Celebrant: Zena Hartung
Something about realizing we are approximately halfway through our life span typically inspires people to ponder big questions about meaning, purpose, and calling. If we are lucky, we have a circle of friends who can love us and listen to us as we find our way through.
Welcome and Announcements
Territorial Acknowledgement
Chalice Lighting and Sung Affirmation
Opening Words
Opening Hymn: #1008, When Our Heart is in a Holy Place
Time for All Ages: The Three Questions, written and illustrated by Jon J. Muth
Reeb Benediction
Offertory
Joys and Sorrows
Meditation
Gift of Music: Long and Dusty Road by King Nobody; Karen Launchbaugh and Janet Anders
Homily: Climbing Kamiak Butte, by Zena Hartung
Gift of Music: Bridges
Homily:
Threshold of Discovery; Rev. Elizabeth Stevens
Gift of Music: Following Home, by Karen Launchbaugh; Karen Launchbaugh and Janet Anders
Homily: Companions on the Journey
Closing Hymn: #131, Love Will Guide Us
Closing Reading: The Layers, by Stanley Kunitz
Musical Benediction: There Is a Love
Embodying the Flame
Spoken Benediction
Topics: Journey