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Fourth Order of Service

The call to worship in this service is an invitation to which the congregation responds by standing and joining in the hymn. The chalice lighting text, read in unison by the congregation, functions as a statement of aspiration and commitment. Notice how the basic themes of the invitation are taken up again by the congregation in its unison reading.

This service is structured so that children may attend the opening part of the service with their families. The call to worship and chalice lighting words are addressed not only to adults, but to a fully intergenerational congregation. A special story for children follows before the children are dismissed to their religious education activities by a congregational song.

Prelude

Call to Worship

Come. Let us be joined in seeking the aspirations of the heart. Come. Let us be joined in giving voice to those melodies which can heal the wounded soul. Come. Let us be joined in speaking the words which set us free.
         -- Calvin O. Dame

Please rise

* Hymn - SLT #273 - "Immortal, invisible"

Please be seated

Chalice Lighting - Read in unison

We light this chalice in the service of the truth,
In the celebration of love,
And in honor of the spirit that makes us one.
         -- Elwood R. Sturtevant

Children's Story

Song - SLT #402 - "From you I receive"

Children may go to their classes

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Source: Based on an Order of Service by Unitarian Church of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; in Commisson on Common Worship, Leading Congregations in Worship: A Guide, UUA 1983. Additional hymns and readings from Singing the Living Tradition, UUA 1993.

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