Celebrant: Martha Schmidt
Our congregation has been hosting Family Promise for twelve years now. This powerful model for combatting houseleasness offers us many opportunities to act with love and generosity. How has this practice changed us, as individuals and a community?
Welcome
Greeting and Announcements
Territorial Acknowledgement
Chalice Lighting and Sung Affirmation
Opening Words
Opening Hymn: #1009, Meditation on Breathing
Time for All Ages
Reeb Benediction
Offertory
Candles of Joys & Sorrows
Meditation: Revolutionary Love, by Dayna Edwards
Gift of Music: Beautiful Noise, by Alicia Keyes and Brandi Carlile; Chelsey Byrd-Lewallan, Lysa Salsbury, and Elizabeth Stevens
Video Testimonial: Juno Peterson-Pope
Video Testimonial: Family Promise Volunteers
Gift of Music: Kinder, by the Copper Wimmin; Chelsey Byrd-Lewallen, Lysa Salsbury, and Elizabeth Stevens
Homily: Love as a Verb
Closing Hymn: #1008, When Our Heart Is in a Holy Place
Closing Reading: Love Is Hard, by Terasa Cooley and Carey McDonald
Musical Benediction: There Is a Love
Embodying the Flame
Spoken Benediction
Topics: Intention