Hope in Time of Chaos – LIVE-STREAMED

Our lives are so different than they were even two weeks ago, and the stresses and anxieties of these days threaten our physical and spiritual health. Where can we turn for hope and peace during these unprecedented days? With so much tearing at our sense of well-being, how can we care for ourselves, and one another?

Sunday, March 22, “Hope in time of Chaos”

Rev. Bill Neely

Online on Facebook live (no Facebook account needed to view the live-stream)

NOTE – LAST MINUTE ADJUSTMENTS TO SERVICE

The “Stay-at-Home” order from Gov. Murphy issued Saturday evening sharply curtails gatherings of almost any size for almost any reason (essential businesses and functions are excluded).  The livestream we were planning for Sunday March 21 involved 8-10 people, which kept us within the CDC’s gathering-size limit of 10. Based on the Stay at Home order from Gov. Murphy (occurring in NJ, PA, NY and many other states), we can’t do this.  We adjRev. Bill will be live-streaming solo from his home for tomorrow’s service.

We adjust, we adapt and we persevere in these challenging times. Please join us for Sunday service on Facebook live . (The YouTube live-stream should be back next week).

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Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton
Sunday, March 22, 2020, 10:30 a.m.
Order of Service
Welcome, Rev. Bill Neely
Chalice Lighting
            If you have a chalice or candle at home, please join in lighting it.
Unison Affirmation
To one another, we promise peace
To our communities, we promise care
To this land, we promise reverence,
                To this world, we promise love.
                                  – Rev. Bill Neely
Opening Hymn, Spirit of Life
            Spirit of Life, come unto me.
            Sing in my heart all the stirrings of compassion.
            Blow in the wind, rise in the sea; move in the hand,
            Giving life the shape of justice.
            Roots hold me close; wings set me free;
            Spirit of Life, come to me, come to me.
–          Words and music, Carolyn McDade
Wonder and Wisdom
Breathing Meditation
Meditative Hymn, Meditation on Breathing
            When I breathe in, I’ll breathe in peace.
            When I breathe out, I’ll breathe out love,
–          Words and Music, Sarah Dan Jones
Reflection
Reading, Lockdown, by Br. Richard Hendrick (excerpt)
Homily, Hope in a time of Chaos, Rev. Bill Neely
Hymn, When our Heart is in a Holy Place,
Chorus: When our heart is in a holy place,
When our heart is in a holy place,
We are bless’d with love and amazing grace,
When our heart is in a holy place.
When we trust the wisdom in each of us,
Ev’ry color ev’ry creed and kind,
And we see our faces in each other’s eyes,
Then our heart is in a holy place.
Chorus
When we tell our story from deep inside,
And we listen with a loving mind,
And we hear our voices in each other’s words,
Then our heart is in a holy place.
Chorus
When we share the silence of sacred space,
And the God of our Heart stirs within,
And we feel the power of each other’s faith,
Then our heart is in a holy place.
Chorus
–          Words and Music, Joyce Poley
Benediction
Postlude
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