Grief: The Complaint Without Answer


Sunday Worship, October 29, 2023, 10:30am


“Grief: The Complaint Without Answer”

Worship Lead: Rev. Bethany Russell-Lowe

Worship Associate: Brenda Lundt

Worship Leaders: Jamili Omar, Brian Moon, and Danielle Mepham

If you have a grief, gratitude, joy, sorrow, or other feeling that you would like to share this morning, you can submit that here before or during worship: https://www.menti.com/alp51i82ov56. Or go to menti.com — and put in the code 3328 0203.

Order of Service

  • Welcome
    • Rev. Bethany Russell-Lowe
  • Prelude
    • Danielle Mepham
  • Call to Worship
    • Brenda Lundt
  • Chalice Lighting
    • Brenda Lundt
  • Hymn
    • #1002 (v. 1-3, 5) Brian Moon
  • Prayer
    • Rev. Bethany Russell-Lowe
  • Hymn
    • “Love, Break Our Hearts” Brian Moon
  • Reading
    • Brenda Lundt
  • Hymn
    • “Loosen, Loosen” Rev. Bethany Russell-Lowe
  • Sermon
    • Rev. Bethany Russell-Lowe
  • Anthem
    • Desert Chorale
  • Offering
    • Brenda Lundt
  • Offertory
    • Danielle Mepham
  • Ritual
    • Jamili Omar
  • Joys and Sorrows
    • Jamili Omar
  • Hymn
    • #83 Brian Moon
  • Closing Words & Chalice Extinguishing
    • Brenda Lundt
  • Postlude
    • Danielle Mepham

Attributions

  • Prelude
    • “Gnossienne No.1”
      • by Erik Satie
  • Call to Worship
    • “Heart Labor”
      • by Maggie Anderson
  • Chalice Lighting
    • by Rev. Dr. David Breeden
  • Hymn
    • #1002 “Comfort Me”
      • by Mimi Bornstein,
        • in Singing the Journey
  • Prayer
    • “Not Enough Candles”
      • by Rev. Sean Neil-Baron
  • Hymn
    • “Love, Break Our Hearts”
      • by Rev. Jason Shelton
  • Reading
    • “what they did yesterday afternoon”
      • by warsan shire
  • Hymn
    • “Loosen, Loosen”
      • by Aly Halpert
  • Offertory
    • “Moment de Desespoir – Op.40 No. 1″
      • by Mykola Lysenko
  • Homily
    • Sketches
      • Griefcase Instagram page
        • “Elegy”
          • Aracelis Girmay
        • “A Small Needful Fact”
          • by Ross Gay
  • Anthem
    • “Things That Never Die”
      • by Lee Dengler, words
      • by Charles Dickens
  • Hymn
    • #83 in Singing the Living Tradition
      • “Winds Be Still” words by Richard S. Kimball,
      • music by Samuel Sebastian Wesley, #83
  • Closing Words
    • “Thank You”
      • by Ross Gay
  • Postlude
    • “Gymnopédie No. 1”
      • by Erik Satie