Order of Worship
“Sinners, Saints and Souls”
All-Ages Remembrance Sunday
Rev. Tara Humphries
- Gathering MusicThe Luckiest, Ben FoldsEmily O’Neill
- Welcome & InvitationsCaroline Marsden, Worship Associate
- Singing Bowl
- Call to WorshipRev. Tara Humphries
- Lighting the Chalice & Community CandleS. William Feiss
- Opening Hymn (Please rise in body and/or in spirit)#96I Cannot Think of Them as Dead
- Time for All AgesDance Together, Spin Apart, Molly Housh Gordon
- Joys & Sorrows
- PrayerA Litany of Remembrance, Rabbis Sylvan Kamens & Jack Rieme
Sung Meditation
There is a Love holding us. There is a Love holding all that we love. There is a Love holding all. We rest in this Love.
Text: Rebecca Ann Parker; music: Beth Norton
- Invitation to Generosity
- OffertoryThe Swan, Camille Saint-Saens
- PoemThe Chorus of Ancestors Sings with Us Still, John Roedel
- SongBright Morning Stars, TraditionalEmily O’Neill, Cynthia Marten, Naomi Schick
- Ritual (Please rise in body and/or in spirit)Web of Memory
- HomilySinners, Saints and SoulsRev. Tara Humphries
- Closing Hymn (Please rise in body and/or in spirit)#101Abide with Me
Benediction & Extinguishing the Chalice
Our worship has ended… and our service begins! We invite you to remain seated for a moment of silence followed by the Postlude, as we center ourselves before going back out into the world.
- PostludeHomebound, Ola Gjeilo
Please rise in body and/or in spirit