Greeting

Hymn #128                                “For All That Is Our Life”                       Findlow/Rickey

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.

Call to Worship       

Invocation                                                                                                 

Musical Response              “May We Be Open to This Light”            Howe/Benjamin

Story for All Ages      “Ten Beautiful Things” by Molly Beth Griffin

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.

Offertory                                           “Picture This”                                             Brickman

Meditation                                                                                                

Testimony                                                                                                       Bob Spelman

Hymn #1059                          “May Your Life Be As a Song”                    Scott/Zaritsky         

Readings       “A Life of Depth in an Age of Distraction” by JW Bertolotti

Mindful by Mary Oliver

Anthem         “Sic Parvis Magna (Great Things Have Small Beginnings)”     Emerson

Message                          The Lesson of the Snow Leopard              Rev. Joyce Palmer

Hymn #1024                           “When the Spirit Says Do”

African American Spiritual/Freundt

Benediction                        

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.”