"The Possibilities in Us" -- UUSE Virtual Worship, April 26, 2026

Gathering Music

Welcome

Centering

Prelude

Chalice Lighting and Opening Words

"The Door Swung Wide"

by Rev. Scott Tayler

We light this flame

in a world where so much has grown dark.

May it remind us that sparks can always be struck,

and very little is inevitable.

Most of it is mystery and magnificent surprise.

Which means new and yet-to-be imagined worlds always await.

Which means a door has already swung wide,

with possibility waiting on the threshold

ready to pull us through.

Opening Hymn

"All Possibility"

Chant by Kit

performed by members of the Women's Sacred Singing Circle

All possibility.

All possibility.

Is in you,

Is in you.

Is in me,

Is in me.

Time for All Ages

"Answer Mountain"

adapted from a story by Sarah E. Skwire

Musical Interlude

#1057 "Go Lifted Up"

Mary Bopp, piano

Announcements

Joys and Concerns

Musical Interlude

Reading

"Imaginary Conversation"

by Linda Pastan

You tell me to live each day

as if it were my last. This is the kitchen

where before coffee I complain

of the day ahead--that obstacle race

of minutes and hours,

grocery stores and doctors.

But why the last? I ask. Why not

live each day as if it were the first--

all raw astonishment, Eve rubbing

her eyes awake that first morning,

the sun comung up

like an ingenue in the east?

You grind the coffee

with the small roar of a mind

trying to clear itself. I set

the table, glance out the window

where dew has baptized every

living surface.

Offering

Offering Music

"Closer to Fine"

by the Indigo Girls

Jenn Richard, guitar and vocals

Reflection 1 - Ellen Williams

Musical Response

"Flowers Are Red"

by Harry Chapin

Reflection 2 - Stacey Musulin

Closing Hymn

#95 "There Is More Love Somwhere"

(adapted words below)

There is more hope somewhere.

There is more hope somewhere.

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

There is more hope somewhere.

There is more choice somewhere.

There is more choice somewhere.

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

There is more choice somewhere.

There is more truth somewhere.

There is more truth somewhere.

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

There is more truth somewhere.

There are more paths somewhere.

There are more paths somewhere.

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

There are more paths somewhere.

There is more strength somewhere.

There is more strength somewhere.

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

There is more strength somewhere.

(Repeat final line)

There is more Hope...

There is more Choice...

There is more Truth...

There are more Paths...

There is more Strength...

There is more Love somewhere.

Extinguishing the Chalice and Closing Words

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.