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born/ of the same atoms SUNDAY, MAY 20, 2018.

1 born/ of the same atoms SUNDAY, MAY 20, one time he went out in the wilderness to find his own soul, an he foun he didn have no soul that was his n. Says he foun he jus got a little piece of a great big soul. John Steinbeck in Grapes of Wrath

2 ORDER OF SERVICE May 20, Opening Music Come Sunday by Duke Ellington Opening Words Jay Leach, Minister +*Opening Song 298 [Gray Hymnal] Wake, Now, My Senses *Chalice Lighting Words +*Chorus Judy Love, Lay Service Leader by Shlomo Carlebach Return again, Return again, Return to the home of your soul, Return to who you are, Return to what you are, Return to where you are born and reborn again. Reading by Lucille Clifton the earth is a living thing from Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton

3 Musical Offering Heaven s Here on Earth by Tracy Chapman You can look to the stars in search of the answers Look for God and life on distant planets Have your faith in the ever after While each of us holds inside the map to the labyrinth And heaven's here on earth We are the spirit the collective conscience We create the pain and the suffering and the beauty in this world Heaven's here on earth In our faith in humankind In our respect for what is earthly In our unfaltering belief in peace and love and understanding I've seen and met angels wearing the disguise Of ordinary people leading ordinary lives Filled with love, compassion, forgiveness and sacrifice Heaven's in our hearts In our faith in humankind In our respect for what is earthly In our unfaltering belief in peace and love and understanding Look around Believe in what you see The kingdom is at hand The promised land is at your feet We can and will become what we aspire to be If Heaven's here on earth If we have faith in humankind And respect for what is earthly And an unfaltering belief that truth is divinity And heaven's here on earth

4 I've seen spirits I've met angels I've touched creations beautiful and wondrous I've been places where I question all I think I know But I believe, I believe, I believe this could be heaven We are born inside the gates with the power to create life And to take it away The world is our temple The world is our church Heaven's here on earth If we have faith in humankind And respect for what is earthly And an unfaltering belief In peace and love and understanding This could be heaven here on earth Heaven's in our heart Reading by Clint Smith The Hardest Days from Counting Descent +Song Ancient Mother traditional Navajo prayer Ancient Mother, I hear you calling. Ancient Mother, I hear your song. Ancient Mother, I feel your laughter. Ancient Mother, I taste your tears.

5 Sermon born/ of the same atoms Reflecting in Silence Musical Interlude The Lone, Wild Bird from William Walker s Southern Harmony, 1835 Personal Reflection and Welcome Concerns of the Congregation Meditation and Aspiration Musical Offering by Olivia Jones Offering Words Music Blackbird by John Lennon and Paul McCartney

6 * An Affirmation of Our Faith by David H. Eaton All living substance, all substance of energy, being, and purpose, are united and share the same destiny. All people, those we love and those we know not of are united and share the same destiny. Birth-to-death we share this unity with the sun, earth, our [siblings], strangers, flowers in the field, snowflakes, volcanoes and moon beams.... May we have the faith to accept this mystery and build upon its everlasting truth. *Closing Song 207 [Gray Hymnal] Earth Was Given as a Garden *Closing Words and Extinguishing the Chalice Closing Music Rain by Suzanne Ciani

7 Service Notes Thank you to the pledging members of this congregation whose generosity makes our Sunday services possible. John Herrick, Jay Leach and Judy Love contributed to the planning of this service. John Herrick plays the piano, organ and flute. Olivia Jones plays percussion. Alex Szanton sings the solo, coached by Donna Fisher and accompanied by John Herrick and Olivia Jones. Manny Allen, Chris Clark, and Niall Paule assist with A/V for today s services. Large print copies of the Order of Service and personal hearing assistance devices are available on the table at the entrance to the Sanctuary. Images The art projected in today s service is by the U.S. tonalist landscape painter Charles Warren Eaton ( ). Images include: 1. Sunlight through the Trees (Date unknown) 2. Field with Queen Anne's Lace (1885) 3. Haystacks at Sunset (circa 1890) 4. Standing Pines (Date unknown) 5. Bruges Moonlight (circa 1910) 6. Forest Glen (circa 1900) 7. Spring Sunset (circa 1893) 8. Pines (circa 1905) 9. Maine Pines (circa 1900) 10. The Strip of Pines (1908) 11. An Enchanted Sunset (1920) 12. Forest Brook (circa 1885) 13. Moonlight Thompson (1896) 14. Night, Lake Como (circa ) 15. Forest Interior (Date unknown) 16. The Golden Hour (also known as The Morris Canal, Bloomfeld, New Jersey ) (circa ) 17. Rainy Day Pasture (circa 1896) 18. Quiet Shore (circa 1885)

BEYOND BELIEF: SOME THOUGHTS ON THE DIVINE

BEYOND BELIEF: SOME THOUGHTS ON THE DIVINE Sunday, June 17, 2018 I have been looking for the words that come before words: the ones older than silence, the ones not mine, that can t be found by thought