Grief and Hope In the Midst of Climate Chaos


Sunday Worship, September 24, 2023, 10:30am

Worship Lead: Rev. Bethany Russell-Lowe
Worship Associate: Bert Meek


Our Order of Service:

  • Welcome
    • Rev. Bethany Russell-Lowe
  • Prelude
    • Danielle Mepham
  • Call to Worship
    • Wendy Gordon Weeks
  • Chalice Lighting
    • Wendy Gordon Weeks
  • Hymn
    • #163 Brian Moon

Choose Your Way = ie, choose/join a small group activity

  • Prayer
    • Rev. Bethany Russell-Lowe
  • Offering
    • Wendy Gordon Weeks
  • Offertory
    • Danielle Mepham
  • Sermon
    • Rev. Bethany Russell-Lowe

Come Back Together = ie, return to full group, altogether

  • Hymn
    • Brian Moon
  • Sharing Our Hopes
    • Rev. Bethany Russell-Lowe
  • Hymn
    • (reprise) Brian Moon
  • Closing
    • Story video
  • Chalice Extinguishing
    • Wendy Gordon Weeks
  • Postlude
    • Danielle Mepham

Attributions:

  • Prelude
  • Call to Worship
    • by Gretchen Haley
  • Chalice Lighting
    • “Consistency and Constancy”
      • by Rev. Leslie Takahashi
  • Hymn
    • #163 “For the Earth Forever Turning”
  • Prayer
    • “Interfaith Climate Prayer”
  • Offertory
  • Sermon Sketches
    • Sunrise Movement – We Are the Climate Revolution
    • Dr. Cornel West speaking at March to End Fossil Fuels in NYC, September 17, 2023
    • excerpt from Sweet Dreams in America by Sharon Welch
  • Hymn
    • “More Waters Rising” by Saro Lynch-Thomason
  • Closing Story
  • Postlude