"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

Welcome and Announcements (Rev. Josh Pawelek)

Centering

Prelude

"Lonesome Valley"

by Woody Guthrie

Nancy Madar, vocals and guitar

Joe Madar, vocals

Chalice Lighting and Opening Words

Romans 12: 4-8

Adaptation by Rev. Josh Pawelek

Opening Song

#38 "Morning Has Broken"

by Eleanor Farjeon

led by Pat Eaton-Robb

Morning has broken like the first morning,

blackbird has spoken like the first bird.

Praise for the singing! Praise for the morning!

Praise for them, springing fresh from the Word!

Sweet the rain's new fall sunlit from heaven,

like the first dewfall on the first grass.

Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden,

sprung in completeness where God's feet pass.

Mine is the sunlight! Mine is the morning

born of the one light Eden saw play!

Praise with elation, praise every morning,

God's recreation of the new day!

Emcee's Intro (Gymm Morey)

Music

"Feelin' Good Again"

by Robert Earl Keen

Peter Marotto, guitar and vocals

Poem

"Like Heaven"

Elizabeth Thomas

Music

"A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall"

by Bob Dylan

Pat Eaton-Robb, guitar and vocals

Joys and Concerns

Offering

The recipients of our July and August community outreach offerings are the MACC Food Pantry, the Hockanum Valley Food Pantry, and the CT Mutual Aid East of the River food security program.

Offering Music

"Leaving Arisaig" by Bill Livingstone

"Loch Maree" by G. S. McLennan

Ben Elzerman, bagpipe

Vera Elzerman, snare drum

Poem

"Dashed Dreams"

by Cory Clark

Music

"Songbird"

by Nick Glomb

Nick Glomb, guitar and vocals

Poem

"The Haunting of the Asylum"

by Bill Lautenbach

Music

"See You on the Other Side"

by Lemmy, Zakk Wylde and Ozzy Osbourne

Jennifer Richard, guitar and vocals

Poem

"Hot Pink"

by Lisa Sementilli

Music

"For What It's Worth"

by Stephen Stills

Andy Ricci, guitar; Sandy Johnson, vocals

Homily (Rev. Josh Pawelek)

Closing Song

#131 "Love Will Guide Us"

by Sally Rogers

led by Kate Howard-Bender

Love will guide us, peace has tried us,

hope inside us will lead the way

on the road from greed to giving.

Love will guide us through the hard night.

If you cannot sing like angels,

if you cannot speak before thousands,

you can give from deep within you.

You can change the world with your love.

Love will guide us, peace has tried us,

hope inside us will lead the way

on the road from greed to giving.

Love will guide us through the hard night.

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.