"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

"Blue Monk"

By Thelonius Monk

Andy Ricci, guitar

Chalice Lighting and Opening Words

"There is a Love"

By Rebecca Ann Parker

Opening Hymn

#38 "Morning Has Broken"

By Eleanor Farjeon

Andy Ricci, song leader

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!

Time for All Ages

Musical Meditation (Andy Ricci)

Joys and Concerns

Musical Meditation (Andy Ricci)

Offering

Our September Community Outreach Ministry recipients are the Manchester Latino Affairs Council and She Leads Justice.

Manchester Latino Affairs Council

The Manchester Latino Affairs Council (M.L.A.C.) was established in January of 2007. Its current mission is to address social issues with a focus on diversity, inclusivity and equality within Manchester's Latino community.

She Leads Justice

She Leads Justice advocates for under-resourced, marginalized women in Connecticut. They work to close the civil legal justice gap and to create state policy for economic security. Formerly known as the Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund, their work supports women who identify as cisgender and transgender, and non-binary individuals, as well as people of all marginalized gender identities.

Offering Music

"Stonewall"

By Andy Ricci

Sermon

"Imagining a Congregational Year, Part II"

Rev. Josh Pawelek

Including "World of Hurt"

By the Drive-By Truckers

Andy Ricci, vocals and guitar

Josh Pawelek, spoken word

Closing Hymn

#95 "There is More Love"

African American hymn

Andy Ricci, song leader

There is more love somewhere.

There is more love somewhere.

I'm gonna keep on 'til I find it.

There is more love somewhere.

There is more hope somewhere...

There is more peace somewhere...

There is more joy somewhere...

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.