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“A UU Take on Faith and Miracles” 

January 30, 2022, 10:00 am
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Prelude                                                             Yes There Are Angels by Donald Beattie – Diane Guernsey                 
Welcome and Announcements                  Betsy Kates, Board Member of the Week
Chalice Lighting and Opening Words        Dr. Melanie Davis     
*Hymn                                                                All Creatures of the Earth and Sky (#203) – Diane Guernsey
*Candles of Joy and Concern                       Lenore Lupie
This is a time for a brief sharing of personal joys and concerns.        
Silent Candles and Musical Meditation
Offering                                                              Ordinary Miracle by Glen Ballard and David Allan Stewart  
                                                                              – Dr. Melanie Davis and Diane Guernsey
If you are online and wish to donate to FUSW, after the service please go to https://www.fusw.org/giving.html. A link will also be placed in the chat at the end of the service.         
Reading                                                                 Dr. Melanie Davis                      
Sermon                                                                  “A UU Take on Faith and Miracles” – Dr. Melanie Davis 
*Personal Reflections                                        Lenore Lupie
This is a time for sharing about the ways in which today’s worship has made a difference for you.         
*Hymn                                                                     Spirit of Life (#123) – Diane Guernsey 
Closing Words and Chalice Extinguishing     Dr. Melanie Davis             
 
*First, we will hear from people joining us on Zoom via video, and then we will hear from the people on audio only. This will be explained in greater detail during the service.
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Thank you to everyone who helped with today’s service:
Dr. Melanie Davis
Worship Associate: Lenore Lupie
Zoom Host:  Matthew Clowney
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Dr. Melanie Davis is the Unitarian Universalist Association’s Our Whole Lives Sexuality Education Program Manager. She is a board member and team leader for the UU Trauma Response Ministry, and has been a hospice volunteer. Melanie counsels teens and adults as a partner in the New Jersey Center for Sexual Wellness. She is a lifelong UU living in Northern New Jersey.
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​PLEASE STAY WITH US AFTER THE SUNDAY, JANUARY 30 WORSHIP TO ATTEND OUR TOWN HALL MEETING

We respectfully acknowledge that 25 Old Jackson Ave stands on the unceded territory of the Munsee, Lenape, and Wappinger peoples.

Reminder: Please refrain from using the “to: Everyone” chat feature during the worship service, when it may distract from others' experience. Feel free to share during our Personal Reflections time or at coffee hour afterward. You may "whisper" to an individual by selecting their name in the chat and typing to them directly.

Our Zoom session will stay open for after service conversation until 12:00pm

To join our Sunday online worship service,
click https://zoom.us/j/92139564302?pwd=TWxGa3d0bTI3WXlOeER2SmFhc2ZGQT09
or call 646-558-8656 and enter Meeting ID 921 3956 4302, Password 266397.
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All Creatures of the Earth and Sky (#203)
All creatures of the earth and sky,
come, kindred, lift your voices high,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Bright burning sun with golden beam,
soft shining moon with silver gleam:
(Chorus)
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Swift rushing wind so wild and strong,
white clouds that sail in heav’n along,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Fair rising morn in praise rejoice,
high stars of evening find a voice:
(Chorus)
Cool flowing water, pure and clear,
make music for all life to hear,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Dance, flame of fire, so strong and bright,
and bless us with your warmth and light:
(Chorus)
Embracing earth, you, day by day,
bring forth your blessings on our way,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
All herbs and fruits that richly grow,
let them the glory also show:
(Chorus)
All you of understanding heart,
forgiving others, take your part,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Let all things now the Holy bless,
and worship God in humbleness:
(Chorus)
 
Spirit of Life (#123)
Spirit of Life, come unto me.
Sing in my heart all the stirrings of compassion.
Blow in the wind, rise in the sea;
move in the hand, giving life the shape of justice.
Roots hold me close; wings set me free;
Spirit of Life, come to me, come to me.