ORDER OF SERVICE 
Chimes 
Welcome, Land Acknowledgement, and Announcements 
Prelude 
Opening Words 
Chalice Lighting - What We Bring, What We are Grateful For 
Hymn 347 - Gather the Spirit 
Time for All Ages (Not recorded) - The Last Stop on Market Street Matt De La Pena, illustrated by Christian Robinson 
Sharing Our Abundance 
Hymn 402 - From You I Receive (Sing 2X) 
Candles of Joy and Concern 
Hymn 21 - For the Beauty of the Earth 
Message: Part 1 - What’s First: Joy or Gratitude? 
Video Presentation - Grateful: A Love Song to the World - Empty Hands Music (used with permission)
Meditation 
Message: Part 2 - What’s First: Joy or Gratitude? 
Hymn 131 - Love Will Guide Us 
Extinguishing the Flame - May We Go Forth From This Place by Charles Howe 
Benediction 
Carry the Flame 
Postlude

“What’s First:  Joy or Gratitude?”, Oct 8, 2023

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.

“What’s First: Joy or Gratitude?”, Oct 8, 2023

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