... one brick... one step... SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2018 [this is] an important moment to remind ourselves of the road we've traveled so far, who led us, and where we need to be going.... we stand on the shoulders of our elders and we lock arms with them to face the future. We refuse to be quiet, we refuse to let hatred win, and we refuse to be invisible. SAGE CEO Michael Adams [SAGE is a national organization offering support to LGBTQ older adults and their caregivers]
Order of Service Sunday, December 9, 2018 Opening Music Over the Rainbow as performed by Israel Kamakawiwo ole lyrics by E.Y. Harburg, music by Harold Arlen, arranged by Andy Beck Opening Words Jay Leach, Minister +*Opening Song Siyahamba South Africa, 20 th c. ed Anders Nyberg We are marching in the light of God, We are marching in the light of God, We are marching in the light of God, We are marching in the light of, the light of God, We are marching, marching, We are marching, marching, We are marching in the light of, the light of God, We are marching, marching, We are marching, marching, We are marching in the light of God. We are singing in the light of God... We are dancing in the light of God...
*Chalice Lighting Words +*Chorus Elizabeth Pruett, Lay Service Leader by Pete Yarrow Don't let the light go out, It's lasted for so many years. Don't let the light go out, Let it shine through our hope and our tears. Welcome Reading Still Queer in America by Becky Brooks Musical Interlude from Everything Possible by Fred Small... Oh, you can be anybody you want to be, you can love whomever you will.... Reading from Loaves and Fishes by Dorothy Day
+*Song There s a River Flowin in My Soul by Rose Sanders arr. Kenny Smith There s a river flowin in my soul. There s a river flowin in my soul. And it s tellin me that I m somebody There s a river flowin in my soul. There s a river flowin in my heart... There s a river flowin in my mind... Sermon... one brick... one step... Musical Interlude One More Step by Joyce Poley Personal Reflection Concerns of the Congregation Reading by Marguerite Radclyffe Hall (1880 1943) from her 1928 novel The Well of Loneliness
Musical Offering Brave by Sara Bareilles and Jack Antonoff, arranged by Roger Emerson You can be amazing, you can turn a phrase into a weapon or a drug. You can be the outcast or be the backlash of somebody s lack of love, or you can start speaking up. Nothing s gonna hurt you the way that words do when they settle neath your skin, kept on the inside and no sunlight. Sometimes a shadow wins. But I wonder what would happen if you Say what you wanna say and let the words fall out honestly. I wanna see you be brave with what you want to say and let the words fall out honestly. I wanna see you be brave. Just wanna see you, I just wanna see you, I just wanna see you, I wanna see you be brave... Everybody s been there, everybody s been stared down by the enemy Fallen for the fear and done some disappearin, bow down to the mighty. Don t run, just stop holdin your tongue. Maybe there s a way out of the cage where you live. Maybe one of these days you can let the light in and show me how big your brave is. Say what you wanna say and let the words fall out honestly. I wanna see you be brave with what you want to say and let the words fall out honestly. I wanna see you be brave. And since your history of silence won t do you any good, did you think it would? Let your words be anything but empty. Why don t you tell them the truth? Say what you wanna say... I wanna see you be brave!
Meditation and Aspiration Chorus How Could Anyone by Libby Roderick Offering Words How could anyone ever tell you you were anything less than beautiful? How could anyone ever tell you you were less than whole? How could anyone fail to notice that your loving is a miracle? How deeply you re connected to my soul. Music Loretta and Desiree s Bouquet by George Winston *An Affirmation of our Faith by Barbara Pescan Because of those who came before, we are; in spite of their failings, we believe; because of, and in spite of the horizons of their vision, we too dream. Let us go remembering to praise, to live in the moment, to love mightily, to bow to the mystery.
*Closing Song 1017 [Teal Hymnal] Building a New Way *Closing Words in Beginners by Denise Levertov and Extinguishing the Chalice Closing Music Hope by Ysaye M. Barnwell If we want hope to survive in this world today, then every day we ve to pray on... walk on... Service Notes Thank you to the pledging members of this congregation whose generosity makes our Sunday services possible. John Herrick, Jay Leach and Elizabeth Pruett contributed to the planning of this service. The Adult Choir sings under the direction of John Herrick, accompanied by Eric Wilhelm on percussion. John Herrick plays the piano and flute. Anthony Cipolletti and Jim Van Fleet 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 Images projected in today s service include: 2. Brick Barge with Landscape by Arthur Dove (1930) 5. Brick Reds by Oscar Bluemner (1933) 6. Brick and Vapor, New York City by Edith Mitchill Prellwitz (1939) 7. The Bricklayers by Childe Hassam (1905) 9. Brick Yard by Edouard Vysekal (1930) 10. Bricklayer by Edvard Munch (1929) 11. The Brickfield by Alfred Sisley (1880) 12. Bricklayers at Work on the Studio Building by Edvard Munch (1920) 13. Female Brick Mason by Vasile Dobrian (20 century) 15. Amman Brick Yard by Jean Mannheim (circa 1900) 16. Brick Chimney at the Edge of a Wood, North Carolina William Aiken Walker (1918) 17. At the Brickworks by Carl Vinnen (Date unknown) 18. Old Brick House in Carinthia by Egon Schiele (1913) 19. Brick Kiln, Eragny by Camille Pissarro (1885) 20. Old Brick House on the Neponset by John Joseph Enneking (Date unknown)