Sunday Service, 8 February 2026 Led by Rev. Dr. Jane Blackall     Musical Prelude: Ashokan Farewell (performed by Tara McCarthy, Tara Viscardi, and Jess Collins)      Opening Words:  ‘Part of Something Greater’ by Elizabeth Barish Browne    From our very first breath, we reach out.   Co-regulation is in our nature. We find our cues from the sun and the moon, from each parent and caregiver, we find our place in this great turning planet, by turning to one another, generation t

Sunday Service, 1 February 2026 Led by Rev. Sarah Tinker   Musical Prelude: Mendelssohn, Lied Ohne Worte Op. 53 No. 4 (performed by George Ireland)     Opening Words and Chalice Lighting:  ‘ Words for Candlemas’ by Tess Ward (adapted)   ‘Substance of our faith, lit in recognition Reveal yourself to us this day. Stop our feet in their daily tracks that we might not miss today in some vague hope of tomorrow. Unfold our prayers to wisdom that we might discern love’s purpose in t

Sunday Service, 25 January 2026 Led by Rev. Dr. Jane Blackall     Musical Prelude: Purcell: Chorus of Cold People   (performed by Andrew Robinson and our Quartet of Singers)      Opening Words:  ‘The Longing for Something More’ by Gretchen Haley     Every little thing that breaks your heart is welcome here.   We'll make a space for it, give it its due time and praise, for the wanting it represents. The longing for something more, some healing hope that remains not yet.   We p

Sunday Service, 18 January 2026 Led by Rev. Dr. Jane Blackall and the Better World Book Club   Musical Prelude: Allemande by Joseph Bodin de Boismortier   (performed by Abby Lorimier and Andrew Robinson)      Opening Words:  ‘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 yearning, a calling, a hope for more, a desire for a

Sunday Service, 11 January 2026 Led by Rev. Dr. Jane Blackall Musical Prelude: Säg mig du lilla fogel - Laura Netzel   (performed by Holly Redshaw and Andrew Robinson)      Opening Words:  ‘We Gather Here in Search’ by Sue Ayer (adapted)   We gather here in search of answers to life’s big questions. We have come in search of understanding, in search of community. We have come in search of stillness and solace, hope and healing.   Let this be a place not only of searching, but

Sunday Service, 4 January 2026 Led by Rev. Dr. Jane Blackall   Musical Prelude: Allemande from French Suite in E-Flat Major, BWV. 815 (performed by George Ireland)     Opening Words:  ‘Our Own Way of Being Religious’ by Alex Brianson (adapted)   We gather this morning to share a particular kind of community – a community of faith in which each of us is free to quest for our own way of being religious and faithful.   We gather this morning to turn our attention to our spiritua