Today is Easter for our Christian siblings, when they celebrate the rising of Jesus from the tomb he had been laid after being crucified. And it is the Sunday before Earth Day, the day we focus on greening our future. This morning, we’ll explore the possibility of awakening to a world in which Love rises.
Share the Plate
The Share the Plate donations for April 17 and 24 will go to the Farley Center for Peace, Justice, and Sustainability. They serve as an incubator for organic farms, demonstrate natural burials, provide a retreat center, and facilitate education and social action around peace, justice, and sustainability.
Order of Service
- Gathering Song: #188 “Come, Come, Whoever You Are”
- Centering Sound
- Welcome
- Prelude: “Sunlight Washin’ Over Me from Elisa Keeler
- Call to Worship
- Opening Hymn: #266 “Now the Green Blade Riseth”
- Lighting the Chalice
- Musical Response
- Time for All Ages: “The Cracked Pot,” author unknown, video by Lucien De Vivo
- Hymn: #244 “Rising Green”
- Wisdom from the World’s Traditions: “The Wild Geese,” by Mary Oliver
- Reflection: “Rising Green” with Rev. Karen
- Offering: “Lift Each Other Higher” by Elisa Keeler
- Joys and Sorrows
- Closing Hymn: #1064 “Blue Boat Home”
- Extinguishing the Chalice and Benediction
- Postlude: “We Will Walk” from Elisa Keeler
Topics: Awakening