December 31, 2023
Words for a New Year
Our annual service of poetry and setting New Year's resolutions led by our fabulous team of lay worship associates! Music with Beacon member pianist Judy Brewer.
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Order of Service
Prelude: Judy Brewer, piano
Welcome, Missy Rogers, Beacon Worship Associate
Chalice Lighting: Dick Muldoon, Beacon Worship Associate
Poem: Burning the Old Year by Naomi Shihab Nye/read by Helen Kaar, Beacon Worship Associate
Poem: For a New Beginning by John O’ Donohue/read by Wim Sweldens, Beacon Worship Associate
Music: Hymn 298/led by Ron Califano, Jean Crichton, Cathy Menendez, Norm Miller
Poem: A Creed by John Masefield/read by Dick Muldoon
Candle Lighting: Dennis Manion & Kinara Lighting: Mia Morse
Music “Es ist ein Ros entsprungen” Ron Califano, Jean Crichton, Cathy Menendez, Norm Miller
Poem: Hammock by Mary Lea Crawley
Poem: Pulse of the Morning by Maya Angelou/read by Mia Morse
Poem: The Beginning and The End by Wislawa Szymborska/read by Missy Rogers
Poems: Tender by Jose Antonio Rodriguez & Alive at the End of the World by Saeed Jones/read by Helen Kaar
Responsive Reading Mary Oliver’s Wild Geese #490
Music: Hymn 100
Poem: Tending Two Shops by Rumi
Poem: A Journey by Nikki Giovanni
Testimonial, Missy Rogers
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Offertory, A Change in Me
Benediction, Wim Sweldens
Postlude
Additional Beacon Staff & Volunteers who made this service possible:
Live Stream Technician: Will Cisco
Audio Technician: Riley Yau
Board Greeter: Ellie Muska
Welcome Team: Ron Schneider