Episodes
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
Tuesday Jan 17, 2023
January 15, 2023- Yesterday Teaches Tomorrow
Tuesday Jan 17, 2023
Tuesday Jan 17, 2023
Time and time again, in stories and scriptures and songs, ancestors have left lessons for building beloved community. Though they come in all languages and expressions, the wisdom persists: to resist materialism and hold on to what truly matters; to unshackle from habits of needless prejudice; to put down the weapons we store in our hands and hearts and study war no more. How much comfort can we take that we aren’t nearly the first generation to struggle to live into these communal ways? And what’s our part in the progress?
Music for Gathering- Come, Come Whoever You Are- Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout and Aimee K. Bryant (:29)
Words of Welcome & Call to Worship- Rev. Arif Mamdani (5:17)
Hymn- 'Tis a Gift to be Simple- Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout (13:05)
Prayer and Meditation- Rev. Jen Crow (15:20)
Practice of Giving and Receiving- Rev. Arif Mamdani (22:29)
Offertory- We Shall Be Known by Ma Muse- Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout and Aimee K. Bryant (23:22)
Message- Yesterday Teaches Tomorrow- Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout (26:11)
Benediction- Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout (52:30)
Music for Going- Return Again- Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout and Aimee K. Bryant
Monday Jan 09, 2023
January 8, 2023- Remembrance Sunday
Monday Jan 09, 2023
Monday Jan 09, 2023
Remembrance Sunday is a yearly service in which we name and honor those we’ve lost in the congregation and the wider community. Through story, song, and ritual, this service invites us to name and make room for the loss, grief, and sadness in ourselves, within this community, and beyond in the wider world. This service includes an invitation to name with a neighbor, in-person or at home, any losses you’d like to hold in community, as well a candle lighting ritual in which we name and honor the deaths in our congregation this last year. Join us on Sunday to be and become the community of love and know that together, love can make every grief and suffering bearable for us all.
Singing to Gather- Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout (:20)
Words of Welcome- Rev. Jen Crow (5:45)
Time for All Ages- Making Room for Sadness- Lauren Wyeth (14:00)
Hymn- Come Sing a Song With Me- Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout (21:03)
Practice of Giving and Receiving- Rev. Arif Mamdani, Isabel Quast (26:02)
Poem and Cycle of Life - Kindness by Naomi Shihab Nye- Rev. Ashley Harness (30:49)
Remembrance Ritual- Rev. Arif Mamdani (35:29)
Benediction- Rev. Arif Mamdani (54:00)
Music for Going- Where You Go I Will Go, Beloved by Shoshana Jedwab
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
December 25, 2022- Christmas Morning
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout, Cummins Ministerial Intern Lóre Stevens, and Rev. Arif Mamdani invite you to Christmas morning at church, where our worship leaders will be gathered by the fire opening presents together—presents we are gifting to ourselves and to the church as we work to bring the spirit of these winter holidays into the day-to-day of our lives all throughout the year.
Music for Gathering- For Each Child That's Born- Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout (:24)
Words of Welcome and Story- Rev. Arif Mamdani (1:09)
Singing Together- Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout (7:58)
Prayer and Meditation- Lóre Stevens (10:09)
Practice of Giving and Receiving- Rev. Arif Mamdani (12:25)
Offertory- Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout
Reading- Relentless by Sean Parker Dennison- Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout (14:42)
Giving and Receiving Gifts- Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout, Lóre Stevens, and Rev. Arif Mamdani (17:47)
Singing Together- Say Amen- Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout (41:07)
Benediction- Now the Work of Christmas Begins by Howard Thurman- Lóre Stevens (42:58)
Music for Going- Where You Go I Will Go, Beloved by Shoshana Jedwab- Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout
Monday Oct 10, 2022
October 9, 2022- What We Need Is Here
Monday Oct 10, 2022
Monday Oct 10, 2022
As we continue our exploration of the theme, “You Can Count On This,” we turn our attention to our bodies this week. Sources of ancient wisdom carried deep within our bones, sources of comfort, pleasure, pain, joy, grief, and frustration – our bodies hold so much. Through story, prayer, music, poetry and shared breath, we’ll explore the wisdom of the body this week.
Singing to Gather- Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout, Franco Holder (:51)
Words of Welcome- Rev. Jen Crow (7:26)
Story for All Ages- Lauren Wyeth (13:07)
Singing- This Little Light of Mine-Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout, Franco Holder (19:54)
Prayer and Meditation- Rev. Jen Crow (23:43)
Practice of Giving- Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout (31:07)
Message- What We Need Is Here- Lauren Wyeth, Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout, Rev. Jen Crow (35:55)
Chant- What We Need Is Here- Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout (55:48)
Benediction- Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout (1:00:20)
Monday Sep 19, 2022
September 18, 2022- Belonging to Beloved Community
Monday Sep 19, 2022
Monday Sep 19, 2022
The dream has been alive for years – Beloved Community. A place, a people, a moment in time when we might truly be, as our Visionary Goal proclaims, “a multi-racial, multicultural, and intergenerational faith community of mutual caring and support where people bring all of who they are and welcome each other with joy. Our sense of who we are as a community of faith is ever expanding.” What does it mean to belong to that Beloved Community, and what will be required of us as we unlearn soul-killing patterns of oppression and practice liberating, life-sustaining ways? What does it mean to belong to this Beloved Community?
Music for Gathering- Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout (:19)
Words of Welcome- Rev. Arif Mamdani (3:42)
Call to Worship- To Be of Use by Marge Piercy- Lóre Stevens (16:18)
Story for All Ages- Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout (18:26)
Prayer and Meditation- Rev. Arif Mamdani (26:11)
Practice of Giving- Rev. Jen Crow (33:28)
Celebrating Rev. Jen's Ten Years- Rev. Sara Smalley and the Team (37:17)
Message- Belonging to Beloved Community- Rev. Jen Crow (44:30)
Music for Going- Love Will Guide Us (1:03:05)
Tuesday Sep 06, 2022
September 4, 2022- Homemade by the River
Tuesday Sep 06, 2022
Tuesday Sep 06, 2022
What can architects, masons, and the sound of water teach us about crafting a home by hand? And what do rivers remind us about living a life in motion and movement? Join us for worship with guest worship leader, Matt Meyer.
Matt is a musician and worship leader who has led hundreds of services for UU congregations across the country. He has a degree in hand drumming and serves as Director of Community Life for Sanctuary Boston.
Music for Gathering- Water Heal my Body by Coco Love Alcorn- Matt Meyer and Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout (:30)
Words of Welcome- Rev. Jen Crow (1:38)
Call to Worship- from At the River Clarion by Mary Oliver- Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout (10:39)
Song- Put Your Roots Down by Molly Hartwell- Matt Meyer (12:33)
Story- Desmond Gets Free by Matt Meyer (17:45)
Prayer and Cycle of Life- Rev. Jen Crow (25:53)
Invitation to Give- Lóre Stevens (32:45)
Offertory- Ilu Finu by Miriam Margles- Matt Meyer
Reading- 250 Things an Architect Should Know by Michael Sorkin - Matt Meyer and Lóre Stevens (36:26)
Song- There's a River Flowin' in my Soul by Faya Ora Rose Touré (39:14)
Message- Homemade by the River- Matt Meyer (42:50)
Song for Going and Benediction - Where You Go I Will Go by Shoshana Jedwab- Matt Meyer (59:36)
Monday Aug 29, 2022
August 21, 2022- Air and Breath
Monday Aug 29, 2022
Monday Aug 29, 2022
The First Universalist Choir, Dr. Randy Buikema, Aimee K. Bryant, Franco Holder, Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout, Rev. Arif Mamdani, Rev. Jen Crow, and Lauren Wyeth will lead and inspire us through music, story, and message.
Music for Gathering- Where Do We Come From?- Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout and Aimee K. Bryant (19:24)
Words of Welcome- Rev. Jen Crow (5:39)
Call to Worship- Eagle Poem by Joy Harjo (10:53)
Singing Together- Open the Window, Children (14:29)
Wisdom from the Choir (19:41)
Homily- Rev. Jen Crow (26:04)
Prayer and Meditation- Rev. Jen Crow and Rev. Arif Mamdani (33:18)
Invitation to Give- Lauren Wyeth (39:13)
Offertory- Loving Will Lead Us On, by Linda Kachelmeier and Rev. Kate Tucker- First Universalist Choir (42:30)
Singing Together - Open the Window, Children; Where You Go I Will Go; (48:42)
Tuesday Jul 05, 2022
June 19, 2022- BOGO Worth and Dignity
Tuesday Jul 05, 2022
Tuesday Jul 05, 2022
The equation for calculating price per unit is a simple one, handy for finding the best value at a store. Yet trying to fit our values and Principles into that equation complicates it quite a bit. In this time of rainbow capitalism, performative activism, and faltering progress, let us double check our trajectory. Are we on our way to the heaven on earth Universalists dreamed of, or do we need a new equation? Join us this Sunday as we welcome guest preacher Nico Van Ostrand, who will lead worship along with Rev. Kate Tucker, Lauren Wyeth, Aimee K. Bryant, and pianist Barb Brooks.
Words of Welcome- Rev. Kate Tucker (:30)
Time for All Ages- Lauren Wyeth (4:13)
Hymn- Gather the Spirit (7:45)
Reflection and Prayer- Rev. Kate Tucker (8:54)
Message- BOGO Worth and Dignity- Nico Van Ostrand (12:39)
Invitation to Give to CLNE- Rev. Kate Tucker (26:26)
Benediction- Rev. Kate Tucker (27:28)