February 9, 2025
Welcome and Mission Statement
Susan Tachau, Trustee
Together, we transform lives through love, service, and our welcoming faith.
Prelude
MLUC Choir
David Brown, conductor; Jodie Brown, piano
For the Beauty of the Earth
by John Rutter
Chalice Lighting
Dr. Tracy Simpson, Worship Associate
from Gretchen Haley
Opening Hymn
David Brown & Jodie Brown and the congregation
#44 We Sing of Golden Mornings
Time for All Ages
Dawn Star Sarahs-Borchelt,
Rev. Kimberley Debus, and Dr. Tracy Simpson
Randy the Badly Drawn Beautiful Horse by TL McBeth
Song
Children & Youth to their classes!
#413 Go Now in Peace
Offering Outreach
David Brown and Jahnavi Rao, Founder and President of New Voters
Offertory
Kaitlyn Waterson, soprano; Jahnavi Rao, soprano; Jodie Brown, piano
Lily-of-the-valley and the Little Flowers
by Felix Mendelssohn
Candles of Community
Dr. Tracy Simpson
Reading
Dr. Tracy Simpson
Beauty by David Whyte
Sermon
Rev. Kimberley Debus
A Sense of Beauty
Interlude
MLUC Choir; David Brown, conductor
Mu isamaa on minu arm
(“My Homeland is My Love”)
by Gustav Ernesaks
Closing Hymn
David Brown & Jodie Brown and The Congregation
#326 Let All the Beauty We Have Known
Benediction and Chalice Extinguishing
Rev. Kimberley Debus
from Joel Miller
Postlude
MLUC Choir; David Brown, conductor; Jodie Brown, piano
Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’
from Oklahoma
by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein