OOS 11-29-20
Reckoning
Led by Rev. Tom Schade
Thank you to our Worship Partner George Johnson
Welcome and Announcements
Chalice Lighting by Robert Kennedy
Prelude: Partita #3 by G. Bohm played by Nonetta Shatakhtsian
Opening Words
Opening Hymn: Gather in Spirit, Jim Scott
Unison 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
Prayer/Meditation
Joys and Sorrows: Maybe This Time by M. Miladin played by Nonetta Shatakhtsian
Song in Response: Spirit of Life, performed by All Souls Church, Washington DC
Reading #1 by Rev. Ken Collier, Minister Emeritus, First Parish of Wayland, MA
Hymn: Circle for Freedom (#108) performed by Glen Thomas Rideout and Linda Hirschhorn
Reading #2: “Stamped from The Beginning” by Ibram X. Kendi
Song in Response:
Offering: organization that shares our values or our mission. Our November Share the Plate is Westminster’s own Sharing Locker. The Sharing Locker offers assistance through non-food products and pet food to anyone in Cranston, or Washington or Kent County, and has continued to operate during the pandemic. The other half of the offering goes to support the good work of the whole of this community. To donate go to: http://34.197.179.157/donate
Offertory: On a Grecian Isle by M. Mier played by Nonetta Shatakhtsian
Sermon: Reckoning
Closing Hymn: Morning Has Come, Jason Shelton, performed by UUCP of Polouse, Idaho
Benediction
Carry the Flame