Love Will Guide Us

Today we’ll explore keeping love at the center of our lives and daily decisions.  What would it mean to use love as a guide in our actions and in all of our relationships? Do we appreciate and make time for “non-romantic” love? What might we do differently if we let the “soft animal” of our bodies love what it loves, as Mary Oliver suggests, instead of being driven by thoughts and fears?

Worship Associate: Liz Chapa

  • The Share the Plate for Sunday July 27th and Sunday Aug 10th is the Wisconsin Abortion Fund (WAF). WAF removes barriers to abortion care by providing financial, logistical, and emotional support to people seeking abortion care. Their work is to cultivate collective care and to remove barriers to abortion access. They champion the self-determination of all people and foster a community rooted in compassion for the purpose of empowering abortion care seekers. They were nominated by Rachel Avery.

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Order of Service

  • Gathering Song  “Come, Come, Whoever You Are” #188
  • Welcome
  • Prelude  “Yūjō” (“Friendship”) by Naoko Ikeda
  • Call to Worship
  • Lighting the Chalice and Musical Response
  • Centering in Beauty
  • Shared Music  “Love Will Guide Us” #131 (gray hymnal)
  • Time for All Ages  “Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch” by Eileen Spinelli and Paul Yalowitz
  • Shared Music  “Voice Still and Small” #391 (gray hymnal)
  • Wisdom from the World’s Traditions“ Love Will Guide Us” by Multiple Sources
  • Reflection – Love Lessons
  • Offering  “It’s You I Like” by Fred Rogers
  • Joys and Sorrows
  • Shared Music  “One More Step” #168 (gray hymnal) 
  • Extinguishing the Chalice and Benediction

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