Suggestion: ’Refresh’ each page before reading to make sure to get my latest edition
‘The Other Lectionary’ is a suggested ‘southern hemisphere’ Lectionary (with a few Resources added) offered in parallel to,
or even replacement of, the RCL which is in standard use by many.
A GATHERING LITURGY FOR THE
CELEBRATION OF LIFE
“...in the end the universe can only be explained in terms of celebration.
It is all an exuberant expression of existence itself”
16 February 2025. Religion & Science Weekend (Green).
Acknowledgement of Country/First Peoples
(An act towards reconciliation)
For thousands of years Indigenous people have walked
in this land, on their own country.
Their relationship with the land is at the centre of their lives.
We acknowledge the (NN) People of the (N) Nation, past, present, and emerging,
and their stewardship of this land throughout the ages.
First Peoples Statement to the Nation 2017 is called “Uluru Statement from the Heart”
A Response from Common Dreams5 Conference of Religious Progressives,
Australia/South Pacific 2019
Both available in Affirmations/Manifestoes
And we recognise and give thanks that we humans
are creatures of the Earth living in the ecosystem
—flowers, trees and insects; land, waters and mountain range—
that is unique to (NN).
May we honour one another and honour life itself.
(NN) is a safe place for all people to worship regardless of
race, creed, age, cultural background or sexual orientation
GATHERING
Rich and Striking Visuals
“The function of beauty… is to make us aware of a reality which is richer and deeper
and more marvellous than anything we can dream or conceive.” (Henry N. Wieman)
Artwork OR Floral/Symbols display (cloths, candles, stones, wood, leaves, flowers, earth, water) OR projection of Film/Video
Gathering Music
Entry into the Celebration
The gong is sounded three times
Come into this place,
where the ordinary is sanctified,
the human is celebrated,
the compassionate is expected.
Let us celebrate the richness and diversity of life.
New Doxology (Tune: ‘Tallis’ Canon’, LM) 376 SLT
Sing loudly till the stars have heard.
In joy, feast on this bounteous word!
Our praises call us to explore
till suns shall rise and set no more. (Anonymous)
Lighting of the Community Candle
A Community Candle is lit
We light this candle today in recognition of the energy that allows life to occur:
The energy of atomic fusion
The energy of photosynthesis
The energy of primitive metabolisms, still active in our cells today
The energy of campfires, labor, and growth
And, the energy of our community. (Adapt.JCH. public domain)
Note: Check out 'Special Liturgies’ (this site) for the following:
(i) A suggested process for introducing new hymns is called Hymn of the Month
(ii) Additional Special Purpose Hymns cover major international events or themes. They include these categories: 1. Bush (Brush) Fire, 2. Tsunami, Storms/Cyclones, 3. Earthquakes, 4. War/Remembrance, 5. Caregiving, 6. God as Mother, 7. Human Trafficking, 8. Disabled, 9. Migration/Refugees, 10. Terrorist Attacks, 11. Science/Cosmology
(iii) Specific resources on Terrorism
(iv) On Wonder, Awe, and Nature
Hymn/Song The people stand as they are able, to sing
“We Stand in Awe” (Tune: ‘Crucifer’, 10.10. Refrain) 61 SNS4
Refrain:
We stand in awe; the mystery is supreme;
The cosmos sings aloud the sacred dream.
Earth is our home; its wonders, so diverse,
Are constant in a changing universe.
Refrain:
We stand in awe…
Noises in nature sound harsh harmony;
The singing of whales and violent predatory.
Refrain:
We stand in awe…
Eager engagement and each new re-birth
Bring constant refreshment to this vibrant earth.
Refrain:
We stand in awe…
Constant renewal; promise in each seed;
For from each death new life will then proceed.
Refrain:
We stand in awe…
We are accepted; in this dream we grow,
Forever thankful that it can be so.
Refrain:
We stand in awe… (George Stuart)
OR
"Colourful Creator" (Tune: Houghton', 65.65D) 190 TiS
Colourful Creator, God of mystery,
thank you for the artist teaching us to see
glimpses of the meaning of the commonplace,
visions of the holy in each human face.
Harmony of ages, God of listening ear,
thank you for composers tuning us to hear
echoes of the Gospel in the songs we sing,
sounds of love and longing from the deepest spring
Author of our journey, God of near and far,
praise for tale and drama telling who we are,
stripping to the essence struggles of our day,
times of change and conflict when we choose our way.
God of truth and beauty, Poet of the Word,
may we be creators by the Spirit stirred,
open to your presence in our joy and strife,
vessels of the holy coursing through our life. Ruth C Duck
Remain standing
Opening Sentences
Let us acknowledge the awesome mystery
embodied in every person.
All Through us the sacred comes to unique and personal expression.
Let us give thanks for the abundance of life on this earth.
All Through it we and all people may be nourished.
OR
In the beginning was diversity
All Puddle and pond, mountain and paddock,
dandelion and daisy, raven and robin,
cougar and cow, you and me.
And it was good!
All From the beginning, diversity confused us.
We created categories:
race, rank and religion;
colour, class and creed;
language, looks and learning.
All And divisions came to be!
We gather to honour diversity
All To love creation,
to celebrate difference,
to embrace all within God's unending circle of love. (Nancy L Steeves/St Stephen’s Project)
Words of Awareness
Today we celebrate a dream awakening.
Today we celebrate with renewed hope in our hearts.
Today we act on an audacity of hopes and dreams for the future.
Today we begin the hard work for justice, equity and compassion in all human relations,
for today is a day like no other and
it is ours to shape with vision and action.
Let us be together and celebrate a dream awakening. (Adapt.Elizabeth M Strong)
OR
We pray:
Creativity in all times and seasons, and of all the seasons of our lives,
we gather in this sacred place,
thankful for the days that have been,
and hopeful for the days that shall be.
May we become one with ourselves and you
in all the seasons to come.
All May it be so.
Hymn/Song "Whispers Rippled Through The Cosmos" (Tune: 'Nettleton', 87.87)
Whispers rippled through the cosmos,
pan-galactic breath of God;
marking paths of whirling planets,
stellar strings where stars first trod.
Major chords of constellations
ringing on the staves of time,
soften to a sombre minor,
echoes of an ancient rhyme.
God is in this wild confusion
bringing order, giving grace;
author, ground of all creation,
fount of being, Lord of space.
All transcendent power and glory
now distilled, condensed, confined;
shaped while shaping rich resources
cradling waiting humankind. © Andrew Pratt
People sit after the hymn
Welcome
Or in your own words
A warm welcome is extended to all.
Especially those who are gathering at (NN) for the first time
or who have returned after an absence.
Your presence both enriches us and this time of celebration together.
Refer to printed liturgy.
Fellowship hour following the Gathering
Those visiting, please sign our Visitors book.
OR
A warm welcome is extended to all.
Especially those who may be joining us for a first time.
Your presence enriches this gathering and contributes to
the creative evolution of community.
Thanks for the gift of you! (Central United, Moncton, Canada)
CENTERING
Meditation
"To Look"
By Stephen Shick. Consider the Lilies/51.
The doer looks with a focused gaze
upon a row of things once made,
or, if of the reformer's mind, reshapes the things
to fit the times.
But the watcher looks in another way
and sees the commonplace of day
a radiance on a wilted flower, a nest in a cathedral tower.
The watcher moves with a deliberate gait and knows the power of the wait
to lift the weariness of time
and show the world as a holy shrine.
Centering Silence
Centering silence has its roots in the earliest of monastic traditions of the ‘desert Fathers (abbas)/Mothers (ammas)’
and the Christian mystic tradition… Relaxing into ‘quietness’ creates the space for deep listening and draws you into yourself
As we gather let us claim
some stillness,
some silence.
(Silence)
May we become conscious in this moment
of the life giving energy pulsing through us...
Energy which connects us, and us to all of creation.
(Silence)
Music of Reflection
EXPLORING
Wisdom from the World/Religious Traditions
“Wisdom is not just special knowledge about something. Wisdom is a way of being, a way of inhabiting the world.
The beauty of wisdom is harmony, belonging and illumination of thought, action, heart and mind.” (John O’Donohue)
Reader: Even as we seek understanding, our minds,
too often, shelter us from the realities we might uncover.
All May we have the courage to hear and hold truths
found within these words. (Gretta Vosper/ab)
• Proverbs 8:1-7a, 8-9 (NRSV)
Does not wisdom call,
and does not understanding raise her voice?
On the heights, beside the way,
at the crossroads she takes her stand;
beside the gates in front of the town,
at the entrance of the portals she cries out:
To you, O people, I call, and my cry is to all that live.
O simple ones, learn prudence;
acquire intelligence, you who lack it.
Hear, for I will speak noble things,
and from my lips will come what is right;
for my mouth will utter truth...
All the words of my mouth are righteous;
there is nothing twisted or crooked in them.
They are all straight to one who understands
and right to those who find knowledge.
OR
• "Our Whole System"
By Maria Mitchell. Singing the Living Tradition/537.
Small as is our whole system
compared with the infinitude of creation,
Brief as is our life
compared with the cycles of time,
We are so tethered to all
by the beautiful dependencies of law,
That not only the sparrow's fall is felt to the uttermost bound
but the vibrations set in motion by the words that we utter
reach through all space
and the tremor is felt through all time.
OR
“Certainly Not! Good science requires cultivating doubt and finding pleasure in mystery”
By Stuart Firestein. Nautilus. 27 June 2013
Physicist Isidor Isaac Rabi grew up in an immigrant family in New York City in the early 20th century.
When he came home from school his mother would not ask him what he learned that day,
as his friends’ mothers did.
She would ask him, “Did you ask any good questions today?”
Apparently Rabi asked many good questions.
In 1944, at age 46, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics
for developing nuclear magnetic resonance, a technique for probing the atomic nucleus
that was later developed into the medical diagnostic technology
known as MRI, magnetic resonance imaging.
Questions, not answers, are how science makes progress.
OR
• "On Evolution”
By Paul Fleischman. Wonder.
Evolution is too often portrayed as a progression, a sequence.
But the bedrock beneath Earth’s tectonic plates is constantly moving,
the climate is constantly changing,
ocean and land have swapped locations repeatedly.
Hymn/Song In solidarity with those for whom standing is not easy or possible we will remain seated to sing...
"God of the Galaxies" (Tune: ‘Cheam') 54 AA
God of the galaxies spinning in space,
God of the smallest seed, our living source,
yours is the gift of this beautiful place.
Let us care for your garden
and honour the earth.
Careless and covetous, gross are our greeds,
taking the riches the garden provides,
wasting its goodness, forgetting its needs.
Let us care for your garden
and honour the earth.
Forests and rivers are ravaged and die,
raped is the land till it bleeds in its clay,
silenced the birdsong and plundered the sea.
Let us care for your garden
and honour the earth.
Let there be beauty, and let there be air
fragrant with peace, never poisoned with fear,
freed from the plagues of pollution and war.
Let us care for your garden
and honour the earth.
Life is a holy thing, life is a whole,
linking each creature and blessing us all,
making connections of body and soul.
Let us care for your garden
and honour the earth. Shirley Erena Murray
• Matthew 6: 26, 28-29 (NRSV)
Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap
nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.
Are you not of more value than they...?
And why do you worry about clothing?
Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow;
they neither toil nor spin,
yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory
was not clothed like one of these.
Contemporary Exploration
Silence for Personal Reflection
AFFIRMING
A Poetic Litany Celebrating Science and Evolution
In response to the word reflected on let us share together
a litany celebrating evolution.
The people stand as they are able
Out of the stars in their flight, out
of the dust of eternity, here have we come,
Stardust and sunlight, mingling
through time and through space.
All Out of the stars have we come, up from time;
Out of the stars have we come.
Time out of time before time
in the vastness of space, earth
spun to orbit the sun,
Earth with the thunder of
mountains newborn, the boiling of seas.
All Earth warmed by sun, lit by sunlight:
This is our home;
Out of the stars have we come.
Mystery hidden in mystery, back
through all time;
Mystery rising from rocks in the
storm and the sea.
All Out of the stars, rising from rocks and the sea,
kindled by sunlight on earth, arose life.
Ponder this thing in your heart;
ponder with awe:
Out of the sea to the land, out of
the shallows came ferns.
All Out of the sea to the land, up from darkness to light,
Rising to walk and to fly,
out of the sea trembled life.
Ponder this thing in your heart,
life up from sea:
Eyes to behold, throats to sing, mates to love.
All Life from the sea, warmed by sun, washed by rain,
life from within, giving birth,
rose to love.
This is the wonder of time; this is
the marvel of space; out of the
stars swung the earth; life upon
earth rose to love.
All This is the marvel of life, rising
to see and to know;
Out of your heart, cry wonder:
sing that we live. Robert Weston/slt
Ritual: 'We Are Made of Stardust'
v1 In the beginning there was mystery and darkness.
Out of this mystery and darkness, the universe
was born in a Great Radiance
of brilliant light and boundless energy...
The gong is sounded once
Presentation of Symbols
A candle is brought in and lit
A bowl is brought in and filled with water, poured from a height to enhance the sound of falling water
A plate is brought in and a handful of sand is poured onto it
A coloured paper star, dusted with glitter, is placed in the midst of these symbols
All are invited to become aware of their breathing - breath in and then breath out
v2 We humans are a web of life, and part of a web of life.
v3 We humans have always been drawn to the stars.
We have always yearned for relationship.
v2 In 1943, the French author Antoine de St Exupery
had his Little Prince speak these words:
v4 "In one of the stars I shall be living.
In one of them I shall be laughing.
And so it will be as if all the stars
were laughing, when you look at the sky at night".
v1 Thirty years ago, the astronomer Carl Sagan
concluded his television series Cosmos in this way:
v5 "We are the local embodiment of a Cosmos grown to self-awareness.
We have begun to contemplate our origins.
We are star-stuff pondering the stars!"
v2 Twenty years ago, Native American poet Joy Harjo
wrote of another kind of relationship with the stars:
v6 "I can hear the sizzle of a newborn star,
and know that anything of meaning,
of fierce magic, is emerging here.
I am witness to flexible eternity, the evolving past.
And I know I shall live forever,
as dust or breath in the face of stars,
in the shifting pattern of winds".
The gong is sounded once
v3 Out of the stars in their flight, out
of the dust of eternity, here have we come,
Stardust and sunlight, mingling
through time and through space.
All Out of the stars have we come, up from time;
Out of the stars have we come.
Invitation
v3 Those who would like to celebrate this relationship
are invited to come forward and receive the gift of 'stardust' (glitter)
on the back of their hands (or forehead)...
People come forward and receive
Hymn/Song (Optional)
“Amazing Place, So Blue and Round” (Tune: ‘Amazing Grace’, 86.86)
Amazing Place, so blue and round,
That sets my spirit free.
I once seemed lost but now am found,
Seemed blind, but now, I see.
This Earth has rendered good to me.
And all my fears relieved.
How precious is this Earth to see,
its beauty now perceived.
Through many dangers, toils and snares
we have already come.
'Tis Earth that brought us safe thus far,
and still will be our home.
When we've been here ten thousand years,
bright shining as the sun.
We've no less days to sing Earth's praise
than when we'd first begun. (PTolleson/tgs)
Sharing 'The Peace
Let us now take some time to celebrate each other.
May a heart of peace rest with you. (David Galston/q)
All And also with you.
You are invited to share the peace with your neighbours
OR
Namaste
Facing the person with right hand on your heart and a slight bow of the head…
The Divine in me honours the Divine in you.
OR
The Light in me recognises the Light in you.
OR
The spirit within me sees the spirit within you.
CELEBRATING
Hymn/Song People stand as they are able, to sing
“Imagining Stars” (Tune: ‘Stuttgart’. 87.87) 21 SNS2
When, at night, the stars shine on us
Light years from our tiny earth,
Songs and psalms provoke the questions
Of our fragile human worth.
These gigantic specks are burning
Balls of fire, as at play;
Stars in billions share their light and
Thus create a Milky Way.
We still gaze in raw amazement,
Contemplating timeless space;
Numberless, the stars keep stories
Hidden from our human race.
Tiny holes in heaven’s flooring
Letting light beyond shine through;
Stars invite us to imagine
What it is we cannot view.
Myst’ry strides across the canvas
Of the picture we might paint;
Sacredness is grandly present;
Let us praise without restraint. (George Stuart)
OR
“Earth Was Given as a Garden” (Tune: ‘Hyfrydol’, 87.87D) 207 SLT
Earth was given as a garden,
cradle for humanity;
tree of life and tree of knowledge
placed for our discovery.
Here was home for all your creatures
born of land and sky and sea;
all created in your image,
all to live in harmony
Show to us again the garden
where all life flows fresh and free.
Gently guide your sons and daughters
into full maturity.
Teach us how to trust each other,
how to use for good our power,
how to touch the earth with rev’rence.
Then once more will Eden flower.
Bless the earth and all your children,
one creation: make us whole,
interwoven, all connected,
planet wide and inmost soul.
Holy mother, life bestowing,
bid our waste and warfare cease.
Fill us all with grace o’er-flowing.
Teach us how to live in peace. (Roberta Bard Ruby)
The people sit
The Offerings
The Presentation
By our smallest actions, we become
part of a bigger world.
The smallest giving can be an expression
of the good spirit of generosity and caring.
May we be helped to carry through the doorway of each new day
this good spirit of generosity and caring.
With the Children
Children gather on the conversation mat
Conversation:
An excellent resource is: S. Bellis. The Curious Mind of Young Darwin. Shrewsbury: Field Studies Council, 2008
Likewise, Char Matejovsky. Shadow on the Moon. A Child’s Guide to the Discovery of the Solar System. Salem: Polebridge, 2014
Also check out: <www.darwinshrewsbury.org>
"Somewhere someone":
The kingdom of love is coming because:
All somewhere someone is kind when others are unkind,
somewhere someone shares with another in need,
somewhere someone refuses to hate, while others hate,
somewhere someone is patient - and waits in love,
somewhere someone returns good for evil,
somewhere someone serves another, in love,
somewhere someone is calm in a storm,
somewhere someone is loving everybody.
Is that someone you? (Binkley & McKeel/jke)
In Solidarity
Care Candle:
We are people of all ages who enter this space
bringing our joys and concerns.
Joys and Celebrations; Griefs and Concerns shared
Focused Thoughts:
Listening Response:
In this abundant blessing
All We share the joy.
In this, our time of need,
All May love abound. (Gretta Vosper/wwg)
And so we take this flame and light our special care candle…
The Care Candle is lit
For ourselves, for those named or remembered,
and in solidarity with those
who have not the freedom
to express their concern or celebration
for fear of discrimination or condemnation.
In all our joys and in all our concerns, may we be ever mindful
of the presence of the sacred among us,
and to see new possibilities of the now.
The 'Abba' Prayer: (Optional)
You are invited to pray in the spirit of the Abba/Lord's Prayer, and in your original language, as appropriate
All Loving Presence, luminous in all creation,
hallowed be your name.
Thy kin-dom come.
May we reflect on earth
the yielding perfection of the heavens.
Help us to receive an illumined measure from the earth this day.
Forgive us when we trespass against others,
human and other than human,
as we forgive others who trespass against us.
Keep us on the path of wisdom
when we are tempted to take the selfish path.
May it be your rule we follow,
your power we exercise,
and your radiance that allures.
May this be the truth that guides our lives,
the ground from which our future will grow,
until we meet again. (Bruce Sanguin/dddc)
PARTING
Hymn/Song The people stand as they are able, to sing
“A Firemist and a Planet” (Tune: 'Aurelia', 76.76D). 343 (v1-2) SLT
A firemist and a planet,
a crystal and a cell,
a starfish and a saurian,
and caves where ancients dwelt;
the sense of law and beauty,
a face turned from the sod
- some call it evolution,
and others call it God.
Haze on the far horizon,
the infinite tender sky,
the ripe, rich tints of [wheat]fields,
and wild geese sailing high;
and over high and low-land,
the charm of golden rod
- some people call it autumn,
and others call it God.
OR
“Gift of the Solar Fire (In Praise of Light and Glass)”
Author: William L. Wallace
Tune: ‘Solar Fire’ Barry Brinson Alternative Tune: ‘Diademata’
Musical Score: www.methodist.org.nz/resources/hymns/boundless life
Gift of the solar fire,
Life-giving golden rays,
Caressing all Earth’s face with warmth
Till hearts are filled with praise.
Without you all is dark,
Without you all is dead,
The colours fade into a void
Which masks life’s sacred thread.
Rainbows delight our eyes
Clothed in the spectrum’s robe,
Unpacking all the artist skills
Within Earth’s fragile globe.
With glass we recreate
The wonder of the skies
And through the lens of crystal threads
See life with mystic eyes.
Parting Words
Let us take on this week’s life with renewed hope and imagination...
The Community Candle is extinguished
Blessed be God
All Blessed be the earth
Blessed be those who compost
and nurture the earth
All Blessed be the petals, leaves and stems
that become compost for the seeds of the plant
Blessed be the life cycle that sustains and nurtures
All Blessed be God who creates and co-creates
Blessed be those who walk on the earth with respect.
All Blessed be all who care for the earth
Blessed be all! (Maggie Abbott/sotc)
Words of Blessing
May the God who dances in creation,
who embraces us in human love,
who shakes our lives like thunder,
bless us and drive us out with power
to fill the world with her justice.
All May it be so!
Hymn/Song (Cont.) “A Firemist and a Planet” (Tune: 'Aurelia', 76.76D). 343(v3-4) SLT
Like tides on crescent sea-beach,
when moon's so new and thin,
into our hearts high yearnings
come welling, surging in,
come from the mystic ocean
whose rim not foot has trod
- some people call it longing,
and others call it God.
A sentry lone and frozen,
a mother starved for her brood,
and Socrates' dread hemlock,
and Jesus on the rood;
and millions, who, though nameless,
the straight, hard pathway trod,
- some call it consecration,
and others call it God. WHCarruth
OR
(Cont) “Gift of the Solar Fire (In Praise of Light and Glass)”
Author: William L. Wallace
Tune: ‘Solar Fire’ Barry Brinson Alternative Tune: ‘Diademata’
Musical Score: www.methodist.org.nz/resources/hymns/boundless life
Mystery of God in light,
Seen both in joy and pain,
In haunting cross and sparkling seas,
In sunshine and the rain,
Within our complex self
We glimpse a gilded space,
A silence which we share with God,
A chalice filled with grace.
Though many hearts embrace
Sexist and racist ways
We seek to live inclusive lives
Of pluralistic praise.
We share our work and wealth,
We treasure Earth’s domains,
We honour all within its web
And all its life contains.
The people sit after the hymn/song
'This Week' at (NN)
Birthdays
Anniversaries
Significant Events
Journey Candles
Recessional Music
Fellowship
Morning tea is now served.
You are invited to share in this time of fellowship and conversation
You are invited to keep this copy of the liturgy and take it home with you
to share with another member of your family, or with a friend
Please include any reproduction of hymns/songs for local church use
on your Music Licence returns, as appropriate
Some of the Resources used in Shaping this Liturgy:
Abbott, M. Sparks of the Cosmos. Rituals for Seasonal Use. Unley. MediaCom Education, 2001
(AA) Alleluia Aotearoa. Hymns and Songs for All Churches. Raumati. New Zealand Hymnbook Trust, 1993.
Binkley, C. G. &. M. McKeel. Jesus and his Kingdom of Equals. An International Curriculum on the Life and Teaching of Jesus. Santa Rosa. Polebridge Press, 2001.
Burgess, R. A Book of Blessings. Glasgow. Wild Goose Publications, 2001.
Holy Bible. NRSV. Nashville. Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1989.
Macnab, F. Hope: The deeper longings of the mind and heart. Richmond. Spectrum Publications, 1996.
Morwood, M. Praying a New Story. Richmond. Spectrum Publications, 2003.
Sanguin, B. Darwin, Divinity, and the Dance of the Cosmos. An Ecological Christianity. Kelowna. CopperHouse, 2007.
Shick, S. M. Consider the Lilies. Meditations. Boston. Skinner House Books, 2004.
(SLT) Singing the Living Tradition. Boston. UUA, 1993.
(SNS2) Stuart, G. Singing a New Song. Traditional Hymn Tunes with New Century Lyrics. Volume 2. Toronto. G Stuart, 2009.
(TiS) Together in Song. Australian Hymn Book 2. Sydney. HarperCollins Religious, 1999.
Vosper, G. With or Without God. Why the Way we Live is More Important than What we Believe. Canada. Toronto. HarperCollins, 2008.
Vosper, G. Another Breath. Prayers for Celebration and Reflection. Brisbane. The Centre for Progressive Religious Thought Brisbane, 2009/2010.
Web sites/Other:
Strong. UUA Worship Web. Boston. <www.uua.org/spirituallife/worshipweb/>
Pete Tolleson. "Amazing Place". The great story. <www.thegreatstory.org> 2003.
Connie Barlow. 'We are made of stardust' (Adapted). <www.thegreatstory.org> 2003
Andrew Pratt eMail distribution. UK. Direct from the author.
The Clergy Letter Project. "Evolution Weekend" Resources for UU ministers.
David Galston. Quest Learning Centre for Religious Literacy. <http://www.questcentre.ca/>
St Stephen’s Non-Theistic Project. http://stephen.srv.ualberta.ca/publications/non-theistic-liturgy-resources/#sthash.0Sd5KwzN.wLO2Tlw4.dpbs