Gathering Music (Mary Bopp)
Welcome and Announcements (Stacey Musulin)
Prelude
"Sing Break Into Song"
Members of the
Manchester Women's Sacred Singing Circle
Introduction to the Service
Chalice Lighting
#362 "Sing Rise Up O Flame"
Words: Anonymous
Music: Christoph Praetorius
Led by the Manchester Women's Sacred Singing Circle
Rise up O flame, by thy light glowing,
show to us beauty, vision and joy.
What Makes a Hymn UU?
--Reading from the Preface to Singing the Living Tradition
Read by Nancy Madar
Opening Hymn
#108 "My Life Flows On in Endless Song"
Words: Traditional, Verse 3 by Doria Penn
Music: Robert Lowry
My life flows on in endless song,
above earth's lamentation.
I hear the real, though far-off hymn
that hails a new creation.
Through all the tumult and the strife
I hear the music ringing.
It sounds an echo in my soul.
How can I keep from singing.
What though the tempest 'round me roars,
I know the truth, it liveth.
What though the darkness 'round me close,
songs in the night it giveth.
No storm can shake my inmost calm
while to that rock I'm clinging.
Since love prevails in heav'n and earth,
how can I keep from singing!
When tyrants tremble as they hear
the bells of freedom ringing,
When friends rejoice both far and near,
how can I keep from singing!
To prison cell and dungeon vile
our thoughts to them are winging;
when friends by shame are undefiled,
How can I keep from singing!
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
Welcoming Visitors and Joys and Concerns
Musical Response
Congregational Hymn Sing Part 2
#159 "This Is My Song"
Words: Lloyd Stone
Music: Jean Sibelius
Introduced & performed by Larry Lunden
#1064 "Blue Boat Home"
Words: Peter Mayer
Music: Roland Hugh Prichard, adapted by Peter Mayer
Introduced by Stacey Musulin
Offering
Continuing our practice of sharing our gifts with the community beyond our walls, fifty percent of our Sunday plate collections for the month of July will be split among three area food pantries -- East of the River Mutual Aid in East Hartford, Hockanum Valley Food Pantry in Vernon, and Manchester Area Conference of Churches in Manchester.
Offering Music
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
Congregational Hymn Sing Part 4 - Request a song!
(Live requests from the congregation)
Closing Hymn
#1057 "Go Lifted Up"
Words and music: Mortimer Barron
Go lifted up,
Love bless your way,
Moonlight, starlight
guide your journey into peace
and the brightness of day
(repeat)
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.
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