Heart Wide Open

Parker Palmer once wrote, “The human soul doesn’t want to be advised or fixed or saved. It simply wants to be witnessed — to be seen, heard and companioned exactly as it is.”  To witness a human soul is to keep one’s own heart open to being moved, even when it’s hard.  This morning, we’ll explore what we might gain by staying in the present moment regardless of how it feels.

Worship Associate: Michael Nunley; Image from Soul Matters

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Order of Service

  • Gathering Song  “Come, Come, Whoever You Are” #188
  • Welcome
  • Prelude  “Sing Joy” By Peter Mayer
  • Call to Worship
  • Lighting the Chalice and Musical Response
  • Centering in Beauty
  • Shared Music  “Ye Earthborn Children of a Star” #319 (gray hymnal) Tune: Christus der ist mein leben #175 (gray hymnal)
  • Time for All Ages  Tisha and the Blossoms by Wendy Meddour
  • Shared Music  “Dark of Winter” Hymn #55 
  • Reflection 
  • Wisdom from the World’s Traditions “For the Senses” by John O’Donohue, “The Swan” by Mary Oliver
  • Offering  “Bare to the Bone” by Carrie Newcomer
  • Joys and Sorrows
  • Shared Music  “Heart Wide Open” Lea Morris
  • Extinguishing the Chalice and Benediction

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