Please stand as able Hymn No 361 Enter

(*Please stand as able) Hymn No. 361 ‘Enter, Rejoice & Come In’

Enter, rejoice, and come in. Enter, rejoice and come in. Today will be a joyful day. Enter, rejoice and come in.

Open your ears to the song. Today will be a joyful day. Enter, rejoice and come in.

Open your hearts everyone. Today will be a joyful day. Enter, rejoice and come in.

Don't be afraid of some change. Today will be a joyful day. Enter, rejoice, and come in.

Enter, rejoice, and come in. Enter, rejoice and come in. Today will be a joyful day. Enter, rejoice and come in.

LIGHTING OF THE CHALICE

ANNOUNCEMENTS Please silence

Joys and Concerns

HYMN NO. 346 ‘COME, SING A SONG WITH ME’

Come, sing a song with me, come, sing a song with me, that I might know your mind.

And I’ll bring you hope when hope is hard to find, and I’ll bring a song of love and a rose in the wintertime.

Come, dream a dream with me, come, dream a dream with me, that I might know your mind.

And I’ll bring you hope when hope is hard to find, and I’ll bring a song of love and a rose in the wintertime.

Come, walk in rain with me, come, walk in rain with me, That I might know your mind.

And I’ll bring you hope when hope is hard to find, and I’ll bring a song of love and a rose in the wintertime.

Come, share a rose with me, come, share a rose with me, Come, share a rose with me, That I might know your mind.

And I’ll bring you hope when hope is hard to find, and I’ll bring a song of love and a rose in the wintertime.

Responsive Reading #549 ‘Hymn to Matter’ Thilhard De Chardin

Blessed be you, harsh matter, barren soil, stubborn rock; you who yield only to violence You who force us to work if we would eat.

Blessed be you, perilous matter, violent sea, untameable passion; You who unless we fetter you will devour us.

Blessed be you, mighty matter, irresistible march of evolution, reality ever new-born; You who, by constantly shattering our mental categories, force us to go ever further and further in our pursuit of the truth.

Blessed be you, universal matter, unmeasurable time, boundless ether, triple abyss of stars and atoms and generations; You who, by overflowing and dissolving our narrow standards of measurement reveal to us the dimensions of God.

UU MINUTE Bill Blymiller

Meditation and Silence

• Closing Hymn No. 123 ‘Spirit of Life’

Spirit of Life, come unto me. Sing in my heart all the stirrings of compassion. Blow in the wind, rise in the sea; move in the hand, giving life the shape of justice.

Roots hold me close; wings set me free, Spirit of Life, come to me, come to me.

Our Offering UUCT Choir

‘Faith of the Post-Religious’ The Reverend Doak M. Mansfield

• Hymn No. 318 ‘We Would Be One’

We would be one As now we join in singing Our hymn of love to pledge ourselves anew.

To that high cause Of greater understanding Of who we are And what in us is true.

We would be one In living for each other To show to all A new community.

We would be one In building for tomorrow A nobler world Than we have known today.

We would be one In searching for that meaning Which binds our hearts And points us on our way.

As one we pledge Ourselves to greater service With love and justice, Strive to make us free.

To that high cause Of greater understanding Of who we are And what in us is true.

We would be one In living for each other To show to all A new community.

We would be one In building for tomorrow A nobler world Than we have known today.

We would be one In searching for that meaning Which binds our hearts And points us on our way.

As one we pledge Ourselves to greater service With love and justice, Strive to make us free.

Closing Words

Touch each other with gentle hands, Let your heart embrace the universe. Hold to each other while life shall last. Oh my friends, Hold on.

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