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This Sunday's Service
August 2, 2026: The Call of Kindness
Scott Russell Sanders
To be kind toward others is to treat them as if they were kinfolk, as if they were family, deserving respect, compassion, and care. Kindness is an antidote to cruelty. While greed and strife make headlines, kindness makes community, easing suffering, mending divisions, fostering peace. A moral life is one that acknowledges our kinship with all people, indeed with all beings, all animals and plants, rivers and mountains, Earth and Sun. We gather this morning to experience how story and song can help us enlarge the realm of kindness.
Scott Russell Sanders is the author of two dozen books, the most recent of which are Small Marvels and The Way of Imagination. His first reader is his wife, Ruth, a level-headed scientist, with whom he will celebrate a 59th wedding anniversary later this month. Scott is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English at IU, and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Order of Service
Our order of service is available both here on our website and in print.Ringing of the World Bell
Greeting
Erica Whichello, Worship Associate
Congregational Prelude
#361 Enter, Rejoice, and Come In
Welcome & Announcements
Worship Associate
Land Acknowledgement
Lighting the Chalice Flame
Worship Associate
Aya O’Donnell
Time for All Ages
Dr. Stephanie Kimball, Director of Lifespan Religious Education
Musical Interlude
Kim Carballo, piano
Story One
“Father”
Scott Russell Sanders
Hymn
#108 My Life Flows on in Endless Song
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
Kim Carballo, piano
Story Two
“Holy”
Gift of Music
“Eine kleine Nachtmusik” by Mozart
Francesca Samarotto, Cello; Aralyn Olivo, Viola; Rosie Osorio-Aparicio, 2nd Violin; Nola Cusack,1st Violin
Story Three
"Wind"
Closing Hymn
#346 Come, Sing a Song with Me
Benediction
Choral Benediction
#131 Love Will Guide Us
