A Celebration of the Life of Tom Warth, August 22, 2020, 2:00 pm

Prelude   Tom’s Life in Photos       Bernardo Scarambone

Call to Worship   Rev. Kent Gilbert

Reading   The Dash  Linda Ellis @ 1996    Alisa Pykett, Reader

Forever Missed – a Memorial  by Megan Denham

Hymn   Credo  by Shelley Jackson Denham  Shar Jackson

We laugh, we cry, we live, we die; we dance, we sing our song. We need to feel there’s something here to which we can belong. We need to feel the freedom just to have some time alone. But most of all we need close friends we can call our very own. And we believe in life, and in the strength of love; and we have found a need to be together. We have our hearts to give we have our thoughts to receive; and we believe that sharing is an answer.

Our lives are full of wonder and our time is very brief. The death of one among us fills us all with pain and grief. But as we live, so shall we die, and when our lives are done The memories we shared with friends, they will linger on and on. And we believe in life, and in the strength of love; And we have found a place to be together. We have the right to grow, we have the gift to believe That peace within our living is an answer.

Eulogy  Memorial  Rev. Kent Gilbert

Music Let All the People Praise  Union Church Choir   Introduction by Bernardo Scarambone

Readings  Lecture to an Ailing Body, Edward M. Cameron and Ascension, Colleen C. Hitchcock      David Duffee, Reader

Memorial – My Father by Todd Warth

Lighting Ceremony

During this time we invite watchers to share a word, a reflection, a memory with the family by using the chat or comment box. All responses will be saved and shared. This would also be a time to make ready a candle or oil lamp that we will invite you to light shortly.

Special Music  There is More Love trad. African American,  arr., Denham Jane Warth

There is more love, somewhere. There is more love somewhere. I’m gonna keep on ‘til I find it.

There is more peace, somewhere. There is more peace somewhere. I’m gonna keep on ‘til I find it.

There is more joy, somewhere. There is more joy somewhere. I’m gonna keep on ‘til I find it.

Benediction  Rev. Carla Gilbert
Postlude