The people that we have loved, whose lives have had a powerful impact on how we live, can strengthen our hearts. Jesus was a revolutionary, a man of deep heart. May our hearts be transformed by embracing our relationship to those who continue to live in us. Love is the most powerful force that can move the mountains before us and clear pathways for transformation!

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“Easter Sunday: A Transformation of Heart“
with Rev. Telos Whitfield
Greeter: Linda Hay

Order of Service
Sunday, March 24, 2024

Music for Gathering   Meditation            Ben Leinbach
    
Greeting                                                                                              Rev. Telos 

Board Welcome & Announcements                                                Carla  Fogg

Prelude:    Air from Suite in D major     J.S. Bach
               Peter Gibbons, viola,  Eva Greene, piano

Chalice Lighting words of Dag Hammarskjöld                          Beth McKinney
Each morning we must hold out the chalice of our being to receive, to carry and give back.

Lighting Our Childen’s Chalice
We light this chalice to celebrate Unitarian Universalism.
We are the church of the open minds.
We are the church of the helping hands.
We are the church of the loving hearts.

Call to Worship                                                                                    Rev. Telos

*Opening Hymn #38   Morning Has Broken  

Story for All of Us:  “I Hope You Will Know” by Jaren Ahlmann

Anthem:   In Time of Silver Rain 
poem by Langston Hughes, music by Sarah Quartel
All Souls Choir, Tom Baehr, Director

Sharing Readings

Special Music    Pure Imagination by Bricusse and Newley
Eden Gorst, vocals and Daniel Kasnitz, piano

Sermon:  A Transformation of Heart                                                     Rev. Telos

*Song #61: Lo the Earth Awakes Again

Offering shared with The Women’s Freedom Center

Offertory:   Earth was given as a garden   melody: Rowland Pritchard
                 Eva Greene, piano

Honoring Our Candles of Joys and Concerns

Extinguishing the Chalice words of Vanessa Titang                     Beth McKinney

Like the flame of the chalice,
may the flame in our hearts burn,
remaining unextinguished.
May it ignite our energies, our drive, our resolve,
to dream, to build, and live into the world
that good which exists, for now, only in our imaginings.

*Closing Circle: Carry the flame of peace and love
until we meet again. (sung two times)