Don’t Let a Serious Disaster Go to Waste: Hope and the Fear of Hope
Unitarian Universalist Community of the Mountains
March 9, 2025
Rev. Kevin Tarsa
Randy McKean, Worship Associate
The current frantic attempts to dismantle democracy are challenging many people’s sense of trust and hope in the future. Surprisingly, for some it’s not a lack of hope that is the issue, it’s the fear of holding hope, hope that might be dashed or disappointed, a fate that seems more painful than not holding hope in the first place. What’s a Unitarian Universalist to do?
Song for Gathering When the Spirit Says Do #1024 African American spiritual from the civil rights era, arr. Mark Freundt
Greeting
Land Acknowledgement
Lighting of the Chalice A Sturdy Flame by Rev. Julianne Lepp read by Scottie Hart
Singing the Children on Their Way
Welcome Randy McKean, Worship Associate
Of Stewardship Cheryl Spaulding
Candle of Compassion, Resistance, and Resilience
Opening Words I Hear Them All by David Rawlings and Ketch Secor
Mark Grove, Betsy Haydon & Randy McKean
Joys & Sorrows
Song Comfort Me #1002 by Mimi Bornstein-Doble
Reflection Rachel McCullough-Sanden
Message Don’t Let a Serious Disaster Go to Waste: Hope and the Fear of Hope Rev. Kevin Tarsa
Offering Randy McKean, Worship Associate, with Victora Lindsay, Marketing & Communications Manager, Interfaith Food Ministry
Offertory Ain’t It Enough by Jason White, Ketch Secor, Willie Watson
Mark Grove, Betsy Haydon & Randy McKean
Dedication Randy McKean
Thank you & Announcements
Closing Song The Tide is Rising by Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman and Yotam Schachter
with Kathryn Young, Mark Grove, Betsy Haydon & Randy McKean
Closing Words
Community Benediction / Extinguishing of the Chalice
Carry the flame of peace and love until we meet again.
Music for Going Forth