2024 April 14 Hopes & Dreams

Worship service from Sunday, April 14, 2024. Reading & Message only.
Order of service:
Gathering Song 361, Enter, Rejoice, and Come In
Welcome & Announcements
Prelude Alleluia Chacone UUFB Choir/Chris Raskind
Opening Words (Pat Uribe-Lichty)
Lighting of the Chalice (Mary Shelden)
Mission (unison)
Our mission is to create a joyful sanctuary for spiritual and intellectual growth, embracing all souls in a nurturing community
from which we go forth as activists for social justice
and as stewards of the natural world.
Hymn 346, Come, Sing a Song With Me
Story for All Ages Butterflies Under Our Hats (Sandy Sasso)
Meditation (Julián Soto)
Joys & Sorrows
Response 1009, Meditation on Breathing
Offering Received with Gratitude
Offertory (and video)
Reading(s)
Reflection Hopes & Dreams Rev. Lori Hlaban
Closing Hymn 131, Love Will Guide Us
Closing Words (Kevin Jagoe, adapted)
Extinguishing of the Chalice (unison)
The chalice flame is extinguished
until once again ignited by the strength of our gathering in community
with a commitment to justice and our hearts full of love.
Going Forth Song Let Us Go Out! (Pam Blevins Hinkle)
Footnotes from sermon:
John O’Donohue. “For the Interim Time,” in To Bless the Space Between Us, p. 119
Anthony H. Plathe. “The Pastor Says Goodbye: How to Move Through Good Friday to Easter,” in Saying Goodbye: A Time of Growth for Congregations and Pastors, 49-56.