Growing a Beloved Community
Unitarian Universalist Community of the Mountains
June 14, 2026
Rev. Kevin Tarsa
Cheryl Morris, Worship Associate
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“The place where we meet to seek the highest is holy ground.” – Felix Adler.
It’s tempting to people both outside and inside Unitarian Universalism to characterize our faith tradition “as every kind of psycho-social-political venture except a religious one,” wrote Tom Owen-Towle, who contends, instead, that healthy congregations are “primarily sites for seeking and spreading the holy.” Here in new space, with our varied beliefs and perspectives, and with room to grow both inwardly and outwardly, how might we together grow a Beloved Community and realize that we occupy holy ground.
Songs for Gathering
Answering the Call of Love #1014 by Jason Shelton
A Dedication by Lea Morris
Greeting One Another Rev. Kevin Tarsa
Land Acknowledgement
Lighting of the Chalice Beautifully Bound by the Rev. Scott Tayler, read by Bob Branstrom
Wonder Box & Singing the Children on Their Way
Welcome Cheryl Morris, Worship Associate
Opening Words This Hope That We Make by the Rev. Gretchen Haley
Joys & Sorrows & Candle of Compassion, Resistance, and Resilience Rev. Kevin Tarsa
Prayer & Meditation Not Made for Isolation by Rev. Michelle Collins
Song When Our Heart is In a Holy Place # 1008 by Joyce Poley
Sermon/Message Growing a Beloved Community Rev. Kevin Tarsa
Offering Cheryl Morris, with Curt Beckmann, Color Me Human board member
Offertory
Dedication Cheryl Morris
Thank you & Announcements
Closing Song We Would Be One #318 words by Samuel Anthony Wright, music by Jean Sibelius
Closing Words A Place of Belonging and Caring by Kimberlee Anne Tomczak Carlson
Community Benediction / Extinguishing of the Chalice
Carry the flame of peace and love until we meet again.
Music for Going Forth