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If you wish to share a joy or sorrow, you may email it to minister@uuchelmsford.org by 9:00 AM on Sunday mornings.  Please remember that our services are live streamed and that names will be shared as you write them.

First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church
Order of Worship
October 18th, 2026

Centering Thought
“The gift of safety is one of the rarest treasures anyone can give to another.”
– Robert A. Johnson

Ingathering Chimes

Welcome and Announcements: Ron Deschenes, Safety Committee and Standing Committee

Prelude: “You’ll Never Walk Alone” – Rodgers and Hammerstein

Chalice Lighting: Safety Committee Team

Call to Worship: Ron Deschenes, Safety Committee

Hymn #1 in Singing the Living Tradition: “May Nothing Evil Cross This Door”

First Parish Covenant: Led by Erica Clifford, Safety CommitteeWe, the members of First Parish of Chelmsford, covenant together to
sustain and strengthen our beloved community by: 
Honoring and celebrating the Spirit of Life
Nurturing all souls in our search for truth and the sacred
Caring and being present to one another in our joys and sorrows
Bearing witness through service to justice and peace
And being good stewards of our congregation, our heritage, 
   our Unitarian Universalist principles, and our Earth.

Offertory: Rebecca Gore, Safety Committee
     Music: Pachelbel Canon in D Maj.

Reflection: Courage to be Brave – Erin Clifford and Ron Deschenes, Safety Committee
     **Congregants please note we are going to have an Emergency Drill at this time and will physically**
          leave (if you are able) and return to the sanctuary per instructions of the Safety Committee.

Hymn #1028 in Singing the Journey: “Fire of Commitment”

Joys and Sorrows: Erin Clifford, Safety Committee
(If you wish to share a joy or sorrow, please write it in the joys and sorrows book on the table at the back of
the sanctuary on the Common side. You may also email joys and
sorrows to minister@uuchelmsford.org
by 9am on Sunday mornings. Please remember that services are live
streamed and that names are shared as written.)

A Time for Meditation and Prayer

Congregational Response: “Meditation on Breathing” w/m Sarah Dan Jones
     When I breathe in, I’ll breathe in peace.
     When I breathe out, I’ll breathe out love.

Hymn #128 in Singing the Living Tradition: “For All That Is Our Life”

Benediction & Extinguishing of the Chalice: Rebecca Gore, Safety Committee 

Postlude: “Let It Be” – The Beatles


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Many Thanks to this Sunday’s Volunteers:
Greeter: Rick Warner
Building Usher:
Josh Spero
Sanctuary Ushers:Dave Kaffine & Stephanie Owen
Worship Tech: John Fisher
Online Chat Host:
Joan Coyne
Flowers: LFF & Safety Committee
Social Hour: Eliot Mayer