Thank Goodness! Finding gratitude in the midst of, well, everything.
Unitarian Universalist Community of the Mountains
November 9, 2025
Rev. Kevin Tarsa
Cheryl Morris, Worship Associate
One year out from the 2024 presidential election, many of us feel the weight and the worry of the unmaking of so much of what evidenced or supported, if often imperfectly, our values in the life of the nation. We like to say and believe that disintegration, though painful, can open up rare space for something powerfully new. Are we there yet?
Song for Gathering Thank You For This Day! from the Native American Church
Land Acknowledgement
Lighting of the Chalice We Light This Chalice for… by all gathered
Wonder Box & Singing the Children on Their Way
Greeting One Another
Welcome Cheryl Morris, Worship Associate
Opening Words Rev. Kevin Tarsa
Music Watchfire by Betsy Haydon, bouzouki and voice
Story of the song read by Cheryl Morris
Joys & Sorrows Meditation Rev. Kevin Tarsa
Candle of Compassion, Resistance and Resilience Praise the World in all its Pain and Blessing, by Maureen Killoran read by Susanne Joss, 9 am and Cynthia Burton, 11 am
Song In These Hard Times by Linda Hirschhorn (after Bertolt Brecht) March 2020
Message Thank Goodness! Rev. Kevin Tarsa
Song Easter Alleluia, refrain based on Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel, additional melody by K. Tarsa
Offering Cheryl Morris with Sienna Crawford, Development Director, Bright Futures for Youth
Offertory Friends by Jim Haydon, Betsy Haydon, guitar
Dedication
Thank you & Announcements
Closing Song The Tide is Rising by Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman and Yotam Schachter
Betsy Haydon, guitar
Closing Words
Community Benediction / Extinguishing of the Chalice
Carry the flame of peace and love until we meet again.
Music for Going Forth