November 23, 2025: All Ages Thanksgiving Bread Service: All Our Gifts are Needed
All Ages Thanksgiving Bread Service: All Our Gifts are Needed
Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray, Dr. Stephanie Kimball, and others
For this service, everyone is invited to bring a grain-based staple (brown bread, sourdough, muffins, tortillas, challah, injera, naan, fry bread, for example) that is reflective of your family traditions during the holidays to share as part of the service.
Through story and song and the sharing of grain-based staples from our family traditions, we will celebrate how everyone has a gift to share and all our gifts are needed to nurture communities of resilience and sanctuary.
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Order of Service
Our order of service is available both here on our website and in print.Ringing of the World Bell
Greeting
Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray
Congregational Prelude
#21 For the Beauty of the Earth
Welcome & Announcements
Anabel Watson, Connections Coordinator
Land Acknowledgement
Lighting the Chalice Flame
Mary Beth O’Brien, Worship Associate
Judy Owens (9:30 a.m.)
Audrey Dobler and Mariel Yuhas (11:30 a.m.)
Time for All Ages
Frederick by Leo Lionni
Amira Sabbagh
Bringing Forth Gifts of Sustenance
Gift of Music
“How Can I Keep From Singing?’ by Greg Gilpin
UU Family Choir and Ray Fellman, piano
Susan Swaney, Music Director
Gratitude for Our Caring Ministries
Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray
Dedication of Offering
This fiscal year, 25% of our non-pledge Sunday offerings will be donated to Tandem to directly support The Postpartum Doula Equity Program and Free Perinatal Mental Health Groups for families in our community. See tandembloomington.org for more information.
You can contribute to the basket online at this link, or pay your pledge online.
Offertory
Ray Fellman, piano
Gift of Music
Inspired by “Chemutengure” traditional Shona
Music and lyrics by Angela Gabriel
Sharing the Bread
Closing Hymn
#404 What Gift Can We Bring
Benediction
Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray
Choral Benediction
#407 Welcome Table
