Alyssa Lee, guest speaker
Alyssa Lee just completed her Master of Divinity degree at Meadville Lombard Theological School and currently serving as ministerial intern at First Parish in Wayland. Ms. Lee practiced as an attorney and mediator for over ten years in the state of Oklahoma, primarily focusing on civil rights and employment law. Alyssa hopes to combine her passion for social justice work with her love of pastoral care and exploring the divine as she pursues parish ministry.
FIRST CHURCH IN BOSTON
Order of Service
Sunday, July 23, 2023
Alyssa Lee, guest speaker
Service musicians: Karin Denison, Alto & Pianist;
Robert Winkley, pianist
Prelude Jimbo’s Lullaby; Serenade for a Doll
(Children’s Corner)
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Welcome and Opening Words
Opening Hymn #1008 When Our Heart Is in a Holy Place
Chalice Lighting
First Church Boston Affirmation
Love is the spirit of this church, and Service its law.
This is our great covenant, to dwell together in peace,
to seek the truth in love, and to help one another.
Announcements
Musical Meditation: The Sky Above the Roof
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Responsive reading #598 Without Hate
Joys and Concerns
Prayer/Meditation
Sermon Reading An excerpt from all about love
by bell hooks
Sermon Hymn #100 I’ve Got Peace Like a River
Sermon ”Love in Action” Alyssa Lee
Call to the Offering
Offertory En Bateau (Petite Suite for piano, four-hands) Debussy
Doxology OLD HUNDREDTH
Closing Hymn No. 131 Love Will Guide Us
Extinguishing the Chalice
We extinguish this flame, but not the light of truth, the warmth of community or the fire of commitment.
These we carry in our hearts until we are together again
Closing Hymn #121 We’ll Build a Land
Postlude Dr. Gradus ad Parnassum (Children’s Corner)
Debussy