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 Fournier, Worship Associate

Announcements

Prelude
“Wildflower Waltz” & “Summer Breeze,” by Mary Sallee
Heidi Souza, piano

Opening Greeting
Susan Fournier

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.

Call to Celebrate
Liz Wiley, Worship Chair

Lighting the Chalice
Susan Fournier

We light this chalice
for the warmth of love;
for the light of truth;
for the energy of action;
and for the harmony of peace:
Peace in our hearts,
peace in our community,
and peace in our world.

Opening Hymn
SLT #346 “Come, Sing a Song with Me”

Meditation & Prayer
Susan Fournier

Reading
“Falling in Love with the Earth,” excerpted from Thích Nhất Hạnh’s Paris Climate Talk in 2015
Susan Fournier

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. 

The collection this week goes to our general operating fund to help cover all of those essential things like staff salaries and building maintenance, as well as the activities that are so important to all of us, from programming to crayons for our RE children. A recorded contribution to the general operating fund also fulfills the annual financial contribution requirement for WUU membership (WUU Bylaws). Thank you for your support!

Offertory Music
“Grasshoppers’ Parade,” by Sergei Prokofiev
Heidi Souza, piano

Building Community with Nature Mandalas
Liz Wiley

Flower Communion
Video: “Now I Walk in Beauty,” words from the Navajo, music by Gregg Smith, recorded by Libana
Liz Wiley & Susan Fournier

Extinguishing the Chalice
Words by Amy Zucker Morgenstern
Susan Fournier

Within the heart of the flower, the fountain of beauty
Within the heart of the community, a fire that warms and dances
Within the heart of each of us, a spark of the spirit of life.
Holy, holy, holy.

Closing Words
Liz Wiley

SLT=Gray Hymnal | STJ=Teal Hymnal

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