August 27, 2023
We’re In This Together?
It’s our annual ingathering service, where everyone is invited to bring a small amount of water from home or another special place in your life. The waters are mingled together, purified, and used all year for blessings and dedications. In this special ritual, we will explore solidarity in being rooted in relationship.
Order of Service
Prelude (online): "Ancient Mother" (Traditional Navajo prayer. Arranged and performed by Susan T. Mashiyama, www.SusansHarpSongs.com)
Welcome: Jamaine Cripe, Lifespan Ministry
Living Chalice: Helen Kaar, Beacon member & Green Vespers founder
Opening Hymn: “The Tide is Rising” by Rabbi Shoshona Meira Friedman & Yotam Schachter ~ Misa Iwama, Director of Music Ministry & Vicki Carter, accompanist
Time for All Ages: “Agua on Solid Ground” led by Dr. Tuli Patel, Lead Ministry Team & Lifespan Ministry Lead (written by Dr. Tuli Patel and Jamaine Cripe)
Music: “Heart Wide Open” (Lea Morris)
Testimonial from Sarah Muller-Robbins, Beacon member
Offering: “Now is the Cool of the Day” (Folk/Jean Ritchie)
There are two ways to give to Beacon’s mission of radical inclusion, feeding the human spirit and healing the world.
Online giving through Vanco: https://secure.myvanco.com/L-ZAE0/home
Make a check payable to Beacon. Mail to 4 Waldron Avenue, Summit, NJ 07901
Excerpt from Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, read by Jamaine Cripe
Reflection: We Are In this Together, Rev. Dr. Robin Tanner, Lead Ministry Team
Piano Interlude
Water Ceremony & Blessing led by Dr. Tuli Patel, emilie boggis & Jeanne Seigle, Chaplain (with words from Lucille Clifton)
Closing Hymn: #1064 “Blue Boat Home”
Postlude (online): "Do Not Leave Your Cares at the Door" (Original poem © 1997 by Norman V. Naylor. Adapted text and Music © 2006 by Elizabeth Alexander Performed by Mounds Park Academy Chamber Choir, John Haberman conductor. Streamed by permission of Seafar)
Other Beacon Staff & Volunteers who made this service possible:
Live Stream Technician: Will Cisco
Audio Technician: Sameer Kuriyan
Board Greeter: Jessica Park
Welcome Team: Ingrid Loeuis & Missy Rogers
Virtual Usher: Sasha Torres