"The Four Agreements, Part 1" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, July 12, 2026

Gathering Music (Dorothy Bognar, guest musician)

Welcome

Centering

Prelude

Ernesto Nazareth: Odeon

Chalice Lighting and Opening Words

Opening Hymn

#360 "Here We Have Gathered"

Words: Alicia S. Carpenter; Music: Genevan Psalter

Dorothy Bognar, piano

Here we have gathered side by side;

circle of kinship, come and step inside!

May all who seek here find a kindly word;

may all who speak here feel they have been heard.

Sing now together this, our hearts' own song.

Here we have gathered, called to celebrate

days of our lifetime, matters small and great:

we of all ages, women, children, men,

infants and sages, sharing what we can.

Sing now together this, our hearts' own song.

Life has its battles, sorrows, and regret:

but in the shadows, let us not forget:

we who now gather know each other's pain;

kindness can heal us: as we give, we gain.

Sing now in friendship this, our hearts' own song.

Time For All Ages

"I am Me"

by Susan Verde

Hymn

#1057 "Go Lifted Up"

Words & Music by Mortimer Barron

(repeat 2x)

Go lifted up,

Love bless your way,

moonlight, starlight

guide your journey

into peace

and the brightness of day.

Announcements

Introduction to the Service

The Smokey Mirror

Joys and Concerns

Musical Interlude

Offering

Each Sunday, we dedicate half of the unallocated collections from our offertory to organizations that are working to improve people's lives in the Manchester area. The recipients of our July Community Outreach offering are the MACC Food Pantry, the Hockanum Valley Food Pantry, the CT Mutual Aid East of the River Food Pantry, and the TLC Foundation.

Offering Music

Federico Mompou: Cancion y Danza 6

Homily

Be Impeccable With Your Word

Sam Taylor

Musical Interlude

Homily

Don't Take Things Personally

Liz Garmise

Closing Hymn

#1008 "When Our Heart is in a Holy Place"

Words & Music by Joyce Poley

Dorothy Bognar, piano

Chorus:

When our heart is in a holy place,

When our heart is in a holy place,

We are bless'd with love and amazing grace,

When our heart is in a holy place.

When we trust the wisdom in each of us,

Ev'ry color ev'ry creed and kind,

And we see our faces in each other's eyes,

Then our heart is in a holy place.

Chorus

When we tell our story from deep inside,

And we listen with a loving mind,

And we hear our voices in each other's words,

Then our heart is in a holy place.

Chorus

When we share the silence of sacred space,

And the God of our Heart stirs within,

And we feel the power of each other's faith,

Then our heart is in a holy place.

Chorus

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.