The Music Report lists all of the music performed at UUSE Sunday Services during the reporting period Starting Tue Apr 01 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) today is Tue Jul 15 2025 06:15:13 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

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"Poetry and Joy as Acts of Resistance" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, April 6, 2025

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

- "Joy Variations"

- George Frideric Handel and Mary Bopp

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

- "Joy to the World"

- Written by Hoyt Axton

- guitar and vocals

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

- "Rustle of Spring"

- Written by Christian Sinding

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

- #1010 "We Give Thanks"

- Written by Wendy Luella Perkins

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"Gracefully Amazing" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, April 13, 2025

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

- "Amazing Grace"

- Virginia Harmony, 1831

- Eric Rosenberg, Saxophone

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

- #205 "Amazing Grace"

- Words by John Newton

- Set to the tune of "Gift of Love," traditional English folk melody

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

- "Meditation on Amazing Grace"

- Dorothy Bognar, piano

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

- "Amazing Grace"

- music: "Rising Sun Blues"

- Sandy Johnson, vocals; Mary Bopp, piano

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

- #205 "Amazing Grace"

- Words by John Newton

- Music: Virginia Harmony, 1831

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"In the Morning, Joy: A Service for Easter" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, April 20, 2025

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

- "Egg Hunt"

- "Bunny Burrow"

- by Lilly Coleman

Musical Invocation ---------------------

- "Shanti"

- by Helen Yeomans

- UUSE Choir

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

- #38 "Morning Has Broken"

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

- "Pavane"

- by Morton Gould

- Dorothy Bognar, Mary Bopp, pianos

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

- "In the Morning, Joy"

- by Mark Hayes

- UUSE Choir

- "Lead With Love"

- by Melanie DeMore

- UUSE Choir

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

- #61 "Lo, the Earth Awakes Again"

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

- "Alleluia, Alleluia"

- by Roger Emerson

- UUSE Choir

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"Earth Day" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, April 27, 2025

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

- #1064 “Blue Boat Home” 

- Words by Peter Mayer

- Music by Roland Hugh Prichard, ad. By Peter Mayer

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

- “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands”

- African American spiritual

- Terri Eickel, vocals

- Mary Bopp, piano

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

- #163 “For the Earth Forever Turning”

- Words and music by Kim Oler

- Arr. by Nick Page

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"The Muses are Speaking" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, May 4, 2025

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

- "How Beautiful is Night"

- by Robert Farnon

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

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

- by Rose Sanders

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

- #1057 "Go Lifted Up"

- by Mortimer B. Barron

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

- "Song and Dance No. 7"

- by Federico Mompou

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

- #391 "Voice Still and Small"

- by John Corrado

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"Reimagining Motherhood" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, May 11, 2025

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

- "Ave Maria"

- by Charles Gounod, inspired by JS Bach

- Mary Bopp, piano

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

-  STJ #1069, “Ancient Mother”

- Traditional Navajo prayer

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Hymn as the children leave for their classes ---------------------

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- STLT #118, “This Little Light of Mine”

- African American spiritual

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

- “The Girl with the Flaxen Hair”

- by Claude Debussy)

- Dedicated to Helen Bopp

- Mary Bopp, Piano

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

- #95

- African American Hymn 

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"Flower Communion" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, May 18, 2025

Processional Hymn ---------------------

- #361 "Enter Rejoice and Come In"

- By Louise Ruspini

- Arr. by Betty Wylder

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

- "The Lovers' Waltz"

- By Jay Ungar and Molly Mason

- Anhared Stowe, violin

- Mary Bopp, piano

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

- #1009 Meditation on Breathing"

- By Sarah Dan Jones

Musical Prayer ---------------------

- "Prayer for Connection"

- Words by Cyndi Krupa

- Music by Mary Bopp

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

- Theme from "Schindler's List"

- By John Williams

- Anhared Stowe, violin

- Mary Bopp, piano

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

- #155 "Circle 'Round for Freedom"

- By Linda Hirschhorn

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"Imagination as a Sacred Tool" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, May 25, 2025

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

- “Imagine”

- Words and music by John Lennon

- Andy Ricci, guitar

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

- “Choose to be Near”

- Words and Music by Andy Ricci

- Andy Ricci, guitar

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"Affirmation" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, June 1, 2025

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

- “Though I May Speak With Bravest Fire” 

- Traditional English Melody

- Dan Thompson

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

- “Spirit of Life”

- By Carolyn McDade

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

- “Blue Boat Home”

- By Peter Mayer

- Mia, Christian and Dean Gonzales, vocals

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

- #298 “Wake Now My Senses”

- Words by Thomas S.J. Mikelson

- Traditional Irish melody

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"Unchecked" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, June 8, 2025

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

- “The Poet Speaks” 

- by Robert Schumann

- Mary Bopp, piano

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

- #1002 “Comfort Me” 

- By Mimi Bornstein

Responsive Hymn ---------------------

- “This Meeting House”

- words adapted from Eugene Sander by Josh Pawelek

- Music by Jean Sibelius 

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

- "Prayer for Connection"

- Words by Cyndi Krupa

- Music by Mary Bopp

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

- "I Need No Wings to Fly"

- by Mary Bopp

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

- #1028 “Fire of Commitment”

- Words by Mary Katherine Morn

- Music by Jason Shelton

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"CYM Sunday" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, June 15, 2025

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

- "Fifth Sonata"

- Antonio Vivaldi

- Elliot Vadas, cello

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

- #123 "Spirit of Life"

- By Carolyn McDade

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

- "Cats in the Cradle"

- By Harry Chapin

- Will Alexson, guitar and vocals

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

- #65 "The Sweet June Days"

- Words by Samuel Longfellow

- Music, traditional English Melody

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"General Assembly Sunday Worship" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, Sunday, June 22, 2025

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"What Does YOUR Quilt Say?" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, June 29, 2025

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

- “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free”

- Music by Billy Taylor, Lyrics by Billy Taylor & Dick Dallas

- Vocals: Melissa Paul-Perez

- Drums: Bob Janes 

- Piano: Mary Bopp

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

- “I’m On My Way” #116

- Words & Music: Traditional African American folk

- Arranged by Mary Allen Walden

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

- “Meditation On Lift Every Voice and Sing”

- By Mary Bopp on piano

- "What Does YOUR Quilt Say?"

- Stacey Musulin

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

- "Circle 'Round for Freedom"

- Words and Music by Linda Hirschhorn

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"Summer Solstice and Living Simply" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, July 6, 2025

Prelude: ---------------------

- “Simple Gifts Meditation”

- Trad. Shaker hymn, arr. by Mary Bopp

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

- # 361 

- by Louise Ruspini

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

- “Ordinary Miracles”

- by Mary Bopp

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

- #16

- by Joseph Bracket, American Shaker tune

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"Sing! Sing! Sing!" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, July 13, 2025

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

- "The Oneness of Everything"

- by Jim Scott, arr. by Mary Bopp

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

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

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

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

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

- #38 "Morning Has Broken"

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

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

Musical Response ---------------------

- #123 "Spirit of Life"

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

- #346 "Come Sing a Song With Me"

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

- #21 "For the Beauty of the Earth"

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

- #1064 "Blue Boat Home"

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

- #159 "This Is My Song"

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

- #1051 "We Are ..."

- by Ysaye M. Barnwell;

- 2020 GA Virtual Choir, directed by Benjie Messer;

- Soloist Dr. Ysaye Barnwell

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

- #131 "Love Will Guide Us"

- Dorothy Bognar, speaker

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

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

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

- #337 "Have I Not Known"

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

- #1026 "If Every Woman in the World"

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

- #1 "May Nothing Evil Cross This Door"