Author: Worship Cluster

“Ecological Grief: A New Way of Moving Forward”
Service Leader: Fran Mowbray
Speaker: Laurie-Anne Muldoon
Zoom Support: Martha Nabatian and Nick Lepan

Announcements
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Prelude “Big Yellow Taxi” by Joni Mitchell
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Welcome, Affirmation, and Chalice Lighting
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Reading “If Earth Was Our Patient” by Owen Dan Luo, read by Laurie-Anne Muldoon
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Song “We Shall Be Known” by Karisha Longaker, performed by MaMuse (Karisha Longaker and Sarah Nutting)
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Presentation “Ecological Grief” Laurie-Anne Muldoon
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Introduction to the next Song
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Song “Le vent d’automne” performed by Laurie-Anne Muldoon and Louka Kavcic
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Offertory Words and Introduction to Closing Words
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Closing Words
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Entrusting the Flame
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Postlude “Sacred Sound” by Youssoupha Sidbe
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Additional music links:
“We Shall Be Known” and “River Run Free” by Mamuse, Live
MaMuse | “We Shall Be Known” | Thrive East Bay
Youssoupha Sidbe – Top Tracks

“What Kind of Love Is Possible”
Service Leader: Laura Evans
Speaker: Caroline Balderston Parry
Zoom Support: Martha Nabatian, Nick Lepan

Prelude: #51 “Lady of the Season’s Laughter” performed by Annie Patterson
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Welcome Laura Evans
Reading and Chalice Lighting “Breath and Eternal Love” by Rev. Diane Rollert, Minister of Unitarian Church of Montreal
Joys and Sorrows
Song: “Love is the Word” by Deborah Dunleavy, Performed by Caroline Balderston Parry

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Sermon: “What Kind of Love is Possible” Caroline Balderston Parry

Song: #18 – “What Wondrous Love” performed by First Unitarian Church of Oakland
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Closing Reading: “O Great Love, thank you for living and loving in us and through us…” by Father Richard Rohr
Entrusting the Flame and Mindfulness Bell
Thanks and invitation to Zoom “coffee hour”

Postlude: “You Can Do This Hard Thing” by Carrie Newcomer
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Note about the music: Both Annie Patterson and Carrie Newcomer are singer-songwriters whom Caroline Balderston Parry admires. All are Quaker.

Media Credits:
CC Video Footage provided by Videvo.net:
“Flying Over Misty Coastline” by Bellergy
“Dense Fog-Covered Forest 1” by Voyager Project
“Tree Against Sun” by M Broz

“SeedChange Sunday”
Service Leaders: Marilynn Kuhn and Elinor Mueller
Speaker: Jane Rabinowicz, Executive Director of SeedChange

Announcements and Welcome
Opening Words by Marianne Hachten Cotter
Chalice Lighting words by Rev. Debra Faulk
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Song: #318 – “We Would Be One” with our thanks to the Church of the Larger Fellowship CLFUU
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Reading: “Autumn – A Season of Paradox” by Parker J. Palmer
Joys and Sorrows
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Song: #123 – “Spirit of Life” sung by All Souls Virtual Choir
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Introduction of Jane Rabinowicz, Executive Director of SeedChange
Presentation (followed by Questions and Answers): “Indigenous Leadership – Food Security – Community Resilience” – Jane Rabinowicz
Offertory Message
Closing Words: #693 by V. Emil Gudmundson
Entrusting the Flame and Mindfulness Bell
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Postlude: “Bridge Over Troubled Water” sung by Celtic Woman & PS22 Chorus
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MEDIA CREDITS:
CC-licensed Video Footage from videvo.net:
“Autumn Leaves on the Ground, In the Wind” by Taylor Mefford
“Autumn Leaves in Slow Motion 11” by daha
“Clouds” by Videvo
CC-licensed Video Footage from vidsplay.com:
“Blurry Candles” by vidsplay

“Renewal of Our Fellowship’s Resources”
Service Leader: allison calvern
Speakers: allison calvern, Brandon Milk, Dave Edmunds, Maurice Cabana-Proulx, Michel Jan

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Order of Service
Prelude: Northern Lullaby by Sergey Chereminsinov; Video imagery by Eggert Gunnarsson and NatureClip, via Videvo
Announcements Brandon Milk
Mindfulness Bell and Opening Words allison calvern
Welcome/Accueil and Chalice Lighting Maurice Cabana-Proulx
Story: “A Prayer for Mother and Child” allison calvern
Joys and Sorrows allison calvern
Song #1 “May Nothing Evil Cross This Door” via Youtube
Affirmation Michel Jan (live on Zoom) / allison calvern (Sanctuary)
Reading: “Song of Beauty” Dave Edmunds (Zoom) / allison calvern (Sanctuary)
Talk: “Adult Religious Exploration” Michel Jan
Talk: “State of the Fellowship” Brandon Milk
Talk: “Finances at UUFO” Dave Edmunds
Offertory Message Dave Edmunds
Interview with Allison Armstrong allison calvern & Allison Armstrong
Song “There Is A Love” via Youtube
Closing Words allison calvern
Entrusting the Flame and Mindfulness Bell allison calvern
Postlude: Fortuna Saltans (Zoom) by Dee Yan-Kee; Video imagery by Taylor Mefford, daha, and Videvo via Videvo / Piano Postlude (Sanctuary) “The Rainbow Connecton” Pat Lucey on Piano

“Hope Rises”
Service Leader: Nick Lepan
Reader: Laura Evans

Prelude: Unheard Music Concepts – Dakota
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Welcome, Affirmation and Chalice Lighting
Joys and Sorrows

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First Reading: “The Pandemic and Grief”  adapted from Harvard Business Review “That Discomfort You’re feeling is Grief” by Scott Berinato
Meditation and Guided Discussion

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Song: #100 “I’ve Got Peace Like a River” performed with permission by Mark Buckles, UUA

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Second Reading: from the essay “The Pandemic Is A Portal” by Arundhati Roy, read by Laura Evans. Click on this link to read the entire essay.
Meditation and Guided Discussion

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Closing Words “Hope Rises” by John Buehrens and Rebecca Parker

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Entrusting the Flame

Postlude “Una Reverencia a Bach- Gigue” performed by Judith Milena: Milena Cord-a Krax http://judithmilena.com/ CC-BY-SA

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“Thanks Giving”
Service Leaders: Martha Nabatian and Chris Baddeley Girard

NOTE: Martha was the Zoom Service Leader, and Chris was the Sanctuary Service Leader in this hybrid service.

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Announcements Martha Nabatian

Prelude “What a Wonderful World” Louis Armstrong
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Mindfulness Bell Martha Nabatian
Welcome and Opening Words Martha Nabatian
Chalice Lighting Chris Baddeley Girard and Martha Nabatian

Song #347 “Gather the Spirit” performed by the Eno River Singers Virtual Choir
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Joys and Sorrows Martha Nabatian

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Meditation Martha Nabatian

Song #”How Can I Keep from Singing” performed by The Podd Brothers with Grace Choral of Brooklyn, First Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn, and First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn
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Introductory Words from Rev. Lynn Ungar Martha Nabatian
Time for Sharing

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Closing Words Chris Baddeley Girard
Entrusting the Flame and Mindfulness Bell Martha Nabatian

Postlude “I’ve Got Plenty to be Thankful For” Bing Crosby
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MEDIA CREDITS:
CC-licensed Video Footage from videvo.net:
“Closeup Waterfall” and “Thick Smoke” by Beachfront
“Waterblue” by Giannis
CC-licensed Video Footage from vidsplay.com:
“Blurry Candles” and “Candle” by vidsplay
CC-licensed Audio Footage from zapsplat.com:
“Tibetan Hit” by NoiseCreations

“Renewal”
Service Leaders: Nick Lepan and Fran Mowbray
Speaker: E.N. Hill, Ministerial Intern
Reader: Nancy Rubenstein
Musical Guests: Michel Boudreau, Nick Lepan, Fran Mowbray

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Prelude: #123 Spirit of Life
Announcements
Welcome
Opening Words
Chalice Lighting
Opening Song “New World in the Morning” performed by Fran & Nick
Reading
Meditation + Joys & Sorrows
Music Video: “Gorillaz – Every Planet We Reach Is Dead”
Reflection “What are we to do?” E.N. Hill, Ministerial Intern
Offertory words/instructions for giving
Music Video “With Our Own 2 Hands” ATD Fourth World (All Together in Dignity)
Closing Words
Chalice Extinguishing
Postlude “Let It Be” by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, performed by Michel Boudreau
Benediction

“Climate Justice”
Service Leader: Frances Cosstick
Speaker: Bruce Knotts

Prelude
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Welcome and Opening Words
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Introduction of Bruce Knotts
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Presentation
“Climate Justice: We are all in it Together“
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Song
“You Can Pull Me Through” by Jim Cuddy, performed by Michel Boudreau
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Closing Words: We extinguish our flame but not the light of truth, the fire of commitment or the warmth of community.

Postlude
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“Renewal”
Service Leaders: Martha Nabatian and Nick Lepan
Speakers: Hoppy Roy, Enrique Soto, and allison calvern

Prelude
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Welcome and Introduction (includes the first minute of the preceding Prelude video)
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Song
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Story for All Ages
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NOTE: This story was read by Nick in the service, but the audio for this portion of the recorded service was not good, so we are presenting the text of the story with pictures instead.

Reflections on Renewal Click on this link to listen to Hoppy Roy’s Talk

Reflections on Renewal Click on this link to listen to Enrique Soto’s Talk

Reflections on Renewal Click on this link to view the Video of allison calvern’s Talk

Song
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Closing Words
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Entrusting the Flame
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On September 13th we began our 2020-2021 Program Year with a new format: a Hybrid Service in which a small safe group of socially-distanced members and friends were joined by a number of participants on Zoom. Despite lots of preparation and testing, we experienced some audio problems resulting from our objective of integrating Zoom audio with the sound system in our Sanctuary. We are working hard to analyze, test and resolve these problems prior to our planned September 20th Hybrid Service, but meanwhile, we will share the main elements of the September 13th with you here in this blog post.

“Water Communion Celebration”
Service Leader: Pat Lucey
Speakers: Rev. Evangeline Danseco, E.N.Hill, Ministerial Intern

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Click this link Water Communion Ceremony – Introduction and Reading to read the Service Leader’s text for this part of the service.

Click this link Joys and Sorrows to read the Service Leader’s text for this part of the service.

Click this link Introduction to Music Video “The Water Song” to read the Service Leader’s text for this part of the service.

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Introduction to Meditation
We are pleased to invite Rev. Evangeline Danseco to lead us in a water meditation. She will now be joining us by recorded audio.

Meditation “Water Meditation” Rev. Evangeline Danseco
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Introducing E.N. Hill, Ministerial Intern
Our next featured speaker for today is E.N. Hill, the new Ministerial Intern for First Unitarian, and for our Fellowship. In the following audio recording, Fran Mowbray and Nancy Rubenstein will introduce E.N. to us, and then E.N.’s video talk will follow. Click this link to listen to Fran and Nancy’s Introduction.

Video Talk “Learning to Swim” E.N. Hill
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Closing Words for Seasonal Transitions Rev. Dr. Andrew Pakula
from the UUA Worship Web
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Extinguishing the Flame
Carry the flame of peace and love until we meet again.
Portons la flamme d’amour et de paix jusqu’à notre retour.

Postlude #1064 “Blue Boat Home” composed and performed by Peter Mayer
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