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This Sunday's Service
September 27, 2026: Active Hope for All Ages
Susan Frederick-Gray, Stephanie Kimball and Maria Renner
Hope is something that we need at all ages and stages of life. This all ages service will deepen our engagement of active hope no matter how old or young we are.
Order of Service
Our order of service is available both here on our website and in print.Ringing of the World Bell
Greeting
Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray
Congregational Prelude
#1000 Morning Has Come
Land Acknowledgement
Anabel Watson, Connections Coordinator
Welcome & Announcements
Lighting the Chalice Flame
Olaya Fernández Gayol, Worship Associate (9:30 a.m.)
Nan McKinley
Mary Beth O'Brien, Worship Associate (11:30 a.m.)
Covenanting with New Members
Story
“Butterflies Under Our Hats” by Sandy Eisenberg Sasso
Dr. Stephanie Kimball, Director of Lifespan Religious Exploration
Reflection: Beginning in Gratitude
Maria Renner, Ministerial Intern
Pastoral Prayer and Meditation
Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray
Reflection: Honoring Our Pain
Dedication of Offering
This fiscal year, 25% of our non-pledge Sunday offerings will be donated to Farm to Family to support their SNAP matching program at the Bloomington Farm Stop Collective, which will expand access to local food by doubling SNAP benefits for eligible food items.
You can contribute to the basket online at this link, or pay your pledge online.
Offertory
Ray Fellman, piano
Reflection: What Inspires Us?
“We Come from a People Bound for Freedom” by Joan Javier-Duval
Gift of Music
"Be the Change" by Laura Farnell
Kyle Fouch, percussion
UUCB Family Choir
Susan Swaney, Music Director
Reflection: Hopes for the Future
Maria Renner
Hymn
#1023 Building Bridges
Reflection: What Part Can I Play?
Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray
Embodied Practice
from How to Be Hopeful by Elin Kelsey
Dr. Stephanie Kimball
Closing Hymn
#131 Love Will Guide Us
Benediction
Active Hope Sentence Starters
- I love/I am grateful for…
- I’d like to thank/I am grateful to…
- Looking at the future we’re heading into, my concerns include…
- What inspires me is…
- Looking at the future we’re heading into, what I deeply hope for is…
- A part that I’d like to play in support of this is…
- A step I will take towards this in the next week is…
