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