SUNDAY SERVICE 

Onsite & Online ~  10 am 

with Sam Thomas & Tim Snowber

Reciprocity: Spirituality and The Environment

As Earth Day approaches, we orient ourselves toward the interdependent web of all creation. As UU’s, we recycle, we compost, we drive EVs. But what if we re-conceive our relationship to the natural world and see how it takes care of us?  How might that shift our perspective on… everything?  This morning Sam Thomas, CLU professor of Religion & Environmental Studies, will explore themes of reciprocity, gift economy, and land ethics in conversation with Indigenous writers and other deep ecology voices.

 

Prelude – Anthony Concepcion 

Welcome – Tim Snowber

Call to Worship – From Blessed Mother of All Beings by Thich Nhat Hanh

Introduction – Claudia Barton

Chalice Lighting – Our Holy Hearts, Our Sacred Bits of Soil By Shari Woodbury

Opening Song – #1068, Rising Green by Carolyn McDade

Time for All Ages – Little Land by Diana Sudyka, presented by Sam Dickerson

Announcements – Claudia Barton

Singing our Children Out – Anthony Concepcion

Offering Words – Sam Thomas on behalf of Los Padres Forest Watch 

Offering Music – How was I to Know? By Missy Higgins, Performed by Anthony Concepcion and Bethany Simonsen

Joys and Sorrows – You may write your Joys and Sorrows in the chatbox during the service if you are online. If you are in person, please fill out an index card. 

Time of Meditation – Tim Snowber: How Surely Gravity’s Law by Rainer Maria Rilke

Meditation Song – #1069 Ancient Mother

Reflection on Reciprocity – Sam Thomas, CLU Professor of Religion & Environmental Studies

Closing Hymn – #298 Wake Now My Senses 

Closing Words- Tim Snowber

Extinguishing the Chalice – Tim Snowber

Postlude – Anthony Concepcion