Rev. Janet Newton is the senior minister at the First Parish Church of Berlin in Berlin, Massachusetts. Janet was born and raised Unitarian Universalist in the Unitarian Church of Los Alamos, NM. She comes to ministry after many years as a high school English and philosophy teacher. Janet received a Masters in Divinity in May 2018 from Meadville Lombard Theological school. For Janet, religion is a collaborative invitation to find, feed, and honor the spark of the sacred within every human heart, that we may know ourselves and our communities more deeply, and that we may make love more visible in the world. Her experiences have helped her develop a vision for church that uses worship, conversation, contemplation, and opportunities for lifelong learning and service to help us grow our souls, build community, and heal our world. She said she’s still a little amazed that her calling means she can live “an intentionally conscious spiritual life.”
SERVICE NOTES
WELCOME!
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If you would like to submit a joy or sorrow to be read during next week’s service, we invite you to write it in our Virtual Prayer Book.
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Have questions? While our minister, the Rev. John Cullinan, is on sabbatical, contact our office administrator at office@uulosalamos.org.
MUSIC CREDITS
- “Morning Has Come,” trad. round. (Unitarian Church of Los Alamos Choir; Nylea Butler-Moore, Music Director; Rick Bolton, AV Engineer.) Song Public Domain, video used by permission.
- “Blue Boat Home,” words: Peter Mayer; music: Roland Hugh Prichard, adapted by Peter Meyer. Created by Paul Thompson, Music Director at the UU Church of the Palouse, Moscow ID. Used by permission of the UUA.
- “To See a World,” words: William Blake, music: Norwegian tune, arr. Edvard Grieg. (UU Virtual Singers; Anne Marsh, reciter; Nylea Butler-Moore, Music Director; Rick Bolton, AV Engineer.) Song Public Domain, video used by permission.
- “Rising Green” by Carolyn McDade, arr. Jim Scott. (Nylea Butler-Moore, piano). Used by permission of the UUA.
- “The Lost Words Blessing” by Julie Fowlis, Karine Polwart, Seckou Keita, Kris Drever, Rachel Newton, Beth Porter, Jim Molyneux and Kerry Andrew. (Janet Newton, vocalist.) Images by Maria Thibodeau Photography, used by permission; song used by permission of Adam Slough of JSL Productions.
- “Petite Fleur” by Sidney Bechet. (Aaron Anderson, piano). Permission to stream BMI song #1169027 in this service obtained from CHRISTIAN COPYRIGHT SOLUTIONS with license #10770.
- “The Way,” text: unknown author, music: Nylea L. Butler-Moore. (UU Virtual Singers with Larry Rybarcyk, acoustic guitar & Nylea Butler-Moore, piano; Nylea Butler-Moore, Music Director; Rick Bolton, AV Engineer.) Used by permission.
Permission to stream the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE with license #A-730948. All rights reserved.
Permission to stream music in this service obtained from CHRISTIAN COPYRIGHT SOLUTIONS with license #10770.
OTHER NOTES
Permission granted from Danusha Laméris for use of “Thinking” via email, September 20, 2021
Permission granted from Katie Mack for use of “Disorientation” via email, August 14, 2021
*permission granted through the UUA
OFFERTORY
Our Share the Plate partner for September is Lutheran Family Services.
100% of all offered this month will be given to our partner.
We are now using Givelify.com to process the weekly offering: https://giv.li/5jtcps
SERVICE PARTICIPANTS
- Rev. Janet Newton, Guest Minister & vocalist
- Rebecca Howard, Worship Associate
- Nylea Butler-Moore, Director of Music
- Unitarian Church of Los Alamos Choir: sopranos Cathy Hayes, Mia McLeod, Janice Muir, Kelly Shea, Tamson Smith; altos Mary Billen, Susan Gisler, Rebecca Howard, Anne Marsh, KokHeong McNaughton, tenors & basses: Mike Begnaud, Peter Bloser, Skip Dunn, Kathy Gursky, Shannon Scott, with Yelena Mealy, piano
- Aaron Anderson, piano
- UU Virtual Singers: Alissa Grissom, Kelly Shea, Nylea Butler-Moore, Rebecca Howard, Anne Marsh, Kathy Gursky, Mike Begnaud, & Skip Dunn, with Larry Rybarcyk, acoustic guitar
- Mike Begnaud, Rick Bolton, and Renae Mitchell AV techs
Attached media: https://web.archive.org/web/20211111041553/https://www.uulosalamos.org/ucla/pulpit/2021/20210926-Enter_the_Wild_with_Care_My_Love.mp3