"Gathering Courage" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, October 18, 2026

Gathering Music (Mary Bopp)

Welcome & Centering

Prelude:

"What Does the World Require of You?"

by Jim Strathdee, arranged by Pawel Jura

Performed by Mary Bopp at 9:00am and UUSE Choir at 11:00am

Chalice Lighting and Opening Words

"Fire Strike"

by Margaret Noodin

translated by the author from the original Ojibwe

Opening Hymn

#318 "We Would Be One"

Words: Samuel Anthony Wright

Music: Jean Sibelius

Time for All Ages

I Can Learn to Be Brave

by Mariann Edgar Budde

Announcements

Introductions, Joys and Concerns

Musical Interlude

Offering

Offering Music

Largo from Concerto #5 in f minor

by J. S. Bach

Reading

"The Road Not Taken"

by Robert Frost

Reflection - Jane Penfield

Closing Hymn

#115 "God of Grace and God of Glory"

Words: Harry Emerson Fosdick

Music: John Hughes

Extinguishing the Chalice

"The Flame in Our Hearts Never Ceases Burning"

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.