January 7, 2024
Resolving with Love
What does love require of us? Nearly a century ago, the symbol of Unitarian Universalism was born from a few people who dared to ask deeply: what does love require of us? If you were resolved with love as your north star, where would it lead you now?
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Order of Service
Prelude: Misa Iwama
Welcome: Dr. Tuli Patel
Hymn #34 Though I May Speak with Bravest Fire Joëlle Bochner, Dennis Manion and Misa Iwama
Chalice Lighting: Helen Kaar
Wonderbox! Bravest Fire: The Origins of the Chalice, Dr. Tuli Patel, Jamaine Cripe, Rev. Dr. Robin Tanner
Candlelighting: Allyson Murphy and Cathy Menendez, Chaplains
#296, O Ye Who Taste That Love Is Sweet
Meditation: Dr. Tuli Patel
Reading: Excerpt Take Me to the Water, James Baldwin Helen Kaar
Testimonial: Dr. Tuli Patel
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Offertory: “Love Song” by Lesley Duncan
Sermon: Resolving Love, Rev. Dr. Robin Tanner
Hymn #131 Love Will Guide Us
Benediction: Rev. Dr. Robin Tanner
Postlude
Additional Beacon Staff & Volunteers who made this service possible:
Live Stream Technician: Will Cisco
Board Greeter: Missy Rogers
Welcome Team: HIlary Polk, Lyndsey Garibaldi and Jeff Garibaldi