The idea of progress calls on us to strive to attain our joy and fulfillment in an indeterminate future. But what if the pursuit of progress is precisely what keeps us from finding the lives of meaning we seek right here and now? Let’s explore the possibilities of a future in which we abandon “always more” in favor of “enough” and trade the pursuit of happiness for lives of genuine satisfaction.

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Welcome
Greeting and Announcements
Territorial Acknowledgement
Chalice Lighting and Sung Affirmation
Opening WordsOpening Hymn: #1007, There’s a River Flowin’ in My Soul
Time for All Ages:  Wait, by Antoinette Portis
Reeb Benediction
Offertory
Candles of Joys and Sorrows
Meditation:  Guided Meditation:  Joy in the Now
Reading: Excerpt from No Man Is an Island by Thomas Merton
Gift of Music:  Time, by Pink Floyd
Homily
Closing Hymn: #350, The Ceaseless Flow of Endless Time
Closing Reading:  Excerpt from Ending the Pursuit of Happiness by Barry Magid
Musical Benediction:  There Is a Love
Embodying the Flame
Spoken Benediction

Topics: Perseverance