Gathering Music
Wenchao Koniarczyk, piano
Ringing of the Chimes
Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Stevens, UUFR Lead Minister
Opening Words
Elizabeth Stevens
Special Music
“We Will Carry Each Other” by Soren Austenfeld (from Sing Out Love)
Jean Marie Whaley, vocals
Wenchao Koniarczyk, piano
Chalice Lighting
Elizabeth Stevens and Becky Elliott, Worship Associate
Opening Hymn
STJ #1002, “Comfort Me” by Mimi Bornstein
Welcome and Announcements
Becky Elliott
Meet and Greet Your Neighbor
Offering
Russ Outcalt, UUFR Board Member (9:30)
Becky Elliott (11:15)
Offertory
“Lyric Nocturne” by Catherine Rollin
Wenchao Koniarczyk, piano
Joys and Sorrows
Elizabeth Stevens and Becky Elliott
Shared Silence
Meditative Hymn
SLT #391, “Voice Still and Small” by John Corrado
Reading
Excerpt from The Painted Drum by Louise Erdrich
Becky Elliott
Story
Becky Elliott
Special Music
“I Will Never Leave You” by Paul Zach
Musicians: Bill MacMillan, Elias Gross and Jean Marie Whaley
Message
“Comfort Me”
Elizabeth Stevens
Ritual
“Words of Comfort Communion”
Elizabeth Stevens
Closing Hymn
“For the Weaving of Our Lives” (from Sing Out Love)
Words by Amanda Udis-Kessler; music by Conrad Kocher
Embodying the Chalice
Elizabeth Stevens
Spoken Benediction
Elizabeth Stevens
Postlude
Wenchao Koniarczyk, piano
