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Meeting ID: 965 8475 4060
Passcode: 218531
Call-in #: (669) 900-9128
Order of Service
Prelude
Welcome and Announcements
Chalice Lighting — #448 “We Gather This Hour”
Opening Hymn — #131 “Love Will Guide Us”
Story “What Will You Bring to the Feast,”* Part 1
Singing Together — #402 “from You I Receive”
Story, Part 2
Singing Together — Hymn #1010, “We Give Thanks
Story, Part 3
Singing Together — “Be Kind” by Gordon Lustig
Reflections on Sharing Our Gifts
Meditation and Prayer
Silence (one minute)
Musical Response — #123 “Spirit of Life” (Inst.)
Sharing of Joys and Concerns
Offering — Offertory: “The Heart of Life” by John Mayer (Inst.)
Closing Hymn — #368 “Now Let Us Sing”?
Extinguishing the Chalice
We extinguish this chalice, but not the light of truth, the warmth of love, or the fire of commitment. These we carry in our hearts out into the world, until we meet again.
Benediction — “Sing to the Power of the Faith Within” by Erika Hewitt
Postlude — #415 “Hevenu Shalom Aleychem”
*The story “What Will You Bring to the Feast?” is based on a folktale from Africa and China printed in Doorway to the Soul, ed. Elisa Davy Pearmain (Pilgrim Press, 1998). This adaptation was published in Story, Song, and Spirit by Erika Hewitt (Skinner House Books, 2010).
