Jazz legend Miles Davis once famously said: “It’s not the note you play that’s the wrong note – it’s the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong.” Jazz encourages and requires moving forward without entirely knowing where you are going. How might this kind of thinking play out in the rest of our lives?

Welcome: Brad Convis, Worship Associate 

Opening Words: Bets Wienecke

Lighting the Chalice: 
We kindle our chalice to celebrate: 
Courage to face whatever is before us, 
Creativity to find new answers, 
And community that is formed 
Each time we come together. 

Sermon Part 1 and Part 2: Rev. Jim Magaw

Extinguishing the Chalice 

Closing Words

Conventional thinking puts forth the idea that our current political situation has been caused by the right going further to the right and the left going further to the left. But a closer look reveals a different truth. Why is it important to push back against calls for centrism for centrism’s sake?

Welcome: Krista Stanley, Worship Associate
Opening Words: “It Is Good to Be Together” [Alison Wohler]
Lighting the Chalice: “Blessed Is the Fire” [Eric A. Heller-Wagner]
Blessed is the fire that burns deep in the soul.
It is the fire of reason; the fire of compassion;
the fire of community; the fire of justice; the fire of faith.
It is the fire of love burning deep in the human heart;
the divine glow in every life. 
Sermon: "The Myth of Polarization" Rev. Jim Magaw

One powerful metaphor for growth has to do with living our lives in ever-growing orbits–passing over familiar territory again and again but gaining broader insights and perspectives with each orbit. How can we make use of this model for personal and institutional growth and transformation?

Gathering Music: "Venus" from The Planets [Gustav Holst], Carol Karl 
Welcome: Mary-Jo Hennesy, Worship Associate
Opening Words: “We Arrive Together Here” [Andrew Pakula]
Lighting the Chalice:
As we kindle this flame,
May it spark in each of us
Connection and commitment
To this living tradition
And to each other. 

Order of Service: Jan. 30, 2022 
Gathering Music: "Reflections" [Barbara Becker], Carol Karl 
Welcome: Bradley Convis, Worship Associate 
Opening Words: “We Come to Grow” [Jack Mendelsohn] 
Lighting the Chalice: “Multiple Truths” [Julianne Lepp] 
May the light of our chalice remind us that this is a community of warmth and wisdom, welcoming of multiple truths. 
Hymn: “Wisdom in My Bones” [Heather Pierson] 
Story for All Ages: “The ‘Broken Story’ Story” [Christina Leone-Tracy], Jen McGlothin 
Special Music: “Be Ye Lamps unto Yourselves,” Sunnyhill Choir Joys and Sorrows: We hold you in our hearts. 
Meditation and Prayer 
Musical Meditation: “I Know This Rose Will Open” 
Sermon: “Wisdom for Our Times,” Rev. Jim Magaw 
Hymn: “Jacob’s Ladder” Offering/Offertory: Buddy Rieger 
Extinguishing the Chalice: [Elizabeth Selle Jones] We extinguish this flame but not the light of truth, The warmth of community, or the fire of commitment. These we carry in our hearts until we are together again. 
Closing Words: “Go Forth in Simplicity” [Sam Trumbore]