Order of Service

Worship With Us on Sunday April 13, 2025
Join Us in our Sanctuary or Online

Worship Greeter: Courtney Hopkins

Visual Focus: Jessica Plumridge

Zoom Host: Glenn Rivard

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10:00 AM Family Worship: Equity

We continue our family service series on our UU values. Today we will discuss our value of Equity.

Music Upon Entering Bint Al-Balad (Daughter of the Country) by Mohammad Abdel Wahaab
Chloe Kline, viola & Suha Roustom, clarinet, Kareem Roustom, oud

Welcome & Announcements Rev. Jolie Olivetti, Minister

Chalice
We light this chalice for Unitarian Universalism.
This is a congregation of open minds.
This is a congregation of helping hands.
This is a congregation of loving hearts.
Together we work for peace and friendship in our world.

Covenant
Love is the doctrine of this church
The quest for truth is its sacrament
And service is its prayer.
To dwell together in peace,
To seek knowledge in freedom,
To serve humanity in fellowship,
To the end that all souls shall grow
Into harmony with the divine:
Thus we do covenant together.

Joys & Concerns (from Hymn #146)
“Wait and see, wait and see, what a world there can be,
if we share, if we care, you and me..”

Meditation Hymn #1009 Meditation on Breathing

Story & Discussion: How to Eat a Cupcake by Jeana Atkinson

Hymn #1053 How Could Anyone?

Closing Words
In the rest of our time together and in the days ahead,
May we listen to our deepest selves.
May we be open to life’s gifts.
And may we be moved to serve needs greater than our own.

Go Now In Peace

10:30 AM Worship: Finding Freedom Along the Way

It’s Passover, a time when Jewish people and their friends and family tell the Exodus story around Seder tables. After they escaped enslavement in Egypt, the story goes, the ancient Israelites wandered in the wilderness for 40 years. What does it mean for a generation to wander on their way to freedom? How does this story serve us in the present day? Rev. Jolie preaching.

Music Upon Entering Bint Al-Balad (Daughter of the Country) by Mohammad Abdel Wahaab
Chloe Kline, viola & Suha Roustom, clarinet, Kareem Roustom, oud

Welcome & Announcements Ashley Tsongas, Worship Coordinator

Prelude Oblivion, Astor Piazzola

Opening Words by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat Rev. Jolie Olivetti

Opening Hymn #1020 Woyaya

Chalice Lighting & Covenant (see above)

Centering Hymn #123 Spirit of Life

Centering Breath

Joys & Concerns (from Hymn #146)
“Wait and see, wait and see, what a world there can be,
if we share, if we care, you and me..”
Offertory Appalachia Waltz, Mark O’Connor
The April Brown Envelope collection will be split between two indigenous land preservation organizations. The Wampanoag Common Land Project conducts scientific studies for wildlife and climate change effects on lands near Plymouth, MA. The second recipient is the P8guaso Land Rematriation Project, or Bogastow Farm, in Millis working to support the ancestral homelands of the Nipmuc People. Thank you for your support of these two important, local organizations.. Text “Give” to (781) 614-7277 to donate to the Unitarian Church of Sharon. The first time you do so you will be prompted to provide payment information and to select the recipient of your gift.

Reading Desert Spring by Victoria Safford Rev. Jolie Olivetti

Hymn #220 Bring Out the Festal Bread

Sermon Finding Freedom Along the Way Rev. Jolie Olivetti

Interlude Double from the G Minor Sonata, J.S. Bach

Prayer & Meditation Rev. Jolie Olivetti

Closing Hymn #394 Hava Nashirah

Closing Words Rev. Jolie Olivetti

Postlude Flower duet from Lakme, Leo Delibes

Zoom Link for our Virtual Sanctuary

Zoom information: Meeting ID: 945 6326 5033 Password: 3652

More Zoom information including the phone numbers can be found here