"Hymn Sing 2026" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, June 28, 2026

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 Service

Hymn #1

#361 "Enter, Rejoice & Come In"

Words & Music by Louise Ruspini

Hymn #2

#188 "Come, Come, Whoever You Are"

Words adapted from Rumi

Music by Lynn Adair Ungar

Hymn #3

#38 "Morning Has Broken"

Words by Eleanor Farjeon

Gaelic Melody with harmony by David Evans

Hymn #4

#298 "Wake, Now, My Senses"

Performed by Larry Lunden

Words by Thomas J.S. Mikelson

Traditional Irish Melody with harmony by Carlton R. Young

Hymn #5

#21 "For the Beauty of the Earth"

Words by Folliott Sandford Pierpoint

Music by Conrad Kocher

Introductions, Joys & Concerns

All are free to share briefly (1-2 sentences). Visitors may introduce themselves.

Hymn #6

#123 "Spirit of Life"

Words & Music by Carolyn McDade

Hymn #7

#1007 "There's a River Flowin' in My Soul"

Words & Music by Rose Sanders

Hymn #8

#159 "This is My Song"

Words by Lloyd Stone

Music by Jean Sibelius

Hymn #9

#155 "Circle 'Round for Freedom"

Words & Music by Linda Hirschhorn

Offertory

Continuing our practice of sharing our gifts with the community beyond our walls, fifty percent of our Sunday plate collections for the month will be shared with Trans Voices 365.

Hymn #10

#1064 "Blue Boat Home"

Performed by Jenn Richard

Words by Peter Mayer

Music by Roland Hugh Prichard, adapted by Peter Mayer

Hymn #11

#95 "There is More Love Somewhere"

African American Hymn

Hymn #12

#108 "My Life Flows On in Endless Song"

Introduction by Susan Barlow

Traditional words, Verse #3 by Doris Plenn

Music by Robert Lowry

Hymn #13

#1009 "Meditation on Breathing"

Words & Music by Sarah Dan Jones

Hymn #14

#131 "Love Will Guide Us"

Performed by Jenn Richard

Words by Sally Rogers

Traditional music arranged by Berry A. Wylder

Hymn #15

#259 "We Three Kings of Orient Are"

Words & Music by John Henry Hopkins, Jr.

Hymn #16

#1053 "How Could Anyone"

Introduction by Mike Baxter

Words & Music by Libby Roderick

Hymn #17

#190 "Light of Ages and of Nations"

Introduction by Martha Larson

Words by Samuel Longfellow

Music by Franz Joseph Haydn

Hymn #18

#169 "We Shall Overcome"

African American Spiritual

Hymn #19

#83 Winds Be Still"

Words by Richard S. Kimball

Music by Samuel Sebastian Wesley

Closing Hymn

#1 "May Nothing Evil Cross This Door"

Performed by Jenn Richard

Words by Louis Untermeyer

Music by Robert N. Quaile

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.