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Lighting of the
Chalice
We gather this hour as people
of faith
With joys and sorrows, gifts
and needs,
We light this beacon of hope,
sign of our quest
For truth and meaning,
In celebration of the life we
share together.
Song * Peace Like a
River
Joys and
concerns
Reading (Responsive)
We gather in reverence before
the wonder of life —
The wonder of being together,
so close yet so apart —
Each hidden in our own secret chamber,
Each listening, each trying
to speak
We gather in reverence before
all intangible things
That eyes see not, nor ears can detect —
That hands can never
touch, that space cannot hold, and time cannot measure
(Children go to RE at the end of
the story)
Discussion topic:
Please share the story of the
object you have brought or would have liked to brought
and what it means to you.
*Closing circle of hands: (extinguish the chalice)
We are here to abet creation
and to witness to it,
to notice each other's beautiful face
and complex nature
so that creation need not play
to an empty house.
Song* Go now in Peace
Go now in Peace
May the love of God surround
you
Everywhere, everywhere
You may go.
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Stand if willing and able
Peace Like a
River
I’ve got Peace like a river x
3
In my soul (repeat)
I’ve got love like an ocean x
3
In my soul (repeat)
I’ve got joy like a fountain
x 3
In my soul (repeat)
Last verse mixes the first 3
verses
For the Beauty of the Earth
1) For the beauty of the
earth, for the splendor of the skies, for the love which from our birth, over
and around us lies:
2) For the joy or ear and eye, for the heart and
mind’s delight, for the mystic harmony, linking sense to sound and sight:
3) For the wonder of each hour of the day and of
the night, hill and vale and tree and flower, sun and moon and stars of night
4) For the joy of human care, sister, brother,
parent, child, for
the kinship we all share, for all gentle thoughts and
mild:
Chorus: Source of all to thee we raise this, our hymn
of grateful praise