The Music Report lists all of the music performed at UUSE Sunday Services during the reporting period Starting Mon Jul 01 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) today is Thu Nov 21 2024 06:15:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

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"Principles and Values: Reflections on Article 2" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, July 14, 2024

Prelude ---------------------

- "Teach Your Children Well"

- by Graham Nash

- Pat Eaton-Robb, guitar

Opening Song ---------------------

- #1031 "Filled With Loving Kindness"

- Traditional Buddhist meditation, ad. by Mark W. Hayes

- Music by Ian Riddell

Offering Music ---------------------

- "All Some Kind of Dream"

- By Josh Ritter

- Pat Eaton-Robb, guitar

Closing Song ---------------------

- #95 "There is More Love Somewhere"

- African American hymn

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"Let Us All Sing" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, July 21, 2024

Prelude ---------------------

- "Sing Break Into Song"

- Members of the

- Manchester Women's Sacred Singing Circle

What Makes a Hymn UU? ---------------------

- --Reading from the Preface to

- Read by Nancy Madar

Opening Hymn ---------------------

- #108 "My Life Flows On in Endless Song"

- Words: Traditional, Verse 3 by Doria Penn

- Music: Robert Lowry

Congregational Hymn Sing Part 1 ---------------------

- #123 "Spirit of Life"

- Words and music: Carolyn McDade

- Introduced by Martha Larson

- #205 "Amazing Grace"

- Words: John Newton

- Music: Columbian Harmony, arr. by J. Jefferson Cleveland

- Introduced by Anne Vaughan

- #16 "'Tis a Gift to Be Simple"

- Words: Joseph Brackett

- Music: American Shaker tune

- Introduced by Martha Larson

Congregational Hymn Sing Part 2 ---------------------

- #159 "This Is My Song"

- Words: Lloyd Stone

- Music: Jean Sibelius

- #1064 "Blue Boat Home"

- Words: Peter Mayer

- Music: Roland Hugh Prichard, adapted by Peter Mayer

- Introduced by Stacey Musulin

Congregational Hymn Sing Part 3 ---------------------

- #1053 "How Could Anyone"

- Words & music: Libby Roderick

- Introduced by Leslie Greene

- #203 "All Creatures of the Earth and Sky"

- Verses, 1, 2, 3

- Words attributed to St. Francis of Assisi

- Music: Ausserlesene Catholische Kirchengesang,

- Adapted by Ralph Vaughan Williams

- Introduced by Stacey Musulin

- "In the Garden"

- Words and music: Charles Miles

- Introduced by Martha Larson

Closing Hymn ---------------------

- #1057 "Go Lifted Up"

- Words and music: Mortimer Barron

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"Spinoza's God: Wisdom from the 1600s" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, July 28, 2024

Prelude ---------------------

- "God is All, All is God"

- by Mary Bopp

Opening Hymn ---------------------

- #155 "Circle Round for Freedom"

- by Linda Hirschhorn

Offering Music ---------------------

- "Lawful Harmony of the World"

- by Mary Bopp

Closing Hymn ---------------------

- #1064 "Blue Boat Home"

- by Peter Mayer

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"Sacred Words" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, August 4, 2024

Prelude ---------------------

- "The Song the World Still Sings"

- Music and Lyrics by Jenn Richards

Opening Hymn ---------------------

- "Morning Has Broken"

- #38 in

- Words by Eleanor Farjeon; Music: traditional Gaelic melody

Offering Music ---------------------

- "The End"

- Music and Lyrics by Lucky Luke Harper

Closing Hymn ---------------------

- “May Nothing Evil Cross This Door”

- #1 in

- Words by Louis Untermeyer, Music by Robert N. Quaile

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"Unearthing Our Spiritual Roots" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, August 11, 2024

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"Ritual and Repetition: The Pathways to Spirituality" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, August 18, 2024

Prelude ---------------------

- "Secret of Life"

- by James Taylor

- Andy Ricci, guitar and vocals

Offertory Music ---------------------

- "Circle Game"

- by Joni Mitchell

- Andy Ricci, guitar and vocals

Hymn ---------------------

- #1009 "Meditation on Breathing"

- by Sarah Dan Jones

- Dorothy Bognar, piano

Musical Meditation ---------------------

- "Meditation on Breathing"

Closing Hymn ---------------------

- #1031 "Filled with Loving Kindness"

- Ancient Buddhist Chant

- Adapted by Mark W. Hayes; Music by Ian W. Riddell

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"Coffee House Worship" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, August 25, 2024

Gathering Music ---------------------

- “Turn, Turn, Turn”

- by Pete Seeger/Ecclesiastes

- Pat Eaton-Robb, vocals, guitar

Prelude ---------------------

- “I Will”

- by Paul McCartney

- Sandy Johnson, vocals; Dan Thompson and Andy Ricci, guitars

Opening Song ---------------------

- “Morning Has Broken”

- by Eleanor Farjeon

- Pat Eaton-Robb, vocals, guitar

Offering Music ---------------------

- "Nosebleeds"

- by Luke Harper

Music and Poetry ---------------------

- Original Song (to be announced)

- Nick Glomb, guitar and vocals

- “Independence Day”

- by Gretchen Peters (Martina McBride version)

- Kate Howard-Bender, guitar and vocals

- “Rearview Mirror”

- by Cory Clark

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- “Girl from Ipanema”

- Antonio Carlos Jobim

- Sandy Johnson, vocals; Dan Thompson and Andy Ricci, guitars

-  “Wisdom of Athena”

- by Bill Lautenbach

- "Healing Time On Earth"

- by John Denver

- Nancy Madar, guitar and vocals; Joe Madar, vocals

Closing song ---------------------

- #131 “Love Will Guide Us

- by Sally Rogers

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"You're Invited!" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, September 1, 2024

Prelude ---------------------

- Original Composition

- by Mary Bopp

Opening Hymn ---------------------

- #361 Enter, Rejoice, & Come In

- Words & Music by Louise Ruspini

Closing Hymn ---------------------

- #188 "Come, Come, Whoever You Are"

- Words adapted from Rumi

- Music by Lynn Adair Unger

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"Homecoming" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, September 8, 2024

Prelude ---------------------

- “Bulgarian Rhythm from Mikrokosmos”  

- By Béla Bartók

- Mary Bopp, Dorothy Bognar, pianos

Opening Hymn ---------------------

- #361 “Enter, Rejoice and Come In”

- Words and Music by Louise Ruspini

Offertory Music ---------------------

- “Allegro Molto ed Appassionato” from

- Edvard Grieg

- Anhared Stowe, violin; Mary Bopp, piano

Chant ---------------------

- “Love is the Spirit of This Church”

- words by James Vila Blake, music by Mary Bopp

Closing Hymn ---------------------

- #1010 “We Give Thanks”

- Words and music by Wendy Luella Perkins

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"Sitting at the Messianic Table" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, September 15, 2024

Prelude ---------------------

- “Allegro” from

- by Wolfgang A. Mozart

- Greig Shearer, flute

- Anhared Stowe, violin

- Patricia Vance, viola

- Pablo Issa, cello

Opening Hymn ---------------------

- #360 “Here We Have Gathered”

- Words by Alicia Carpenter

- Music: Genevan psalter, 1543

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Music ---------------------

- “Adagio” from

- by Wolfgang A. Mozart

- Greig Shearer, flute

- Anhared Stowe, violin

- Patricia Vance, viola

- Pablo Issa, cello

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Offering Music ---------------------

- “Rondeau” from

- by Wolfgang A. Mozart

- Greig Shearer, flute

- Anhared Stowe, violin

- Patricia Vance, viola

- Pablo Issa, cello

- “Sitting at the Messianic Table”

- Rev. Josh Pawelek

Closing Hymn ---------------------

- #407 “We’re Gonna Sit at the Welcome Table”

- Traditional

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"Equinox: Harvest and Balance" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, September 22, 2024

Prelude ---------------------

- "Mabon Magic

- by Mary Bopp

Opening Hymn ---------------------

- #1069 "Ancient Mother"

- Traditional Navajo Prayer

Offering Music ---------------------

- "Everything Will Be All Right"

- by Kay Gardner

Closing Hymn ---------------------

- "Cycles of Life"

- by Janet Ciano

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"Are You Ready?" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, September 29, 2024

Prelude ---------------------

- "Falling Colors"

- by Mary Bopp

Opening Song ---------------------

- #1009 "Meditation on Breathing"

- by Sarah Dan Jones

Offering Music ---------------------

- "Ritual Fire Dance"

- by Manuel de Falla

- Mary Bopp, piano

Closing Song ---------------------

- "Great Balls of Fire Alarm"

- Adapted from Jerry Lee Lewis

- Andy Ricci, guitar and vocals

- Mary Bopp, piano

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"Listen to the Voices" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, October 6, 2024

Prelude ---------------------

- "Listen to the Voices"

- written by Holly Near

- and recorded by Joe Madar

- New video by Dan Thompson and Jeannette LeSure

Opening Hymn ---------------------

- #112 "Do You Hear?"

- Words: Emily L. Thorn

- Music: William Caldwell's Union Harmony, 1837

Offertory Music ---------------------

- "The Silence Between the Notes"

- by Mary Bopp

Closing Hymn ---------------------

- #391 "Voice Still and Small"

- Words and music by John Corrado

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"All That We Let In" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, October 13, 2024

Prelude ---------------------

- "Autumn Town Leaves"

- by Iron and Wine

- Jenn Richard, guitar and vocals

Opening Hymn ---------------------

- #298 “Wake Now My Senses” (verses 1-3)

- Words by Thomas Mikelson

- Music: traditional Irish melody

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Offering Music ---------------------

- “All That We Let In”

-  by the Indigo Girls

- Jenn Richard, guitar and vocals

Closing Hymn ---------------------

- #318 “We Would Be One”

- Words by Samuel Anthony Wright

- Music by Jean Sibelius

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"Ageism" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, October 20, 2024

Prelude ---------------------

- "Autumnal"

Opening Hymn ---------------------

- #1007 "There's a River Flowin' in My Soul"

- Words and Music: Rose Sanders

Offering Music ---------------------

- "How Could Anyone"

- by Libby Roderick, arr. by Mary Bopp

Closing Hymn ---------------------

- #1028 "The Fire of Commitment"

- Words: Mary Katherine Morn

- Music Jason Shelton

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"Ancestor Day" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, October 27, 2024

Prelude and Calling the Quarters ---------------------

- "To the Four Directions"

- Music by Mary Bopp

- Words adapted from Joan Goodwin's "To the Four Directions"

- Sandy Johnson, vocals

Opening Hymn ---------------------

- #103 "For All the Saints"

Offering Music ---------------------

- "Faded in the Sun"

- by Lilly Coleman

Closing Hymn ---------------------

- #52 "In Sweet Fields of Autumn"

- words by Elizabeth Madison

- music by William James Kirkpatrick

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"America the Beautiful" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, November 3, 2024

Prelude ---------------------

- Americana I: "Fantasia on America the Beautiful"

- Music by Samuel A. Ward

- Mary Bopp, piano

Song ---------------------

- #1009 “Meditation on Breathing”

- By Sara Dan Jones

Offering Music ---------------------

- Americana II: "Fantasia on Themes from Aaron Copland”

- Mary Bopp, piano

Closing Song ---------------------

- “America the Beautiful”

- adapted from Katherine Lee Bates

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"America the Compassionate" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, November 10, 2024

Prelude ---------------------

- "Spirit of Life"

- by Carolyn McDade

- Mary Bopp, piano

Opening Song ---------------------

- “For a World Made Whole”

- Music by Mary Bopp

- Words by Josh Pawelek

Song ---------------------

- #1053 “How Could Anyone”

- By Libby Roderick

Offering Music ---------------------

- "O Mio Babbino Caro"

- by Giacomo Puccini

- Eric Rosenberg, saxophone

- Mary Bopp, piano

Closing Song ---------------------

- #95 “There is More Love Somewhere”

- African American Hymn

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"Building a Consensus Community" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, November 17, 2024

Song ---------------------

- "Ju

- by Matt Falkowski

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"Joyful Thanksgiving" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, November 24, 2024

Prelude ---------------------

- “When I See You”

- By Linda J. Smith Koehler and Rissa Moore

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- “Open My Eyes to the Miracles Around Me”

- By Abigail Spinner McBride

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- “Gratitude”

- By Ina Hata

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Opening Hymn ---------------------

- #349 “We Gather Together”

- Words by Robert E. and Dorothy Caiger Senghas

- Verse 3 by Rev. Josh Pawelek

- Music by Adrian Valerius, arr. by Edward Kremser

Offering Music ---------------------

- “Praying for Time”

- By George Michael

- Will Alexon, vocals and guitar 

Song ---------------------

- “We Give Thanks”

- By Wendy Luella Perkins

Closing Song ---------------------

- #128 “For All That Is Our Life”

- Words by Bruce Findlow

- Music by Patrick Rickey