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"Ancestor Day" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, October 26, 2025
Gathering Music (Mary Bopp) Welcome (Emmy Galbraith) Announcements (Rev. Josh Pawelek) Centering (Emmy Galbraith) Prelude and Calling the Directions "To the Four Directions" Music by Mary Bopp Words adapted from Joan Goodwin's "To the Four Directions" Sandy Johnson, vocals Chalice Lighting and Opening Words Excerpt from "The Art of Living" by Thich Nhat Han Bill Graver, Alex and Wesley Bernier (11:00 AM) Opening Hymn #387 "The Earth, Water, Fire, Air" anonymous The earth,

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Oct 17, 20253 min read


"On Love and Hate" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, October 19, 2025
Gathering Music (Mary Bopp) Welcome and Announcements (Rev. Josh Pawelek) Centering Prelude "A Conversation" Improvised by Mary Bopp Chalice Lighting and Opening Words “Turn Scarlet, Leaves” Words by Raymond J. Baughan Music by Mary Bopp Turn scarlet, leaves Spin earth Tumble the shadows into dawn Tumble the shadows into dawn Opening Hymn #1023 “Building Bridges” Words: The Women of Greenham Common peace occupation in England, 1983 Music: Contemporary English Quaker

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Oct 10, 20252 min read


"Finding My Way Out of the Darkness" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, October 12, 2025
Gathering Music Welcome and Announcements Centering Prelude "Believing" by Mary Bopp Chalice Lighting and Opening Words excerpt...

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Oct 1, 20252 min read


"How Do You Cultivate Compassion?" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, October 5, 2025
Gathering Music Welcome and Announcements Centering Prelude "Nothing Can Harm Our Love" Written and performed by Tret Fure Chalice...

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Sep 30, 20252 min read


Imagining a Congregational Year, Part II: It's Good to Be Alive, Rev. Josh Pawelek, Sept. 28, 2025
The oak burl chalice on the world map table in the chapel at UUSE Over the last decade I’ve become a fan of the Drive-By Truckers , a...

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Sep 29, 20257 min read


"Imagining a Congregational Year - Part II" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, September 28, 2025
Gathering Music Ambient #13 by Dan Thompson Inspired by Ben Elzerman Welcome and Announcements (Rev. Josh Pawelek) Centering Prelude...

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Sep 25, 20252 min read


"Radical Welcome" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, September 21, 2025
Gathering Music (Mary Bopp) Welcome & Announcements Centering Prelude #188 "Come, Come Whoever You Are" Music by Lynn Ungar Arranged &...

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Sep 16, 20253 min read


Imagining a Congregational Year, Part I, Rev. Josh Pawelek, September 14, 2025
UUSE's Oak Burl Chalice, on the globe table in the garden level chapel We are in the midst of launching our congregational year. I am...

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Sep 14, 20259 min read


"Imagining a Congregational Year, Part I" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, September 14, 2025
Gathering Music (Mary Bopp) Welcome and Announcements (Rev. Josh Pawelek) Centering Prelude “Give Yourself to Love” by Kate Wolf...

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Sep 9, 20252 min read


"Homecoming: Where Fire Belongs" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, Sunday, September 7, 2025
Gathering Music (Mary Bopp) Welcome, Announcements (Rev. Josh Pawelek) Centering (Emmy Galbraith) Prelude “Anthem” by Leonard Cohen...

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Aug 28, 20253 min read


"Weaving Our Lives" - UUSE Virtual Worship, August 31, 2025
Gathering Music "Ambient #8" by Dan Thompson Welcome (Vivian Carlson) Prelude "Here Together" by David M. Glasgow Opening Words (Rev....

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Aug 26, 20252 min read


"Coffee House Worship!" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, August 24, 2025
Gathering Music "Angel from Montgomery" by John Prine "Little Pictures" by Sandy Johnson Sandy Johnson, vocals; Dan Thompson, guitar...

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Aug 19, 20252 min read


"Sacred Spaces: Affordable Housing as a Moral Imperative through MISAC" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, August 17, 2025
Gathering Music (Dorothy Bognar and Martha Larson, piano duo) Welcome and Announcements Centering Prelude Sonatina in C major, Op....

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Aug 11, 20252 min read


"Star Island - Science and Spirit" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, August 10, 2025
Gathering Music (Mary Bopp) Welcome & Announcements Centering Prelude "Beau Soir" by Claude Debussy arr. by Heifetz Anhared Stowe, violin...

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Aug 5, 20252 min read


"Bittersweet August" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, August 3, 2025
Gathering Music Welcome and Announcements Centering Prelude “ Wildflowers ” Words and music by Tom Petty Performed by The...

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Jul 28, 20252 min read


"We Believe - Adult Credos" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, July 27, 2025
Gathering Music (Dorothy Bognar) Welcome and Announcements (Martha Larson) Centering Prelude "On Golden Pond by Dave Grusin Dorothy...

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Jul 21, 20252 min read


General (Assembly) Reflections, Rev. Josh Pawelek, July 20, 2025
It’s been over a month since more than 3,000 Unitarian Universalists from nearly 600 congregations, 48 states and a number of countries...

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Jul 20, 20259 min read
REGISTER your child(ren) for CYM
SUMMER Greetings CYM Families It is time to REGISTER your child(ren) for Children & Youth Ministry programming for the 2025-2026 liturgical year. You may notice some changes to the registration questions compared to previous years - this is to protect pertinent personal data of our children and youth. We will talk more about this at our Orientation on Sunday, September 14th. In the meantime, please feel free to call me with any concerns. And now, here are the answers to F

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Jul 17, 20252 min read


"General (Assembly) Reflections" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, July 20, 2025
Gathering Music "All That We Let In" by Indigo Girls Jenn Richard, guitar and vocals Welcome and Announcements Centering Prelude “Today...

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Jul 16, 20251 min read
Living Simply Amidst Chaos
Vivian Carlson July 6, 2025 Simplicity. Webster’s dictionary defines simplicity as the state of being uncomplicated, free from pretense...

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Jul 6, 20256 min read
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