A colleague told me that some of her young congregants prefer to text (or use some other message format) and dislike phone calls. The young person attributed it to ‘social anxiety’ around direct communication. How do we find each other in this new world?

1 Welcoming Words by Rev. Brian J. Kiely 0:00
2 Prelude “Little Breath” by Meredith Monk 2:29
3 Opening Words 4:19
4 Kindling the Chalice 5:17
5 Hymn 1 “May Nothing Evil Cross This Door” 5:47
6 Kindling Children's Chalices 7:56
7 Shared reading 468 “We Need One Another” 8:41
8 Sharing Our Abundance, “CBC Turkey Drive” 10:09
9 “Airs d'Espagne 6. Dansa” by José Evangelista, played by I Musici de Montréal 11:01
10 Receiving the Offering 12:22
11 Meditation in Song 123 “Spirit of Life” 12:59
12 Meditation in Words by Nancy Wood 14:27
13 Meditation in Music “Something She Has to Do” from “The Hours” by Philip Glass, played by Lavinia Meijer 15:25
14 Reading by Oksana Atwood 18:23
15 Hymn 323 “Break Not the Circle” 23:07
16 Sermon “Connection in a Social Media World” by Rev. Brian J. Kiely 24:50
17 Hymn 354 “We Laugh, We Cry” 42:12
18 Closing Words 46:54
19 Closing Song “Carry the Flame” 47:07
Track end 47:43

The Unitarian Church of Edmonton is a liberal, multi-generational, religious community. We celebrate a rich mosaic of free-thinking, spiritually-questing individuals joined in common support and action. We welcome diversity including diversity of beliefs from divine believers to humanists, from pagans to atheists and agnostics. We believe in the compassion of the human heart, the warmth of community, the pursuit of justice and the search of meaning in our lives.

We gather with gratitude on traditional Cree lands that are now a part of Treaty Six and shared by many nations. A treaty is an inheritance, a responsibility and a relationship. May we be good neighbours to one another, good stewards to our planet and good ancestors to our children.

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“Connection in a Social Media World,” Rev. Brian J. Kiely, 17 Nov 2019

The Unitarian Church of Edmonton is a liberal, multi-generational, religious community. We celebrate a rich mosaic of free-thinking, spiritually-questing individuals joined in common support and action. We welcome diversity including diversity of beliefs from divine believers to humanists, from pagans to atheists and agnostics. We believe in the compassion of the human heart, the warmth of community, the pursuit of justice and the search of meaning in our lives.

We gather with gratitude on traditional Cree lands that are now a part of Treaty Six and shared by many nations. A treaty is an inheritance, a responsibility and a relationship. May we be good neighbours to one another, good stewards to our planet and good ancestors to our children.

“Connection in a Social Media World,” Rev. Brian J. Kiely, 17 Nov 2019

Unitarian Church of Edmonton (UCE)