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Worship and
Religious Education,
​SUNDAY 
December 27, 2020

Our online worship will be updated every Sunday morning by 10:00 a.m.


"The Turning of the Year"

Family Worship

Sunday Virtual Worship Service
The Community Church of Chapel Hill, Unitarian Universalist
"The Turning of the Year"
Rev. Thom Belote, minister
Larry Ross, Worship Associate
Erich Lieth, music
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Gathering Music Variations on "A Child Is Born" (Erich Lieth)
0:00
Words of Welcome (Larry Ross) 1:15
Opening Hymn "When Our Heart Is In A Holy Place" (Erich Lieth) 2:01
Call to Worship words by Calvin Dame (Larry Ross) 4:49
Chalice Lighting words by Christine Robinson (Larry Ross) 5:12
Musical Meditation "Filled with Lovingkindness" (Erich Lieth) 6:25
Reading "Sabbath 1998 VI" by Wendell Berry with Reflection (Rev. Thom) 9:30
Musical Meditation "Auld Lang Syne" (Erich Lieth) 17:20
Joys & Sorrows 20:52
Prayer by Judith Smith-Valley (Larry Ross) 24:10
Hymn "There's A River Flowin'" (Erich Lieth) 26:11
Reading "For a New Beginning" by John O'Donohue with Reflection (Rev. Thom) 30:05
Hymn "We Give Thanks" additional lyrics by Erich Lieth 36:40
​Extinguishing the Chalice (Larry Ross) 41:26
Shalom (Erich Lieth) 41:56
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Special thanks to Erich Lieth for providing the music for this morning's service and for having the imagination to suggest worshipping in our new space!
​​
"Still We Go On"
Marion Hirsch & Kat Good

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​The Community Church of Chapel Hill, Unitarian Universalist
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Hymn lyrics

When Our Heart is in a Holy Place
When our heart is in a holy place,
When our heart is in a holy place,
We are bless’d with love and amazing grace,
When our heart is in a holy place.


When we trust the wisdom in each of us,
Ev’ry color ev’ry creed and kind,
And we see our faces in each other’s eyes,
Then our heart is in a holy place.


Chorus

When we tell our story from deep inside,
And we listen with a loving mind,
And we hear our voices in each other’s words,
Then our heart is in a holy place.


Chorus

When we share the silence of sacred space,
And the God of our Heart stirs within,
And we feel the power of each other’s faith,
Then our heart is in a holy place.
​

Chorus


* Links to the poems selected for the readings for this morning's service may be found by clicking on the links in the Order of Service, above.
​Filled with Lovingkindness
May I/you/we be filled with lovingkindness
May I/you/we be well
May I/you/we be filled with lovingkindness
May I/you/we be well
May I/you/we be peaceful and at ease
May I/you/we be whole
 
There’s a River Flowin’
There’s a river flowin’ in my soul/mind/heart
There’s a river flowin’ in my soul/mind/heart
And it’s telling me, that I’m somebody
There’s a river flowin’ in my soul/mind/heart
 
We Give Thanks
Oh we give thanks for this precious day
For those gathered here, and those far away
For this time we share, with love and care
Oh we give thanks for this precious day
 
Oh we give thanks for this sacred space
For both the joys and challenges we face
May this holy space inspire us to grace
Oh we give thanks for this sacred space
 
Oh we give thanks for this troubled year
For those far away and the loved ones near
And through our dread may our faith instead
Allow us to give thanks for the year ahead.
 
Oh we give thanks for this precious day
For those gathered here, and those far away
For this time we share, with love and care
Oh we give thanks for this precious day

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