2020 Youth Service

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Senior Youth Group
July 12, 2020
First UU Church of Austin
4700 Grover Ave., Austin, TX 78756
www.austinuu.org

We celebrate our graduating seniors as they transition to young adults and welcome our Middle School kids into High School with our annual bridging ceremony. Join our senior youth group as they lead worship and explore the theme of Sanctuary.

Chalice Lighting

Love is the spirit of this church and service is its law. This is our great covenant: to dwell together in peace, to speak the truth in love, and to help one another.

Affirming Our Mission

Together we nourish souls, transform lives, and do justice to build the Beloved Community.

Call to Worship

WHERE WE BELONG, A DUET
Maya Angelou

In every town and village,
In every city square,
In crowded places I searched the faces
Hoping to find Someone to care.

I read mysterious meanings In the distant stars,
Then I went to schoolrooms
And poolrooms
And half-lighted cocktail bars.
Braving dangers, Going with strangers,
I don’t even remember their names.

I was quick and breezy
And always easy
Playing romantic games.
I wined and dined a thousand exotic Joans and Janes
In dusty halls,
at debutante balls,
On lonely country lanes.

I fell in love forever,
Twice every year or so.
I wooed them sweetly,
was theirs completely,
But they always let me go.

Saying bye now, no need to try now,
You don’t have the proper charms.
Too sentimental and much too gentle
I don’t tremble in your arms.

Then you rose into my life
Like a promised sunrise.
Brightening my days with the light in your eyes.
I’ve never been so strong,
Now I’m where I belong.

Bridging Ceremony

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