Our service at 11am on November 1 will be “Honoring the Ancestors”.  Our whole community, young and old, will gather for that one Touchstone service that day.  To create a  virtual “Altar” of our ancestors for the Zoom worship, we would like to have a slide show of photos of your ancestors or of favorite objects/places you associate with them.

During this service congregants will be invited to paint a rock in memory of a loved one or an ancestor who has passed.  Stop by the church anytime between now and Ancestor Sunday to pick up a rock and painting supplies if you need materials to participate in this activity.  Rocks and paint are available to pick up outside the main Edgewood/Fendall Lane doors of the church.

Order of Service for 11am   November 1, 2020  

“Honoring the Ancestors”

 We come together…

Prelude            Mendelssohn’s Song without Words, performed by James Smith

Welcome   Debby Norton, Worship Weaver

                        Lorie Craddock, Congregation President

Opening Hymn   #1010 Oh, We Give Thanks

Chalice Lighting          Deborah Harkrader & Family

Musical Response  #389 Gathered Here

Creating the Altar of Our Ancestors    Rev. Leia Durland-Jones

Anthem  Can you hear the voices of the ancestors calling?  Children’s Choir

We center…….

Joys & Sorrows           Christine Gresser

Prayer and Naming Deceased Congregants       Rev. Alex McGee

Memorial Garden Meditation “Blue Boat Home”  performed by composer Peter Mayer

We give thanks ….

 Invitation to Offering 

Offertory     “From You I Receive”

Dedication of Offering

We look forward……

Homily – Healing through the Generations     Rev. Dr. Linda Olson Peebles

Hymn #354  “We Laugh We Cry” vs  1 & 2

Child Dedication  Isaac Stafford Abbott Carter born September 9, 2020

Musical Blessing “We Are…” by Sweet Honey in the Rock

Poem    “Gratitude to My Ancestors” by Marta Valentin          read by Darius Mehta

Hymn #354  “We Laugh We Cry” vs 3 & 4

Benediction

Postlude   “We Choose”  by Lea Morris