We are committed to being an antiracist, anti-oppressive congregation. We celebrate people of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds, genders, and sexual orientations. We honor our spiritual connection to the earth and all living things. 

Before the service: You may place a stone in water for the joys and sorrows in your heart. Please respect those seeking silence.

Opening Welcome
Susan Marcinkus, Worship Associate

Prelude
“A Piece of the Sky,” by Tret Fure, Guest Worship Leader

Opening Greeting
Susan Marcinkus

Come, come, whoever you are,
Whomever you love,
Whatever your image of the Holy,
Your presence here is a gift. 
All are worthy, all are welcome. 

Lighting the Chalice
Susan Marcinkus

We light this flame
to renew our commitment
that no one shall ever again
suffer for the right to love.

We light this flame
to celebrate our kaleidoscope of diversity:
working, loving, and living on the side of love.
For this, we light this flame.

Opening Song
“Hope,” by Tret Fure

Communal Spiritual Practice

Centering Song
“In This Circle,” by Tret Fure

Meditation & Prayer
Susan Marcinkus

Sharing Our Gifts
Online Giving
Text-to-Give: 757-500-0688
In-Person Giving: Place offerings in the collection plates as they’re passed during the service. Please note that any checks placed in the collection plates or mailed to WUU should have the designated fund specified on the memo line. 

Once a month we Share the Plate with local or nonprofit human service organizations that provide a much-needed service to our community. It offers us an opportunity to extend our compassion to others in need. This week, your contributions will go to PFLAG Williamsburg, the local affiliated chapter of PFLAG National, providing community-based support groups to help further the organization’s mission to create a caring, just, and affirming world for LGBTQ+ people and those who love them. To request information about support group meetings or to be added to the mailing list, email pflagwilliamsburg@gmail.com. Thank you so much for your generosity.

Offertory Music
“The Tie that Binds,” by Tret Fure

Talk
“Diversity Is a Fact. Inclusion Is an Act.”
Tret Fure

Closing Song
“Freedom,” by Tret Fure

Extinguishing the Chalice
Susan Marcinkus

When we take fire from our chalice,
it does not become less,
it becomes more.
And so we extinguish our chalice,
but we take its light and warmth with us,
Multiplying their power by all of our lives,
and sharing it with the world.

Closing Words
Tret Fure

Announcements

SLT=Gray Hymnal | STJ=Teal Hymnal

New to WUU? Welcome! Learn more about WUU and Unitarian Universalism by visiting wuu.org/visit-us.