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.
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