Worship Arts Resources Burning Bowl 25

Please email me immediately if any of these links are broken.

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Standard info

Address: 200 8th Ave N, Seattle WA 98109.
Entry: Before 7:45, if possible enter via the underground parking garage elevator. After 7:45 front door is open. If you are locked out, text my cell. Erin’s cell is 206-422-1740 for emergencies.
Parking: You may park in the underground parking accessible via the alley behind our building, entrance is midway down the block. Park in the Seattle Unity staff spots, by our elevator. Street parking is also free on Sunday.
Sanctuary is level 2.
Network: Unity-Guest — Password: Beherenow

Please print any charts/lyrics/texts that you need. Many folks use tablet readers, wifi info above^. We have no printers available on site.

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Order of Service and links for Burning Bowl Sunday 12/28/2025

Church staff: Rev. Karen Lindvig, Rev. Diane Robertson, Karen R Smith, Michael O’ Larick
Community Representatives: none?
Worship Arts: Monique Lowe, Marcus Johnson-Taltoan, Rose Ramm, Olivia Hamilton, Jesse Whitford, David Loy, Erin McGaughan and maybe 1 or 2 others?
Technical: Nick Charlton, audio; David Comeaux, livestream

7:00 a.m. Nick opens garage, sets up tech.
7:50 a.m. All musicians/singers on site. Instrumentalists needing equipment set-up time, please arrive earlier.
8:00 a.m. Worship Arts work-thru.
9:00 a.m. FAST cue to cue, with Rev, full tech, platform guests and readers.
9:30 a.m. House open; recorded music.
10:00 a.m. service, done by 11:15ish.

Stage plot is below

Livestream techs: Main slides are here; holding slides are here

Step By Step

8 -9 — work thru of music (and some slides)
Livestream techs please make sure the rehearsal is not broadcast or audible to L1 or L3.

9 — quick cue-thru with Rev, readers, platform guests, slides, tech elements.
Livestream techs after this, please send the Announcements+Connections vid (link coming) on loop to all monitors, L1, Sanctuary and L3. Continue til service starts. 9:30 – House open, Nick please play recorded music til prelude starts.

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1) 9:56 or so: BAND in-room prelude – instrumental Light My Fire – by Robby Kreiger et al
Sample
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Livestream techs please start livestream when band begins; please run the Announcements+Connections vid in-room and on-line during prelude til service starts. PLEASE DOUBLE CHECK THE CONNECTIONS FOR FB, YOUTUBE, VIMEO.

2) 10:00: Erin starts service
Livestream techs As usual, use logo holding slide for in-room as appropriate throughout.

3) All – Break Every Chain – by Will Reagan
I’ll lead lyric changes
Sample – but let’s give this more energy, and a scoche faster. Bgv’s, the second part sounds like this.
chart – we’ll do the B section after the prayer
Band vamp during prayer

4) Rev – Opening Statement
Livestream techs – Opening Statement slide

5) All – Break Every Chain pt 2 finish– trad

6) Rev – Welcomes, Prayer for the Future, Announcements, special mention of weird order (offering, chaplain/prayer contacts, etc), cues meet n greet
Livestream techs – Prayer slide, as needed.

7) Meet-n-greet – 1 minute max – band choice
Livestream techs: Announcements vid only (link coming) for all; note: run it once only
Then go to live cameras for online; and to logo holding slide for in-room.

8) All – God is My Source – by Karen Drucker
Sample – ours is a little faster
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No reader today?

9) Erin and band – Here’s to You, Baby – by me
No bgvs on this
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10) Talk – Rev
Livestreamer techs: go to nature pic holding slide

11) Offering – Karen cues the offering
Livestream techs : Offering Prayer slide, then back to nature slide

12) All – I Am Letting Go – by Doug LeBow
This happens as offering is being collected
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13) Meditation – writing

14) Close – Karen. plz let them know we’ll sing I Release and then go upstairs

15) All – I Release – by Rickie Byars
We’ll do the intro verse together, likely splitting up the lines among the Bgv’s as is comfy in the moment.
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Olivia takes off quickly upstairs and begins playing My Soul Rises Up on guitar, as background for the chaplains and the burning ritual itself
Livestream techs – On last words of the song, go to credit slide, then end livestream during postlude as usual.

16) David/Jesse, continue with in-room postlude.
SINGERS head up to the roof patio and join Olivia on My Soul Rises Up.
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FIN.

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