“Religious naturalism” wrote UU William Murry in his book Reason and Reverence, “is a perspective that finds religious meaning in the natural world and rejects the notion of a supernatural realm.” This morning, we’ll explore the relationship between scientific and spiritual ways of knowing and making meaning.
The service will include a Ceremony of Welcome for Genevieve McPherson-Shambarger, our new Director of Religious Education!
Share the Plate
The Share the Plate recipient for Sunday December 11 and December 18 is Community Action Coalition of South Central of Wisconsin. The CAC is a nonprofit working to end poverty and help people live better lives.
Order of Service
- Centering Sound
- Gathering Song: #188 “Come, Come, Whoever You Are”
- Welcome
- Prelude: “Winter Moon,” Jeanne Cotter
- Call to Worship
- Lighting the Chalice
- Musical Response
- Shared Music: “This Joy” by Shirley Caeser
- Ceremony of Welcome for Genevieve McPherson-Shambarger
- Time for All Ages: “The Vast Wonder of the World: Biologist Ernest Everett Just” by Mélina Mangal
- Shared Music: Hymn #126 “Come, Thou Font of Every Blessing”
- Wisdom from the World’s Traditions: “Call to Worship” by Victoria Safford
- Reflection: “Out There and In Here” with the Rev. Karen Armina
- Offering: “Beginner’s Mind,” Liz Story
- Joys and Sorrows
- Shared Music: Hymn #298 “Wake, Now, My Senses”
- Extinguishing the Chalice and Benediction
This week’s news & announcements
Links and Notes For Further Exploration…
“What Song” by the Rev. Victoria Safford
“Miracles are explainable; it is the explanations that are miraculous.” — British cartographer Tim Robinson
Reflections on religious naturalism in Donald Crosby’s A Religion of Nature, Loyal Rue’s Religion Is Not About God, and Jerome Stone’s Religious Naturalism Today
Topics: wonder