Survival of the Fittest?

Competition has long been thought to be a response to scarcity of resources, and one of the drivers of natural selection.  What if our survival actually depended on kindness and collaboration?  This morning’s explorations are inspired by Darwin Day, Valentine’s Day, and National Random Acts of Kindness Day.

Worship Associate: Virginia Harrison

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  • The Share the Plate recipient for Sunday February 16th and Sunday February 23rd is the Jawdat family in Gaza. Yasmine Jawdat Arafat Madi, a 37-year old mother of five children, lives in a displacement camp in Deir al-Balah on Bahr (in Abi in Karak Al-Thaniyya next to the Water Authority), with her husband, Josie Abdul Karim Ibrahim and her children. The collection we took for the Jawdat Family in July made a huge impact on their ability to purchase food and clothing for the children. Now that winter has arrived, food has become even more scarce, prices have increased, and rain floods the tents of displaced families like Yasmine Jawdat’s. Let’s help this amazing family stay fed and warm this winter. The Jawdat family was nominated by Jennifer Hedstrom.

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This Week’s Newsletter

Order of Service

  • Gathering Song  “Come, Come, Whoever You Are” #188
  • Welcome
  • Prelude “Love” by John Lennon
  • Call to Worship
  • Lighting the Chalice and Musical Response
  • Centering in Beauty
  • Shared Music  “Lift Every Voice and Sing” #149 (gray hymnal) 
  • Time for All Ages  “Random Acts of Kindness Garden” with Genevieve McPherson-Shambarger
  • Shared Music  “We Would Be One” #318 (gray hymnal)
  • Wisdom from the World’s Traditions From “Kinship Is a Verb” by Gavin Van Horn, Robin Wall Kimmerer, and John Hausdoerffer
  • Reflection 
  • Offering  “Love’s in Need Of Love Today” by Stevie Wonder
  • Joys and Sorrows
  • Shared Music  “Love Will Guide Us” #131 (gray hymnal)
  • Extinguishing the Chalice and Benediction

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