March 10, 2024Women Hold Up Half the Sky:Celebrating International Women’s Day

Rev. Rosemary MorrisonService Leader: Brandie Moller-Reid

As we celebrate International Women’s Day, let’s think about some of the wonderful people in our that loved us into being, who suffered for our rights, and who we love today. We’ll do this through story, song, reflection, and our own experiences. Come prepared to be inspired, to participate, and to be renewed.

Chimes

Welcome, Land Acknowledgement, and Announcements Prelude A Women’s Place by Sara Thomsen

Chalice Lighting 435 by Kathleen McTigueWe come together this morning to remind one anotherTo rest for a moment on the forming edge of our lives,To resist the headlong tumble into the next moment, Until we claim for ourselvesAwareness and gratitude,Taking the time to look into one another’s facesAnd see there communion: The reflection of our own eyes.This house of laughter and silence,Memory and hope, Is hallowed by our presence together Hymn 1010 We Give Thanks Sharing Our Abundance Hymn 402 From You I Receive (Sing 2X)

Service Leader Reflection Hymn of the Month Come With Me by Gordon Ritchie

MeditationMeditation Hymn 123 Spirit of Life

Candles of Joy and Concern

Hymn 170 We Are a Gentle, Angry PeopleMessage Women Hold Up Half the Sky

Hymn 1030 Siyahamba

Extinguishing the Flame Into the World Singing by Dawn Skjei Cooley

Let us go out into the world singing.Let us go out into the world singing songs that proclaim liberty.Songs that turn ashes into garlandsSongs that bind up the afflicted and those who mourn.Songs that, like oaks, have roots that go deep and stand strong.

Let us go into the world singing.We know these songs. They vibrate through time, in our very souls.They are the songs that give us life.They are the songs that give us meaning.They are the songs that give us purpose.Now it is our turn, to take these life-giving songs out into the world.Let us go now – singing these songs with voices deep and strong.And may the world join us in praise and in celebration and in love.Amen. Benediction

Carry the Flame

Postlude I am Woman – Helen Ready -Video and audeo not recorded