"Reflections on 2021" – Jan 2, 2022 - a podcast by Unitarian Church of Edmonton (UCE)

Reflections on 2021 - Order of Service – Jan 2, 2022
Welcome and Land Acknowledgement
Prelude/ year-end anthem: “Four Strong Winds” by Ian Tyson, sung by Erin Vandermolen-Pater
Chalice lighting “... and so the world goes round and round” The Seasons: Traditional English (19thcentury) / Music: Loreena McKennitt
Opening words: The Meanings of 2021: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” - Charles Dickens, “A Tale of Two Cities”
Story: excerpt from “The Shadow of the Wind” by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Offering / Sharing Abundance (for Jan 2022: “Change for Children”)
Hymn #402 “From You I Receive”
Presentation: “Remembering our stories”
Year End Reading: Hymn #51 “Lady of the Seasons’ Laughter” – Kendyl LR Gibbons
Pandemic stories of the year (again) – A Global Pandemic
Poetry Reading: Hymn #158 “Source of Faith and Learning” - Thomas H Troeger. Lighting of first Story Candle
News stories of the year
Poetry Reading: Hymn #17- “Every Night and Every Morn”- William Blake. Lighting of second Story Candle
Creative arts stories of the year
Poetry Reading: Hymn #91 “Mother of All” -Alexander Pope/Michael Young. Lighting of third Story Candle
Personal stories of the year (individual)
Poetry Reading: Hymn#5 “It is something to have wept” - GK Chesterton. Lighting of fourth Story Candle
Meditation on the stories of 2021
Words: “The mystery evoked by a story …” Thomas Moore, “The Re-Enchantment of Everyday Life”
Silence
Musical reflection and lighting silent candles: “No One is Alone” - from “Into the Woods” by Stephen Sondheim, sung by Erin
Extinguishing the chalice: “Step by step the narrative split into a thousand stories….” Carlos Ruiz Zafon, “The Shadow of the Wind”
Closing Music/Anthem: “Auld Lang Syne”- Erin Vandermolen-Pater on Piano
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