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Guest Preacher: Rev. Dr. Valerie Holly Please use this Order of Service to easily follow the service online. CLICK HERE FOR  HYMNS (or scroll to the bottom) Prelude:     Richard Harper     Prelude:    Richard Harper Chalice Lighting:       Who We Are Called to Be   Our chalice is a reminder that in hard times, our ancestors in faith acted with courage to bring hope and safety, to bring life itself to threatened people. We light it today ( or tonight, etc.)  as a reminder of w

Guest Preacher: Rev. Dr. Boon Lin Ngeo Please use this Order of Service to easily follow the service online. CLICK HERE FOR  HYMNS (or scroll to the bottom) Prelude:     Richard Harper     Chalice Lighting:     Out of the flames of fear We rise with courage of our deepest convictions to stand for justice, inclusion and peace Out of the flames of scrutiny We rise to proclaim our faith With hope to heal a fractured and hurting world Out of the flames of doubt We rise to embrace

Guest Preacher: Rev. Dr. Boon Lin Ngeo Please use this Order of Service to easily follow the service online. CLICK HERE FOR  HYMNS (or scroll to the bottom) Prelude:     Richard Harper     Chalice Lighting:       Out of the flames of fear We rise with courage of our deepest convictions to stand for justice, inclusion and peace Out of the flames of scrutiny We rise to proclaim our faith With hope to heal a fractured and hurting world Out of the flames of doubt We rise to embra

Guest Preacher: Rev. Dr. Boon Lin Ngeo Please use this Order of Service to easily follow the service online. Prelude:     Richard Harper     Chalice Lighting:       Out of the flames of fear We rise with courage of our deepest convictions to stand for justice, inclusion and peace Out of the flames of scrutiny We rise to proclaim our faith With hope to heal a fractured and hurting world Out of the flames of doubt We rise to embrace the mystery, wonder and awe of all there is a

Guest Preacher: Rev. Romall Smalls Please use this Order of Service to easily follow the service online. CLICK HERE FOR HYMNS (or scroll to the bottom) Prelude: Performed by Debbie Deane                        Chalice Lighting: Share Your Glorious Light with the World (Morison) Within each of our hearts there is a most glorious light. Go forth, and let its spark help you understand what troubles both you and others; Go forth, and let its light of reason be a guide in your de

Preacher: Rev. John Magisano Please use this Order of Service to easily follow the service online. CLICK HERE FOR HYMNS (or scroll to the bottom) For Your Meditation “If we laugh and sing a little as we fight the good fight of freedom, it makes it all go easier.” Sojourner Truth   Prelude:    Debbie Deane   Chalice Lighting:    “Every Day a New Beginning” based on One Minute Prayers (Harvest House)   I love the morning, Lord. I say with the Psalmist, In the morning, O Lord,

Preacher: Rev. John Magisano Please use this Order of Service to easily follow the service online. CLICK HERE FOR HYMNS (or scroll to the bottom) Prelude:    Debbie Deane Chalice Lighting: Into Many Coming Years  - By Mary Shelden   We cannot know what all the year may bring, and would we heed the prophecy if we could?Bright flame, awake! Send forth your shining light beyond this year into the many coming—Show us the ways of love and help and care, of justice, mercy, and eq

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Ruth Shaffer Please use this Order of Service to easily follow the service online. CLICK HERE FOR HYMNS (or scroll to the bottom) Prelude:    Debbie Deane  Chalice Lighting: (Amanda Gorman):  “Every day we are learning.  How to live with essence, not ease.  How to move with haste, never hate.  How to leave this pain that is beyond us....behind us.  Just like a skill or any art.  We cannot possess hope without practicing it.  It is the most fundamental cr

Preacher: Rev. John Magisano Please use this Order of Service to easily follow the service online. CLICK HERE FOR HYMNS (or scroll to the bottom) Prelude:     Richard Harper     Chalice Lighting:   Prelude:    Richard Harper Kwanzaa Candle Lighting – Phineas Newborn III   Opening Hymn : Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise – NCH#1 Welcome & Announcements Call to Worship :   Letting the Story Speak – by Jane Blackall This Christmas, let us open our hearts, and extend an invitat

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Boon Lin Ngeo Please use this Order of Service to easily follow the service online. CLICK HERE FOR HYMNS (or scroll to the bottom) Prelude:     Richard Harper     Chalice Lighting:   We call forth the life of our faith by igniting our chalice. This spark of new beginnings invites us into a sacred space to reflect where we have been and where we are going. Even knowing that this particular flame will intentionally end with our ritual extinguishing, we fear

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Boon Lin Ngeo Please use this Order of Service to easily follow the service online. CLICK HERE FOR HYMNS (or scroll to the bottom) Prelude:     Richard Harper     Chalice Lighting:   We call forth the life of our faith by igniting our chalice. This spark of new beginnings invites us into a sacred space to reflect where we have been and where we are going. Even knowing that this particular flame will intentionally end with our ritual extinguishing, we fear

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Boon Lin Ngeo Please use this Order of Service to easily follow the service online. CLICK HERE FOR HYMNS (or scroll to the bottom) Prelude:     Richard Harper     Chalice Lighting:   We call forth the life of our faith by igniting our chalice. This spark of new beginnings invites us into a sacred space to reflect where we have been and where we are going. Even knowing that this particular flame will intentionally end with our ritual extinguishing, we fear

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Boon Lin Ngeo Please use this Order of Service to easily follow the service online. CLICK HERE FOR HYMNS (or scroll to the bottom) Prelude           Debbie Deane    Our opening Prelude invites you into a time of quiet reflection.     Chalice Lighting       “We Meet on Holy Ground”  (excerpt) from In the Holy Quiet: Meditations  by Richard S. Gilbert   We meet on holy ground, Brought into being as life encounters life, As personal histories merge into the c

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Boon Lin Ngeo Please use this Order of Service to easily follow the service online. CLICK HERE FOR HYMNS (or scroll to the bottom) Prelude:     Debbie Deane Chalice Lighting:      May this flame, symbol of transformation since time began, fire our curiosity, strengthen our wills, and sustain our courage as we seek what is good within and around us.   Opening Hymn:      Oh, I Woke Up This Morning   SLT 153                            Welcome & Announcement C

Preacher: Rev. Dr. Boon Lin Ngeo Please use this Order of Service to easily follow the service online. CLICK HERE FOR HYMNS (or scroll to the bottom) Prelude : Debbie Deane Chalice Lighting : May this flame, symbol of transformation since time began, fire our curiosity, strengthen our wills, and sustain our courage as we seek what is good within and around us. Opening Hymn: Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross NCH 197 Welcome & Announcement Call to Worship: In love and joy God