"Summering" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, July 26, 2026

Gathering Music

Beatles music medley

Andy Ricci, guitar and vocals

Welcome and Announcements (Rev. Josh Pawelek)

Centering

Prelude

"Wandering"

by James Taylor

Andy Ricci, guitar and vocals

Chalice Lighting and Opening Words

Excerpt from A Psalm for the Wild-Built

by Becky Chambers

Opening Hymn

#38 "Morning Has Broken"

by Eleanor Farjeon

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

Joys and Concerns

Musical Meditation

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.

As a reminder, you can also donate on our website. There's a yellow donate button in the top center of the home page.

Offering Music

"Secret of Life"

by James Taylor

Andy Ricci, guitar and vocals

Rev. Josh Pawelek, vocals

Sermon

Summering

Rev. Josh Pawelek

Closing Hymn

"Woyaya"

By Osibisa (Sol Amarfio, Teddy Osei, Mac Tontoh, Loughty Lasisi Amao,

Robert Bailey, Wendell Richardson, and Spartacus R. Bedeau)

We are going

Heaven knows where we are going

But we know we will

Get there

We are going

Heaven knows where we are going

But we know we will

Get there

We will get there

Heaven knows how we will get there

But we know we will

Get there

It will be hard we know

And the road

Will be muddy and rough

But we will get there

Heaven knows how we will get there

We know we will

Get there

We are going

Heaven knows where we are going

We know we will

Get there

It will be hard we know

And the road

Will be muddy and rough

But we will get there

Heaven knows how we will get there

We know we will

Get there

WOYAYA WOYAYEI

WOYAYA WOYAYEI

WOYAYA WOYAYEI

WOYAYA WOYAYEI

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WOYAYA WOYAYA WOYAYA WOYAYA

WOYAYA WOYAYEI

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WOYAYA WOYAYEI

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WOYAYA WOYAYA WOYAYA WOYAYA

WOYAYA WOYAYA WOYAYA WOYAYA

We are going

Heaven knows where we are going

We know we will

Get there

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.