Each Known. Each a Mystery.
Unitarian Universalist Community of the Mountains
December 3, 2023
Rev. Kevin Tarsa
Carol Nimick, Worship Associate
None of us is ever completely known by another person, and some aspects of our selves will remain a mystery, even to those who love us dearly. But the willingness to know each other meaningfully, and to be known meaningfully, is key to embodying Beloved Community together and to finding ourselves at home in the world. This Sunday, we settle into the mystery and we reach for a bit of the knowing, welcoming UUCM’s newest members in the process.
Song for Gathering Gathered Here (in the Mystery of the Hour) #389 by Philip A. Porter
Greeting One Another
Lighting of the Chalice In This Spirit of Searching by Rev. Joan Javier-Duval
Land Acknowledgement
Singing the Children on Their Way
Welcome Carol Nimick, Worship Associate
Opening Words Rev. Kevin Tarsa
Greeting One Another
Musical O Magnum Mysterium by Tomas Luis de Victoria, UUCM Choir
Joys & Sorrows
Naming Our Joys & Sorrows
Shared Silence
Song O Come, O Come, Emmanuel #225
New Member Welcome
Introduction Rev. Kevin Tarsa
Sharing by new members
Spoken Commitments
Welcome
Offering Carol Nimick, Worship Associate
Thank you & Announcements
Opening Song Come, Come, Whoever You Are #188 Words adapted from Rumi, Music by Lynn Adair Ungar
Opening Words
Community Benediction / Extinguishing of the Chalice
Carry the flame of peace and love until we meet again.
Music for Going Forth