By faith made strong, the rafters will
Withstand the battering of the storm.
This hearth, though all the world grow chill,
Will keep you warm.
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Peace shall walk softly through these rooms,
Touching our lips with holy wine,
Till every casual corner blooms
Into a shrine.
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With laughter drown the raucous shout,
And, though these sheltering walls are thin,
May they be strong to keep hate out
And hold love in.
Hymn #1014 Answering the Call of Love
The promise of the Spirit:
Faith, hope and love abide.
And so ev’ry soul
Is blessed and made whole;
The truth in our hearts is our guide.
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We are answering the call of love:
Hands joined together as hearts beat as one.
Emboldened by faith, we dare to proclaim
We are answering the call of love.
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Sometimes we build a barrier
To keep love tightly bound.
Corrupted by fear,
Unwilling to hear,
Denying the beauty we’ve found.
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We are answering the call of love:
Hands joined together as hearts beat as one.
Emboldened by faith, we dare to proclaim
We are answering the call of love.
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A bright new day is dawning
When love will not divide.
Reflections of grace
In ev’ry embrace,
Fulfilling the vision divine.
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We are answering the call of love:
Hands joined together as hearts beat as one.
Emboldened by faith, we dare to proclaim
We are answering the call of love.