Order of Service

The Wild Journey

Rev. Rachael Hayes

April 19, 2026

Rev. Rachael Hayes is our candidate for settled minister. Come meet her, hear about her journey into ministry, and to First UU.

 

Welcome and Greeting                 Ruth Bujanda-Moore                              

Opening Words               

Sounding of the Bowl                      Ruth Bujanda-Moore                              

Prelude       Getting to Know You by Rodgers and Hammerstein 

Performed by the First UU Intergenerational Choir and Rosanna Burden

 

Opening Hymn    #1003 Where Do We Come From?                                              

Chalice Lighting                                                                   

Covenant                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Anthem No Day But Today by Jonathan Larson                                             

Stone Ceremony                                                   

Reading the Community Book of Life & Pastoral Meditation 

Meditation Hymn “The Way Knows the Way”

OWL Recognition   Miriam Cox

Story Wisdom  We’re Going on a Bear Hunt                                                    

Children’s Recessional                                                                                                                                                                                            

Sermon       The Wild Journey                                                                                                                                                                             

Invitation to Generosity                           

Offertory Music “Make Them Hear You” by Flaherty and Ahrens
                                        T-Bow Gonzales and Dana Clark                                                                       

Closing Hymn #277 When We Wend Homeward

Extinguishing the Chalice/Benediction                                                               

Postlude  Worship Band