When Turkeys Fly: Doing the Impossible with Gratitude October 12, 2025 Reverend Rosemary Morrison Service Leader: Yvonne Mireau Order of Service Chimes Welcome and Announcements Land Acknowledgement Prelude Chalice Lighting Come into this circle of community. Come into this sacred space. By Andrew Pakula Come into this circle of community. Come into this sacred space. Be not tentative. Bring your whole self! Bring the joy that makes your heart sing. Bring your kindness and your compassion. Bring also your sorrow, your pain. Bring your brokenness and your disappointments. Spirit of love and mystery; help us to recognize the spark of the divine that resides within each of us. May we know the joy of wholeness. May we know the joy of being together. Hymn 349 We Gather Together by Dorothy C. Senghas Sharing Our Abundance Hymn 402 From You I Receive (Sing 2X) Service Leader Reflection Hymn 346 Come, Sing a Song with Me by Carolyn McDade Meditation Candles of Joy and Concern Video Grateful – Empty Hands Music – not recorded https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO2o98Zpzg8 Gratitude Activity Greet your neighbours while bringing up your non-perishable items Reading Message Hymn 131 Love Will Guide Us by Sally Rogers Extinguishing the Flame When the world numbs… by Rev. Cameron Trimble Spirit of Breath, When the world numbs, soften us. Melt the armor we’ve built around our own tenderness. Guard us not with distance, but with discernment. Help us feel deeply without drowning. Let us carry pain without being consumed by it. Let us keep loving without illusion. May our hearts of flesh remain responsive, vulnerable, and true Benediction Carry the Flame Postlude