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Prelude Melodia Africana I by Ludovico Einaudi Opening Words by Andrew C. Kennedy We come to love a church, the traditions, the history, and especially the people associated with it. And through these people, young and old, known and unknown, we reach out — Both backward into history and forward into the future … Read more
Prelude Chanson de Matin by Edward Elgar Opening Words by Linda Hart (adapted) We enter into this time and this place to join our hearts and minds together. What is it that we come here seeking? Many things, too many to mention them all. Yet, it is likely that some common longings … Read more
Prelude Melodia Africana I by Ludovico Einaudi Opening Words from The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward. And there are those who give with pain, and that pain is their baptism. And there are those who give and know not pain … Read more
Prelude Melodia Africana I by Ludovico Einaudi Opening Words Life is amazing by L.R. Knost Life is amazing. And then it’s awful. And then it’s amazing again. And in between the amazing and the awful, it’s ordinary, and mundane and routine. Breathe in the amazing, hold on through the awful, and relax and … Read more
Prelude Melodia Africana I by Ludovico Einaudi Opening Words by David Usher (adapted) We come together today, seeking a reality beyond our narrow selves; that binds us in compassion, love, and understanding to other human beings, and to the interdependent web of all living things. May our hearts and minds be opened this … Read more
Prelude Melodia Africana I by Ludovico Einaudi Opening Words Going Down Hoping from Beyond Darkness by Cliff Reed We’re going down. The world is in a tailspin. Our beautiful earth is headed for destruction, along with us, its foolish people. Yes, we’re going down, going down in flames. And yet, and … Read more
Prelude Melodia Africana I by Ludovico Einaudi Opening Words from the Sanskrit Look to this day – For it is life, the very life of life. In its brief course lie all the verities And realities of your existence: The bliss of growth, The glory of action, the splendour of beauty. For yesterday … Read more
Prelude Melodia Africana I by Ludovico Einaudi Opening Words by Jeffrey Bowes Here we have gathered to make another link in the chain of days that binds our lives in fellowship. We bring our whole self to worship, with all the pleasures and the pains of our daily lives. All our hopes and … Read more
Prelude Melodia Africana I by Ludovico Einaudi Opening Words from God and Beauty by Basil Viney In his 1946 pamphlet, God and Beauty, Basil Viney speaks of a Unitarian Trinity of Truth, Love, and Beauty: Equate the Creator with the divine Power which reduces chaos to order, and so implies constancy and … Read more
Prelude Melodia Africana I by Ludovico Einaudi Opening Words by Katie Kandarian-Morris Here we have come into this sacred space— quieter now with our readiness Hushed voices, hoping, trusting for so many things: For connection, for communion For inspiration, for information For healing, for wholeness, For words, for music, For celebration and … Read more