"Let There Be Music!" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, April 5, 2026

Gathering Music

Welcome and Announcements

Centering

Prelude

"Earth Blessing"

by Helen Yeomans

UUSE Choir

Vera Elzerman, percussion

Chalice Lighting and Opening Words

"Alleluia!"

by the Rev. Jeanne Lloyd

Opening Hymn

"Morning Has Broken"

Words by Eleanor Farjeon

Music: Gaelic Melody

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

"Seed Blessing"

Joys and Concerns

Musical Response

Offering

The recipient of our April Community Outreach offering is the Inter-Religious Eco-Justice Network, or IREJN, Connecticut's only faith-based environmental non-profit organization. Their mission is to inspire and equip Connecticut's religious communities and their spiritual allies to protect our planet through education, engagement, and advocacy.

Offering Music

"Slavonic Dance op. 46, no. 8"

by Antonin Dvorak

Dorothy Bognar and Mary Bopp, pianos

Music

"Agnus Dei"

by Eugene Butler

UUSE Choir

Music

"Let There Be Music"

by Joel Raney

UUSE Choir

Homily

"Let There Be Music"

Rev. Josh Pawelek

Closing Hymn

"Lo, the Day of Days is Here"

Words by Frederick Lucian Hosmer

Music by Robert Williams

Lo, the day of days is here, Alleluia!

Festival of hope and cheer! Alleluia!

At the south wind's genial breath -- Alleluia!

Nature wakes from seeming death, Alleluia!

Fields are smiling in the sun, Alleluia!

Loosened streamlets seaward run, Alleluia!

Tender blade and leaf appear; Alleluia!

'Tis the spring-tide of the year, Alleluia!

Lo, the Eastertide is here, Alleluia!

Music thrills the atmosphere. Alleluia!

Join, you people all, and sing -- Alleluia!

Love and praise and thanksgiving, Alleluia!

Closing Music

"Welcome Spring"

by Andy Beck

UUSE Choir

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.