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Celebration of Life 11am in the Sanctuary

Freefall

Speaker:
Reverend Dr. Kathy Hurt

The holidays of Passover and Easter, while different in practice and meaning for the traditions of Judaism and Christianity, do share in their respective stories the experience of institutions and ways of living being upended.
Many of us presently are undergoing the upending of values and expectations in our culture as we watch chaos unfolding daily.

How do we live with hope and care when everything is flying apart?  And how do we discern when to let the upending continue, and when to try and stop it?
 
 We Welcome our Friend
Rev. Dr. Kathy Hurt

Our guest preacher this week is a familiar friend, Rev. Dr. Kathy Hurt. She has served UU congregations in different parts of the country for more than 30 years. She was our interim minister from 2017-2019.  Kathy has now retired and lives in Roanoke, Virginia, but cherishes the connections she made in Louisville.
 

For the zoom link, Click here. The Meeting ID is 4508929882 if you can’t attend in person.  You will not need a password. Contact the volunteer desk if you have trouble getting online.

The Order of Service (Bulletin)
Gathering Music    
Ethan McCollumChime and Welcome    
Jill Sherman

Lighting the Chalice &
Black Lives Matter Candles    
Peggy Muller and Valerie Schwartz

Prelude 
     Ethan

Call to Worship
Rev. Kathy Hurt

Hymn  #104
When Israel Was in Egypt’s Land 
Ethan
Words and music:
African American spiritual

Moment for All Ages                       

Song for Our Children
Ethan
Go in love, our hearts go with you.
Go in joy, our hopes go too.
Learn in love and grow in wisdom.
Shine your light in all you do.

Our Mission and Covenant
Valerie
We are a church of reason and spirit
that witnesses for progressive faith,
nurtures our community, and transforms our world.

Love is the spirit of this church and service is its law.
This is our great covenant: to dwell together in peace,
to seek the truth in love, and to help one another.

Joys and Sorrows
Valerie

Musical response
Ethan

Meditation
Rev. Kathy

Musical response
Ethan

Invitation to Generosity    
Jill

Offertory
Ethan

Sermon     
Freefall       
Rev. Kathy

Hymn #262
Hosanna in the Highest
Ethan
Words: John Howard Lathrop;
Music: X. L. Hartig

Extinguishing the Chalice              
Valerie
We extinguish these flames, but not the light of truth,
the warmth of community, or the fire of commitment.
These we carry in our hearts until we are together again.

Closing Words                            

Postlude
Ethan

Benediction
Rev. Kathy