Radical Welcome
Unitarian Universalist Community of the Mountains
September 17, 2023
Lindsay Dunckel & Randy McKean
As an institution like UUCM, we can offer an invitation: “Join us!” with a coda “and share in what we do here;” we can offer inclusivity: “Come!” with a coda “help us be diverse;” or we can offer radical welcome: “Bring your whole self, your voice, your culture, your ideas” with a coda “we are ready and willing to enter a truly mutual relationship, to change and be changed by you.”
Acoustical Improv for Gathering
Greeting One Another
Lighting of the Chalice Give Thanks, Feel Alive, Know Love by Leia Durland-Jones,
read by Catz Forsman
Singing the Children on Their Way
Greeting and Land Acknowledgement Randy McKean
Opening Words Belonging by Ashley Gallegos & Cecilie Surasky of the
UC Berkeley Othering & Belonging Institute, read by Lindsay Dunckel
Song Come, Come, Whoever You Are #188 by Lynn Ungar
Reading Prayers Whispering to One Another by HP Rivers read by Lindsay Dunckel
Joys & Sorrows Lindsay Dunckel
Reflection Randy McKean
Mutual Transformation Lindsay Dunckel & Randy McKean
The Story of All Souls Lindsay Dunckel
Offering Lindsay Dunckel
Offertory Toby Thomas-Rose, piano
Dedication Lindsay Dunckel
Thank you & Announcements Lindsay Dunckel
Closing Song Woyaya #1020 words and music by Loughty Amoa, Solomon Amarfio,
Robert M. Bailey, Roy Bedeau, Francis T. Osei, Whendell K. Richardson, and Mac Tontoh
Closing Words Randy McKean
Community Benediction / Extinguishing of the Chalice
Carry the flame of peace and love until we meet again.
Music for Going Forth