Some days we can’t see the joy that surrounds us. So caught up inside ourselves, we take when we should give.” These are the words from “Thankful”, just one of the songs Chorealis will sing as we take time to notice the abundance around us. Join us in stretching our gratitude muscles.
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Some days we can’t see the joy that surrounds us. So caught up inside ourselves, we take when we should give.” These are the words from “Thankful”, just one of the songs Chorealis will sing as we take time to notice the abundance around us. Join us in stretching our gratitude muscles.
You Belong Here: AHomecoming Celebration. Setptember 7, 2025
Unitarian Church of Edmonton (UCE)
1 hour 15 minutes 33 seconds
2 months ago
You Belong Here: AHomecoming Celebration. Setptember 7, 2025
September 7, 2025
You Belong Here: A Homecoming Celebration
Reverend Rosemary Morrison
Service Leader: Lynne Turvey
Order of Service
Chimes
Welcome and Announcements
Land Acknowledgement
Prelude
Chalice Lighting
The Spirit of Water by Katie Sivani Gelfand
We light this chalice as a symbol of reunion.
We reunite in this sanctuary to share the flow of our hearts with one another.
We gather together in ritual
to celebrate our fountains of joy
to hold each other through storms of grief
to guide one another through rapids of transformation
to rest together on ponds of stillness.
Together, we honor the spirit of water, its many forms, and its life-giving essence.
Hymn 1000 Morning Has Come by J. Shelton
Sharing Our Abundance
Hymn 402 From You I Receive (Sing 2X)
Ingathering Ritual with Calling of Directions
(Response: Hymn 389 Gathered Here. By P.A. Porter)
Invitation to greet your neighbours
Service Leader Reflection
Video Sing Along: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADNit5IXoeQ
Swimming to the Other Side by P. Humphries – not recorded
Candles of Joy and Concern
Hymn 1007 There’s a River Flowing In My Soul. By P. Mayer and H. Prichard
Message and Water Ceremony
Hymn 1064 Blue Boat Home
Extinguishing the Flame
May The Waters Gathered Here by Susan Karlson
May the Waters gathered here remind us
of what each of us brings to this community and
of the waters that nourished us before we were even born,
that continue to give us sustenance and energy for our life journeys.
and for all creatures on this earth.
May we gratefully continue to swim to the other side.
Benediction:
Carry the Flame
Postlude
Unitarian Church of Edmonton (UCE)
Some days we can’t see the joy that surrounds us. So caught up inside ourselves, we take when we should give.” These are the words from “Thankful”, just one of the songs Chorealis will sing as we take time to notice the abundance around us. Join us in stretching our gratitude muscles.
