SUNDAY SERVICE 

Onsite & Online ~  10 am 

Reverend Nica Eaton

The poet, John O’Donohue, wrote: “May this house shelter your life.
When you come home here.” This Ingathering Sunday we come home to Chalice and gather around a living fountain, reminding us of the source that nourishes and sustains our lives. Home is not only where we live, but where we are seen, loved, renewed and inspired. Today we come home to one another, for the new congregational year, celebrating this community and connections that sustain us. Join us for a joyful congregational picnic afterwards at Borchard Park.

Opening Processional Song – “You are Welcome Here” by Karen Drucker

Welcome – Reverend Nica Eaton

Introduction – Claudia Barton

Chalice Lighting – Reverend Nica Eaton & Lilia Barton

Opening Song – #188 Come Come Whoever You Are

Time for All Ages – Samantha Dickerson

Manna Collection – Samantha Dickerson

Announcements – Claudia Barton

Singing the Children Out – Anthony Concepcion

Collection – Claudia Barton

Offering Music – “Sehati” by Tracy Wong, performed by the Chalice Choir, with soloist Aline Reynders

Joys and Sorrows – If you are in person please fill out an index card. You can also email your joys or concerns during the week to jns@chaliceuu.org

Time of Meditation – Samantha Dickerson

Poem -“For a New Home” by John O’Donohue.  Read by Reverend Nica Eaton & Scarlett Niebergall

Meditation Music – #1011 “Return Again”

Reflection – Reverend Nica Eaton

Song – “The Water Knows” by Merlin Snider

Water Ceremony – Reverend Nica Eaton

Closing Song – #1007 “There’s a River”

Closing Words – Reverend Nica

Extinguishing the Chalice – Claudia Barton

Send Off – Reverend Nica Eaton

Postlude – Anthony Concepcion

 

Please join with the Chalice Community to celebrate our coming home at our picnic at Borchard Park!