This Joy that I Have
Unitarian Universalist Community of the Mountains
April 6, 2025
Rev. Kevin Tarsa
Gail Johnson Vaughan, Worship Associate
Really, how do “they” expect us to feel our joy right now? Is it even okay to feel joy with what we are going through? Well, let’s look more deeply. Some say underneath everything Joy waits as a patient foundation of our being, sometimes covered with woe, sometimes hidden beneath pain and fear, but always available to support our wholeness and action and always ready to surprise us like the sun breaking through the clouds. Join us as we enter this month of exploring the importance of joy as a tool to sooth, sustain, and empower us. Just “maybe that’s the way light leaks into our weary world.”
Lighting of the Chalice Welcome to the Practice of Joy by Scott Taylor read by Siobhan Boylan, Reine Thibeault, and Joyce Wilson
Song This Joy that I Have by Shirley Caeser, sung by the Resistance Revival Chorus
Greeting
Land Acknowledgement read by Eduardo Hernandez
Singing the Children on Their Way
Welcome Gail Johnson Vaughan
Song Now Let Us Sing #368 by anonymous
Candle of Compassion, Resistance, and Resilience
Joys & Sorrows
Meditation
Music My Spirit Sang All Day words by Robert Bridges, music by Gerald Finzi, UUCM Choir, Toby Thomas-Rose, Director
Message This Joy that I Have Rev. Kevin Tarsa
Offering Gail Johnson Vaughan with Nicole McNeely, Executive Director of Child Advocates of Nevada County
Offertory
Dedication Gail Johnson Vaughan
Thank you & Announcements
Closing Song This Joy that I Have by Shirley Caeser
Closing Words
Community Benediction / Extinguishing of the Chalice
Carry the flame of peace and love until we meet again.
Music for Going Forth