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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Welcoming the Spirit Through Creativity

Sunday, September 24, 2023

Centering Sound

Chalice Lighting Rev. Amanda Weatherspoon, Associate Minister

Prelude

Kol Nidre arr. by Max Bruch
Lori Barnet, cello; Dr. Shuai Wang, piano

Welcome Rev. Amanda

Hymn

When Our Heart is in a Holy Place by Joyce Poley
Bailey Whiteman, songleader

Prophetic Voices Laura Piervinceni

“A Pillow Full of Feathers”

Joys and Concerns

Musical Prayer and Moment of Silence

Largo from Cello Sonata by Chopin
Lori Barnet, cello; Dr. Shuai Wang, piano

Hymn

Spirit of Life (#123) by Carolyn McDade

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Offertory Give online or text “RRUUC” to 732-56

Sarabande from Suite No. 3 by J. S. Bach
Lori Barnet, cello

Sermon Rev. Amanda

Postlude

Sardana from Suite for Solo Cello by Gaspar Cas
Lori Barnet, cello

Invitations to Get Involved & Gratitudes

Words from the Bazaar Team

Benediction & Chalice Extinguishing

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