Liturgical Resources: Cover Image: Nympheas 3 by Claude Monet; Portions of liturgy adapted from ucc.org @ “Fill the JAR 2026 – Resources for Labor Day”; Words for Opening Hymn by Amanda Udis-Kessler; Benediction adapted from Labor Sunday Liturgy by Rev. Ed Middleton
Words, lyrics, and presentation used with permission through Holmdel Community United Church of Christ Copyright License #2484082, via Church Copyright Licensing Portland, OR and ONE LICENSE, License #A-700000. All rights reserved.
Land Acknowledgement: Our buildings stand on the ancestral land of the Munsee Lenape, LenapeHaki-nk (Lenni-Lenape). We acknowledge these Indigenous Peoples and decry the unjust taking of their land, the unfulfilled promises of U.S. treaties granting land access,and the still unresolved traumas of forced migration, genocide, and theft. We acknowledge and affirm Native American values and Indigenous cultures while holding space for atonement and healing