Please join us at 10 AM this Sunday on the UUFEC Facebook Page and on the UUFEC website to watch a recorded message from Reverend Daniel Kanter, senior minister of First Unitarian Church of Dallas. The title of the sermon is “We Remember Them”. It was prerecorded on 11.03.2019. Remembering loved ones who have passed. (Day of the Dead Remembrance)
ORDER OF SERVICE
“A Remembrance of Loved Ones Who Have Died in Our Midst November 2019 – 2020”
Opening Hymn “Lean on Me,” by Bill Withers. (Withers died of the COVID this spring.) Sung by members of the Community Church of Chapel Hill UU.
Welcoming Words Sharleenne Farley, UUFEC Member
Chalice Lighting “All Souls Chalice Lighting” by Florence Caplow. Read by Winky Sweet.
As we kindle this flame, we honor and remember
Those who have passed into the mystery.
Their brightness lives on in our vision;
Their courage lives on in our commitments;
And their love continues to bless the world through us.
A Time for All Ages “The Day of the Dead” (a bilingual story) written by Berta De Liano; illustrated by Jaime Rivers Contreras. Read by read by Amy Weisberg and Luisey Melecio.
Sermon “ We Remember Them,” delivered by Reverend Daniel Kanter, senior minister at the First Unitarian Church in Dallas.
Remembering Deceased UUFEC Members, Friends and Family: Wanda Elizabeth Wallace (Jan Mullins’ mother), Daisy Horn, Peggy Owens Mansfield (Rev. Mansfield’s wife), Elizabeth Lebert (Michael Lebert’s wife,) Margery Farrington Krider (Amanda Piburn’s Mother), Brandy Breedlove Hearne Cynthia Boyer’s sister).
Extinguishing the Chalice
More Than One Life,” by Lee Huebert . Read by Winky Sweet.
Lighting a candle is somewhat like the beginning of life.
If that is true, then perhaps extinguishing a candle is like the ending of life.
But death may not be the end of us. We live on in the memories of friends and loved ones. The influence we possessed in life works on, moving persons or causes forward. Let us not forget that most candles have more than one life, and perhaps, may we.
Closing Song ‘”Find a Stillness.” Performed by the UU Church of Atlanta Choir under the direction of Donald Milton, director of music.