Unitarian Church of Edmonton (UCE)

Chorealis invites you to join in a celebration of creativity. Through songs and readings, we will reflect on the many ways creativity can be incorporated into and enrich our lives Order of Service: Greetings and Announcements Prelude Call to Worship by Betty Wylder Welcome and Land Acknowledgment Opening Words Why They Sing by Carie J Johnsen Musical Interlude Why We Sing by Greg Gilpin Kindling t...

Being Community: A Form of Resistance. April 23, 2023. Rev Morrison Order of Service Chimes Welcome, Land Acknowledgement, and Announcements Prelude Opening Words Chalice Lighting Like the First Hint of Green by Jennifer McGlothin As the first hint of green begins to peek through the barren ground As that little sprig grows into a healthy stem As that stem grows into a stalk and forms a bud As tha...

ORDER OF SERVICE Chimes Welcome, Land Acknowledgment, and Announcements Prelude Chalice Lighting - Into the Circle by Rev. Dr. David Breeden Hymn 346 - Come, Sing a Song With Me Time for All Ages Sharing Our Abundance - Child Haven From You I Receive From you I receive to you I give, Together we share and by this we live (sung twice) Service Leader Reflection – John Sproule Hymn 331 - Life is the...

ORDER OF SERVICE Chimes Welcome, Land Acknowledgment, and Announcements Prelude Opening Words Chalice Lighting Hymn 61 - Lo, the Earth Awakes Again Sharing Our Abundance - Child Haven From You I Receive From you I receive to you I give, Together we share and by this we live (sung twice) Service Leader Reflection – Jeff Bisanz Meditation Meditation Hymn 123 - Spirit of Life Message Part One - Let P...

Order of Service, Apr 2, 2023 “The Two Faces of Resistance” - Chorealis Chimes Greeting, Land Acknowledgment, and Announcements Prelude “Will Justice Roll Down” by Jason Shelton - Chorealis Welcome Chalice Lighting “This Wholeness Is Our Practice of Resistance” by Rev. Gretchen Haley Responsive Reading “Litany for Becoming by enfleshed Hymn 109 “As We Come Marching, Marching” Reading “Love Looks D...

Being Alive Means Being Vulnerable. March 26, 2023 Rev. Morrison Order of Service Quote - Madeleine L'Engle “When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown up, we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability. To be alive is to be vulnerable.” How will being vulnerable and open enhance and enrich our lives? Is it worth the risk of being hurt? Let's come...

ORDER OF SERVICE Chimes Welcome, Land Acknowledgment, and Announcements Prelude Opening Words Chalice Lighting We Recognize the Fragility of Life... by Rev. Telos Whitfield Hymn 354 - We Laugh We Cry Service Leader Reflection Hymn 51 - Lady of the Season’s Laughter Sharing Our Abundance - International Women’s Convocation Canvass From You I Receive From you I receive to you I give, Together we sha...

Sacred Scripts? March 12, 2023. Rev R Morrison & Ilara Stefaniuk-Gaudet Order of Service Chimes Welcome, Land Acknowledgement, and Announcements Prelude Chalice Lighting “Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren’t always comfortable, but they’re never weakness.” Brene Brown Hymn 391 Voice Still and Small Sharing our Abundance Hymn 402 From You I Receive (Sing...

Order of Service, Feb 26, 2023 “And the Greatest of These is Love” - Rev Rosemary Morrison Chimes Welcome, Announcements, and Land Acknowledgement Prelude Chalice Lighting “The Names of Love” by Rev. Scott Tayler Hymn 188 “Come, Come, Whoever You Are” Time for All Ages Oksana Atwood Sharing our Abundance: iHuman Hymn 402 “From You I Receive” Video “Keep Loving, A Universal Love Song” by Empty Hand...

Order of Service – Mar 5, 2023 “Ask for What You Need, Offer What You Can” - Chorealis Chimes Greeting, Announcements Prelude: “Prayer to Friends” by Carolyn McDade - Chorealis Welcome and Land Acknowledgment Opening Words: “To Learn More About Being Human” by Erica Hewitt Chalice Lighting: “To Risk” by William Arthur Ward Hymn 1002 “Comfort Me” Candles of Care and Connection Reading: “Perfectioni...

And the Greatest of These Is Love. February 19, 2023 Rev Rosemary Morrison Order of Service Chimes Welcome, Land Acknowledgement, and Announcements Prelude Chalice Lighting This Is the Hour by Connie Simon This is the hour. The time has come. Mindful of our responsibilities as leaders of this faith and guardians of the living tradition, we call upon that great cloud of witnesses—those who came bef...

ORDER OF SERVICE Chimes – Not recorded due to technical difficulties Welcome – Not recorded Announcements, and Land Acknowledgement – Not recorded Prelude - Love One Another by Jason Shelton – sung by Chorealis Opening Words - Love is a Choice by Carter Heyward Chalice Lighting - Love Can Transform the World by Maureen Killoran Hymn 113 - Where Is Our Holy Church Reading - Siding with Love by Fred...

Hidden Directions: Navigating Wholeness. January 29, 2023 Rev Morrison Order of Service for January 29, 2023 Hidden Directions: Navigating Wholeness Rev. Rosemary Morrison Service Leader: Lynne Turvey Chimes Welcome, Land Acknowledgement, and Announcements Prelude Opening Words Hymn 389 Gathered Here Chalice Lighting Before the World Told Us Who It wanted Us to Be by Rev. Scott Tayler Time for All...

ORDER OF SERVICE Chimes Welcome, Land Acknowledgement, and Announcements Prelude Call to Worship Chalice Lighting By Jone Johnson Lewis Hymn 389 - Gathered Here Time for All Ages: "On the Day You Begin" by Jacqueline Woodson (removed due to copyright issues) Sharing our Abundance Hymn 402 - From You I Receive Reading Message "Learning to Be You: Everyone Else is Taken" Hymn 391 - Voice Still and S...

Order of Service, Sunday January 15, 2023 Reflections on 2022 by John Pater Note- Music selections will not be recorded for Youtube and Soundcloud because of copyright protections. Chimes Welcome, Announcements, Land Acknowledgement Prelude. Year End Anthem: Four Strong Winds Ian Tyson (not recorded) Chalice lighting The Seasons: Traditional English (19th century) Opening Words the Meanings of 202...

ORDER OF SERVICE Chimes, Greeting, Land Acknowledgment & Announcements Prelude - Be Still, Look Up and Listen by Mark Patterson, performed by Chorealis Opening Words - Invitation to Arrive and Rest by Shari Woodbury Kindling the Chalice - Chalice Flame Contemplation by Samuel A Trumbore Hymn 4 - I Brought My Spirit to the Sea Sharing Our Abundance - Change for Children From You I Receive to you I...

ORDER OF SERVICE Introit - Gordon Ritchie on Harp Chimes Welcome, Land Acknowledgement, and Announcements Prelude - Snowbird by Gene MacLellan, performed by Andrea Graham and Tim Maskell of the Andrea Graham Quartet Chalice Lighting - Ring Out, Wild Bells (Excerpt) By Lord Tennyson Hymn 245 - Joy to the World Lighting the Christmas Candle – The Candle of Light Read by Robert Begg Hymn 244 - It Cam...

Oh Mitten Tree: The Wonder of Giving. December 18, 2022 Order of Service Service Leaders: Oksana Atwood, Jones Harvey Chimes Welcome, Land Acknowledgement, and Announcements Prelude Chalice Lighting: Do You Hear What I Hear? by Noël Regney & Gloria Shayne Baker Said the night wind to the little lamb Do you see what I see? Way up in the sky, little lamb Do you see what I see? A star, a star, dancin...

Joy and Wonder Woven Fine, December 11, 2022. Rev. Morrison Chimes Welcome, Land Acknowledgement, and Announcements Prelude Beth Portman Opening Words Chalice Lighting Deep Calls Unto Deep, Joy Calls Unto Joy By Gordon B. McKeeman Deep calls unto deep, joy calls unto joy, light calls unto light. Let the kindling of this flame rekindle in us the inner light of hope, of peace, and of love. And "as o...

ORDER OF SERVICE Chimes Greeting, Announcements, Welcome & Land Acknowledgement Opening Words - There is Light by Eric Williams Prelude - For So the Children Come sung by Chorealis Chalice Lighting - New Light by Charles A. Howe Hymn 238 - Within the Shining of a Star Lighting the Advent Wreath Sharing Our Abundance - Minister’s Discretionary Fund From You I Receive to you I give, Together we shar...

Ready to Emerge November 27, 2022. Rev. Morrison Order of Service Chimes Welcome, Land Acknowledgement, and Announcements Prelude Chalice Lighting Why We're Here by Rev. Erik Walker Wikstrom Here, today, in this place and with these people, May we listen so that we can hear; May we hear so that we can feel; May we feel so that we can know; and May we know so that we can change ourselves and this w...

Order of Service for November 13, 2022 A Season of Change: Digging In-Digging Out (Rev. Morrison) Chimes Welcome Opening Hymn 361 Enter, Rejoice, and Come In Greeting, Land Acknowledgement, and Announcements Prelude Chalice Lighting In Honour of First Steps by Rev. Scott Tayler We light this chalice in honor of first steps. For beginning even when the path ahead is unclear. For the courage it take...

Order of Service – Nov 6, 2022 Chimes Welcome and Announcements Land Acknowledgment Opening Words “The Heart of Our Faith” by Monica Jacobson-Tennessen Prelude “A Servant’s Heart” - Chorealis Chalice Lighting “Our Hope and Our Passion” by Pat Uribe-Lichty Hymn 124 “Be That Guide” Story for All Ages “Two Candles” by Erika A. Hewitt Sharing Our Abundance - Charity for the month of Nov: Make the Seas...

ORDER OF SERVICE Chimes Welcome Opening Hymn 389 - Gathered Here Greeting, Land Acknowledgement, and Announcements Prelude Opening Words Chalice Lighting Hymn of the Month 1015 - I Know I Can Time for All Ages Sharing Our Abundance - Child Haven Offertory Hymn #396 - I Know this Rose Will Open From You I Receive From you I receive to you I give, Together we share and by this we live (sing twice) C...

Order of Service for October 16, 2022 Stepping Out: The Courage to Let Ourselves be Known Chimes Greeting, Land Acknowledgment, and Announcements Prelude Chorealis Lite This is the Time by Scott Kearns Chalice Lighting Witnesses of the World by Tania Márquez It is now, when we are called as witnesses of the world. To mend it, to change its course, to restore it. It is now, when we are called to ac...