Yes! We have made it through a ragged, snowy, cold winter all the way to the merry month of May. We can now put away the parkas and snow shovels and start thinking about things greening and growing. May Day – a time for change, a time for hope, and a time to reactivate our connection with the earth.
Coordinator: Dylan Fijal
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May 1 Help You?
May 1, 2022
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Centering Thought
How do you talk to a tree? With sentences as broad as a year? Sudden storms of words. Squirrels as punctuation.
~ from TreeTalk by Ariel Gordon
Centering Music
Let It Shine! performed by First UU Wpg. Church Choir
Welcome
Dylan Fijal
Gathering Hymn
368 Now Let Us Sing
Chalice Lighting
words by Steve Lennon, read by Dylan Fijal
Opening Words
May 1 from Crows, Stones & Other Poems by Steve Lennon
Affirmation
Love Is the Spirit, music by P.J. Buchan
Sharing and Caring, Paula Wachs
Unison Words
Let us come into this circle of caring, and listen to those who share their joys and sorrows with us. Let the healing power of this community reach out to them, and to each of us. Let loving kindness and joy pass through us, and bring us peace. So may it be.
Hymn
63 Spring Has Now Unwrapped the Flowers
Meditation
from Exultation: A Poem Cycle in Celebration of the Seasons, by Monza Naff, read by Dylan Fijal
Offering
Dylan Fijal
Our Share the Plate Partner for May is the Minister’s Discretionary Fund.
Offertory
To the Light performed by First UU Winnipeg Church Choir
Reading
from TreeTalk by Ariel Gordon, illustrated by Natalie Baird, read by Steve Lennon
Hymn
21 For the Beauty of the Earth
Sermon
May 1 Help You? Steve Lennon
Closing Hymn
163 For the Earth Forever Turning
Announcements
Dylan Fijal
Closing Words
from To Learn from Animal Being by John O’Donohue, read by Steve Lennon
Chalice Extinguishing
Carry the Flame
Transition
Dylan Fijal
Return Again performed by the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Winnipeg Choir
Gratitude
Gratitude to all who made this service happen:
- Leader: Steve Lennon
- Coordinator: Dylan Fijal
- Tech Team: Ashlyn Noble, Janet Toews
- Sharing and Caring Host: Paula Wachs
- Songleading Videos: Paul Rodermond, (former) Acting Music Director and Accompanist, P.J. Buchan, (former) Music Director, Winnipeg UU Choir
- Editor: Josh Robern
To contact Sunserv (Sunday Services Team), please email worship@uuwinnipeg.mb.ca