OOS 11-29-20

OOS 11-29-20
Reckoning
Led by Rev. Tom Schade

Thank you to our Worship Partner George Johnson

Welcome and Announcements

Chalice Lighting by Robert Kennedy

Prelude: Partita #3 by G. Bohm played by Nonetta Shatakhtsian

Opening Words

Opening Hymn: Gather in Spirit, Jim Scott

Unison Affirmation
Love is the spirit of this church
And service its law
This is our great covenant
To dwell together in peace
To seek the truth in love
And to help one another

Prayer/Meditation

Joys and Sorrows: Maybe This Time by M. Miladin played by Nonetta Shatakhtsian

Song in Response: Spirit of Life, performed by All Souls Church, Washington DC

Reading #1 by Rev. Ken Collier, Minister Emeritus, First Parish of Wayland, MA

Hymn: Circle for Freedom (#108) performed by Glen Thomas Rideout and Linda Hirschhorn

Reading #2: “Stamped from The Beginning” by Ibram X. Kendi

Song in Response:

Offering: organization that shares our values or our mission. Our November Share the Plate is Westminster’s own Sharing Locker. The Sharing Locker offers assistance through non-food products and pet food to anyone in Cranston, or Washington or Kent County, and has continued to operate during the pandemic. The other half of the offering goes to support the good work of the whole of this community. To donate go to: http://34.197.179.157/donate

Offertory: On a Grecian Isle by M. Mier played by Nonetta Shatakhtsian

Sermon: Reckoning

Closing Hymn: Morning Has Come, Jason Shelton, performed by UUCP of Polouse, Idaho

 Benediction

Carry the Flame