Sunday, December 22, 2024

“Welcoming Back the Light”

Board Welcome Debra Grey Boyd

Opening Hymn “Deck the Halls”

Indigenous Land Acknowledgment Myra Hartmann

Centering Words

Bringing in the Light Nathan Hamm

#362 “Rise Up O Flame”

Chalice Lighting Candee Rothert

Trimming the Tree

Song “O Tannenbaum” KT Vandergriff

Time for All Ages Kristin Hehrer

Winter Candle

written by Jeron Ashford & 

illustrated by Stacey Schuett

Shared Sermon

Attendees may share their thoughts and ideas about the story, weaving a “shared sermon” together. 

Conversation from the Heart Kristen Hartmann

Share the Plate Offering First UU’s Ministerial Discretionary Fund

Offertory “Find Our Way Home”

by Lea Morris

Pastoral Meditation Candee Rothert

Take-Home part of Ritual Kristen Hartmann

Meditative Hymn  “God Rest Ye Merry Pagan Folk”

Hymn “Here Comes the Sun”

Gift Sarah Mayabb

Benediction & Extinguishing the Chalice

Join us for Christmas Eve services at 5pm and 8pm 

on Tuesday, December 24, 2024

First UU Church offices will be closed from December 23 until January 2, 2024

American Sign Language Interpretation provided by Heritage Interpreting Services

You are welcome complete a Joys and Sorrows form online. 

Announcements

December’s Ohio Feed and Read Collection final collection day is today, December 22, 2024.  Please drop off your gifts and/or food items in Beach Hall after the service. 

Our mitten tree is back, and ready to collect warm winter clothing items for the Clintonville Beechwold Community Resources Center, through the New Year.  

First UU is hosting a labyrinth experience between Christmas and New Year’s in the Worship Center. We invite you to mindfully walk this pattern from beginning to end in candlelight and contemplation. We still need hosts and musicians to help make this wonderful experience possible.  Go to firstuucolumbus.org or See Kristen Hartmann to sign up! Labyrinth Hours:  

December 26–28: 2:00–6:00pm

December 29: 11:00–1:00pm, 4:30–6pm

December 31: 2:00–6:00pm

January 1: 12:00–2:00pm

Join us for Christmas Eve services: 

5pm Family Service Families with children of all ages, and those young at heart, are invited to join us for an interactive Christmas story! Come at 4:30 to enjoy some hot cocoa, and pick out a costume to participate in our no-rehearsal pageant!

8pm Candlelight Service “A Complicated Joy” It’s hard to talk about joy at a time when fear and anxiety abound. How to find joy in the midst of these challenges?