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Worship With Us on Sunday September 8 2024
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10:30 AM Intergenerational: Like Rivers to the Sea
Each September we celebrate our coming together once again after the summer with a water ceremony. Bring your water and share with us what it means to you as we pour it into a common bowl. If you forget your water, that’s OK, we’ll have some here for you. Rev. Jolie will lead our worship service today.
Music Upon Entering “September Song” (from “Knickerbocker Holiday” 1938) music by Kurt Weill (Germ.-Amer.)1900-1950), Mel Springer, Music Director
Welcome & Announcements Ellen Bordman, Worship Coordinator
Prelude Barcarolle (from “Tales of Hoffman”) by Jacques Offenbach (France, 1819-1880) Mel Springer
Opening Words “River Call” by Rev. Manish Mishra-Marzetti
Opening Hymn #100 I’ve Got Peace Like a River
Chalice Lighting
We light this chalice for Unitarian Universalism.
This is a congregation of open minds.
This is a congregation of helping hands.
This is a congregation of loving hearts.
Together we work for peace and friendship in our world
Covenant
Love is the doctrine of this church
The quest for truth is its sacrament
And service is its prayer.
To dwell together in peace,
To seek knowledge in freedom,
To serve humanity in fellowship
To the end that all souls shall grow
Into harmony with the divine:
Thus we do covenant together
Meditation Hymn #1009 Meditation on Breathing
Offertory “Moon River” (from “Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) music by Henry Mancini (1924-1994), Mel Springer
The Brown Envelope for September is our Partner Church in Gyulakuta. Text “Give” to (781) 614-7277 to donate to the Unitarian Church of Sharon. The first time you do so you will be prompted to provide payment information and to select the recipient of your gift.
The Water Cycle with words adapted from The Cycle that Connects Us by Rev. Molly Housh Gordon and Jamila Batchelder, Rev. Jolie Olivetti, Minister and Christine Bulman, Director of Faith Development
Hymn The Wheel of the Water by Tom Chapin
And the wheel of the water
Go ‘round and around
And the wheel of the water go ’round,
Water flow down down, trickle trickle down,
Down to the ocean, trickle trickle down.
See the vapors rise,
See them cloud the skies.
Clouds rain down.
Thunder and lightning sound.
Springs bubble bubble up,
Springs bubble bubble up.
Introduction to Water Ceremony Rev. Jolie Olivetti
Water Ceremony
Blessing the Water Rev. Jolie Olivetti
Closing Hymn #1064 Blue Boat Home
Closing Words Rev. Jolie Olivetti
Postlude “On the Beautiful Blue Danube” by Johann Strauss Jr. (Austria, 1825-1899)
Mel Springer
Upcoming Events
Religious Education begins on Sunday, September 22, 2024. Scan the code to register today! Registration is required for all children and youth – toddler through high school who plan to participate in church life beyond worship. Thank you for helping us get RE off to a great start!
Sunday, September 22, 2024, After Coffee Hour
Congregational Conversation about our Black Lives Matter Sign. Join us to talk about how we came to have a BLM sign at our church in the first place, what discussions our Board and Social Justice Committee had about it last year, and reflect on what our sign says about our UU faith. Childcare will be provided.
Saturday, September 28, 2024 9 to noon
2024 Neponset River Fall Cleanup! We are sending a team to the Canton Park and Ride (in the Blue Hills Reservation) along with our friends from UU Canton. Scan the code to sign up, and select the Canton Park and Ride. Sign up today – space is limited! If the Canton site fills up, we can send a team to another site.
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