Holston Valley Unitarian Universalist Church

“Hope” is the thing with feathers-

That perches in the soul-

And sings the tune without the words-

And never stops-at all-

And sweetest- in the Gale- is heard-

And sore must be the storm-

That could abash the little Bird

That kept so many warm-

I’ve heard it in the chillest land-

And on the strangest Sea-

Yet, never, in Extremity,

It asked a crumb of Me

. . .Emily Dickinson

He has told you O’ mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness and walk humbly with your God.                                                …Micah 6:8

If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice.                                                  …Meister Eckhart

Prelude “Come Thy Font of Every Blessing” Katie Doman

Processional “Rank By Rank Again We Stand” John Huntley Skrine Hymn

The Call to Worship The Reverend Mark Ward

Hymn “Gather the Spirit”

Greetings

Annette Marquis, The District Executive of the Thomas Jefferson District of the Unitarian Universalist Association

The Reverend John Shuck, First Presbyterian Church, Elizabethton, Tennessee

The Reverend Ann LaCroy, St. Timothy Episcopal Church, Kingsport, Tennessee

The Responsive Reading The Reverend Mitra Jafarzadeh

“Ministry Is All We Do Together”                Gordon McKeeman (adapted)

Children’s Lesson The Reverend Jake Morrill

Reading “i thank You God for most this amazing day”

e.e. cummings

Nathan Cross, Nick Cross, Caitlin Davis and Amanda Walker

Hymn Wake, Now, My Senses (Verses 1,2, and 3)

Written for The Reverend Charity Rowley’s Ordination

Offering for The Living Tradition Fund

Annette Marquis

Offertory My Life Flows On in Endless Song

Katie Doman

The Sermon “The Most Sacred Thing”

The Reverend Burton Carley

Hymn “Though I May Speak with Bravest Fire”

The Act of Installation Kim Ray

President, Board of Trustees

President: May all who are members of Holston Valley Unitarian Universalist Church rise as you are able to install The Reverend Jacqueline Anne Luck into the ministry of this congregation.

President and Members of the Congregation: Reverend Luck, we would have you preach the word of truth in the freedom of our pulpit, minister to ours joys and sorrows with love, light the way as religious leader, and set forth no less by your example than by your precept the principles of our faith tradition. We desire to enter into this covenant with you for the ministry of Holston Valley Unitarian Universalist Church.