Worship and
Religious Education,
​SUNDAY 
january 10, 2021

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

"The Courage to Belong to Yourself"

Family Worship
Virtual Worship Service of
Community Church of Chapel Hill, Unitarian Universalist
“The Courage to Belong to Yourself”
​Rev. Lisa Garcia-Sampson, Preacher
Bill Rote, Worship Associate

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Opening Screen - 00:00
Sounding of the Gong (Bill Rote) - 00:06
Introduction of Hymn #298 (Rev. Garcia-Sampson) - 00:12
Opening Hymn: #298 Wake, Now, My Senses - 1:06
Welcome and Introduction of Guest Speaker (Bill Rote) - 3:52
Share the Plate for Chatham County Council On Aging (Krista Westervelt) - 5:10
Call to Worship and Chalice Lighting (Bill Rote) - 7:09
Meditation Hymn: #1011 Return Again - 9:45
Reading: Excerpt from “Braving the Wilderness” by Brené Brown (Rev. Garcia-Sampson) - 12:08
Musical Presentation - “This Is Me” by Ben Pasek and Justin Paul (performed by the Cast of “The Greatest Showman”) - https://youtu.be/XLFEvHWD_NE
Sermon: “The Courage to Belong to Yourself” (Rev. Lisa Garcia-Sampson) - 13:08
Musical Presentation: “Mirror” by Glenn Mehrbach (Glenn Mehrbach) - 29:08
Joys & Sorrows (Bill Rote) - 33:38
Closing Hymn: #128 For All That Is Our Life - 34:57
Extinguishing the Chalice (Rev. Thom Belote) - 37:21
Closing Song: Shalom - 38:02
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Special Thanks to Linda Thompson, Steve Day and Amy Shaub Maddox for leading hymn #128 For All That Is Our Life, and Jane and Scott Provan, George and Linda Thompson, Ruth Gibson, Caroline Sherman and Jena Kaizen for leading hymn #1011 Return Again.

Thanks also to those who participated in singing hymn #298 Wake, Now, My Senses. From The UU Congregation of Greensboro: Barbara Council, Phoenix Harmony, Susan Hill, Marie Houck, Lonnie Houck, Betsy Lindsey, Wendell Putney and Joanna Smock. From the Community Church: Dana Lundquist, Steve Day, Ruth Gibso, Jena Kaizen, Mary LeMay, Ginger Long, Salem Macknee, Larry Mason, Scott Provan, Eileen Regan, Bill Rote, Susan Siplon and Ed Steffes.
"Imagining Life After the Pandemic"
Marion Hirsch and Kat Good

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