When each day’s news presents a world full of problems and examples of humans at their very worst, it’s easy to think that the future can only be worse. But such pessimism can become a self-fulfilling prophecy. To make a better future for our descendants, we first have to believe it possible. The future is good, and it’s ours to make.
Welcome
Greeting and Announcements
Territorial Acknowledgement
Chalice Lighting and Sung Affirmation
Opening Words
Opening Hymn: #1017, Building a New Way
Time for All Ages: Anything Is Possible, by Guilia Belloni and Marco Trevisan
Reeb Benediction
Offertory
Candles of Joys and Sorrows
Readings:
- Hopefulness in Bad Times, by Howard Zinn
- The Hope of Seven Generations, by Susan Werner
- Our Children Will Rise With Us, by Cheryl Strayed
Gift of Music: The Brown-Blood Cello Gang!
Homily
Closing Hymn: #131, Love Will Guide Us
Closing Reading: Hope
Musical Benediction: There Is a Love
Embodying the Flame
Spoken Benediction
Topics: Journey