Speakers: Joan Javier-Duval, Mykal Slack, Benjie Messer

Join us for the largest annual gathering of UUs joining in worship. This powerful, communal worship experience is open to the public. Rev. Joan Javier-Duval will deliver the sermon at the 2020 General Assembly Sunday Morning Worship. She serves as Minister of the Unitarian Church of Montpelier, VT. She is the daughter of immigrants from the Philippines, mother of a kindergartener, and spouse of a proud Vermonter. Beauty, gratitude, and love are at the heart of her faithful striving for collective liberation and a thriving planet.

The worship service will include a collection for the Tomaquag Museum, an indigenous museum featuring an extensive collection and archive of Southern New England tribal communities. Donate now.

Use this Link to watch the service live at 9am or anytime after 1pm.

Order of Service

“Beyond the Water’s Edge”

These are uncertain and volatile times. These are times that call on us to work towards our collective liberation while also tending to our spiritual needs and caring for others. How do we ready ourselves for what is being asked of us? How do we keep moving even when we don’t feel ready?

• Gathering Music
• Honoring the Land and Welcome
  Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray
• Call to Worship and Chalice Lighting
  Rev. Joan Javier-Duval and Rev. Mykal Slack
• Opening Song
  “We Are…” by Ysaye Barnwell
  GA Virtual Choir directed by Benjie Messer
  Soloist: Dr. Ysaye Barnwell
• A Message for Us All
  Rev. Mykal Slack
• Offering
  Tomaquag Museum
  Testimonial from Lorén Spears, Executive Director of the Tomaquag Museum
  Flute music by Ridge E. Spears
• Meditation and Prayer
  Rev. Mykal Slack
• Responsive Music
  “Deep River” trad. African-American spiritual
  Philip Rogers, Nivek Anderson
• Reading
  adapted selection from Three Dreams in a Desert by Olive Schreiner
  Clyde Grubbs, Aja Davis, Yuri Yamamoto
• Anthem
  “Tomorrow” by Kate Miner
  GA Virtual Choir
• Sermon
  “Beyond the Water’s Edge”
  Rev. Joan Javier-Duval
• Closing Song
  “Keep On Moving Forward” by Pat Humphries
  Emma’s Revolution
• Benediction
  Rev. Joan Javier-Duval

Topics: Activism, Compassion, Liberation