Our connections to water go well beyond needing it to sustain life. We also have a deep-seated animal, emotional and spiritual relationship with water. Come, sip, and reflect.
Note: There will not be a water ceremony at this service, as was originally planned.
Coordinator: Marian Siemens
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Reflection on Water
September 18, 2022
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Centering Thought
…the sea’s recitation reentering my head with questions it erases… Derek Walcott
Centering Music
Let It Shine! performed by First UU Winnipeg Church Choir
Welcoming Words
Marian Siemens
Gathering Hymn
51 Lady of the Seasons’ Laughter
Chalice Lighting
Words from The Balance We Seek by Sharon Wylie, read by Steve Lennon
Opening Words
Learning to Love This World by Molly Housh Gordon, read by Marian Siemens
Affirmation
Love Is the Spirit
Sharing and Caring
Cheryl Simmonds
Unison Words
We are glad once again that our life’s journey has brought us this morning to this place, to be here together and to listen to one another’s joys and sorrows and concerns. May we approach this time we share with gratitude and hope, and be nourished by each other’s presence. So may it be.
Hymn
21 For the Beauty of the Earth
Meditation
Words from Imagine Yourself… by Susan Enzweiler, read by Steve Lennon
Offering
Marian Siemens
Our Share the Plate partner for September is Safe Housing and Directed Empowerment (S.H.A.D.E.)
Offertory
To the Light performed by First UU Winnipeg Church Choir
Hymn
94 What Is This Life
Sermon
Reflections on Water, Steve Lennon
Closing Hymn
1064 Blue Boat Home
Announcements
Marian Siemens
Closing Words
from Let Our Lives Be a Prayer by Joel Miller, read by Marian
Chalice Extinguishing
Steve Lennon
Carry the Flame
Transition
Marian Siemens
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: Marian Siemens
- Tech Team: Ashlyn Noble, Arthur Burstow, Christina Swindells-Nader
- Sharing and Caring Host: Cheryl Simmonds
- Songleading Videos: Paul Rodermond, (former) Acting Music Director and Accompanist, P.J. Buchan, (former) Music Director, Winnipeg UU Choir
- Chalice Sculptor: Jo’Anne Kelly
- First UU Church of Winnipeg chalice logo: Nancy Gilbert
To contact Sunserv (Sunday Services Team), please email worship@uuwinnipeg.mb.ca