As a follow-up of the May 15 “Remembering the Stories” session on the history of this congregation, Rev. Linda proposes to the congregation some variations on the narrative you might be telling about this community in the future, and how you will be writing the next chapters in your story. We also take a moment to pause to reflect on the 60th anniversary of the creation of the modern Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations, a consolidation of the older American Unitarian Association and the Universalist Church of America.

Order of Service

11am Sunday, May 16, 2021

We come together…

Prelude    “The Elf” by Schumann        offered by James Smith 

Welcome                Dawn Dirks, Worship Weaver

Kelsey Cowger, Board Member

Opening Hymn 354  We Laugh, We Cry by Shelley Jackson Denham; arr. Scott DeVeaux offered by the UUCville Virtual Choir

Chalice Lighting     the Little Goodloe Family

Chalice Song  362    Rise Up O Flame     offered by Julia Stubbs   

We celebrate….

The Story of Consolidation – 60^th Anniversary of the UUA!  Greg Townsend

Hymn 318  We Would Be One     by Wright & Sibelius

offered by Church of the Larger Fellowship Chancel Choir 

We Share with One Another….

Invitation to the Offering           Dawn Dirks

Social Action Collection   Natalie Romero and Frank Valdez, Cville Immigrant Freedom Fund

Offertory  Romanze by Schumann                      offered by James Smith

Sharing of Joys and Sorrows    Christine Gresser

Musical Meditation   Gymnopedie No. 3 by Satie        offered by James Smith

We Look to the Future….

Sermon  “The Stories of Your Congregation”                            The Rev. Dr. Linda Olson Peebles

Closing Hymn 95   There Is More Love    African American traditional, arr. Scott DeVeaux

Offered by the UUCVille Virtual Choir   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXaHgmYTBtU

Benediction Rev. Linda

Postlude  Maple Leaf Rag by Joplin offered by James Smith

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Thanks to video editors Ellie Ransom and Lucy Gilbert; tech support from Sean Skally, Bailey Reed, Caroline Heins.

Community Worship: https://zoom.us/j/95025058534

Meeting id:   95025058534

Call: 646-558-8656