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UUCLV Sunday Service Order of Service
Rivers of Freedom in Prose, Poetry, & Song
with Binnie Tate Wilkin and Mairin O'Steen
Special Guest: Audifac Ignace
Sunday, February 12, 2023
Unitarian Universalist Theme, “Hope”
Prelude: Alvin Ailey “I Been “Buked and I Been Scorned”
Welcoming Words with Mairin O’Steen
Ringing of the Worship Bell with Mairin O’Steen
Chalice Lighting with Mairin O’Steen
Opening Words/Invocation with Binnie Wilkin
“I’ve Known Rivers” by Langston Hughes
Land Acknowledgment with Mairin O’Steen
Reading with Binnie Wilkin
Excerpt from commencement speech by Michele Obama
*Welcome Song: Fenga Alafia Ase Ase - Led by Binnie Wilkin
Wisdom to Grow With with Binnie Wilkin
Black or White: an original poem by Binnie Wilkin with Audifac Ignace
Of Our Hearts with Mairin O’Steen
Pastoral Reflection with Binnie Wilkin
-Audifac Ignace
*Song: Ella’s Song- We Who believe in Freedom by Sweet Honey and the Rock (See Lyrics below)
Why I Love UUCLV
Offering and Invitations with Mairin O’Steen
The Offering this month is shared with Sylena Childhood Diabetes Fund.
Sermon: Lamentations and Exhortations by Binnie Tate Wilkin (Sorrow and Challenge of African American Spirituals)
*Closing Hymn/Song: Down By the Riverside
Call to Action with Mairin O’Steen
Benediction with Binnie Wilkin
Extinguish the Chalice with Mairin O’Steen
Closing with Mairin O’Steen
Next week's service is on the UUA’s Article 2 commission with Nina Kuzniak.
Postlude: Down By the Riverside by Rosetta Thorpe
3616 East Lake Mead Boulevard
Las Vegas, NV 89115
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