To celebrate Earth Day, we bring you a folktale about the value of friendship, compassion for birds and wise choices. 

Introductory Music Composed by Stephen Downen
Chalice Lighting Words Isaiah 35 Read by Stephen Downen
Song Blue Boat Home Sung by Stephen Downen
(From Singing the Journey @ 2005 by the Unitarian Universalist Association,
Words by Peter Mayer, Music by Roland Hugh Prichard, Keyboard arr. Jason Shelton)
Keyboard Amy Rosebush
Guitar Stephen Downen
Message Written and Read by the Reverend Amy Kindred (adaptation of a Kazakhstan folktale from The Barefoot Book of Earth Tales by Dawn Casey & Anne Wilson)
Closing Words Written by the Reverend Amy Kindred, Read by Stephen Downen
Song I Know This Rose Will Open, Sung by Stephen Downen (From Singing the Living Tradition @1993 by the Unitarian Universalist Association, Words & Music by Mary E. Grigolia)
Keyboard Amy Rosebush, Drums Stephen Downen
Technical Support Adam Byrn Tritt