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Order of Service

• Choral Prelude: "Sing a Song of Thanks" – music by Antonio Vivaldi (Italian, 1678-1741) from Magnificat; arranged by Hal H. Hopson; Chancel Choir - Holly Stuart conducting
• 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. Monica Dobbins
• Chalice Lighting – Rev. Monica Dobbins
• Opening Hymn: #349, "We Gather Together" – words by Dorothy Caiger Senghas (American, 1930-2002) & Robert E. Senghas (American, 1928-2022); music from Adrian Valerius’s Nederlandtsch Gedenckclanck (1626)
• Lay Minister: Darlene Thayne
• Choral Interlude: "Happiness" – words and music by Clark Gesner (American, 1938-2002); arranged by Greg Gilpin (American, b. 1964);  Chancel Choir
• Meditation – Rev. Monica Dobbins
• Choral Anthem: "Give Thanks" – music by Jeanie Donaldson (b. 1942); words: anonymous;  Chancel Choir; Ira Kaufman, flute obbligato 
• Song of Gratitude: #1010, "We Give Thanks" – words & music by Wendy Luella Perkins (Canadian, b. 1966); led by Rev. Monica Dobbins
• How I Serve – Jack Markman
• Offertory – Rev. Monica Dobbins
• 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: "Back to Basics" – Rev. Monica Dobbins
• Closing Hymn: #52, "In Sweet Fields of Autumn" – words by Elizabeth Madison (American, 1883–?); music by William James Kirkpatrick (American, 1838-1921); David Owens, organ
• Benediction – Rev. Monica Dobbins
• Postlude: "Canon in D" by Johann Pachelbel (German, 1653-1706); arranged by Ira's godfather Bill Walker – Ira Kaufman, flute; David Owens, piano