Greeting

Hymn #354                      “We Laugh, We Cry” (vss. 1 and 4)

Shelley Jackson Denham

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                     “Psalm 106” adapted by Christine Robinson

Musical Response                       “Here, in the Silence”                          Davis/Fleming

Story for All Ages   “I Am Human: A Book of Empathy” by Susan Verde

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                                            “Interlude I”                                                    Hayes

Readings   From Teshuva & The Dilemma of Free Will by Rabbi David Ebstein

Testimony                                                                                                  

Hymn #1037                           “We Begin Again in Love”                   Eller-Isaacs/Kleen

Meditation                                                                                                Elizabeth Strong

Anthem                                          “No One Is Alone”                Sondheim, arr. Brymer        

Sermon                                    Sealing the Book of the Year                 Rev. Bret Lortie

Hymn #1011                                      “Return Again”                          Shlomo Carlebach

Benediction            The Welcome We Extend by Rev. Michelle Collins

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.”