Episodes
Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
August 20, 2023- Lake Harriet Worship
Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
Rev. Ashley Horan, Aimee Bryant, and Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout lead worship with you at the bandshell at Lake Harriet. By the waters, we’ll embody the joy and talk the truths of willful change we can make to the ways we do community. We’ll live a little of love’s post-pandemic, not-far-along-enough-yet call. Truth be told, it has more to do with play and laughter and loving yourself than we’ve often understood. And the possibilities, when we’re willing to untether from the needful, are more wonderful even than we could have dreamed.
Singing to Gather- Rev. Ashley Horan, Aimee Bryant, and Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout (:30)
Words of Welcome and Call to Worship- Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout (3:55)
Singing Together- Morning Has Come (7:03)
Poem- I Thank You God - e. e. cummings (8:07)
Singing Together- Morning Has Come (10:23)
Singing Together- Breathing In, Breathing Out (14:42)
Reading- Building a Common Life by Elea Kemler- Allison Connelly-Vetter (22:39)
Community Prayer- Rev. Ashley Horan (28:55)
Practice of Giving and Receiving- Rev. Ashley Horan (40:09)
Offertory- Light of a Clear Blue Morning by Dolly Parton- Dr. GTR (42:45)
Reading- Touched by an Angel by Maya Angelou (47:07)
Anthem- Home by Diana Ross- Aimee K. Bryant and Dr. GTR (48:36)
Message- To Change What We Know- Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout (52:06)
Singing Together- We Are the Ones (1:02:35)
Benediction- Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout (1:06:50)
Tuesday Aug 15, 2023
August 13, 2023- Why Stop Now?
Tuesday Aug 15, 2023
Tuesday Aug 15, 2023
We often exclaim church to each other as a place, a sanctuary, a place away from other places. Isn’t it at least as much a moment we make special together? A present-day prophet, the Black science fiction writer Octavia Butler describes “God is change.” How would your relationship with holy things shift if you were looking not for things that have become divine, but instead were on a hunt for the becoming itself in progress? Would that change what goodness you discovered in you?
This Sunday, we explore the ways the divine expresses in units of time. Guided by the ancient Hebrew practice of sabbath-keeping, we reflect on the special moments of life that keep us in motion. And we ask ourselves and each other: What will stop to have time for what’s holy? What gets a no, so you can be present to what’s right in front of you?
Music for Gathering- Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout and Aimee K. Bryant (:29)
Words of Welcome & Call to Worship- Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout (3:51)
Story for All Ages- The Stuff of Stars by Marion Dane Bauer- Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout (12:49)
Meditation on Breathing- Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout (22:43)
Community Practice & Prayer- Rev. Ashley Harness (26:26)
Reading- from A Look to the Future (1957) by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (34:17)
Anthem- Amazing Grace- Franco Holder on piano (37:22)
Message- Why Stop Now?- Rev. Ashley Harness (40:52)
Giving and Receiving- (1:02:11)
Benediction- Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout (1:07:41)
Tuesday Jul 25, 2023
July 23, 2023- ”Art & Soul” with Ellis Delaney
Tuesday Jul 25, 2023
Tuesday Jul 25, 2023
Each Sunday in July, worship will feature artists and musicians sharing their craft and some reflections on how their art is connected to their spirituality. We continue this worship series with musician, composer, and First U Member, Ellis Delaney. Ellis is at once funny and wise, thoughtful and uninhibited, with a captivating voice that is matched by tender, sometimes funny, uplifting lyrics. Their music is transformational; leaving audiences feeling better, with softened edges & opened hearts.
Music for Gathering and Words of Welome- Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout (:19)
Story for All Ages- Dinosaur Air by Rev. Nancy Shaffer (24:21)
Hymn- Building Bridges Between Our Divisions- Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout and Aimee K. Bryant (26:15)
Meditation, Prayer, and Cycle of Life- Rev. Ashley Harness (33:08)
Message- "Art & Soul" with Ellis Delaney (39:44)
Transition Music- Prelude in C- The Well-Tempered Clavier (1:14:23)
"Art & Soul" with Ellis Delaney- Continued Conversation (1:18:55)
Wednesday Jul 12, 2023
July 9, 2023- ”Art & Soul” with Dean Magraw
Wednesday Jul 12, 2023
Wednesday Jul 12, 2023
Each Sunday in July, worship will feature a different local musician sharing their music and some reflections on how their art is connected to their spirituality. Dean Magraw is a consummate guitarist, playing with wit and soulful abandon. A performer like no other, he is part-comedian, part-philosopher and all-around musical genius. This past Sunday, he and Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout talked poetry, impressionists, and John Coltrane.
* Please note significant cuts and edits have been made due to poor original sound quality.
Opening Hymn- How Can I Keep from Singing? (:24)
Words of Welcome- Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout (3:48)
Poem- Monet Refuses the Operation by Liesel Mueller (10:30)
Prayer and Cycle of Life- Rev. Ashley Harness (13:39)
Practice of Giving and Receiving- Rev. Ashley Harness (18:54)
Offertory- Dean Magraw (22:38)
Message- Art and Soul: Music and Conversations with Dean Magraw (23:09)
Benediction- Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout (48:51)
Wednesday Jul 05, 2023
July 2, 2023- ”Art & Soul” with Aimee K. Bryant
Wednesday Jul 05, 2023
Wednesday Jul 05, 2023
Each Sunday in July will feature a different local musician sharing their music and reflection on how their art connected to their spirituality. Sunday, July 2, we begin our July worship series with our own vocalist in residence, Aimee K. Bryant.
Worship led by Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout, Aimee K. Bryant, and Sally Reynolds on piano
Singing to Gather (:26)
Words of Welcome (4:49)
Time for All Ages (13:23)
Singing Together- Just As Long As I Have Breath (19:26)
Prayer, Poetry, Silence (21:44)
Practice of Giving and Receiving (32:16)
Offertory- Open the Window, Children (36:10)
Message- Art and Soul: Song and Conversation with Aimee K. Bryant (40:13)
Benediction and Singing- Where You Go, I Will Go, Beloved (1:13:55)
Tuesday Jun 13, 2023
June 11, 2023- Freedom- Not for Ourselves Alone
Tuesday Jun 13, 2023
Tuesday Jun 13, 2023
In these days when the circle of who has autonomy over their body and what history we can teach in our classrooms grows smaller and smaller, we are called to remember that freedom is not freedom if it is for the individual, alone. Freedom is individual and collective—a personal experience and decision, and a collective commitment, experience, and responsibility. Universalism invites us to draw the circle wide, and draw it wider still. What does our faith require of us when the circle of freedom is shrinking in our society?
Opening Hymns- Circle 'Round for Freedom and Woyaya- Aimee K. Bryant- (:32)
Words of Welcome- Rev. Jen Crow (8:45)
Story for All Ages- The Stonewall Inn- Rev. Ashley Harness (15:12)
Hymn- Make Channels for the Streams of Love- Aimee K. Bryant (26:33)
Song, Silence, Meditation- Lóre Stevens (28:18)
Practice of Generosity- Rev. Ashley Harness (36:23)
Offertory- Franco Holder (38:24)
Reading- by Marge Piercy- Lóre Stevens and Rev. Jen Crow (41:13)
Anthem- Aimee K. Bryant- (43:24)
Message- Freedom, Not for Ourselves Alone- Rev. Jen Crow (46:39)
Benediction- Freedom is Coming- Aimee K. Bryant and Rev. Jen Crow (1:05:48)
Tuesday May 09, 2023
May 7, 2023- A Flame that Burns
Tuesday May 09, 2023
Tuesday May 09, 2023
Universalism calls us to become flame carriers in apocalyptic times. In community, with souls on fire, we reconstitute the world. Join us for worship with special guest and candidate for UUA President Rev. Dr. Sofia Betancourt as we begin our May worship theme, Carry the Flame.
Opening Hymn- This Little Light of Mine- Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout (:33)
Words of Welcome- Rev. Jen Crow (4:05)
Story for All Ages- Rev. Arif Mamdani and Rev. Jen Crow (9:11)
Singing Together- Building a New Way- Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout (21:00)
Prayer and Blessing- Rev. Ashley Harness (24:11)
Practice of Giving- Rev. Ashley Harness (30:15)
Offertory- Franco Holder, piano (34:37)
Reading by Rupi Kaur- Rev. Dr. Sofia Betancourt, (36:25)
Anthem- Franco Holder (37:59)
Message- A Flame that Burns- Rev. Sofia Betancourt (40:54)
Hymn- The Fire of Commitment - Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout (58:46)
Benediction- Rev. Jen Crow and Rev. Sofia Betancourt (1:02:00)
Tuesday Apr 04, 2023
April 2, 2023- Trusting Life
Tuesday Apr 04, 2023
Tuesday Apr 04, 2023
As we make the sometimes slow and halting turn toward spring and the emergence of new life, we continue our journey of pausing to pay attention. Together, we pick up the practice of noticing and naming the changes and losses among us and tentatively begin to trust again the turning and motion that life offers. This Sunday, April 2 we join each other in the collective practice of letting go as we do our part to make room for all that is about to emerge.
Opening Hymn- Open the Window- Aimee K. Bryant, Franco Holder (:22)
Words of Welcome and Call to Worship- Rev. Jen Crow (5:11)
Story for All Ages- Little Mole Finds Hope by Glenys Nellist (12:47)
Singing Together- There's a River Flowin' in my Soul - Aimee K. Bryant, Franco Holder (17:09)
Poem- The Thing Is by Ellen Bass- Rev. Jen Crow (20:03)
Singing- A Change is Gonna Come by Sam Cooke- Aimee K. Bryant, Franco Holder (21:20)
Message- Trusting Life- Rev. Jen Crow (25:47)
Meditation and Cycle of Life- Rev. Ashley Harness (42:45)
Reflection on Giving- Kerstin Beyer Lajuzan (51:23)
Offertory- Franco Holder (59:32)
Hymn- Make Channels for the Streams of Love- Aimee K. Bryant, Franco Holder (1:01:31)
Benediction- Rev. Jen Crow (1:03:06)
Postlude- Where You Go I Will Go, Beloved by Shoshana Jedwab
Tuesday Mar 21, 2023
March 19, 2023- A Covenant with Mystery
Tuesday Mar 21, 2023
Tuesday Mar 21, 2023
As Unitarian Universalists, we make covenants all the time. Our relational faith is built on covenant. Join us as we explore what it means to make horizontal and vertical promises to each other and to the oneness of mystery.
Prelude- Seasons of Love, Franco Holder, piano (:23)
Opening Hymn- Gathered Here- Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout (1:14)
Words of Welcome and Land Acknowledgement- Rev. Jen Crow (5:35)
Story for All Ages (11:40)
Meditation and Cycle of Life - Rev. Jen Crow (16:30)
Hymn- For the Earth Forever Turning (23:13)
Reflection on Annual Giving- Ginny MacAninch (26:16)
Practice of Giving and Receiving- Rev. Jen Crow (30:21)
Offertory- The Lovers’ Celebration by James Williams- Franco Holder, piano (32:03)
Reading- from The Sacred Depths of Nature by Ursula Goodenough (34:13)
Anthem- What Wondrous Love is This, setting by John Carter- Franco Holder, piano (37:05)
Message- Guest Minister (39:47)
Hymn- Woyaya (54:04)
Benediction (56:49)
Music for Going- Where You Go I Will Go, Beloved by Shoshana Jedwab
Monday Feb 13, 2023
February 12, 2023- Are We Sleeping Through a Revolution?
Monday Feb 13, 2023
Monday Feb 13, 2023
Multiple choice question:
Who said: “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice”?
- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- Theodore Parker
- None of the above
This Sunday morning we learn the answer, not just for this question but more so for what these ministers and theologians had to say to Unitarians and Universalists in the past, and what their words say to us today. In particular, how do their words point us toward two essential movements in our spiritual and religious lives and what do they call us to today?
Music for Gathering- by composer Robert Glasper- Franco Holder (:22)
Welcome - Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout (4:50)
Singing Together- Guide My Feet (9:17)
Reading- Practice by Omar Bronson- Rev. Ashley Harness (15:19)
Hymn- My Life Flows on in Endless Song (18:12)
Loving Kindness Meditation- Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout (26:47)
Practice of Giving and Receiving- Rev. Ashley Harness (36:08)
Offertory- Franco Holder (37:16)
Message- Are We Sleeping Through a Revolution?- Rev. Arif Mamdani (40:43)
Hymn- Make Channels for the Streams of Love (1:08:52)
Benediction- Rev. Arif Mamdani (1:10:19)
Music for Going- Where You Go, I Will Go, Beloved by Shoshana Jedwab