Singing #153                        “Oh I Woke Up This Morning”

African American Spiritual

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.

Sung 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.

Invocation

Musical Response                        “Reverence for Life”                                 Oliver/Bain      

Child Dedication

New Member Ceremony     

We welcome you to the covenant of this community.

Bridging Ceremony  

Take with you these gifts from your Unitarian Universalist Church. Hold the light of our faith and the warmth of our love in your heart wherever life may lead you.

Family 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.

Offering                                       “The Lone Wild Bird”                                   arr. Hardin

Readings              The Free Mind by William Ellery Channing (#592)

Testimony                                                                                                   Alexis Simmons            

Singing #300                              “With Heart and Mind”                    Carpenter/Schein

Centering/Opening Hearts            

Anthem                                               “Simple Gifts”        adapt. Copland/arr. Brunner

Message                                      I Call That Mind Free       Rev. Dr. Matthew Johnson

Singing #151                                 “I Wish I Knew How”                             Taylor/Dallas

*Benediction and Closing Blessing                                                                             Scott