Truly Mutual Aid: Resilience in Place
Unitarian Universalist Community of the Mountains
February 22, 2026
Rev. Kevin Tarsa and guests
Beth Karow, Worship Associate
Mutual aid is about communities organizing themselves to provide direct, compassionate support (food, housing, skills, care) to meet immediate needs, built on solidarity, cooperation, and trust, rather than charity or hierarchy, and empowering people to create lasting change through shared resources and collective action. Talk about investing in resilience!
Songs for Gathering Come, Come, Whoever You Are #188 & From You I Receive #402
Greeting One Another
Land Acknowledgement read by Connie Wright 11am
Lighting of the Chalice And Yet You Persist by Rev Gretchen Haley read by Beth Karow, Worship Associate
Wonder Box & Singing the Children on Their Way
Welcome Beth Karow, Worship Associate
Meeting the Moment Jim Bair
Opening Words We Will Carry Each Other by Soren Austenfeld
Candle of Compassion, Resistance, and Resilience Beth Karow
Joys & Sorrows
Music Reverie by Claude Debussy Linda Snyder, piano
Prayer for Resilience Through Connections by Rev. Michelle Collins
Song Comfort Me #1002 by Mimi Bornstein-Doble
Reading Sequoias by Rob Avis
Message
On Mutual Aid Libby Woods and Yasmin Badshamiah, Nevada County Mutual Aid
Truly Mutual Aid: Resilience in Place Rev. Kevin Tarsa
Offering Beth Karow, Worship Associate
Offertory Heartsounds by David Lanz, Linda Snyder, piano
Dedication
Thank you & Announcements
Closing Song Answering the Call of Love #1014 by Jason Shelton
Closing Words
Community Benediction / Extinguishing of the Chalice
Carry the flame of peace and love until we meet again.
Music for Going Forth