August 13, 2023

Empty Adirondack Chairs

Our "on the move" and "inside-beat-the-heat/cold" lives mean that outdoor front stoops, front porches, and parks are often empty. Concurrently, loneliness is on the rise. In fact, it's now been named an epidemic. Could rootedness be as simple as spending 30 minutes a night in those empty Adirondack chairs?


Order of Service

Prelude: Vicki Carter, pianist and Steve Gibb, guitar

Welcome: Allyson Murphy, Beacon member

Chalice Lighting: emilie boggis, Lead Ministry Team

Opening Hymn: #38, Morning Has Broken ~ led by Logan Carter, soloist

Reading on Belonging from adrienne maree brown ~ read by Rosemary Wright, Worship Associate

Time for All Ages: You are not alone! ~ Dr. Tuli Patel, Lead Ministry & Lifespan Team & Jamaine Cripe, Lifespan Ministry Team

Reading on Belonging from Toko-pa Turner (Rosemary Wright)

Candle Lighting: Shawn Jordan, Chaplain

Music: #16, ‘Tis a Gift to Be Simple

Reading on Belonging from James Baldwin (Rosemary Wright)

Testimonial: Anna Davies, Beacon Member

Offertory: What a Wonderful World by Bob Thiele and George David Weiss

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Reading on Belonging from Douglass Steere (Rosemary Wright)

Meditation on Belonging: Rev. Dr. Robin Tanner, Lead Ministry Team

Sermon: Empty Adirondack Chairs (emilie boggis)

Closing Song: Turn, Turn, Turn with words from the Book of Ecclesiastes, music by Pete Seeger

Benediction

Postlude

Other Beacon Staff & Volunteers who made this service possible:

Live Stream Technician: Will Cisco

Board Greeter: Tim Catts

Welcome Team: Allyson Murphy & Marty Rothfelder

Virtual Usher: Sasha Torres

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