Ancestors’ Sunday

Revs. Tim Temerson & Leia Durland-Jones

11am Community Worship, October 29, 2023

Prelude    ​​​

Welcome    ​​​Rev. Tim Temerson​​​​

Jimmy Gorham, Board Member

Musical Offering​​   Africa sung by the Rivanna Shape Note Singers

Call to Worship ​​​

Hymn     ​​​#389, Gathered Here ​

Chalice Lighting

Creating Our Ancestors’ Altar

Responsive Reading. ​“We Remember Them” Roland Gittelsohn

Prayer of Blessing

Musical Offering​​      This Old World sung by the Rivanna Shape Note Singers

Centering and Sharing  

Offertory​​​       John Mayhood

Honoring our Ancestors

Calling of Names

Closing Song     ​​Paradise, offered by the Rivanna Shape Note Singers

Benediction and Chalice Extinguishing​​

Postlude​​​  John Mayhood​​