Celebrant: Deb McLaughlin
In “The Wasteland,” T. S. Eliot writes, “April is the cruelest month.” In these words lives an invitation to accept the slow and cyclical nature of change. How do we keep hope alive in times when progress seems almost unbearably slow?
Welcome and Announcements
Territorial Acknowledgement
Chalice Lighting and Sung Affirmation
Opening Words
Opening Hymn: #163, For the Earth Forever Turning
Time for All Ages: Wanda’s Roses, by Pat Brisson, illustrated by Maryann Cocca-Leffler
Reeb Benediction
Offertory
Candles of Joys & Sorrows
Meditation: A Prayer for Hope, by Christin Green (adapted)
Gift of Music
Reading: For Nothing is Fixed, by James Baldwin
Homily
Closing Hymn: #1018, Come and Go With Me
Closing Reading: Hope Is Not a Bird, Emily, It’s a Sewer Rat, by Caitlin Seida
Musical Benediction: There is a Love
Embodying the Flame
Spoken Benediction
Topics: Perseverance