Unitarian Church of Edmonton (UCE)

Be Still, Look Up and Listen October 6, 2024. Service Leaders: Chorealis Chimes Welcome and Land Acknowledgment Announcements Prelude Holy and Beautiful Chorealis Chalice Lighting Always a Voice Arises by Rev Scott Taylor Hymn Life’s Sacredness Reading Centre Down by Howard Thurman Sharing our Abundance Camp Fyrefly Hymn 402 From You I Receive (sing 2x) Reading. How to Survive the Apocalypse Rev S...

SOUND STARTS AFTER ONE MINUTE ORDER OF SERVICE Chimes Land Acknowledgement Welcome and Announcements Offering of Tabacco to Lewis Cardinal Prelude Chalice Lighting and Opening Words Hymn 389 - Gathered Here Sharing Our Abundance - Bent Arrow Traditional Healing Society Hymn 1051 – We Are . . . Time for All Ages / Service Leader Reflection – Ilara Stefaniuk-Gaudet Hymn 1008 - When Our Heart Is in a...

Service Leader: Brandi Moller-Reid - Order of Service Sept 22, 2024 Chimes Welcome and Announcements Land Acknowledgement Prelude Chalice Lighting “We Gather Here as Individual People” by Barbara Hamilton-Holway (adapted by Rev. Rosemary) Hymn 1000 Morning Has Come Sharing Our Abundance Hymn 402 From You I Receive (Sing 2X) Reading Song “Draw the Circle Wide” by Gordon Light Meditation Meditation...

September 15, 2024 The Invitation: Welcoming our Newest Members Rev Rosemary Morrison, Service Leader Maida Zederayko Chimes Welcome and Announcements Land Acknowledgement Prelude Chalice Lighting A Place of Belonging and Caring by Kimberlee Anne Tomczak Carlson It is not by chance that you arrived here today. You have been looking for something larger than yourself. Inside of you there is a yearn...

Homecoming: Blessing of the Water. September 8, 2024. Rev R. Morrison Service Leader: Marilyn Gaa Chimes Welcome and Announcements Land Acknowledgement Prelude Chalice Lighting You are welcome here… by Rev. Allison Palm We gather this morning on the brink of a new congregational year, Some of us come fresh from summer adventures, From wind and waves and sunshine. Some of us come broken down from s...

June 16, 2024 Paws and Purrs: We Bless Our Animal Friends Rev. R. Morrison, Service Leader: Brandie-Moller-Reid Chimes Welcome and Announcements Land Acknowledgement Prelude Chalice Lighting All Animal Chalice by Mark Causey We light this chalice, spark of the original fire of creation, to remind us that we all on the planet – the furred, the feathered, the finned, and the scaled, along with us fe...

All this Glitter: Celebrating with Pride June 9, 2024 Reverend Rosemary Morrison, Service Leader: Maria Jenkins Chimes Welcome and Announcements Land Acknowledgement Prelude Chalice Lighting Hymn 1019 Everything Possible Time for All Ages From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea Written by Kai Chen Thom and Illustrated by Wai-Yant Il and Kai Yun Ching -not recorded Sharing Our Abundance Hy...

June 2, 2024 Each of Us is a Flower: Celebrating Flower Communion — Rev. Rosemary Join Rev. Rosemary this Sunday in our beloved annual ritual celebrating community and individualism with Unitarian Universalism. Please bring a flower from a garden, the woods, the roadside, wherever. Also, this week Rev. Rosemary is providing us with a cake in gratitude for our very successful weekend complete with...

Indigenous Ways of Knowing May 26, 2024 Service Leaders: Ilara Stefaniuk-Gaudet and Rev R. Morrison Chimes Land Acknowledgement Ilara Welcome and Announcements Prelude Tanya Tagaq - Do Not Fear Love [Official Audio] Chalice Lighting Hymn #1017 Building A New Way Sharing Our Abundance Hymn 402 From You I Receive (Sing 2X) Meditation Hymn #1011 Return Again Spoken Candles of Joy and Concern Message...

Roots and Wings. A Covenantal Celebration of Reverend Rosemary Morrison and the Unitarian Church of Edmonton .May 19, 2024. Service Leader: Oksana Atwood Order of Service Oksana Atwood (she/her) Brief welcome Processional Hymn: When The Heart Is In a Holy Place • Procession of front row guests • Processional leader: Rev. Brian Kiely Welcome: Oksana Introduce Ilara Land Acknowledgement: Ilara Stefa...

Order of Service – May 12, 2024 “What Feeds Your Spirit?” – Chorealis Chimes Welcome & Announcements Hymn #347 “Gather the Spirit” Land Acknowledgments Chalice Lighting – “Be Ours A Religion” by Rev Theodore Parker Chalice Response – “This Flame” by Gordon Ritchie -Chorealis Reading – “Out of Our Yearning” by Susan Manker-Seale Sharing our Abundance – YESS Youth Empowerment and Support Services “F...

ORDER OF SERVICE In Gathering Music Chimes Welcome, Land Acknowledgement and Announcements Prelude - Buddhist chanting of Ladakh, India (not recorded) Chalice Lighting - Five Quotes byThich Nhat Hanh Hymn 188 - Come, Come, Whoever You Are Sharing Our Abundance - YESS Hymn 402 - From You I Receive (Sing 2X) Service Leader Reflection Hymn 1058 - Be Ours a Religion (sung 2x) Meditation Meditation Hym...

Belonging to a congregation can have its delights and its challenges. We know we are connected and dependent on one another. This service will give you an opportunity to ask questions about UCE of one another and of our minister, Rev. Rosemary Morrison. ORDER OF SERVICE Chimes Welcome, Land Acknowledgement, Announcements Prelude – Game Show Theme (not recorded) Chalice Lighting – Come Whoever You...

The Folly of Separateness: We Are Connected Whether We Like it or Not April 21, 2024 Rev. Rosemary Morrison. Service LeaderL. Brandie Moller-Reid Chimes Welcome, Land Acknowledgement, and Announcements Prelude The Little Prince presented by Danylo Budenko Chalice Lighting On Ubuntu By Bishop Desmond Tutu One of the sayings in our country is Ubuntu – the essence of being human. Ubuntu speaks partic...

We are interconnected and interdependent to each other, the space around us, and the natural world. We explore different aspects of the natural world through the lense of Robin Wall Kimmerer’s ground breaking book: Braiding Sweetgrass. ORDER OF SERVICE Chimes Welcome, Land Acknowledgement and Announcements Prelude Chalice Lighting - Bring Us Close to the Earth by Lyn Cox Hymn 38 - Morning Has Brok...

Order of Service Service Leaders: Chorealis Welcome, Announcements Prelude " Where Do We Come From" Land Acknowledgement Hymn 1066 "O Brother Sun" Opening Words "For Five Thousand Years, Or More" By Matthew Johnson Chalice Lighting "Committed to Respond" (Pagan and Earth-Centered Voices in Unitarian Universalism) By Jerrie Kishpaugh Hildebrand, Shirley Ann Ranck Reading "From Our Very First Breath...

Plant seeds of intention for the year ahead and honour the fertility of Earth with ritual, song and a drama of renewal. ORDER OF SERVICE Prelude - Rising Green with Ilara on violin Land Acknowledgement - Ilara Welcome and Chalice Lighting - Rev. Morrison Song - Thank You for this Day - Ilara on lead vocals with Doug Eastwell on drums Canvass – Andrew Mills Offertory - Canadian Unitarian Council: S...

Seven Ways to Tell If You’re Experiencing a Transformation March 24, 2024 Reverend Rosemary Morrison Service Leader: Lynne Turvey Chimes Welcome, Land Acknowledgement, and Announcements Prelude Chalice Lighting May this Flame by Bets Wienecke May this flame, symbol of transformation since time began, fire our curiosity, strengthen our wills, and sustain our courage as we seek what is good within a...

Order of Service – Feb 18, 2024 - Rev. Morrison, Service Leader: Marilyn Gaa Chimes Greeting, Land Acknowledgement, and Announcements Prelude Chalice Lighting “Into the Circle” by Rev. Dr. David Breeden Everything is Connected: Looking In/Looking Out Hymn 21 “For the Beauty of the Earth” Time for All Ages “Outside In” by Deborah Underwood Sharing Our Abundance - iHuman Hymn 402 “From You I Receive...

Note: sound file edited at 3 points in the service, as noted, due to gaps in audio. Apologies! Order of Service- “Justice and Equity” Feb 4, 2024” - Chorealis Chimes Greeting, Land Acknowledgement, and Announcements Prelude “Need for Care”- Chorealis Opening Words “Today We Celebrate a Dream Awakening” by Elizabeth M Strong Chalice Lighting “The Chalice Is a Symbol” by Deborah Faulk Chalice Respon...

March 10, 2024 Women Hold Up Half the Sky: Celebrating International Women’s Day Rev. Rosemary Morrison Service Leader: Brandie Moller-Reid As we celebrate International Women’s Day, let’s think about some of the wonderful people in our that loved us into being, who suffered for our rights, and who we love today. We’ll do this through story, song, reflection, and our own experiences. Come prepared...

“Transformation: Thresholds and Layers”, March 3, 2024 Every day we cross thresholds - real and imagined - that can change how we view and relate to the world around us. Each time we change, we add to the layers of experience we accumulate over our lives: deposits of joy and sorrow on the foundation of who we are. Crossing and changing are just other ways of transforming. Join us as we examine the...

ORDER OF SERVICE Chimes Greeting, Land Acknowledgement, Announcements Prelude Chalice Lighting - O Light of Life by Sam Trumbore as adapted by Rev. Morrison Hymn 360 - Here We Have Gathered Service Leader Reflection - The Hidden Stories Within Our Walls - Oksana Atwood Sharing Our Abundance - iHuman Hymn 402 - From You I Receive (Sing 2X) Hymn of the Month - Be the Light by Lea Morris Meditation M...

Order of Service (Service Leader: Jeff Bisanz) Feb 11, 2024 Chimes Welcome, Land Acknowledgement, and Announcements Prelude Chalice Lighting - Amanda Gorman (adapted by Lea Morris) Hymn 118 “This Little Light of Mine” Service Leader Reflection Sharing Our Abundance (iHuman) Hymn 402 From You I Receive Hymn 1059 “May Your Life Be as a Song” Message “Freedom: A Personal Act” Hymn of the Month “Be th...

What’s Love Got to do With It? January 28, 2024 Rev Rosemary Morrison Service Leader: Oksana Atwood Have you heard the quote? ‘If I asked you to name all the things that you love, how long would it take for you to name yourself?’ In this service we will explore how loving ourselves and paying attention to our own well-being is not just important, it’s imperative. Order of Service Chimes Welcome, L...