In the beginning there is no desire to mark time, and in the end, there is no reason. But in between beginnings and endings, we mark time almost compulsively. Minutes lead to hours, hours to days, days to months, and months to years. And then we repeat. Calendars are the yardsticks with which we measure the passage of time and organize our lives while the proverbial clock ticks.
Service Leader: Rev. Stefan Jonasson
Service Coordinator: Cate Ziegler
Sermon Video
Order of Service
Centering Thought
“Time limits are fictional. Losing all sense of time is actually the way to reality. We use clocks and calendars for convenience sake, not because that kind of time is real.”
— Leslie Marmon Silko
Prelude
Pavane de la Belle au Bois Dormant from Mother Goose Suite by Maurice Ravel; arr. by Lee Evans,
Daniel Clark
Opening Words
The Span of Life, by Fred Cappucino (adapted)
Rev Stefan Jonasson
Chalice Lighting
A Frail Thing, by Alan G. Deale
Cate Ziegler
Gathering Hymn
#1 May Nothing Evil Cross This Door
Welcome and Land Acknowledgement
Cate Ziegler
Affirmation
Love Is the Spirit
Story Wisdom
The Discontented Pendulum by Emilie Poulsson
as told by Rev Stefan Jonasson
Sing and Rejoice
Joys and Sorrows
Rev Stefan Jonasson
Pastoral Hymn
#1011 Return Again (sung seated)
Offering
Our Share the Plate Partner for January is Thrive Community Support Circle.
The offering will be gratefully received, during or after the service. Donation options are at this link.
Offertory
Cradle Song from Lyric Pieces Book 9, by Edvard Grieg
Daniel Clark
Reading
The Calendar (excerpt), by David Ewing Duncan
Rev Stefan Jonasson
Meditation
Cate Ziegler
Hymn
#146 Soon the Day Will Arrive
Sermon
Marking Time
Rev Stefan Jonasson
Closing Hymn
143 Not in Vain the Distance Beacons
Announcements
Cate Ziegler
Please submit congregational announcements to worship@uuwinnipeg.mb.ca before 9:00 am Sunday.
Closing Words
Beyond Our Expectations, by Marjorie Newlin Leaming
Rev Stefan Jonasson
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
Gratitude
Gratitude to all who helped make this service happen:
- Leader: Rev Stefan Jonasson
- Coordinator: Cate Ziegler
- Music: Daniel Clark (piano), Debby Lake (hymn lyric coordination)
- Music for Affirmation: Composed by P.J. Buchan
- Coordinator Lifespan Religious Exploration (CLRE): Ana Castañeda Aguilera
- Childcare: Paulina Hernandez
- Tech Team: Arthur Burstow, Ashlyn Noble, Christina Swindells-Nader
- Ushers: Kristin Jimmy, Bromley Basford, Joan Carolyn, Ken Nicholson, Norman Mayer, Cheryl Simmonds, Janet Toews, Maxine Hebert Malo, Claire and Krishna Nimmagadda, et al
- Set Up/Maintenance: Michael Thiessen
- Greeter: Paula Keirstead, et al
- Hospitality: Janet Toews, Octavia MacIsaac, et al
- Chalice Sculptor: Jo’Anne Kelly
- Chalice Logo Designer: Nancy Gilbert
- All-Church Email Bulletin: Lorie Battershill
- Church Communicator and Pastoral Care: Rev Stefan Jonasson
- Website and office support: Larry Phillips
To contact SunServ (Sunday Services Team), 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 keep aisles clear, particularly for people with mobility challenges and turn off electronic devices during the service.
Some in our beloved community are affected by exposure to the ingredients or chemicals in scented products. We ask that you join our efforts to accommodate their health concerns by being mindful and where possible avoiding scented products such as hair spray, perfume and deodorant when attending services.
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: Life and Death