Please join us at 10 AM this Sunday on the UUFEC Facebook Page and on the UUFEC website to watch a recorded message from the Reverend Meg Barnhouse at the First UU Congregation of Austin, “The Delicate Art of Forgiveness.” First recorded on January 13, 2013.

Order of Service   August 23, 2020

Reverend Meg Barnhouse Minister at the UU Church of Austin

Sermon: “The Delicate Art of Forgiveness” Rerecorded on January 13, 2013

Opening Hymn #298 “Wake Now My Senses” recorded by Starr King Choir on March 28.2020. Words: Thomas J.S. Mikelson. Harmony by Carlton R. Young.

Welcoming Words   Amanda Piburn

Chalice Lighting “Apart but Together,” by Cynthia Landrumn.  Read by Winky Sweet 

“Spirit of life and love,

We gather together in different ways this morning,

From computer screens, from telephones, from car radios,

We gather, reaching out across the wires, waving from a safe distance,

To come together in religious community.

From living room to front porch to car seat,

We gather as we are able,

Ready to be of service to each other, to the world,

Ready to build the community of hope and of love,

As we face this bright morning. 

We are apart, but we are together.

Offering our love, our commitment,

Our hope, and our prayers,

In service to one another.

A Time for All Ages “Sealed with a Kiss, by Beth Ferry. Illustrated by Oliver Tellic. Read by Jan Mullins

Poem “Feel That?” by Gwen Matthews. Read by Jane Park

Feel that?

Each breath, every inhale, exhale

We are living, breathing, connected.

We are the whole, complete, beautiful selves

that we were born to be

Sermon “The Delicate Art of Forgiveness,” Reverend Meg Barnhouse, Senior Minister at the UU Church of Austin 

Extinguishing the Chalice

“You have to have the capacity and the ability to take what people did and how they did it and forgive them and move on.”  John Lewis

Closing Hymn “There is a Love,” music by Elizabeth Norton; words by Rebecca Parker. Produced by the Orange Coast Choir.