Greeting

Hymn #324                     “Where My Free Spirit Onward Leads”

Carpenter/Williams

Welcome

Covenant                                  Love is the spirit of this church,

and reason is its guide.

To dwell together in peace,

to seek truth in freedom,

and to serve human need:

this is our covenant.

Response                               May love shine forth through us today

May light of reason guide our way

May beauty, truth, and joy become

A flame that burns in everyone.

Joys and Sorrows       

Invocation              from President Barack Obama’s 2009 Nobel speech

Musical Response               “Far Too Long, by Fear Divided”                 Storey/Moore

Story for All Ages         The Heart and the Bottle by Oliver Jeffers

Children’s Recessional          “This Little Light of Mine” (#118)

African American spiritual

We will exit through the back doors of the sanctuary to go downstairs. Parents are welcome to escort their children downstairs and attend Religious Education with them, as they wish. Children of all ages are welcome to stay in the service.

Announcements

Offertory                          Songs without Words (Op. 19, No. 4)              Mendelssohn

Prayer & Meditation                                              Karen Bellavance-Grace (adapted.)

Testimony                                                                                                   Sandi Campbell             

Hymn #189                          “Light of Ages and of Nations”           Samuel Longfellow

Readings    

“Memorial Day,” by U.S. Army Chaplain (Col.) Floyd Vernon Chandler,  retired

“Brokenness,” by U.S. Army Reserve Chaplain (Maj.) David Pyle

Anthem                                                “Anthem”                              Cohen, arr. Sindelar

Sermon                                           The Costs of War                              Rev. Bret Lortie

Hymn #143                      “Not in Vain the Distance Beacons”  Tennyson/Beethoven

Benediction                                                                                           The Rev. Meg Riley

Closing Blessing                                                                                                                 Scott

“Go your way in peace,

Wander as you may;

Blessed is the path you take;

May love guide you on your way.”