Beyond the Water’s Edge

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Sunday morning service will be streamed from the General Assembly at 10 AM. It is suggested that you click on the attached link about 10 minutes before it starts. There will be slides and music.

https://www.uua.org/ga/off-site/2020/sunday-worship

This powerful, communal worship experience is open to the public. Rev. Joan Javier-Duval will deliver the sermon at the 2020 General Assembly Sunday Morning Worship. She serves as Minister of the Unitarian Church of Montpelier, VT. She is the daughter of immigrants from the Philippines, mother of a kindergartener, and spouse of a proud Vermonter. Beauty, gratitude, and love are at the heart of her faithful striving for collective liberation and a thriving planet.

Order of Service

  • Gathering Music
  • Honoring the Land and Welcome
    Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray
  • Call to Worship and Chalice Lighting
    Rev. Joan Javier-Duval and Rev. Mykal Slack
  • Opening Song
    “We Are…” by Ysaye Barnwell
    GA Virtual Choir directed by Benjie Messer
    Soloist: Dr. Ysaye Barnwell
  • A Message for Us All
    Rev. Mykal Slack
  • Offering
    Tomaquag Museum
    Testimonial from Lorén Spears, Executive Director of the Tomaquag Museum
    Flute music by Ridge E. Spears
  • Meditation and Prayer
    Rev. Mykal Slack
  • Responsive Music
    “Deep River” trad. African-American spiritual
    Philip Rogers, Nivek Anderson
  • Reading
    adapted selection from Three Dreams in a Desert by Olive Schreiner
    Clyde Grubbs, Aja Davis, Yuri Yamamoto
  • Anthem
    “Tomorrow” by Kate Miner
    GA Virtual Choir
  • Sermon
    “Beyond the Water’s Edge”
    Rev. Joan Javier-Duval
  • Closing Song
    “Keep On Moving Forward” by Pat Humphries
    Emma’s Revolution
  • Benediction
    Rev. Joan Javier-Duval

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