Welcome!
Please join us for our Sunday Service, April 28th at 9 am & 11 am
Rev. J Sylvan
Sermon: "Nostalgia"
Services will be live-streamed on Zoom (the zoom link is on the front page of the website)
Coffee Hour: In person in Eliot Hall following the services
Masks optional
Order of Service
- Choral Prelude: "In My Life" – words & music by John Lennon (English, 1940-1980) and Paul McCartney (English, b. 1942) – performed by the Chancel Choir and the Congregation; Jim Thornburg, guitar; David Owens, Kurzweil
- Introit: #188, "Come, Come, Whoever You Are" – words adapted from Rumi (1207-1273); music by Rev. Lynn Ungar (American, b. 1963); led by David Owens
- Welcome & Announcements – Rev. J Sylvan
- Chalice Lighting – Rev. J Sylvan
- Choral Interlude: "Time After Time" by Rob Hyman (American, b. 1950) & Cyndi Lauper (American, b. 1953); arr. by Kirby Shaw (American, b. 1942); performed by the Chancel Choir
- Lay Minister: Kathryn Anne
- Choral Response: "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" – music by Green Day; lyrics by Billie Joe Armstrong (American, b. 1972); arr. by Mike Taylor – performed by the Chancel Choir; Jim Thornburg, guitar
- Meditation – Rev. J Sylvan
- Meditation Response: "New Slang" by James Mercer (American, b. 1970) – David Owens and Reese Harper, piano
- Song of Gratitude: #1010, "We Give Thanks" – words & music by Wendy Luella Perkins (Canadian, b. 1966); led by Rev. J Sylvan
- Offertory – Rev. J Sylvan
- Doxology
- From all that dwell below the skies
- Let hymns of faith and hope arise
- May peace, good will on earth be sung
- Through every land by every tongue
- Amen
- Sermon: "Nostalgia" – Rev. J Sylvan
- Choral Interlude: "Firework" by Katy Perry (American, b. 1984) – vocal ensemble: Tammy Stump, Lissa Lander, Nikki Blackburn Fuller, Holly Stuart, Rosie Lander, Katie Swade, Stephanie Gordon
- Benediction – Rev. J Sylvan
- Choral Postlude: "In My Life" – words & music by John Lennon (English, 1940-1980) and Paul McCartney (English, b. 1942) – performed by the Chancel Choir and the Congregation; Jim Thornburg, guitar; David Owens, Kurzweil