Holding All That Is True

Image Description: This image is of a chalice with an overlay of the word Love over the flame, with six outstretched arms that create a circle around each of the core values and form a six-petal flower shape. Each arm is a different color, and clockwise they are: Interdependence (Orange), Equity (Red), Transformation (Purple), Pluralism (Blue), Generosity (Green), and Justice (Yellow).

At our recent General Assembly of Congregations, we heard repeatedly the messages that our living tradition responds to change within and between us, and that we’re called to hold all the truths we each bring to our collective whole.  This morning, I’ll share the decisions that were made, and we’ll explore how we might weave our truths together with Love at the center.

Worship Associate: Michael Nunley

Image: Tanya Webster (UUA)

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Order of Service

  • Gathering Song: #188 “Come, Come, Whoever You Are”
  • Welcome
  • Prelude: “Lilt” by Nico Muhly
  • Call to Worship
  • Lighting the Chalice and Musical Response
  • Shared Music: “We Gather Together” #349 (gray hymnal)
  • Time for All Ages: “JETPIG”
  • Shared Music: “Loosen, Loosen” by Aly Halpert
  • Wisdom from the World’s Traditions: “Nothing Is Static” by Manish Mishra-Marzetti
  • Reflection: “Holding All That is True” with Rev. Karen
  • Offering: “The Water is Wide” Traditional
  • Joys and Sorrows
  • Shared Music: “For All That Is Our Life” #128 (gray hymnal)
  • Extinguishing the Chalice and Benediction