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Attached media: https://archive.org/download/FirstUnitarianChurchofOrlando/2019/2019-11-24 Gratitude Reconsidered - Rev Samuel Schaal.mp3
Attached media: https://archive.org/download/FirstUnitarianChurchofOrlando/2019/2019-11-24 Gratitude Reconsidered - Rev Samuel Schaal.mp3
Attached media: https://archive.org/download/FirstUnitarianChurchofOrlando/2019/2019-11-17 Growing a Soul - Rev Samuel Schaal.mp3
13:55 – Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair by Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael.
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SERMON
“The Harvest of Attention”
by Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael
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For more information about The Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair, please visit us at uumontclair.org.
Attached media: https://archive.org/download/uucmservice20191124harvestofattention/UUCM Service 2019-11-24 - Harvest of Attention.mp3
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Attached media: https://www.dublinunitarianchurch.org/podcasts/241119-sermon.mp3
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Recorded live, Sunday November 17, 2019, Just One Strain Of The Whole Earth's Song, Amy Hassinger.
With Erich Adickes, Worship Associates; Dana Antonelli (children's Choir); and Minah Ehlen and Joshua Bell (Pianists).
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by Reverend Michelle Ma and
Gerry Meader, Worship Associate
Unitarian Universalists talk a lot about "living our values" and "building a beloved community.” West Shore strives to be a radically inclusive, multicultural, anti-oppressive community, and so does Denison UCC. We are two very different churches with different ministries and very similar goals. Affiliated Community Minister Michelle Ma will talk about her work with Denison UCC and how and why West Shore should get involved.
Watch the Illusion of Control clip from Kung Fu Panda played during the service.
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23:46 – Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair by Rev. Anya and Rev. Scott Sammler-Michael.
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SERMON
“Sabbath”
by Rev. Anya and Rev. Scott Sammler-Michael
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For more information about The Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair, please visit us at uumontclair.org.
Attached media: https://archive.org/download/uucmservice20191117sabbath/UUCM Service 2019-11-17 - Sabbath.mp3
Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211110082234/https://www.ascboston.org/downloads/podcast/191117.mp3
Attached media: https://www.dublinunitarianchurch.org/podcasts/171119-sermon.mp3
Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211110081548/http://www.austinuuav.org/audio/2019-11-10_How_to_comfort_someone.mp3
by Reverend Anthony Makar and
Ryan Rosu, Worship Associate
This past September, Jonathan Franzen wrote an article in The New Yorker entitled, “What If We Stopped Pretending?” His essential argument was that the destruction of the plan-et by human-induced climate change is inevitable and that environmentalists and climate change activists are delusion-al for trying to stop it. This is just one example of defeatism about the environment, and defeatism these days is pervasive. But is defeatism truly reasonable? Is it possible to affirm hopefulness as a more rational position?
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Recorded live, Sunday November 10, 2019, Engaging Our Neighbors, Rev. Scott Aaseng.
With Jerry Frye, Worship Associate; Emily McKown (Song Leader); and Matthew Gladden (Pianist).
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Watch the Dance Space clip from Dirty Dancing in the service.
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19:20 – Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair by Intern Minister Antonia Bell-Delgado.
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SERMON
“Attention (In)Tension”
by Intern Minister Antonia Bell-Delgado
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Attached media: https://archive.org/download/FirstUnitarianChurchofOrlando/2019-11-03 Life Death and Immortality - Rev Samuel Schaal.mp3
About the Music The music for this service, which integrates Latinx and indigenous perspectives, was chosen to reference and honor values of the Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration.
Lady Xøk is a Nu-Nueva music project mixing Indigenous instruments, electronic, acoustic, and experimental performance and multimedia installations. Front woman interdisciplinary artist Rebekah Crisanta de Ybarra pulls from roots in Latin American Nueva Canción and American Blues. Members are Rebekah Crisanta de Ybarra (vocals, piano, guitar) and Xilam Balam (bass, Indigenous instruments).
Curandero is a Twin-Cities based sound-healing project whose music presents a fusion of pre-Columbian Indigenous instruments, house, and dance hall. Curandero's music brings together traditional indigenous instrumentation and rhythms of Mesoamerica (Mexico) with electronic DJ elements and production. Members are Gustavo Lira, Xilam Balam, and Rico Simon Mendez (DJ Don Cuco).
Ahmed Anzalduúa, Director of Music Ministries, piano
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Recorded live, Sunday November 3 2019, All Souls - A Gathering of Spirits, Rev. Florence Caplow.
With Deanna Hence, Worship Associate; Matt Sheppard (Music Director); Emily McKown (Song Leader); and Matthew Gladden (Pianist); Kathleen Winters (Piccolo).
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by Reverend Anthony Makar and
Worship Leader Elizabeth Gerenscer
Wonder Woman is a comic book superhero whose story inspires people of all ages. An essential part of this story is her struggle to come into her power and to be powerfully herself against the efforts of others to keep her small. In his personal letter to Wonder Woman, Rev. Makar explores this and the challenge all of us face to be wonderful in our own unique way.
26:43 – Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair by Rev. Scott Sammler-Michael.
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SERMON
“The Here and Now and the Hereafter”
by Rev. Scott Sammler-Michael
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For more information about The Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair, please visit us at uumontclair.org.
Attached media: https://archive.org/download/uucmservice20191103thehereandnowandthehereafter/UUCM Service 2019-11-03 - The Here and Now and the Hereafter.mp3
Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211110075344/https://www.ascboston.org/downloads/podcast/191103.mp3
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Attached media: https://www.dublinunitarianchurch.org/podcasts/031119-sermon.mp3
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ORDER OF WORSHIP
Sunday, October 27, 2019
*Please rise in body or in spirit.
Gathering Music
Words of Welcome Rev. Rob Eller-Isaacs
Ringing of the Bell
PRELUDE (9:00/11:00) Round and Round (traditional round) The Earth Is Our Mother (Cherokee song) Tulla Wallace, soloist
Prelude (4:30) Eintritt (Entry) — R. SchumannCall to Worship Bob PeskinLighting the Chalice
*Opening Hymn (18) What Wondrous Love*
Responsive Affirmation Brave Space — Micky ScottBey Jones
Together we will create brave space
Because there is no such thing as a “safe space”
We exist in the real worldWe all carry scars and we have all caused wounds.
In this spaceWe seek to turn down the volume of theoutside world,
We amplify voices that fight to be heardelsewhere,
We call each other to more truth and love
We have the right to start somewhere and continue to grow.
We have the responsibility to examine what we think we know,
We will not be perfect.This space will not be perfect.
It will not always be what we wish it to be
ButUnison: It will be our brave space together, and we will work in it side by side.
Silence
Embracing Meditation
Minister's Prayer
Anthem (9:00/11:00) Amo (Love) — N. Gutiérrez
Todo, todos, se han idoSólo me acompañan mis recuerdosCon los cuales unos ratos yo lloroY en ocasiones logro a sonreirLos amo
Everything, everyone, has leftI am accompanied only by my memoriesWith which sometimes I cryAnd sometimes I manage to smileI love them (or I love you, or I love you all)
Anthem (4:30) The Sky Above the Roof — R. Vaughan Williams
CHILDREN’S RECESSIONAL (11:00) Children’s Blessing — Jason Shelton
May your mind be open to new learning. May your lips bring truth into the world. May your heart know love, and your hands do the work of justice, as you go your way in peace, as you go your way in peace.
Reading excerpt from The Fire Next Time — James Baldwin
Reflection My History and Yours
Interlude
Offering (9:00/11:00) Con amores la mi madre (With love my mother) — J. Anchieta
Con amores, la mi madre, con amores m´adormi.Así dormida soñaba, lo qu´el corazón velaba,Qu´el amor me consolaba, con mas bien que merecí.
With love my mother, with love she lay me to sleep.And that way I dreamed of what was weighing on my heart.Her love consoled me, with more goodness than I deserved.
Offering (4:30) Morgen! — R. Strauss
Und morgen wird die Sonne wieder scheinenund auf dem Wege, den ich gehen werde,wird uns, die Glücklichen sie wieder eineninmitten dieser sonnenatmenden Erde...und zu dem Strand, dem weiten, wogenblauen,werden wir still und langsam niedersteigen,stumm werden wir uns in die Augen schauen,und auf uns sinkt des Glückes stummes Schweigen...
And tomorrow the sun will shine againand on the way that I will go,she will again unite us, the happy onesamidst this sun-breathing earth,and to the beach, wide, wave-bluewill we still and slowly descendsilently we will look in each other's eyesand upon us will sink the mute silence of happiness...
Sung Response Turn the World Around
We come from the mountain (ocean, fire, heartland, story, mountain) Living in the mountainGo back to the mountain Turn the world around.
Dedication
Reading excerpt from Praise Song for the Widow — Paule Marshall
Interlude
Sermon Forgive Us Our Debts
*Closing Hymn (139) Wonders Still the World Shall Witness
Benediction
POSTLUDE Asbchied (Farewell) — R. Schumann
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by Reverend Anthony Makar and
Jeff Modzelewski
Worship Associate
This is the third and last sermon in a series entitled “Our Universalist Heritage." What if I said that Paradise is not lost but already here and now? And that spirituality is about entering it in this life, through a renewal and restoration of one’s mind and senses? Three hundred fifty years ago, that’s what Universalist Jane Leade preached, and her vision has been taken up in our time by Unitarian Universalist minister the Rev. Rebecca Ann Parker. Let’s take a closer look.
Attached media: https://archive.org/download/FirstUnitarianChurchofOrlando/2019/2019-10-13 Get Found - Rev Samuel Schaal.mp3
Attached media: https://archive.org/download/FirstUnitarianChurchofOrlando/2019/2019-10-06 Turning Toward Forgiveness - Rev. Sam Schaal.mp3
Attached media: https://archive.org/download/FirstUnitarianChurchofOrlando/2019-09-29 We Are Better Together - Rachel Gardiner.mp3
Attached media: https://archive.org/download/FirstUnitarianChurchofOrlando/2019-08-18 Taking A Breath - Rev Samuel Schaal.mp3
Attached media: https://archive.org/download/FirstUnitarianChurchofOrlando/2019-08-11 At Home in the WIlderness - Rev Samuel Schaul.mp3
Attached media: https://archive.org/download/FirstUnitarianChurchofOrlando/2016/2016-01-03NourishBeginnings-InternMinisterRachelChristensen.mp3
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by Kathy Strawser and
Marty Blachly-Cross
Worship Associate
The Very Reverend Tracey Lind and
Emily Ingalls
Guest Speakers
In 2017, the Very Reverend Tracey Lind stepped down as Dean of Cleveland's Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, following a diagnosis of early-onset dementia. What changes did this bring to her personal life, her activism, her ministry and her spiritual life? We welcome Rev. Lind and her wife Emily Ingalls to our pulpit to share their learnings and a message about what it means to be human.
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24:38 – Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair by UUCM’s Music Committee.
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SERMON
“Ultimate and Penultimate Things”
by Rev. Nancy McDonald Ladd
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by Reverend Anthony Makar and
Jeff Modzelewski
Worship Associate
Love, we say, is of transcendent worth. We affirm our Seven Unitarian Universalist Principles and in this way affirm the ultimacy of love. But often with our actions, we fall short. Often, we don’t walk the talk. So what does that mean? Does it mean we are hopeless hypocrites? Or is there a way to be a people who proclaim Love’s worth with integrity? Today’s sermon is the second in a series entitled “Our Universalist Heritage.”
Guest Musician: Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout
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Recorded live, Sunday October 13, 2019, All My Favorite People Are Broken, Rev. Florence Caplow.
With Julie Laut and James Engelhardt, Worship Associates; Emily McKown (Song Leader); and Matthew Gladden (Pianist).
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