The Art of Gathering

The Art of Gathering
Unitarian Universalist Community of the Mountains
September 15, 2024
Rev. Kevin Tarsa

Why come together on a Sunday morning (whether on site or on Zoom) when so many other possibilities abound? And what should we do once we do gather? Though we can get a little set in our ways sometimes, this is a perpetual and unfolding question for members of a community such as this. What is your response these days to such invitations? 

Song for Gathering Everybody In by Peter Mayer (www.petermayer.net)

Greeting  Rev. Kevin Tarsa   

Creating our Altar  with Song: Gathered Here #389 by Philip A. Porter 

Land Acknowledgement

Lighting of the Chalice  

Singing the Children on Their Way  

Opening Words.  We Gather to Draw a Wider Circle by Rev. Gretchen Haley 

Welcome  All 

The Art of Gathering  Rev. Kevin Tarsa   

Joys & Sorrows  

Prayer & Meditation  

Offering  Gail Johnson Vaughan

Offertory 

Dedication  Gail Johnson Vaughan

Thank you & Announcements

Closing Song  Come and Go With Me #1018 African American spiritual 

Closing Words  All

Community Benediction / Extinguishing of the Chalice  
                Carry the flame of peace and love until we meet again.   

Music for Going Forth