Bend or Break?

Many stories tell us how, when the winds of change blow, it’s better to be like the supple willow than the unmoving oak.  This morning, we’ll explore the relationship between flexibility and change, and how we might move with the times.

All are welcome in worship, whether you’ve registered or not.  Your registration ahead of time allows for less congestion at the door on Sunday morning, and it helps us plan for spacing in the sanctuary.

Share the Plate

  • The Share the Plate recipient for Sunday 11/13/2022 and 11/20/2022 is the Goodman Community Center Thanksgiving Basket Drive.

    For decades the Goodman Community Center has been providing families with everything they need to make a traditional Thanksgiving meal at home. We started by serving several hundred families and today thousands of people are thankful for this gift.  


Order of Service 11/13/23

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  • Gathering Song: #188 “Come, Come, Whoever You Are”
  • Centering Sound
  • Welcome
  • Prelude: ”Loosen Loosen” by Aly Halpert
  • Call to Worship
  • Lighting the Chalice
  • Musical Response
  • Shared Music: Hymn #1015 “I Know I Can”
  • Time for All Ages: “A Little Spot of Flexible Thinking” by Diane Alber
  • Shared Music: Hymn #205 “Amazing Grace”
  • Wisdom from the World’s Traditions: Tao Te Ching chapter 76, translated by R. L. Wing, 1986
  • Reflection: “Bend or Break?” with Rev. Karen Armina
  • Offering: “Water is Wide” (trad.) and “Rose and Kathleen’s Jig” (Liz Carroll, arr. Maeve Gilchrist)
  • Joys and Sorrows
  • Shared Music: “Loosen Loosen” by Aly Halpert
  • Extinguishing the Chalice and Benediction    


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