The Spirits Within Us
Sunday, October 20, 2024, 10:25 am
Online on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/738363620
Passcode: BUF
Zoom by phone, for audio only: (346) 248-7799
Meeting ID: 738 363 620
Passcode: 306220
Death is but crossing the world, as friends do the sea; they live in another still. For they must needs be present, that love and live in that which is omnipotent. In this divine glass, they see face to face and their converse is free, as well as pure. This is the comfort of friends: that though they may be said to die, yet their friendship and society are, in the best sense, ever-present, because immortal.
From FRUITS OF SOLITUDE ~ William Penn
Gathering Music Jack-o-Lantern Jamboree Medley
Melanie Reick, piano
Welcome & Announcements Rev Paul Beckel
Prelude & Costume Parade The Ghost in our Piano, by Nancy Faber
Chalice Lighting & Covenant Rev Paul, Rod Haynes
Gathering Song #20, Be Thou My Vision
Children’s Focus
Reflections, Part 1 Beth Brownfield
Interlude Let It Be, by Lennon and McCartney
Reflections, Part 2 Rod Haynes
Interlude Friendly Ghosts, by Lee Evans
Reading William Penn
Offertory In My Life, by Lennon & McCartney
Singing Together #96, I Cannot Think of Them as Dead
Benediction
Extinguish Chalice
Singing Together #155, Circle Round
Remember Me by Margaret Mead
To the living, I am gone.
To the sorrowful, I will never return
To the angry, I was cheated,
But to the happy, I am at peace,
And to the faithful, I have never left.
I cannot be seen, but I can be heard.
So as you stand upon a shore, gazing at a beautiful sea – remember me.
As you look in awe at a mighty forest and its grand majesty – remember me.
As you look upon a flower and admire its simplicity – remember me.
Remember me in your heart, your thoughts, your memories of the times we loved,
the times we cried, the times we fought, the times we laughed.
For if you always think of me, I will never be gone.
Afterward
If you’re with us on Zoom today, please stay after the service for our online coffee hour. If you’re here in person, please join us downstairs for coffee and conversation. Visitors: you may wish to use a red cup — then we’ll know you’re open to a bit of orientation.
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