Resolutions Revolution: Flip the Script on 2025                         

With Rev. Xolani Kacela, Ph.D.

January 5, 2025

You’re invited to reflect on the resolutions we make and break. Let’s flip the idea of resolutions on its head. Instead of focusing on self-improvement, let’s center our goals around community and collective well-being. Together, let’s reimagine 2025 as a year of transformation—one that starts not with “me,” but with “we.”

Sounding of the Bowl – Rev. Xolani Kacela, Ph.D.                                     

Prelude – Jaime Ramirez                                                         

Welcome and Greeting                                                          

Opening Words             

Opening Hymn – #347 Gather the Spirit                                              

Chalice Lighting                                                                  

Covenant                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Anthem – “Dejo el Espacio” composed and performed by Esperanza Flores Garza                              

Candles of Life                                                             

Music for Candle Lighting                                                  

Reading the Community Book of Life & Pastoral Meditation

Story Wisdom – Wonder Box: “The Wisdom of Stories” presented by Tim Versteeg, DLRE                                                      

Children’s Recessional                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Reading – ​​“Mistakes Were Made” by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson         

Sermon – Resolutions Revolution: Flip the Script on 2025                                                                                                                                                                               

Invitation to Generosity                                   

Offertory Music                                                                                                                             

Closing Hymn – #1028 The Fire of Commitment                                             

Extinguishing the Chalice/Benediction                                                                        

Postlude