“What Makes a Christian?”
Led by Rev. Ashley Burczak
17 November 2024
Welcome – Rev. Ashley Burczak
Gathering Song – Mary Matheny & Sonya Connors
‘As the Deer’ (instrumental)
Welcome and Announcements – Jack Hazerjian
Ringing the Bowl – Jack Hazerjian
Invocation – Kim Fitzgerald
This is another day we have been given.
This is indeed a sacred day.
Let us be grateful for the capacity to sense, feel, and understand.
Let us be grateful for the incredible gift of life,
And let us be especially grateful for
the ties of love which bind us together
Giving dignity, meaning, worth and joy to all of our days.
Chalice Lighting – Rev. Ashley Burczak
from Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Chalice Hymn – Congregation
# 205 ‘Amazing Grace’
Time For All Ages – Rev. Ashley Burczak
(Pause for the children and others to gather)
“As You Go” by Kathleen Tracy
We hold you in our love as you go, as you go.
May your heart be at peace, as you go
To nurture the spark of your precious life.
We hold you in our love as you go.
Joys and Sorrows – Rev. Ashley Burczak
Pastoral sharing from the congregation
Moment of Silence
Sung Response
‘Spirit of Meditation’
Reading – Kim Fitzgerald
from the Rev. Dr. James Cone
Anthem – Mary Matheny & Sonya Connors
‘Nearer My God to Thee’ (instrumental)
Sermon – Rev. Ashley Burczak
‘What Makes a Christian?’
Interlude – Mary Matheny
‘In the Garden’
Offering – Jack Hazerjian
1/3 of the plate donations for this month will support The UUCS Voting Rights & Allyship Fund
Offering Interlude – Mary Matheny & Sonya Connors
‘It Is Well’ (instrumental)
Extinguishing the Chalice and Covenant – Kim Fitzgerald
This congregation is dedicated to the proposition
that behind all our differences and beneath all our diversities,
there is a unity that binds us together and makes us one
in spite of time and death and the space between the stars.
We pause now in silent witness to that unity.
by David Bumbaugh
Benediction – Rev. Ashley Burczak
Closing Hymn – Congregation
#126 ‘Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing’
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Worship Associate – Kim Fitzgerald
Board Host – Jack Hazerjian
Accompanist – Mary Matheny
Additional Musician – Sonya Connors
Live Stream Operator – Jonah Mills
RE Leader – Denise Dittmar
RE Teacher – Nadjah A. Ahmad
RE Teacher – Stephanie Roche