Reflections on 2020 - Jan 3, 2021 - a podcast by Unitarian Church of Edmonton (UCE)

This service will be a shared reflection on the year past. 2020 has been the most dramatic of years. This service will feature your picks - the top news stories of the year, the top creative arts stories of the year (your favourite novels, movies, theatre, other art forms), and top personal stories of the year. Service Leader: John Pater
Order of Service
Prelude: Year End Anthem: Ian Tyson: Four Strong Winds
Chalice lighting & opening words
The Seasons: Traditional English (19th century) / Music: Loreena McKennitt
Year End Reading: Kendyl LR Gibbons, Lady of the Seasons’ Laughter (#51)
The Meanings of 2020: sharing and reflecting on our top stories of the year
Top pandemic story of the year - individual and collective impacts
Poetry Reading: Thomas H Troeger, Source of Faith and Learning (#158)
Top news story of the year - current affairs, politics, sports
Poetry Reading: William Blake, Every Night and Every Morn (#17)
Top creative arts story of the year - movie, novel, theatre, music, dance
Poetry Reading: Alexander Pope/Michael Young, Mother of All (#91)
Top personal story of the year
Poetry Reading: GK Chesterton, It is something to have wept (#5)
Meditation: Reflections on the stories of 2020
Silence
Music: Barenaked Ladies, Auld Lang Syne
Offering
Extinguishing chalice
Closing song: Carry the flame

Further episodes of Unitarian Church of Edmonton (UCE)

Further podcasts by Unitarian Church of Edmonton (UCE)

Website of Unitarian Church of Edmonton (UCE)