Oct 2, 2022 "Where Do You Go to Find Courage?" - Chorealis
Channel: Unitarian Church of Edmonton
Date: 2022-10-02

Oct 2, 2022 - The Cowardly Lion went to the Wizard of Oz to find courage. Dory repeated, “Just keep swimming” when she was anxious in Finding Nemo. Merida, an atypical princess, had to look in many places to discover her own courage in the movie Brave. We’re not movie characters though. Where or what can we look to in scary or daunting times?

Order of Service 
Chimes
Welcome
Greeting, Announcements, and Land Acknowledgement
Prelude  “You Are My Shepherd” – G. Ritchie, performed by  Chorealis
Opening Words “There is a Quiet Courage” by Rev Gretchen Haley
Hymn of the Month 1015 – “I Know I Can”
Sharing our Abundance  - with Child Haven
Offertory Hymn 396 “I Know This Rose Will Open”
“From You I Receive”
Reading “Go Boldly” by Jean M. Olson
Hymn 86 “Blessed Spirit of My Life”
Candles of Joy and Concern
Meditation “Meditation on Hope and Love in a Time of Struggle” by Alice Anacheka-Nasemann
Song ”Give Peace to Your People” - Fettke/Johnson, performed by  Chorealis
Message  ‘Where Do You Go to Find Courage?” by Karen Mills
Reflection - 23rd Psalm – McFerrin, performed by  Chorealis
Chalice Lighting “Bold and Courageous Together” by Erika A. Hewitt 
“Light and Life” – G. Ritchie, performed by  Chorealis
Readings “Crossing Bridges” by Jan Taddeo, and “A Recipe for Resilience” by Margaret Weis
Hymn 1012 “When I Am Frightened”
Closing Words “All That We Have Been, All That We Will Become” by Leslie Ahuvah Fails (adapted) with “The World is Too Beautiful “by Eric Williams
Extinguishing the Flame 
“Carry the Flame”
Postlude “Peace Be With Me” –by  L. Morris, performed by Chorealis

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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.

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