Order of Service May 24, 2020
Led by Rev. Amy Beltaine

Announcements and Welcome Jan Searles

Chalice Lighting: May the Light we Now Kindle Serve as a Beacon

Prelude: Music by Nonetta Shatakhtsian

Call into the Circle of Love and Justice: Rev. Amy Beltaine

Gathering Song*: We Are the Flow by Starhawk

Affirmation
Love is the spirit of this church
And service its law
This is our great covenant
To dwell together in peace
To seek the truth in love
And to help one another

Joys and Sorrows

Sung Prayer: I Will Be Gentle with Myself by Libana

Time for All Ages/Pre-Homily:  The Tomato Plant by Rabbi Geller

Offering: Westbay Farm was founded in 2005 on the 240-year-old former Barton Dairy Farm. Westbay farm’s mission is to provide fresh chemical-free produce to low- and moderate-income people. The farm is owned by the city of Warwick and leased to the non-profit Westbay Community Action. One of the many sites receiving low (or no) cost produce from Westbay is Westminster’s Sharing Locker.

Offertory – Music by Nonetta Shatakhtsian
To donate: www.westminsteruu.org/donate

Reading: Anything We Love Can Be Saved (excerpt) by Alice Walker

Music or video: Calling on the Spirits by Charlie Murphy

Homily I: What We Love Can Be Saved

Hymn:  #157 Step by Step the Longest March

Homily II

Song of Celebration*: #368 Now Let Us Sing sung by The UU Church of Buffalo

Benediction

Carry the Flame