Focus: “Silently, one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven,
Blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels.”

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie

God of the seasons, there is a time for everything; there is a time for dying and a time for rising. We need courage to enter into the transformation process.

Focus:  “The love of God creates in us such a oneing that when it is truly seen, no person can separate themselves from another person.”                Julian of Norwich                                                                 

The Community Gathers:  Experience God’s presence in the assembly. Please greet one another with joy and welcome new friends into our community of love.

Focus:   “May the stars carry your sadness away, May the flowers fill your heart with beauty, May hope forever wipe away your tears, And, above all, may silence make you strong.” 

Focus:  “Apprehend God in all things, for God is in all things. Every single creature is full of God and is a book about God. Every creature is a word of God.”

Focus: “As the years pass, I am coming more and more to understand that it is the common, everyday blessings of our common everyday lives for which we should be particularly grateful.

Focus:  In the end, reconciliation is a spiritual process, which requires more than just a legal framework. It has to happen in the hearts and minds of people.                      Nelson Mandela

For all who now leave here comforted and emboldened to live by your Word of truth, We ask your blessing.  May we go on our way to bless bread for the hungry in body and spirit; May we go on our way to bring Easter into the lives of the hopeless and hurting;  May we go on our way to be your heart and hands in this unbelieving and forgetful world.  AMEN.

Focus: “Education is a once in a lifetime opportunity to open children’s hearts and minds to the unbelievable wonder of the
universe.” Sir Anthony Sel-don

The Community Gathers:  Experience God’s presence in the assembly. Please greet one another with joy and welcome new friends into our community of love.

Good and Bad I defined these terms
So clear, no doubt, somehow
Ah, but I was so much older then
I’m younger than that now.
My Back Pages
Bob Dylan

Focus:   “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”                         Hamlet

We are awed by the sacred wisdom of the unfolding universe. It surrounds us with beauty, growth, and revelation. It has brought us, artfully, to this moment in time. We have come to give thanks and praise.

Focus:  If I had influence with the good fairy… I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life.          

Let us be oen vessels that God’s spirit may enter. The Community Gathers: Experience God’s presence in the assembly.

Focus: “We have forgotten how to be good guests, how to walk lightly on the earth as its other creatures do.”

The Community Gathers: Experience God’s presence in the assembly. Please greet one another with joy and welcome new friends into our community of love.

Let us be as open vessels that God’s spirit may enter. The Community Gathers: Experience God’s presence in the assembly.

Focus: We’re all just walking each other home. — Ram Dass

“It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.” —Eleanor Roosevelt