Out With the Old?


Some kinds of renewal require a full cleansing before they can begin, and other kinds require that we keep something and repurpose it.  And when we choose to keep things, renewal might mean coming back to them just as they’ve always been, or it might mean taking a fresh look at how they have served us.  This morning, we’ll begin to ponder this month’s theme, the gift of renewal, in earnest.

  • This Pride Month the Share the Plate for June 9 and 16 will be Transgender Religious Professional Unitarian Universalists Together (TRUUsT). Founded in 2004, TRUUsT supports and advocates for transgender, genderfluid, genderqueer, agender, and two spirit UU ministers, youth directors, music directors, administrators, etc. They are also working to transform UU congregations into spaces that are truly inclusive of trans people. They were nominated by Rev. Bowie. 

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Order of Service

  • Gathering Song  “Come, Come, Whoever You Are” #188

  • Welcome

  • Prelude “Robin Redbreast” by Amy Beach

  • Call to Worship

  • Lighting the Chalice and Musical Response

  • Shared Music  “Wake, Now, My Senses” #298 (gray hymnal)

  • Time for All Ages  “The Messiah Is Amongst You” From The Art of Possibliities by Rosamund Zander and Benjamin Zander

  • Shared Music  “Almond Trees, Renewed in Bloom” #59 (gray hymnal)

  • Wisdom from the World’s Traditions “Ceaseless Flow of Life” by Vanessa Rush Southern

  • Reflection

  • Offering “Purple Pitcher Plant: on a theme by Brahms” by Beverly McKiver

  • Joys and Sorrows

  • Shared Music  My Life Flows On in Endless Song” #108 (gray hymnal)

  • Extinguishing the Chalice and Benediction

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