Gathering Music (begins ten minutes before the hour)
“Ring Them Bells”
by Bob Dylan
“We are Family”
by Sister Sledge
performances by Meeting House:
Jeannine Westbrook – vocals and melodica
Sarah McKenzie – guitar, banjo, vocals
John Harmon – guitar and vocals
Kate Howard-Bender – keyboard and vocals
Mike Zanta – guitar, mandolin, and vocals
Charles Rooney – bass and vocals
Tom Gervais – percussion
Welcome and Announcements (Rev. Josh Pawelek)
Centering
Prelude
“Crowded Table”
by the Highwomen
performance by Meeting House
Chalice Lighting and Opening Words
“The Winds of Summer”
by Patricia Shuttee
spoken by Rev. Josh Pawelek
Opening Song
“Get Together”
by the Youngbloods
led by Meeting House
Love is but a song we sing
Fear’s the way we die
You can make the mountains ring
Or make the angels cry
Though the bird is on the wing
And you may not know why
Come on, people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another right now
Some may come and some may go
He will surely pass
When the one that left us here
Returns for us at last
We are but a moment’s sunlight
Fading in the grass
Come on, people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another right now
Come on, people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another right now
Come on, people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another right now
If you hear the song I sing
You will understand, listen
You hold the key to love and fear
All in your trembling hand
Just one key unlocks them both
It’s there at your command
Come on, people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another right now
Come on people, now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another right now
I said come on, people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another right now
Right now
Right now
Meditation and Reading
excerpt from Emergent Strategy
by adrienne maree brown
Silence
Joys and Concerns
Silence
Offering
For the month of September our Community Outreach offering will be shared by two organizations:
Power Up brings much needed visibility to the ongoing realities of racism in Manchester and surrounding communities. Some UUS:E members and friends have participated in Power Up’s pantry, after school programs, rallies, protests and other actions.
KIDSAFE CT is dedicated to the early intervention, prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect in the towns east of the Connecticut River in Hartford and Tolland Counties. Their mission is to “partner with the community to educate and empower families and promote the well-being of young people.”
Offering Music
“Count on Me”
by Bruno Mars
performance by Meeting House
Sermon: “Belonging in the Midst of Isolation” (Rev. Josh Pawelek)
Closing Song
“With a Little Help From My Friends”
by the Beatles
led by Meeting House
What would you think if I sang out of tune
Would you stand up and walk out on me?
Lend me your ears and I’ll sing you a song
And I’ll try not to sing out of key
Oh I get by with a little help from my friends
I get high with a little help from my friends
Gonna try with a little help from my friends
What do I do when my love is away?
(Does it worry you to be alone?)
How do you feel by the end of the day?
(Are you sad because you’re on your own?)
No, I get by with a little help from my friends
I get high with a little help from my friends
Gonna try with a little help from my friends
(Do you need anybody?)
I need somebody to love
(Could it be anybody?)
I want somebody to love
(Would you believe in a love at first sight?)
Yes I’m certain that it happens all the time
(What do you see when you turn out the light?)
I can’t tell you, but I know it’s mine
Oh I get by with a little help from my friends
Mm I get high with a little help from my friends
Oh I’m gonna try with a little help from my friends
(Do you need anybody?)
I just need someone to love
(Could it be anybody?)
I want somebody to love
Oh I get by with a little help from my friends
Mm gonna try with a little help from my friends
Oh I get high with a little help from my friends
Yes, I get by with a little help from my friends
With a little help from my friends
Extinguishing the Chalice
Closing Circle
May faith in the spirit of life
And hope for the community of earth
And love of the light in each other
Be ours now, and in all the days to come.
Postlude
“Everybody”
by Ingrid Michaelson
performance by Meeting House
