We welcome to our pulpit, the Rev. Brenda Brown-Grooms, Co- Pastor of New Beginnings Christian Community in Charlottesville, who offers the sermon entitled “Trees Talk”. We are grateful to hear from this community leader, a partner of UUCville in the Charlottesville Clergy Collective. And on this Martin Luther King holiday Sunday, Rev. Linda honors the legacy of King’s work which lives on in young people today.
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ORDER OF SERVICE
MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY
Prelude Presto, by Felix Mendelssohn James Smith, pianist
Welcome & Call to Worship Worship Weaver, Greg Townsend, President, Pam McIntire
Opening Hymn Be the Light lyrics by Amanda Gorman, music written and offered by Lea Morris
Chalice Lighting Xavier Mehta
Musical Message Glory by John Legend, offered by youth leaders of South Bend, Indiana, Black Lives Matter
Centering, Sharing of Joys & Sorrows the Rev. Dr. Linda Olson Peebles, Interim Lead Minister
Music Meditation “Ave Maria” from Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, by Franz Liszt
Invitation to Offering Greg Townsend
Offertory Spirit Song, arr. Darrell Archer James Smith
Readings Isaiah 55:10-12 Greg Townsend
Genesis 2:8-9 The Rev. Brenda Brown-Grooms
Psalm 139:14-16
Anthem Precious Lord,Take My Hand, by George Allen and Joyce Merman, offered by performed by the University of Illinois Chicago Chamber Choir
Sermon “Trees Talk” The Rev. Brenda Brown-Grooms, Co-Pastor New Beginnings Christian Community, Charlottesville
Closing Song Freedom Is Coming traditional South African, offered by Marymount Singers
Benediction and Chalice Extinguishing The Rev. Dr. Linda Olson Peebles
Postlude Lift Every Voice and Sing by J. Rosamond and James Weldon Johnson James Smith
Many thanks to Sean Skally and Bailey Reed for their tech support, and to Ellie Ransom for video editing and artistry.
This service will be offered on-line only, as the high level of Covid cases has made it unsafe to gather people together in person.
https://zoom.us/j/95025058534. Meeting id: 95025058534. Call: 646-558-865
