“Journey to This Land,” Rev. Brian J. Kiely, 17 Mar 2019 - a podcast by Unitarian Church of Edmonton (UCE)

On a day when Irish descendants celebrate their roots, I want to think a bit what it means to risk all and immigrate to Canada. It’s a delicate subject these days since, as a society, we are contemplating the impact of colonizers. But today I want to consider the journeys more than the politics.

00:00 1 Welcome
02:01 2 Prelude “The Minstrel Boy” by The Coors
04:22 3 Opening Words “Come into This Place” by Margaret Weis
05:08 4 Kindling the Chalice “Refuge” by Amy Carol Webb
05:42 5 Hymn #188 “Come, Come, Whoever You Are”
07:05 6 Kindling a Candle against the Hate (CUC Statement on mosque shooting in Christchurch NZ)
09:08 7 Kindling the Children's Chalice, Recessional
10:01 8 Candles of Care and Connection
11:57 9 Sharing Our Abundance, Andrew Mills
13:02 10 “Time Dance '92” by Bill Whelan
15:23 11 Receiving the Offering
15:58 12 Community Question
18:01 13 Hymn #159 “This Is My Song”
20:00 14 Sermon “Journey to This Land”
38:17 15 Meditation “Welcoming the Stranger” by Theresa Soto & Tracy Bleakney
40:13 16 “Minstrel Boy” by The Coors
42:29 17 Hymn #1064 “Blue Boat Home”
46:04 18 Closing Words
46:25 19 “Carry the Flame”

Readings
Margaret Weis, “Come into This Place”, https://www.uua.org/worship/words/opening/come-place
Amy Carol Webb, “Refuge”, https://www.uua.org/worship/words/chalice-lighting/refuge
Theresa I. Soto, Tracy Bleakney, “Welcoming the Stranger Home”, https://www.uua.org/worship/words/chalice-lighting/welcoming-stranger

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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