“The Powerful, Capable, Wise, and Wealthy Woman" – March 7, 2021
Channel: Unitarian Church of Edmonton
Date: 07/03/2021

In celebration of International Women’s Day (March 8th), Rev. Lee Anne will introduce us to an ancient and poetic portrait of womanhood. In line with this year’s IWD theme: “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world”, Rev. Lee Anne will explore the many ways in which the Proverbs 31 woman, read in the original Hebrew, celebrates empowered and powerful women who are leaders inside and outside of their homes.

Order of Service
The Powerful, Capable, Wise, and Wealthy Woman – March 7, 2021
Gathering Music Always Written & Performed by Gordon Ritchie
Welcome
Land Acknowledgment
Call to Worship Choose to Challenge
Written & Performed by Anisa Nandaula, a spoken word poet
Chimes
Chalice Lighting A Legacy that Warms our Hearts
Written by Paul Sprecher, adapted by Rev. Lee Anne Washington
Opening Song #212 We are Dancing Sarah’s Circle
Candles of Connection
Meditation in Music Eshet Chayil
Instrumental performed by Israel Gatterer and Shmuel Levinson
Reading International Women’s Day - A Poem Written by Ms Moem
Song #1019 Everything Possible
Sung by First Unitarian Church of Baltimore
Reading Proverbs 31 -- A poem honouring womanhood
Song Eshet Chayil (Traditional/ A Capella)
Message The Powerful, Capable, Wise & Wealthy Woman
Song Eshet Chayil (New Arrangement/A Capella)
Message The Powerful, Capable, Wise & Wealthy Woman
Song Eshet Chayil (New Arrangement/A Capella)
Sharing Our Abundance
Song #402 From You I Receive
Reading Proverbs 31 (adapted) A poem honouring manhood
Gratitude, Congregational Question & Closing Words
Chalice Extinguishing To Be Strong Enough
#250 in Lifting Our Voices, Written by George G. Davis
Closing Song Carry the Flame

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The Unitarian Church of Edmonton is a liberal, multi-generational, religious community.
We celebrate a rich mosaic of free-thinking, spiritually-questing individuals joined in common support and action.  We welcome diversity including diversity of beliefs from divine believers to humanists, from pagans to atheists and agnostics.  We believe in the compassion of the human heart, the warmth of community, the pursuit of justice and the search of meaning in our lives.

We gather with gratitude on traditional Cree lands that are now a part of Treaty Six and shared by many nations.   A treaty is an inheritance, a responsibility and a relationship.  May we be good neighbours to one another, good stewards to our planet and good ancestors to our children.

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