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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Ingathering: Journeying Together for a Time

Sunday, September 8, 2024

Centering Sound Dr. Clifton Hardin, Director of Music

Prelude

Sonata in C by Scarlatti
Dr. Shuai Wang, piano

Chalice Lighting

“We Gather As Many Drops” by Rev. Leslie Takahashi

Opening Hymn

Shall We Gather at the River by Robert Lowry

Ritual Rev. Connie Simon, Interim Minister; Linda Bleadingheiser, Board Chair; Congregation

Musical Response

We Will Rise Together, words by Jan Elicker, music by Clif Hardin
The River Road Choir

Water Communion Rev. Connie; Rev. Kären Rasmussen, Affiliate Community Minister

Video

“Meeting the Moment: An Ingathering Message” from Rev. Dr. Sofia Betancourt, UUA President

Joys and Concerns

Moment of Silence

Meditation Response

Holy Waters, words by Mary Katherine Morn, music by Jason Shelton
The River Road Choir

Introduction to the Offering Text “RRUUC” to 732-56 or Give Online

Offertory

Waltz on the Water by Yukie Nishimura
Dr. Shuai Wang, piano

Invitation to Live Our Values

Chalice Extinguishing

Words by Elizabeth Selle Jones

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