SYNCRETIC LITURGY
A righteous assembly that employs traditional customs to deviate from convention. Backed by the Beacon Rising Women’s Choir and Serious Comedy, a whirlwind of all your favorite rituals will enlighten your spirit, tickle your soul and flex your first amendment muscle.
Prelude
Beacon Rising Choir
Bring Me a Little Water Sylvie (Moira Smiley)
Salutation & Voltum
Gavin Hecker
Welcome.
Book of Paul: Responsive
Don’t Believe
LEADER
Acts of kindness, like breadcrumbs in a fairytale forest lead us past dangers as light melts the darkness but I don't believe, and I'm not consoled I lean closer to the fire, but I'm cold
TOGETHER
The earth was born in a storm.
The waters receded, the mountains were formed.
The universe loves a drama you know
and ladies and gentlemen this is the show
LEADER
I got a call from my broker. The broker informed me I'm broke. I was dealing my last hand of poker. My cards were useless as smoke.
TOGETHER
Oh, guardian angel, don't taunt me like this,
on a clear summer evening as soft as a kiss.
My children are laughing, not a whisper of care.
My love is brushing her long chestnut hair.
I don't believe a heart can be filled to the brim,
then vanish like mist as though life were a whim
Maybe the heart is part of the mist, and that's all that there is or could ever exist. Maybe and maybe and maybe some more. Maybe's the exit that I'm looking for.
LEADER
TOGETHER
I got a call from my broker,
the broker said he was mistaken.
Maybe some virus or brokerage joke,
and he hopes that my faith isn't shaken
Acts of kindness, like rain in a drought. Release the spirit with a whoop and a shout. I don't believe we were born to be sheep in a flock. To pantomime prayers with the hands of a clock.
LEADER
Honoring the Bonfire Flame.
Donna Mikkelsen caries the flame from the bonfires to our doors
Hymn
The Beacon Rising Choir
Oh Winter (Moira Smiley)
The Phrophecy
Susan (Elijah’s sister)
THE BOOK OF PAUL
THE BOOK OF PAUL
Book of Paul: Responsive
Further to Fly
LEADER
here may come a time when you'll be tired, as tired as a dream that wants to die. Further to fly.
TOGETHER
Maybe you will find a love that you discover accidentally,
who falls against you gently,
as a pickpocket Brushes your thigh.
Further to fly
LEADER
Effortless music from the Cameroons, the spinning darkness of her hair. A conversation in a crowded room going nowhere. The open palm of desire, wants everything, it wants everything. It wants everything.
TOGETHER
Sometimes I'll be walking down the street
and I'll be thinking am I crazy
Or is this some morbid little lie?
Further to fly,
Further to fly,
Further to fly.
LEADER
A recent loss of memory, a shadow in the family. The baby waves bye-bye. I'm trying, I'm flying
TOGETHER
There may come a time when I will lose you,
lose you as I lose my light,
days falling backward into velvet night.
The open palm of desire wants everything,
it wants everything.
It wants soil as soft as summer,
and the strength to push like spring
LEADER
A broken laugh, a broken fever. Take it up with the great deceiver, who looks you in the eye. Says, "Baby, don't cry". Further to fly.
TOGETHER
There may come a time when I will lose you,
lose you as I lose my sight,
days falling backward into velvet night.
The open palm of desire.
The rose of Jericho.
Soil as soft as summer.
The strength to let you go
Ordainment
Ryan Dunn
Only Living Boy In New York
The Offering
Song from the Book Of Paul
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Song from the Book Of Paul 〰️
Call to confession.
Unburden and set yourself free.
Write your confession on the card provided.
Hymn
The Beacon Rising Choir
In This Heart (Sinead O’Connor)
The Sermon
Taylor Jackson
Hymn
The Beacon Rising Choir
Hope Lingers On (Andrea Ramsey)
The Sacrifice
Together we can vanquish the beast.
Quiet
Book of Paul
I am heading for a time of quiet, when my restlessness is past. And I can lie down on my blanket and release my fists at last.
I am heading for a time of solitude, of peace without illusions. When the perfect circle marries all beginnings and conclusions.
And when they say that you're not good enough. Well, the answer is you're not. But who are they or what is it that eats at what you've got?
With the hunger of ambition for the change inside the purse. They are handcuffs on the soul, my friends. Handcuffs on the soul and worse
And I am heading for a place of quiet. Where the sage and sweet grass grow. By a lake of sacred water. From the mountain's melted snow
Ritual Selfie
Hymn
The Beacon Rising Choir
Hope Lingers On (Andrea Ramsey)
Benediction
Gina Samarge
Book of Paul
Bridge Over Troubled Water
TOGETHER
When you're weary, feeling small. When tears are in your eyes, I'll dry them all
I'm on your side, Oh, when times get rough. And friends just can't be found
Like a bridge over troubled water. I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water. I will lay me down
When you're down and out. When you're on the street. When evening falls so hard, I will comfort you
I'll take your part, Oh, when darkness comes. And pain is all around
Like a bridge over troubled water. I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water. I will lay me down
Sail on silver girl, Sail on by. Your time has come to shine. All your dreams are on their way
See how they shine, Oh, if you need a friend. I'm sailing right behind
Like a bridge over troubled water. I will ease your mind
Like a bridge over troubled water. I will ease your mind
Thank you →
Beacon Rising Choir
Gina Samardge, Andy Reinhardt, Elizabeth Greenblatt
Prophecy Hall
Gavin Hecker, Alex Rivers, Donna Mikkelsen, Ryan Dunn, Paul Simon
Serious Comedy
Jaime Fallon, Taylor Jackson, Ali Grieb, Steve Capps, Krista Cone, Shirley Martinez