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Bis Thorton
March 3, 2024
First UU Church of Austin
4700 Grover Ave., Austin, TX 78756
www.austinuu.org

What is sacred about transformation? Does the divine change alongside us? What is our relationship to the interconnected web of all existence when we transform? Do we still have ancestors if we change? And do we ever stay the same? Join Bis Thornton in a journey through sacred stories of transformation as we imagine answers to these questions and more.

Chalice Lighting

This is the flame we hold in our hearts as we strive for justice for everyone. This is the light we shine upon systems of oppression until they are no more. This is the warmth that we share with one another as our struggle becomes our salvation.

Call to Worship

THE PROMISE AND THE PRACTICE: BENEDICTION #2
Rev. Kimberlly Quinn Johnson

Hush:
Somebody’s calling your name-
Can you hear it!
Calling you to a past not quite forgotten,
Calling us to a future not fully imagined!
Hush, hush:
Somebody’s calling our name.
What shall we do!

Affirming Our Mission

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

Reading

CARRY ME INTO THE DARK
Jess Reynolds

Orion rises in the winter dark: shoulders and knees: a bell, a bow held taut before the charging bull. My father calls each star by its name, draws lines from hunter to quarry to the seven sisters huddled together in the night. I am not afraid of the dark. I do not need an arrow nocked on the archer’s bow to call myself safe here, my eyes untouched by the glare of passing headlights. God must watch Her universe like this: standing on a driveway, wrapped in a soft quilt, old hands in Her pockets. feet tingling with cold and wonder at the stars and the stories and all else the darkness holds.

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