Gathering Music
Welcome and Announcements
Centering
Prelude
Moment Musicaux no. 3 in f minor
by Franz Schubert
written in 1828
Chalice Lighting and Opening Words
excerpt from "I Call That Church Free"
by James Luther Adams
Opening Hymn
#12 "O Life That Maketh All Things New"
Verses 1, 3 and 4
Music: Thomas Williams' Psalmodia Evangelica, 1789
Words: Samuel Longfellow
O Life that maketh all things new,
the blooming earth, our thoughts within,
our pilgrim feet, wet with thy dew,
in gladness hither turn again.
One in the freedom of the truth,
one in the joy of paths untrod,
one in the soul's perennial youth,
one in the larger thought of God;
The freer step, the fuller breath,
the wide horizon's grader view,
the sense of life that knows no death,
the Life that maketh all things new.
Meditation
"Turn Scarlet, Leaves!"
words by Raymond J. Baughan, #45 in Singing the Living Tradition
music by Mary Bopp
Turn scarlet, leaves! Spin earth!
Tumble the shadows into dawn.
Tumble the shadows into dawn.
Joys and Concerns
Musical Meditation
Offering
The recipient of our community outreach offering is the University of Connecticut's Native American Cultural Program or NACP. NACP provides resources, services and community for UCONN's Native and Indigenous students and faculty, helps foster relationships with local tribal nations, and works towards building good relations between UCONN and the land.
Offering Music
Adagio Cantabile from Sonata Op. 13
(Pathetique)
by Ludwig van Beethoven
written in 1799
Reading
excerpts from "Guiding Principles for a Free Faith"
by James Luther Adams
Silence
Sermon
"A Liberating, Liberal Faith"
Rev. Josh Pawelek
Closing Hymn
#155 "Circle 'Round for Freedom"
by Linda Hirschhorn
Circle 'round for freedom
Circle 'round for peace
For all of us imprisoned
Circle for release.
Circle for the planet
Circle for each soul
For the children of our children
Keep the circle whole.
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.