October 23, 2026: Celebration of Life for Pat Harris
A Celebration of Life for Pat Harris will be held on Friday, October 23, at 1 p.m. in the Meeting Room. A reception will follow in Fellowship Hall.
The reading from the inside cover of the Order of Service is here.
Gathering Music
Ray Fellman, piano
Ringing of the World Bell
Opening Words and Welcome
Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray
Chalice Lighting
Reading
from “Travels With Charley” by John Steinbeck
Remembrances from Family
Lisa Kaczmarczyk, daughter
Peter Kaczmarczyk, son
Carolyn Morrow, cousin
Gift of Music
“Air and Alleluia” by J.S. Bach, arr. Fettke
Ray Fellman, piano
UUCB Choir
Remembrances from Community
Doris Wittenburg, friend
Hymn
#318 We Would Be One
Closing Words
Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray
Benediction
Recessional
Ray Fellman, piano
When I was very young and the urge to be someplace else was upon me, I was assured by mature people that maturity would cure this itch.
When years described me as mature, the remedy prescribed was middle age.
In middle age I was assured that greater age would calm
the fever and now that I am fifty-eight perhaps senility will do the job. Nothing has worked.
When the virus of restlessness begins to take possession, and the road seems broad, straight and sweet, I must implement the journey. A trip, an exploration, is an entity, different from all other journeys. It has personality, temperament, individuality, uniqueness. A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike.
We do not take a trip; a trip takes us. The certain way is to
think you control it. Only those who have experienced it will understand it.
From “Travels With Charley” by John Steinbeck.
