CYM Calendar 2026-2027

Gathering Music (Mary Bopp) Welcome (Rev. Josh Pawelek) Prelude "There is a Love" Music by Elizabeth Norton Words by Rebecca Ann Parker There is a Love holding me. There is a Love holding all that I love. There is a love holding all. I rest in this Love. There is a Love holding us. There is a Love holding all that we love. There is a Love holding all. We rest in this Love. We rest in this Love. Love. Chalice Lighting and Opening Words "Invocation" by Angela Herrera (ad. by Re

We begin our 2026-2027 congregational year. We begin as the last days of summer yield to autumn. We begin at the midpoint between the summer and winter solstices, a time of balance between light and dark. We begin as the lush, green summer season of exploration, play and discovery gives way to the yellow-gold-orange-red-crimson season of harvest, of winding down, of letting go. We begin each morning, noting a slight chill in the

Gathering Music (Mary Bopp) Welcome (Rev. Josh Pawelek) Announcements Centering Prelude "Bonfire Magick" by Mary Bopp Chalice Lighting and Opening Words #446 "To the Four Directions" by Joan Goodwin Spirit of the East, Spirit of Air, of Morning and Springtime Be with us as the sun rises in times of beginning, in times of planting. Inspire us with the fresh breath of courage as we go forth into new adventures. Spirit of the South, Spirit of Fire, of noontime and Summer. Be wit

Gathering Music (Mary Bopp) Welcome (Emmy Galbraith) Announcements (Rev. Josh Pawelek) Centering (Emmy Galbraith) Prelude Chalice Lighting and Opening Words "A Spacious Welcome" by the Rev. Shari Woodbury Opening Hymn #361 "Enter, Rejoice and Come In" Words and Music by Louise Ruspini Enter, rejoice, and come in. Enter, rejoice, and come in. Today will be a joyful day; enter, rejoice, and come in. Open your ears to the song... Open your hearts ev'ryone... Don't be afraid of s

Gathering Music "That's Why I Stand by the Union" Written and Performed by Dan Thompson, guitar Welcome Announcements Centering Prelude "9 to 5" by Dolly Parton Performed by Dan Thompson, guitar Chalice Lighting Open Words Rose Schneiderman's 1912 speech to the Women's Trade Union League "What the woman who labors wants is the right to live, not simply exist -- the right to live as the rich woman has the right to life, and the sun and music and art. You have nothing that the

Gathering Music “Samson and Delilah” by Rev Gary Davis “You Gotta Come On Up to the House” by Tom Waits Dan Thompson, guitar and vocals Welcome and Announcements (Rev. Josh Pawelek) Centering Prelude “Precious Memories” (traditional) Nancy Madar, guitar and vocals Joe Madar, vocals Chalice Lighting and Opening Words “The Summit” by Mike Baxter Opening Hymn #66 “When the Summer Sun is Shining” Words by Sydney Henry Knight Music from The Southern Harmony, 1855,

Gathering Music Welcome and Announcements Centering Prelude "Carnival of the Animals: The Swan" Composed by Camille Saint-Saens Performed by Chris Crossgrove, piano Chalice Lighting and Opening Words Opening Hymn "All God's Critters Got a Place In the Choir" Words and Music: Bill Steines Performed by Nancy Madar, guitar and vocals (Congregation sings the chorus only) All God' critters got a place in the choir Some sing lower and some sing higher Some sing out loud on the tele

Gathering Music Welcome Centering Prelude "The Poet Speaks" by Robert Schumann Chalice Lighting & Opening Words Opening Hymn #360 "Here We Have Gathered" Words: Alicia S. Carpenter Music: Genevan psalter Here we have gathered, gathered side by side; circle of kinship, come and step inside! May all who seek here find a kindly word; may all who speak here feel they have been heard. Sing now together this, our hearts' own song. Here we have gathered, called to celebrate days of

Don't make assumptions Always do your best Gathering Music (Mary Bopp, piano) Welcome (Sam Taylor) Centering Prelude "Late for Lammas" by Mary Bopp Chalice Lighting and Opening Words (Liz Garmise) Excerpt from "Prayer for Love" Opening Hymn #128 "For All That Is Our Life" Words by Bruce Findlow Mary Bopp, piano For all that is our life we sing our thanks and praise; for all life is a gift which we are called to use to build the common good and make our own days glad. For need

Gathering Music - Improvisation by Mary Bopp Welcome & Announcements (David Klotz) Centering Prelude Chalice Lighting and Opening Words Opening Hymn #20 "Be Thou My Vision" Words: Ancient Irish Music: Traditional Irish Introduction to the Service Joys and Concerns Musical Interlude Offering Offering Music Reflection - Karin Dionne Musical Interlude Reflection - Marian Vitale Musical Interlude Reflection: Jane Penfield Closing Hymn #21 "For the Beauty of the Earth" Words: Foll

Our spiritual lives mirror the changing seasons. This remains a gospel truth for me.[1] Our spiritual lives take cues from the changes between seasons and the changes within each season—changes in the light, in the proximity of Earth to Sun, in the angle of Earth toward Sun; changes in temperature, color, the land, the wildlife, the night sky. All seasonal changes serve as prompts and cues for our spiritual reflection, practice and growth. For example

Gathering Music Beatles music medley Andy Ricci, guitar and vocals Welcome and Announcements (Rev. Josh Pawelek) Centering Prelude "Wandering" by James Taylor Andy Ricci, guitar and vocals Chalice Lighting and Opening Words Excerpt from A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers Opening Hymn #38 "Morning Has Broken" by Eleanor Farjeon Morning has broken like the first morning, blackbird has spoken like the first bird. Praise for the singing! Praise for the morning! Praise f

Gathering Music (Jenn Richard, UUSE guest musician) Welcoming Centering Prelude Steve Winwood: Higher Love Jenn Richard, guitar Chalice Lighting and Opening Words - SLT #447 At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us. Opening Hymn SLT #89 - "Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life" Words: George Herbert; Music: Ralph Vaughan Williams Jenn Richard, pian

Rob Napier UUSE - July 5, 2026 It’s hard, just now, to celebrate America. I know many of you feel that. I feel that. Maybe it was always hard. Or at least maybe it always should have been hard. But I want to raise up something else today. Something I think should be celebrated. And that’s the Idea of America. I know it sounds naive, maybe even blind, but I think the Idea of America has been a powerful thing and often a good thing. It belongs to us, all of us. And I won’t let

Gathering Music (Dorothy Bognar, guest musician) Welcome Centering Prelude Ernesto Nazareth: Odeon Chalice Lighting and Opening Words Opening Hymn #360 "Here We Have Gathered" Words: Alicia S. Carpenter; Music: Genevan Psalter Dorothy Bognar, piano Here we have gathered side by side; circle of kinship, come and step inside! May all who seek here find a kindly word; may all who speak here feel they have been heard. Sing now together this, our hearts' own song. Here we have gat

Gathering Music Welcome Announcements Centering Prelude "Fanfare for the Common Man" By Aaron Copland; arr. by Mary Bopp Performed by Mary Bopp, piano Chalice Lighting and Opening Words Opening Hymn #205 "Amazing Grace" Words by John Newton Mary Bopp, piano Amazing grace! How sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me! I once was lost but now am found, was blind but now I see. "Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, and grace my fears relieved; how precious did that grace

Gathering Music (Mary Bopp) Welcome (Martha Larson) Announcements Centering Chalice Lighting "Let Us All Sing" Let us all sing! It's good for almost anything. It's good for dusty musty throats to let out gusty lusty notes. It's good for people, frogs and goats to open up and sing. It's good for tongues and necks and knees of people, bees and chimpanzees. So, if by chance you're one of these, open up! Open up and sing! Sing! Sing! It's good for almost anything. Intro to the Se

“Here comes the sun, and I say ‘It’s all right.’”[1] When our world is not all right—and, as you know, it’s not—we need music, poetry, art, dance, literature, worship, prayers and sermons that instill in us the confidence that there are reliable paths forward through the pain and the mess, that the people who care about people and not profits, the people who care about the planet and not profits—including ourselves—are collectively going to find a way, are going to

Summer Solstice (4:24 am) Gathering Music Welcome and Announcements Centering Prelude "Solstice Meditation" Mary Bopp Chalice Lighting and Opening Words #446 "To the Four Directions" Spirit of the East, Spirit of Air, of Morning and Springtime Be with us as the sun rises in times of beginning, in times of planting. Inspire us with the fresh breath of courage as we go forth into new adventures. Spirit of the South, Spirit of Fire, of noontime and Summer. Be with us through the