Order of Service - River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation

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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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The Circles All Around Us

Sunday, January 12, 2025

Welcome and Announcements Rev. Kären Rasmussen, Affiliate Community Minister

Centering Sound Dr. Clif Hardin, Director of Music

Prelude

Waltz in A-flat by Chopin
Dr. Shuai Wang, piano

Chalice Lighting

Opening Hymn

Gather the Spirit (#347) by Jim Scott

Prophetic Voices Beth Irikura, Director of Lifespan Religious Education

“The Circles All Around Us”

Music

Draw the Circle Wide by Mark Miller
The River Road Choir

Joys and Concerns Rev. Connie Simon, Interim Minister

Moment of Silence

Meditation Response

Spirit of Life by Carolyn McDade

Introduction to the Offering Text “RRUUC” to 732-56 or give online

Offertory

Butterfly Waltz by Brian Crain
Dr. Shuai Wang, piano

Reflection Rev. Connie Simon and Beth Irikura

Musical Response

We Are One by Brian Tate
The River Road Choir

Project: Paper Chain

Closing Hymn

Love Will Guide Us (#131)

Invitation to Live Our Values: Donut Communion

Chalice Extinguishing

Words by Elizabeth Selle Jones

Benediction