We’ve spent time this month exploring some of the tangible ways we build circles of belonging. This morning, inspired by Rising Appalachia singing “We are moving in wider circles / We are opening our circle” (listen to this wonderful song here), we’ll explore what it might look and feel like to build wider circles, using our collective imagination. [Image from https://commons.wikimedia.org/]
Worship Associate: Michael Nunley, Special Music: Rachel Avery
After Service – Listening Session (more info here)
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Order of Service
- Gathering Song “Come, Come, Whoever You Are” #188
- Welcome
- Prelude “Circles” by Kirsten Agresta Copely
- Call to Worship
- Lighting the Chalice and Musical Response
- Centering in Beauty
- Shared Music “We Will Carry Each Other” (Sing Out Love)
- Time for All Ages “Outside In” by Deborah Underwood
- Shared Music “Our World is One World” #134 (gray hymnal)
- Wisdom from the World’s Traditions “Widening Circles” by Rainer Maria Rilke, “The Invitation Beneath Collapse” by Cameron Trimble
- Reflection
- Offering “Laughing and Smiling Waltz” by Stephen Doherty
- Joys and Sorrows
- Shared Music “Break Not the Circle” #323 (gray hymnal)
- Extinguishing the Chalice and Benediction
Topics: Belonging