Worship Schedule

Ingathering Chimes

Prelude: “Night Song” by Fernando Sor – played by Eliot Mayer

Welcome and Announcements: John Fisher, Membership and Hospitality Committee

Chalice Lighting: Maura and Doug Snow

Call to Worship: “All That We Do Not Know” by Susan L. Suchocki – Rev. Ellen Rowse Spero

Hymn #1064 in Singing the Journey: “Blue Boat Home”

First Parish Covenant: Led by Rick Warner

We, 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: May Share the Plate – Massachusetts Interfaith Power & Light (MassIPL)
Donate Online: www.massipl.org/donate

Offertory Music: Improvisation – Eliot Mayer

Joys and Sorrows

A Time for Meditation and Prayer

Congregational Response: “Spirit of Life,” w/m Carolyn McDade

Spirit of Life, come unto me
Sing in my heart all the stirrings of compassion.
Blow in the wind, rise in the sea,
Move in the hand, giving life the shape of justice.
Roots hold me close, wings set me free,
Spirit of Life, come to me, come to me.

Ancient Reading: Excerpt from Psalm 8, First Nations Version: Psalms and Proverbs
Modern Reading: Excerpt from “Befriending Our Mortality” by Andrea Gibson

Readers: Leslie Yauckoes & Kathy Deschenes

Sermon: Awakening Curiosity: “Attending to Revelation” – Rev. Ellen Rowse Spero

Hymn #21 in Singing the Living Tradition: “For the Beauty of the Earth”

Benediction & Extinguishing the Chalice: “Let Your Spirit be Surprised” by Rev. Tandi Rogers

Postlude: “Siúil a Rúin,” Traditional Irish Song (https://w.wiki/NyK2)
– Beth Benoit, Kimberly Gist, Cindy Gist, & Maura Snow. Arranged by Kimberly Gist.