Order of Service - River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation

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Bethesda MD 20817
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Resolution on Racial Justice
As individuals, we commit to a new level of engagement, to continually seek ways to use our voices, our privilege, our standing in the community to effect change.
As a congregation, we commit to turning a new page. We declare the obvious—that Black lives matter to our beloved community. We affirm the need for powerful words and collective action, both to call out injustice and to call in love.

RRUUC Land and Labor Acknowledgment
We acknowledge that the land on which we worship is the traditional land of the Nacotchtank and Piscataway people and the land through which other Indigenous Peoples traveled. We acknowledge that enslaved African people and their descendants likely labored and lived on this land. We recognize these and other people displaced, enslaved, or harmed by past injustices.

We pledge that we will follow our faith in love and work to make our congregation and our larger community more accessible, inclusive, and equitable. We pledge that we will be good stewards of the land by encouraging healthy ecosystems. We pledge to remember the past while building a more just and welcoming future for all.

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Everything Changes, Anything Is Possible, You Are Not Exempt

Sunday, May 5, 2024

Centering Sound Dr. Clifton Hardin, Director of Music

Chalice Lighting Drey Dispenza

Prelude

Here Comes the Sun by Lennon and McCartney
The River Road Youth Choir and The River Road Teen Choir

Welcome and New Member Recognition Rev. Nancy McDonald Ladd, Senior Minister

Hymn

We Give Thanks by Wendy Luella Perkins

Prophetic Voices

“A Tale of Two Beasts” by Fiona Roberton

Joys and Concerns

Prayer and Meditation

Hymn

Spirit of Life by Carolyn McDade

Intro to the Offering Give online or text “RRUUC” to 732-56

Anthem

I Will Bow and Be Simple, Shaker song arr. by Clif Hardin
The River Road Choir

Sermon Rev. Nancy

Postlude

Sonata K. 282, mvmt. III by W. A. Mozart
Dr. Shuai Wang, piano

Invitations to Get Involved & Gratitudes

Benediction & Chalice Extinguishing

Thank you so much to all who made this time of connection possible!