Ya, But…
Unitarian Universalist Community of the Mountains
October 12, 2025
Rev. Kevin Tarsa
Gail Johnson Vaughan, Worship Associate
Both empathy and compassion begin as inside jobs, empathy being our feeling of what someone else is feeling, and compassion being the action we take in response to those feelings. This Sunday, we cultivate our self-compassion, powerful medicine for good within and without, and we notice some of what gets in the way.
Song for Gathering FiIled With Loving Kindness, based on the Buddhist Metta or “Loving-Kindness” Meditation
A True Story by Jim Fay retold by Gail Johnson Vaughan
Greeting Gail Johnson Vaughan
Land Acknowledgement Mark Grove
Lighting of the Chalice With Dirt on Our Hands by Rev. Dr. David Breeden read by Patricia Wolfe
Wonder Box & Singing the Children on Their Way
Welcome Gail Johnson Vaughan
Joys & Sorrows, with a Candle of Compassion, Resistance, and Resilience Rev. Kevin Tarsa
Music Heather Grove, piano
Message Ya, But… Cultivating Self-Compassion Rev. Kevin Tarsa
Prayer & Meditation Even This is Enough by Vanessa Rush Southern read by Gail Johnson Vaughan
Song How Could Anyone #1053 by Libby Roderick
For This Moment Rev. Kevin
Offering Gail Johnson Vaughan
Offertory Heather Grove, piano
Dedication Gail Johnson Vaughan
Thank you & Announcements
Closing Words Closing Song Filled With Loving Kindness
Community Benediction / Extinguishing of the Chalice
Carry the flame of peace and love until we meet again.
Music for Going Forth