What does faith look like without God? We’ll explore atheist spirituality, looking into the ways we find meaning, nurture a sense of connection and awe, make peace with death and keep hope alive – all without reference to a higher power or anything remotely supernatural.

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Welcome
Greeting and Announcements
Territorial Acknowledgement
Chalice Lighting and Sung Affirmation
Opening Words
Opening Hymn:  #188, Come, Come, Whoever You Are
Time for All Ages:  Harold and the Purple Crayon, by Crockett Johnson
Reeb Benediction
Offertory
Candles of Joys and Sorrows
Meditation:  The Life that Stretches Between Us, by Emmy Lou Belcher
Readings:  from The Little Book of Atheist Spirituality by André Comte-Sponville why i feed the birds, by Richard Vargas
Gift of Music
Homily
Closing Hymn: #6, Just As Long as I Have Breath
Closing Reading:  The Moment, by Margaret Atwood
Musical Benediction:  There Is a Love
Embodying the Flame
Spoken Benediction