This is a service of appreciation for our current and future UU volunteers. Join the Volunteer Resources Committee in acknowledging the myriad contributions of our wonderful volunteers, in partnership with great staff. The theme for Canada’s National Volunteer Week 2025 is Volunteers Make Waves. From coast to coast to coast, volunteers join together to make life better for Canadians.
Like a wave, volunteering is movement-building, with power and impact. Water is in constant motion, always flowing, shifting, and transforming with every powerful wave or quiet ripple. And so is each volunteer’s contribution toward creating impact in our community.
Everyone, please come celebrate with us!
Service Leaders: Sonya Watson and the Volunteer Resources Team
Service Coordinator: Octavia MacIsaac
Welcome and Zoom Link
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Order of Service
Centering Thought
Love is the spirit of this church
The quest for truth its sacrament
And service is its law…
Thanks to all UUs during Canada’s Volunteer Week, for the many ways in which you serve!
Centering Music
“Grand Finale” from Pineapple Poll by Arthur Sullivan
Daniel Clark
Opening Words
Volunteers Make Waves, Theme for National Volunteer Week 2025
Sonya Watson
Chalice Lighting
#683 Be Ours A Religion, by Theodore Parker
Barbara Rudyk
Gathering Hymn
#402 From You I Receive (sung 3 times)
Welcome
Octavia MacIsaac
Affirmation
Love Is the Spirit
Reading
Serving Together, by Rev Gina Whitaker
Barbara Rudyk
Story Wisdom
The Missing Piece Meets The Big O, by Shel Silverstein
Brian Klowak
Sing and Rejoice
As children go downstairs to Religious Exploration
Share the Plate Partner
Carla Morden, Main Street Project Fund Development Coordinator
Offering
with words from Octavia MacIsaac
Our Share the Plate Partner for the May is the Main Street Project.
The offering will be gratefully received, during or after the service. Donation options are at this link.
Offertory
Spring Song (Song without words Op.62, No.6), by Felix Mendelssohn
Daniel Clark
Joys and Sorrows
Brian Klowak
Pastoral Hymn
#128 For All That Is Our Life (sung seated)
Meditation
Jim Gardiner
A Balcony View
Sonya Watson
Hymn
#311 Let It Be a Dance
Note: we will begin recording the sermon after the hymn. Barring technical problems it will eventually be shared on our YouTube and Buzzsprout channels.
Sermon
Our Separate Fires Can Kindle One Flame, by Jim Gardiner
Reading
Excerpts from Continue, by Maya Angelou
Barb Rudyk
Song
My Own Two Hands, by Jack Johnson
Jim Gardiner and Brian Klowak
Announcements
Octavia MacIsaac
Please submit congregational announcements to worship@uuwinnipeg.mb.ca before 9:00 am Sunday.
Closing Hymn
#347 Gather the Spirit
Closing Words
#692, by Lauralyn Bellamy
Sonya Watson
Chalice Extinguishing
Carry the Flame
Transition to Breakout Room (Zoom only)
A/V Team
Following the service, please join us for community and refreshments in the sanctuary. For Zoom participants, please consider staying for conversation in our breakout room.
Gratitude
Gratitude to all who made this service happen, including
- Leaders: Sonya Watson, Barbara Rudyk, Brian Klowak, Jim Gardiner
- Coordinator: Octavia MacIsaac
- Music: Daniel Clark (piano), Debby Lake (lyrics coordination, hymn consultation), Kelvin Seifert and Esther Kathryn (hymn consultation)
- Music for Affirmation: Composed by P.J. Buchan
- Coordinator Lifespan Religious Exploration (CLRE): Ana Castañeda Aguilera
- Childcare: Paulina Hernandez
- Tech Team: Ashlyn Noble, Arthur Burstow, Alexey Sokadeev, Bryan Enaje, Christina Swindells-Nader, Charan Brar, Vladymyr Martynov, Ihor Pushkar
- Ushers: TBD
- Set Up/Maintenance: Michael Thiessen, Jessica Hamm
- Greeter: Paula Keirstead and others
- Hospitality: Janet Toews, Marian Siemens, Debby Lake, Allison Baird
- Chalice Sculptor & Banner Designer: Jo’Anne Kelly
- Chalice Logo Designer: Nancy Gilbert
- Share the Plate committee: Sara Allen, Lynn Clark, Paula Keirstead, Diane Pearce
- Pastoral Care: Rev Stefan Jonasson
- Website and office support: Nathalie Waite
To contact SunServ (Sunday Services Team) with feedback or ideas for future services, please email worship@uuwinnipeg.mb.ca
Want to help on Sunday mornings? You can sign up for a hospitality setup or cleanup shift. Please contact the Volunteer Resources Committee or Norm Cobb or Jim Gardiner for other ways to help.
Please limit fragrances and scented products as much as you are able, so we may include all in our beloved community.
Please keep aisles clear, particularly for people with mobility challenges, and turn off electronic devices during the service.
Please refrain from taking photographs and making recordings during and after the service unless you have the express permission of all people involved. Thank you!
Topics: Community, Volunteering