Order of Service
August 23, 2026
Gathering Music
I Need Thee Every Hour Lowry and Hawks
Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing Robinson
Melanie Rieck, keyboard artist
Hymn #361 Enter, Rejoice and Come In
Welcome &
Announcements Tom Nicholas, speaker
Prelude Deep River Trad. arr by NG Lienhard
Opening Words Steffany Raynes, speaker
Flaming Chalice Lighting & Covenant
Love is the spirit of this fellowship, and service gives it life.
Celebrating our diversity, and joined by a quest for truth,
we work for peace and honor all creation. This is our covenant.
Song for All Ages Breathe In P. Mayer
Singing the Children Away:
We Hold You in Our Love as You Go as you Go,
May Your Hearts Be at Peace as You Go.
To Nurture the Spark of Your Precious Life,
We Hold You in Our Love as You Go
Reflections Tom Nicholas
Hymn #1031 May I Be Filled with Loving Kindness
Reflections Steffany Raynes
Music for a Moment of Reflection
Pie Jesu, from Requiem G. Faure
Offertory Somewhere from West Side Story
L. Bernstein and S. Sondheim
Sung by Lizz Roberts
Land Acknowledgement Beth Brownfield
We acknowledge that this land is the traditional territory of the Lummi and Nooksack Peoples.
Their presence is imbued in these mountains, valleys, waterways and shorelines.
May we nurture our relationship with our Coast Salish neighbors,
and the shared responsibilities to their homelands where we all reside today.
Sung Prayer Spirit of Life (123)
Led by Rev. Barbara ten Hove
Closing Words
Extinguish Chalice
We extinguish this flame, but not the light of truth,
the warmth of community or the fire of commitment.
These we carry in our hearts until we are together again.
Closing Hymn #155 Circle Round for Freedom
Circle ‘round for freedom, circle ‘round for peace.
For all of us imprisoned, circle for release.
Circle for the planet, circle for each soul.
For the children of our children, keep the circle whole.
