Join us on August 18 as Steve explores our relationships with trees in all their forms: as beautiful forests, as carbon sinks, as lumber and paper, as fire, and as the main source of the oxygen we breathe daily.
Service Coordinator: Christina Swindells-Nader
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Order of Service
Centering Thought
“If there is a lesson I have drawn from my travels it is that diversity is far more than the foundation of stability, it is an article of faith, a fundamental truth that indicates the way things are supposed to be.”
— Wade Davis
Centering Music
Perfectly Contented from Kinderszenen by Robert Schumann
performed by Daniel Clark
Opening Words
adapted from A Lover of Open Places by Allan Cooper
Steve Lennon
Chalice Lighting
by Steve Lennon
Christina Swindells-Nader
Gathering Hymn
#347 Gather the Spirit
Welcome and Land Acknowledgement
Christina Swindells-Nader
Affirmation
Love Is the Spirit
Reading
On sentience of the land, by David Abram
Steve Lennon
Meditation
How I Go to the Woods, by Mary Oliver
Christina Swindells-Nader
Joys and Sorrows
Andre Vanderstoep
If you have a Joy or Sorrow to share in our upcoming service, please follow this link. Alternatively, Andre can be reached at 204-558-7464 or email him at care@uuwinnipeg.mb.ca
Pastoral Hymn
#391 Voice Still and Small (sung 4 times through, seated)
Share the Plate Offering
When I Am Among the Trees, by Mary Oliver
Christina Swindells-Nader
Our Share the Plate Partner for July and August is Trees Winnipeg.
- The offering will be gratefully received, both right now, and continuing when our stream ends. Donation options are at this link.
Offertory
The Bamboo Flute, Chinese Folksong arranged by Phillip Keveren
performed by Daniel Clark
Hymn
#175 We Celebrate the Web of Life
Note: We will begin recording the sermon after the hymn.
Sermon
If You Go Down to the Woods Today, by Steve Lennon
Closing Hymn
#1052 The Oneness of Everything
Announcements
Christina Swindells-Nader
Please submit congregational announcements to worship@uuwinnipeg.mb.ca before 9:00 am each Sunday morning.
Closing Words
by Loreena McKennitt
Christina Swindells-Nader
Chalice Extinguishing
Carry the Flame
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.
Transition (Zoom only)
Arthur Burstow or Simer Kaur (Zoom only)
Gratitude
Gratitude to all who helped make this service happen:
- Leader: Steve Lennon
- Coordinator: Christina Swindells-Nader
- Music: Daniel Clark
- Coordinator Lifespan Religious Exploration (CLRE): Ana Castañeda Aguilera
- Childcare: Paulina Hernandez
- Pastoral Care: Andre Vanderstoep (Coordinator)
- Tech Team: Arthur Burstow, Simer Kaur, Ashlyn Noble, Christina Swindells-Nader
- Music for Affirmation: Composed by P.J. Buchan
- Ushers: Kristin Jimmy, Bromley Basford, Joan Carolyn, Ken Nicholson, Norman Mayer, Cheryl Simmonds, et al
- Set Up/Maintenance: Michael Thiessen
- Hospitality: Marian Siemens, Octavia MacIsaac, Janet Toews, et al
- Chalice Sculptor: Jo’Anne Kelly
- Chalice Logo Designer: Nancy Gilbert
- Website Support: Karin Carlson
- Communicator Editor: Marjorie Doyle
- All-Church Email Bulletin: Lorie Battershilll
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