Gathering Music (begins at 9:50)
Welcome and Announcements
Centering Words
Prelude
“Precious Lord, Take My Hand”
by Thomas A. Dorsey
performed by Mary Bopp
Chalice Lighting and Opening Words
Wake Up!
by the Rev. Christian Schmidt
spoken by Sandy Karsoi
Let us wake up. Not just from the Sunday morning exhaustion, from the wish for a few more drowsy minutes in bed.
Let us wake up to this world we live in: to its beauty and wonder, and also to its tragedy and pain.
We must wake up to this reality: that not all in our world have what we do, however much or little that is.
We must wake up to the idea that our wholeness, our lives, are only as complete as the lives of those around us, of those we are inextricably tied to in a great web of mutuality, of which all of us are part.
We must #staywoke, in the words of our friends and colleagues involved in Black Lives Matter, working every day for racial justice in our country.
Let us wake up, let us stay awake, let us #staywoke.
Opening Hymn
“There’s a River Flowin’ in my Soul”
by Rose Sanders, aka Faya Ora Rose Toure
#1007 in Singing the Journey
led by Kate Howard-Bender
There’s a river flowin’ in my soul.
There’s a river flowin’ in my soul.
And it’s tellin’ me that I’m somebody.
There’s a river flowin’ in my soul.
There’s a river flowin’ in my heart…
There’s a river flowin’ in my mind…
Service Introduction (Sandy Karosi)
An Uprising in Review
“Car Caravans, Marches, Vigils, Fasts, Rallies, Kick Ball!”
Photos from UUS:E members and friends
Music
“I Went Up to the Mountain”
by Patty Griffin
performed by Kate Howard-Bender
Reflection by Rhona Cohen
Musical Meditation
Joys & Concerns
Musical Meditation
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 January will go to Moral Monday CT and Foodshare.
Offering Music
“Keep Your Eyes on the Prize”
Traditional Gospel Song (known by various titles, “Hold On,” “Gospel Plow,” and
“Keep Your Hand on the Plow“) adapted in the 1950s by Alice Wine.
performed by Adam Bender, Kate Howard-Bender, and Genevieve
Reflection by Azucena Manaya Llantoy
Reflection by Jim Adams
An Interview with Keren Prescott of Power Up – Connecticut
Closing Hymn
“We Shall Overcome”
Collectively written over time by Charles Albert Tindley,
Zilphia Horton, Pete Seeger and others
#169 in Singing the Living Tradition
led by Kate Howard-Bender
We shall overcome
We shall overcome
We shall overcome, some day
Oh, deep in my heart
I do believe
We shall overcome, some day
We’ll walk hand in hand
We shall all be free
We shall live in peace
Extinguishing 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.
Coffee Hour/Chat/Breakout Rooms
