Celebrant:  Molly Smith

Many people would define resilience as the ability to “bounce back,” but in reality, life requires that we adapt and change rather than rebounding or rewinding. Join us for an exploration of what resilience looks like in living beings and systems.

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Welcome and Announcements

Territorial Acknowledgement

Chalice Lighting and Sung Affirmation

Opening Words:  This morning’s service is inspired the poem Optimism by Jane Hirshfield

Opening Hymn:  #1000, Morning Has Come

Time for All Ages:  After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Up Again, by Dan Santat

Reeb Benediction

Offertory

Candles of Joys & Sorrows

First Movement (Amanda Palmer):  Individual Resilience

Meditation:  Just as Long as I Have Breath, v. 1

Second Movement (Molly Smith): 
Resilience in Relationship

Meditation:  Just as Long as I Have Breath, v. 2

Third Movement (Trish Hartzell):  Ecological Resilience

Meditation:  Just as Long as I Have Breath, v. 3

Fourth Movement (Elizabeth):  Community Resilience

Meditation

Closing Hymn:  #6, Just as Long as I Have Breath

Closing Reading:  Optimism by Jane Hirschfield

Musical Benediction:  There is a Love

Embodying the Flame

Spoken Benediction

Topics: Journey, Perseverance