SUNDAY SERVICE 

Onsite & Online ~  10 am 

Reverend Tom Owen-Towle & Merlin Snider

The Ten Commandments Are Still Relevant!

Although 3500 plus years old, these ten imperatives—examining God, Sabbath, family-life, adultery, killing, robbery, lying, and greed—furnish a lodestar for the moral agenda and spiritual life of 21st century progressives. The Rev. Dr. Tom Owen-Towle is grateful to be preaching again at Chalice and will have his latest book, Living with Purpose and Integrity: A Fresh Perspective on the Ten Commandments, available for purchase following the service.

Centering Thought                       

…do the work, and you’ll find the Spirit!”  (Isaiah 58:10)

Welcome – Merlin Snider

Call to Worship – Reverend Tom Owen-Towle

Chalice Lighting – Merlin Snider

Opening Song – # 348 “Guide My Feet”

Time for All Ages – “Ruthie and the (Not So) Teeny Tiny Lie” by Laura Rankin. Read by Samantha Dickerson.

Manna Collection 

Announcements – Merlin Snider

Singing the Children Out – Anthony Concepcion & Merlin Snider

Offering Words – Ayanna Gaines

Offering Music – “Winter of Discontent” by Merlin Snider and performed by Deborah and Merlin. 

Receiving the Offering – Ayanna Gaines

Pledge Tree Ritual – Grenda David 

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

Time of Meditation – Rev. Tom Owen-Towle

Meditation Song – “Hineh Mah Tov” Hebrew with words from Psalm 133:1 

Talk – “The Ten Commandments Are Still Relevant!” – Rev. Tom Owen-Towle

Closing Song – #148 “Soon the Day will Arrive”

Benediction/Send-Off – Rev. Tom Owen-Towle

(in unison) adapted from the Talmud

 Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief.

 Do justly, now. Love mercy,  now. Walk humbly, now.

 You are not obliged to complete the work, but neither are you free to  abandon it.

Extinguishing the Chalice – Merlin Snider

Closing Words – Merlin Snider

Postlude – Anthony Concepcion