What Is Remembered, Lives
Unitarian Universalist Community of the Mountains
October 27, 2024
Lindsay Dunckel and Carol Nimick, Worship Associates
All Hallows Eve, Día de Muertos, All Souls, and All Saints days invite us each autumn to remember our ancestors and our beloveds who have died. These tender days on the way to winter even open a window to working on our relationships with those who have gone before us. In a service steeped in ritual and music, we will remember with honesty, gratitude, and hope.
Song for Gathering Come, Come, Whoever You Are words adapted from Rumi, music by Lynn Adair Ungar
Greeting Carol Nimick
Chimes & Candle Lighting
Lighting of the Chalice All Souls Chalice Lighting by Florence Caplow
Preparing a Spirit Plate Lindsay Dunckel
Singing the Children on Their Way
Calling the Ancestors Beth Karow, Worship Leader
Song All My Memories of Love #336 words by Anna Akhmatova, music arr. Rev. Kevin Tarsa
Rituals of Remembrance Lindsay Dunckel & Carol Nimick
Reading A Litany of Wholeheartedness by Dawn Skjei Cooley, read by Rev. Kevin Tarsa
Musical Interlude
Offering Carol Nimick
Offertory Simple Gifts Shaker folk song – a favorite song of deceased members Judith Ellen O’Neil & Pete Sabey, played today in their memory
Dedication Carol Nimick
Thank you & Announcements Closing Words & Song We Remember Them adapted from Roland B. Gittelsohn read by Carol Nimick
Community Benediction / Extinguishing of the Chalice
Carry the flame of peace and love until we meet again.
Music for Going Forth