What Feeds Your Soul?

What Feeds Your Soul?
Unitarian Universalist Community of the Mountains
August 3, 2025
Rev. Kevin Tarsa
Lindsay Dunckel, Worship Associate

Really. What feeds your soul? 

Song for Gathering  There’s a River Flowing in My Soul #1007 by Faya Ora Rose Touré 

Land Acknowledgement  read by Kathryn Young  

Lighting of the Chalice  Begin Your Journey Home by Lindasusan Ulrich, read by Allison Rivers  

Singing the Children on Their Way

Greeting One Another 

Welcome  Lindsay Dunckel, Worship Associate 

Opening Words  Food for the Soul by Jill Banwell 

Reflection 

  • What activities or experiences make you feel most alive and energized? 
  • What brings you a deep sense of joy or fulfillment in your life? 
  • What do you do that makes you lose track of time and feel completely engaged? 
  • What are the things in your life that you feel most grateful for or that bring you a sense of peace? 
  • What are some things that make your life feel meaningful or purposeful? 

Music  The Moment by Lea Morris

Candle of Compassion, Resistance and Resilience 

Joys & Sorrows  

Song  I’ve Got Peace Like a River #100 by Marvin V. Frey

Reading  words of the Dalai Lama XIV 

Sharing  What Feeds Your Soul? 

Offering  Lindsay Dunckel, with Jason Landers, Conservation Manager with the Bear Yuba Land Trust 

Offertory  Gabrielle Lawson, piano

Dedication  Lindsay Dunckel 

Thank You & Announcements   

Closing Song  Wake, Now, My Senses #298 words by Thomas J.S. Mikelson, traditional Irish melody

Closing Words  Rev. Kevin Tarsa

Community Benediction / Extinguishing of the Chalice  
                Carry the flame of peace and love until we meet again.   

Music for Going Forth