SUNDAY SERVICE
Onsite & Online ~ 10 am
Reverend Nica Eaton & Sam Dickerson
We Need Each Other – Blessing of the Animals
We have been gifted a beautifully intertwined relationship with our pets and the wider animal community. We rely on one another for comfort, safety, companionship, and joy. Join us at Chalice for our Animal Blessing as we lift up this miraculous part of our interdependent web of life. (Due to space restrictions, we kindly ask that our animal friends enjoy the service from the comforts of home. Please send in pictures or spotlight your beloveds on Zoom!)
Introduction – Samantha Dickerson
Welcome – Reverend Nica Eaton
Call to Worship – Reverend Nica Eaton
Chalice Lighting – Samantha Dickerson
Opening Hymn – #203 “All Creatures of the Earth and Sky”
Time for All Ages – Samantha Dickerson introducing the story, “Strictly No Elephants” by Lisa Mantchev. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGRFjTb8FOk
Manna Collection – Samantha Dickerson
Announcements – Samantha Dickerson
Singing the Children Out – Reverend Nica Eaton & Anthony Concepcion
Offering Words – Don Cooper
Offering Music – “Invitation” by Michael Larkin; Text by Paul Laurence Dunbar. Performed by The Chalice Choir under the direction of Anthony Concepcion
Receiving the Offering – Reverend Nica Eaton
Joys and Sorrows – You may write your Joys and Sorrows in the chatbox during the service if you are online. If you are in person please fill out an index card. You can also email your joys or concerns during the week to
Lighting Candles of Memory for Animals – Reverend Nica Eaton
Time of Meditation – Reverend Nica Eaton
Meditation Song – #15 “The Lone Wild Bird”.
Blessing of the Animals – Reverend Nica Eaton
Responsive Reading – Reverend Nica Eaton & Congregation
Closing Hymn – “I Need You” by Hezekiah Walker
Extinguishing the Chalice and Closing Words – Reverend Nica Eaton
Postlude – Anthony Concepcion