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These
recordings are all recorded live during our services using two small,
unobtrusive microphones hanging from the ceiling. We think these recordings are pretty good but for the full
experience please visit us in person!
We were established in 1826 in Nashua, New Hampshire. Our Internet home is http://www.uunashua.org/.
Our
minister is Reverend Stephen (Steve) Edington. Our pianist, organist, choir director, and music director
are all Jared (Jed) Holland.
One
part of many services that is too personal to share is called Joys and
Concerns. Here is a sample of the
words and music that are said and sung, with the personal information removed:
Joys and Concerns,
and From You I Receive
Recordings
from the service January 31, 2010.
Guest speaker is Andrew Millard.
Hymn: Come Sing a Song With
Me (No. 346)
Anthem: Dance Today with Joy (by Vijay Singh. The text is based on a 15th century Indian poem.)
Sermon: A Religion for Our Time (Andrew
Millard)
Hymn: Wake Now, My Senses
(No. 298)
Recordings
from the service January 24, 2010.
Hymn: We Are the Earth (No.
303)
Anthem: Appalachian Round (music: traditional, lyrics by George Furse)
Sermon: Spiritual But Not Religious
Hymn: Blessed Spirit of My
Life (No. 86)
Recordings
from the Martin Luther King service January 17, 2010.
Conversation
with the children
Anthem: Harriet
Tubman (by Walter Robinson, arranged by John Coates, Jr. Guitarist Dan Murphy.)
As We
Leave this Friendly Place
Sermon: The Prophet and the President: Martin
Luther King Sunday
Hymn: There Is More Love
Somewhere (No. 95)
Recordings
from the service January 10, 2010.
Guest musicians today are John Burkitt on bass and Geoff Goodell on
guitar.
Prelude and Chalice
Lighting (singing traditional Scottish hymn “Auld Lang Syne”)
Hymn: O Life That Maketh All
Things New (No. 12)
Outreach Presentation by
Nancy Dowey for Gateways Community Services
The additional verse is “In New Hampshire, ain’t it thrillin’? Gay folks can marry, if they’re willin’. Jenn married Michelle, oh, ain’t it swell? We’re living in an equal wonderland!
Sermon: The Future of Fundamentalism
Hymn: It Sounds Along the
Ages (No. 187)
There
was no service on January 3, 2010 due to snow.
Recordings
from the service December 27, 2009.
Hymn: May Nothing Evil Cross This Door (No. 1)
Recordings
from the 10 pm Christmas Eve service December 24, 2009.
Prelude: Still, Still, Still (Salzburg, Austria, 1819. Played by Bruce Cleaveland on trumpet)
Hymn: It Came Upon a
Midnight Clear (No.244)
Christmas Offering for
Harbor Homes Connections
Music: Wondrous Star (Gene Grier and Lowell Everson, USA, 1988. Suellen Davidson and Tina Marshman)
Reading: Letter from Fra Giovanni (Pontassieve, Italy, Christmas Eve, 1513. John Sanders)
Music: I Wonder as I Wander (John Jacob Niles, USA, 1933. Dan Murphy on guitar)
Reading: Reflections on the Season (Roy Goodman)
Reading: The Christmas Story (gospel of Luke, Chapter 2. Harry Purkhiser)
Christmas Eve Homily (Rev
Stephen Edington)
Lighting the Candles and
singing Dona Nobis Pacem and Silent Night
Recordings
from the 7 pm Christmas Eve service December 24, 2009.
Hymn: It Came Upon a Midnight
Clear (No.244)
Seasonal Reflection – Stephanie George
Seasonal Reflection – Rev.
Bruce Taylor
Seasonal Reflection – David Robbins
Christmas Offering for Harbor
Homes Connections
Hymn: Oh Little Town of Bethlehem (No. 247)
Lighting the Candles and
singing Dona Nobis Pacem and Silent Night
Recordings
from the service December 20, 2009.
Prelude anthem: Christmas Bell Medley (written by Larry Shackley, based upon a traditional French carol Ding Dong Merrily on High, a traditional song Ukranian Bell Carol, and Waltham by J.Baptiste Calkin. Instrumentalists are Bruce Cleaveland, Bruce Dye, Jonathan Orr on trumpet, Lori Lerude on French horn, Jenny and Kathy Grossman on trombone, and Jed Holland on piano) Again, the instruments overpower the sound system settings, so turn down your volume.
Hymn: Deck the Halls (No.
235, with brass choir accompaniment)
Anthem:
One Candle, One Flame ( by Linda Sobo, sung by the Youth Choir)
Anthem: Here We Come A-Caroling (traditional yorkshire carol arranged by Carolyn Jennings)
Anthem:
Shepherd’s Pipe Carol (words and music by John Rutter)
A
Meditation: A Rebirth of Wonder (Rev. Stephen Edington)
Hymn: Once in Royal David’s
City (No. 228)
Recordings
from the service December 13, 2009.
Prelude anthem: Make a Little Music for Hanukkah (by David Eddleman. Sung by youth choir)
Conversation
with the children
Hymn: Light One Candle (No.
221)
As We
Leave This Friendly Place
Anthem: Wassail Song (arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams)
Hymn: All Beautiful the March
of Days (No. 57)
Recordings
from the service December 6, 2009. This service includes the Biggest Crazy UU
band that ever was (in Nashua at least), and it is very enthusiastic and loud,
so careful with your volume!
Prelude anthem: Disturbed by Light (words by Thomas H. Troeger, music by Sally Ann Morris)
Chalice Lighting by 3rd
and 4th grade RE class
Conversation
with the Children and As We Leave this Friendly Place
Outreach Collection
(presentation for Harbor Homes by Cynthia Andreola and Nathan Goodwin)
Anthem: I Seek a Journey (words and music by Gwen McLeod Hall)
Recordings
from the service November 29, 2009. This service is led by Gary Lerude. It includes recordings from his series
of “Be Spiritual” podcasts. More
can be found at his website http://bespiritual.info/
Closing Song: Circle, by
Harry Chapin
November
8th, 15th, and 22nd – we experienced technical
difficulties so there are no recordings of these services.
Recordings
from the service November 1, 2009.
We were sad to hear of the death of a long-time member today. The anthem “I Believe” and the closing
song spoke to many peoples’ feelings today.
Prelude: All Work Together, words and music by Woody Guthrie, sung by the Youth Choir
Hymn: Earth Was Given As A
Garden (No. 207)
Conversation
with the Children
Anthem: Cantate Domino, by Giuseppe Pitoni, edited by Norman Greyson
Sermon: Rationality and Faith: Opposites?
Closing Song: I’ve Got Peace
Like A River (No. 100)
Recordings
from the service October 25, 2009.
We have special music from Jonathon Orr today – I love this song!
Hymn: Morning So Fair To See
(No. 42)
Anthem: Moon Shadow, written by Cat Stevens, sung by Jonathon Orr
Closing Song: With Joy We
Claim the Growing Light (No. 345)
Recordings
from the service October 18, 2009.
Hymn: We Are The Earth (No.
303)
Anthem: What A Wonderful World
Closing Song: Touch the
Earth, Reach the Sky (No. 301)
Recordings
from the service October 11, 2009.
We have more musical surprises today with Geri’s rousing solo to make us
think, and Gillian’s flute accompaniment to the choir.
Hymn: We the Heirs of Many Ages
(No. 102)
Anthem: Eagle Poem, text by Joy Harjo, music by David L. Brunner. Flute played by Gillian Hinkle.
Words for Reflection: Harry Purkhiser
Closing Song: Wonders Still
the World Shall Witness (No. 139)
Recordings
from the Open House service October 4, 2009. Check out the beautiful music today! We had music from the youth choir, an
oboe and flute accompanying the adult choir, as well as two soloists and the
rest of the choir, all sounding wonderful. Also listen to the wonderful presentation by Hilary and Mike
who tell why they keep coming to our church.
Prelude: Boker Tov, by Craig Taubman, sung by youth choir
Chalice Lighting, 6th
and 7th grade RE class
Hymn: Where Do We Come From
(No. 1003), sung as a round
Conversation
with the Children, and Recessional: As We Leave This Friendly Place (No. 414)
Outreach Collection
Presentation, Mariellen Durso, Nashua Area Health Center
Presentation: Still UU After All These Years, by Hilary Keating and Mike Ballentine
Closing Song: As Tranquil
Streams (No. 145)
Recordings
from the service September 27, 2009.
Chalice Lighting, Geri
Davidson
Hymn: Let Us Wander Where We
Will (No. 195)
Congregation sings
If I Had A Hammer – a tribute to Mary Travers
Anthem:
The Oneness of Everything, by Jim Scott, sung by the Greater UU Adult Choir
Words for Reflection, John Sanders
Sermon: Belief for Non-Believers
Closing Song: Here On The
Paths of Every Day (No. 312)
Recordings
from the service September 20, 2009.
Welcome back to the choir!
Their anthems sound beautiful today!
Hymn: Gather the Spirit (No.
347)
Responsive Reading
“The Winds of Summer” (No. 729)
Words for Reflection, David Robbins
Closing Song: We Laugh, We
Cry (No. 354)
Recordings
from the Water service September 13, 2009. Includes RE teachers dedication.
Welcome back!
Hymn: Enter, Rejoice, and
Come In (No. 361)
Conversation
with the Children
Responsive Reading
“The Winds of Summer” (No. 729)
A Sharing of Journeys (edited to remove personal information)
Responsive
Reading “It Matters What We Believe”, by Sofia Lyons Fahs (No. 657)
Religious Education
agreements
Closing Song: Come Sing A
Song with Me (No. 346)
Recordings
from the Flower service June 7, 2009. Includes choir appreciation, recognition
of high school graduates, RE teachers and committee appreciation.
Hymn : For Flowers That Bloom
About Our Feet (No. 76)
Outreach Collection for
Habitat for Humanity
Recognition of
the Treble Choir Singers
Treble Choir Anthem: The
Flower Song, by Joe Schafer
Responsive
Reading “It Matters What We Believe”, by Sofia Lyons Fahs (No. 657)
Recognition of High School
Graduates
Closing Song: The Sun That
Shines (No. 19)
Recordings
from the Choir Appreciation service May 31, 2009.
Prelude: It’s A
Brand New Day, written by Kathy Grossman (world premier!)
Hymn : Gather the Spiriti
(No. 347)
Somos El Barco, by
Lorre Wyatt
Anthem:
Sometimes I Feel, arranged by Alice Parker and Robert Shaw. Soloist Ellen McCormick
Cal Libby Art Scholarship
Presentation to Melissa Cooper
Anthem: A
Prayer for Peace, by Carla Giomo
Outreach
Collection for our Burundi neighbors
Anthem: Elijah
Rock, arranged by Moses Hogan
Sermon: A Year End Reflection
with Thanks
Closing Song: May Nothing Evil
Cross This Door (No. 1)
Recordings
from the Memorial Day service May 24, 2009.
Somos El Barco, by
Lorre Wyatt
Outreach
Collection for our Burundi neighbors
Closing Song: Blessed Spirit
of My Life (No. 86)
Recordings
from the service May 17, 2009.
Band musicians today are John Burkitt on bass, Geoff Goodell and Adrian
George on guitar, and singer Tess George, as well as Jed Holland on piano.
Prelude:
Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright (by Bob Dylan. Played by John, Geoff, and Adrian)
Hymn: Let All the Beauty We
Have Known (No. 326)
Somos El Barco, by
Lorre Wyatt (accompanied by all the band members)
Outreach
Collection for our Burundi neighbors
Music: Ripple (by
Hunter/Garcia)(played by the band)
Closing Song: Let It Be a
Dance (No. 311)
Postlude: Keep on the Sunny
Side of Life (Written by A.P. Carter/Traditional. Played by the band)
Recordings
from the Mothers’ Day service May 10, 2009.
Prelude: What Do
I Do? (by Ruth Pelham, sung by treble choir and their families)
Opening Song:
Shower the People (by James Taylor, sung by the Greater UU choir and the
congregation)
Somos El Barco, by
Lorre Wyatt
Sermon: Our Families and
Ourselves (Steve Edingtion, followed by Dick Widhu and Kathy Fletcher)
Closing Song: Let Love
Continue Long (No. 129)
Recordings
from the service May 3, 2009.
Hymn: Spring Has Now Unwrapped
the Flowers (No. 63)
Somos El Barco, by Lorre Wyatt
Outreach
Presentation by Robert Kambo
Anthem: Good Timber Grows (music by Roger Emerson, text anonymous)
Anthem: Sing
We and Chant It (words by Michael Drayton, music by Thomas Morley)
Closing Song: Love Will Guide
Us (No. 131)
Recordings
from the service April 26, 2009.
Hymn: For the Beauty of the
Earth (No. 21)
Somos El Barco, by
Lorre Wyatt
Anthem:
The Path You Walk Upon (by Catherine Dalton)(flute accompaniment by Gillian
Hinkle)
Closing Song: You’ve Got
a Friend (by Carole King)
Recordings
from the Youth service April 19, 2009.
Sorry, but the recording was started late.
Music: Good Day (sung by P.M.
Ambrogio)
Collection
for Anne Marie House & Music
Guided meditation, led by Steph George
Spirit of Life, led by
Scarlet and Stephanie
Saturday Night Live Skits (Sean
Guidi, Dan Warner, and Charlie Shepherd)
Hymn: Life
is the Greatest Gift of All (trumpeter Bruce Cleaveland)
Recordings
from the Easter service April 12, 2009. Brass players: on trumpet: Bruce
Cleaveland, Bruce Dye, Jonathan Orr; on trombone Jenny and Kathy Grossman; on
tuba: Ben Pugh, and on French horn Lori Lerude.
Auction
announcement by Supergirl, Clark Kent and Super-Donation-Collection Man
Prelude:
Weavers and Spinners (sung by treble choir)
Hymn: Lo, the Day of Days is Here
(No. 269)
Conversation
with the Children and As We Leave This Friendly Place
Somos El Barco, by
Lorre Wyatt
Anthem: Jazz
Alleluia (by Thomas Benjamin)(sung by the Greater UU Adult Choir)
Outreach
Collection introduction
Words for Reflection (Anya Zakiewicz)
Anthem:
Festival Sanctus (by Lohn Leavitt)
Hymn: O Day of Light and
Gladness (No. 270)
Recordings
from the service April 5, 2009. Brass players: on trumpet: Bruce Cleaveland,
Bruce Dye, Jonathan Orr; on trombone Jenny and Kathy Grossman; on French horn
Lori Lerude.
Auction
announcement by Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne
Chalice Lighting
(preschool and kindergarten class)
Hymn: For the Earth Forever
Turning (No. 163)
Conversation
with the Children and As We Leave This Friendly Place
Somos El Barco, by Lorre
Wyatt
Anthem: By My Side
(from Godspell, lyrics by Jay Hamburger, music by Peggy Gordon)
Outreach
Collection, speaker Rev. Tom Woodward
Words for
Reflection (Kathy Fletcher)
Hymn: O Young and Fearless
Prophet (No. 276)
Recordings
from the Spirit of Woody Guthrie service March 29, 2009. The vocalists are Kathy Grossman, Dan
Murphy, and Harry Purkhiser. Dan
also plays guitar, piano, and harmonica (not all at once). The rest of the band members are John
Burkitt on bass, Jed Holland on piano and organ, and Billy Parker on drums.
Auction Announcement (guest appearance
by Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne)
Somos El Barco (Kathy,
Dan, Harry, Jed, Billy, John, and congregation)
Closing
Words and Closing Song: This Train Is Bound For Glory (Dan, Harry, Kathy, John,
Billy)
Recordings
from the service March 22, 2009.
This is our production of the musical “Honk!”
Director
and Choreographer = Martha Holland, Music Director = Jed Holland. Here’s the Cast: Ida = Kathy Fletcher, Drake = Jim Woolsey, Maureen=Tess George, Grace=Pat Fields, Henrietta=Kathi
Fogal, Ugly=Gabriel Keyl,
Beaky=Sabra George, Billy=Grant Lerude, Downy=Erica Agnew,
Fluff=Nicole Straussberg, The Cat=Andrea Lerude, Jay Bird=Charlie Shepherd, Camera Man=Ben Bate, The Turkey=Ethan Shepherd, Greylag=Dan
Warner, Dot=Devin Orr, The Bullfrog=Laura Cannava, Penny=Mallory Fogal, Mother Swan=Gwen Mikailov, Father Swan=Steve Hedges, ensemble=Samuel Agnew, Maddox
Fogal, Bridget Foner, Isaac
George, Andrew Holland, Rebecca Holland, Elise Mikailov, Margaret Mikailov, Ben
Morton, Grace Morton, Mia Taylor, Maggie Woolsey, The Crew= Victoria
Agnew, Adreinne George, Devon
George, Ryan Lange, Lori Lerude, Gwen Mikailov, Michelle Morrison, Jenn Morton,
Kate O’Shea, Mary Beth Restivo, Mickey Saunders-Shepherd, Katie Woolsey, Sherri Woolsey, The Set Design=Devon George, The Band=Jed Holland (piano), Billy
Parker (percussion), John Burkitt (bass), Kathy Grossman (trombone), Burns
Fisher (clarinet), Gillian Hinkle (flute and piccolo).
For
editing convenience, I split up the Honk! play into the following parts, which
don’t correspond exactly to the acts.
Mostly, there is dialogue at the beginnings with the songs at the ends
of each section.
Poultry Tale( Drake
and ensemble)
Joy of
Motherhood (Ida and Maureen)
Hold Your
Head Up High (Ida and Ugly)
Play With Your
Food (the Cat and Ugly)
Every
Tear A Mother Cries (Ida)
Wild Goose Chase
(Graylag and Dot and ensemble)
The Blizzard (Rebecca
Holland and ensemble)
Recordings
from the service March 15, 2009.
Check out the trombone music!
Hymn: Bells in the High Tower
(No. 56)
Anthem: All the
Rivers (words from Ecclesiastes 1:7, 9:11, music by Charles Baker)
The Church I Choose
(Stephen Nodvin)
Trombone Solo: Morceau
Symphonique (by Alexandre Guilmant.
Played by Jenny Grossman)
Anthem: Turn
the World Around (by Harry Belafone and Robert Freedman)
Sermon: The Faith of Doubt,
given by Steve Edington and David Robbins
Hymn: With Joy We Claim the
Growing Light (No. 345)
Recordings
from the service March 8, 2009.
Sermon: The Church We Choose,
given by Steve Edington and Ellen Fisher
Recordings
from the service March 1, 2009.
Hymn: Praise the Source of
Faith and Learning (No. 158)
Conversation
with the Children
Solo: Never Alone, by Lady
Antebellum – soloist Andrea Lerude
As We
Leave This Friendly Place
Anthem: In
Paths of Beauty (by Gordon Young)
Sermon: Praying to Whom, given
by Kathy Fletcher and Steve Edington
Hymn: Blessed Spirit of My Life (No. 86)
Recordings
from the “Mindfulness Meditation” service February 22, 2009.
Hymn: Come Sing A Song With
Me (No. 346)
Mindfulness Meditation by
Winfield Clark
Guided Meditation led by
Jim Colosi
Recordings
from the service February 15, 2009.
Hymn: Bring Oh Morn Thy Music
(No. 39)
Sermon: How Much Tolerance Can
Be Tolerated?
Hymn: Let Love Continue Long ( No 129)
Recordings
from the “Art & Spirituality: connection & meaning” service February 8,
2009.
Prelude (Je Te Veux, by Eric
Satie)
Words of Welcome (said to
Ginger as she wanders in looking for an art installation)
Reflections by Elizabeth
Clark and Loretta Hubley
Hymn: Tis a Gift To Be Simple, Tis a Gift to be Free (No.
16)
Reflections by Layne
Batchelder and Dick Widhu
Hymn: Let All the Beauty We Have Known (No 326)
Hymn: May Your Life Be
as a Song, sung as a 4-part round
Words for Reflection/Guided
Meditation (Anya Zakieqicz)
Recordings
from the service February 1, 2009.
Check out the fun duet “You Are Theist, I Am Humanist”
Hymn: Now Let Us Sing (No.
368)
As We
Leave This Friendly Place
Anthem: When Our
Heart is in a Holy Place (by Joyce Poley)
Hymn: Life is the Greatest
Gift of All (No. 331)
Recordings
from the Let Justice Roll Living Wage Sunday service January 25, 2009. Our honored guest this Sunday is
Reverend William Sinkford, president of the UUA. Our guest musicians are John Burkitt on bass and Geof
Goodell on guitar. The choir did a
great job on the three songs for this service!
Prelude: River
in Judea (lyrics Linda Marcus, music Jack Feldman, arranged by John Leavitt)
Hymn: Wonders Still the World
Shall Witness (No. 139)
Anthem:
The Storm is Passing Over (by Charles Tindley, arranged by Barbara Baker)
Anthem: We Are One
(by Brian Tate)
Sermon: Let Justice Roll – by
Rev. William Sinkford
Hymn: We’ll Build a Land (No.
121)
Recordings
from the service January 18, 2009.
A small number of people made it through the snow! The band members throughout the service
are John Burkitt on bass, Geof Goodell on Guitar and Jenny and Kathy Grossman
on trombone.
Prelude: Another Day (by James
Taylor, performed by Steve Hedges)
Hymn: Down By The
Riverside (with the band)
Sermon: What Would Martin Say
to Barack?
Hymn: This Little
Light of Mine (No. 118 – with the band)
There
was no formal service on January 11, 2009 due to snow.
Recordings
from the service January 4, 2009.
Happy New Year!
Prelude: As Time Goes By (Jed
Holland, Goef Goodell, John Burkitt)
Hymn: It’s All Beautiful, the
March of Days (No. 57)
Converation
with the children and As We Leave this Friendly Place
Sermon: The Fundamental Things
Apply (As Time Goes By)
Hymn: The Peace Not Past Our
Understanding (No. 164)
Recordings
from the service December 28, 2008.
Hymn: May Nothing Evil Cross
this Door (No. 1)
Recordings
from the early Christmas Eve service December 24, 2008.
Anthem: Behold a
Star from Jacob Shining
Hymn:
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear (No.224)
Anthem: Twinkle
Twinkle Christmas Star (sung by treble choir)
Seasonal Reflection by
Magdalene Pattyantus
Seasonal Reflection by Tess George and Kathy Fletcher
Anthem:
O Come Let Us Adore Him (soloist Marty Storer, treble and adult choir)
Seasonal Reflection by Sara Widhu
Outreach Collection
(Jingle Bells and Joy to the World – trombonists Jenny and Kathy Grossman)
Bible Reading from Isaiah 9 and Luke 2 (Bob Sampson)
Hymn:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (No 246)
Dona Nobis Pacem, Silent
Night, and Closing Words
Recordings
from the service December 21, 2008.
Hymn: Deck the Halls (No.
235)
Hymn: Once in Royal David’s
City (No. 228)
Recordings
from the service December 14, 2008.
Chalice Lighting (Bob
Keating)
Anthem:
Christmas Time, Merry Time (words Charles Fair, music by John Cacavas and
Charles Cassey)
Words for Reflection (John Sanders)
Anthem:
Christmas is a Feeling (by Nathalie Sleeth. Flute soloist Linda Lewis)
Hymn: What Gift Can We Bring?
(No 404)
Recordings
from the service December 7, 2008.
Chalice Lighting (2nd
and 3rd RE class)
Conversation
with the Children and As We Leave This Friendly Place
Anthem: How Beautiful Are
the Feet (from Messiah, by G.F.
Handel; soloist Sandra LaBarge-Neumann)
Words for Reflection (Kathy Fletcher)
Anthem: What
Sweeter Music (by John Rutter)
Sermon: Making the Holidays Holy
Recordings
from the service November 30, 2008.
Musicians
in the band include John Burkitt on electric bass, Zoe Goodell and Bruce
Fitzpatrick on acoustic guitar, Geof Goodell on electric guitar, Jed Holland on
piano, and vocalists Nona and Marty Storer and Geof Goodell.
Hymn: This Little Light of Mine
Youth
Programming Presentation by Magdalene Pattantyus
Outreach Collection
and anthem: Dear Prudence
Sermon: Mind the Gap, by Bruce
Taylor
Hymn: Love Makes A Bridge (No. 325)
Recordings
from the service November 23, 2008.
Anthem: Let
Us Give Thanks (music & lyrics by Joyce Poley. Sung by treble choir)
Story: Cranberry
Thanksgiving (by Wende and Harry Devlin) told by Chris Parker and Steve
Edington
Hymn: We Sing Now Together
(No. 67)
Anthem: O Brother
Sun (adapted by Sharon Anway, arranged by Jason Shelton)
Anthem: Thanks
Be To God (by Marty Haugen. Sung
by treble choir and adult choir)
Antiphonal Reading: Let Us
Give Thanks (No. 69)
Recordings
from the service November 16, 2008.
Hymn: Although This Life is
But a Wraith (No. 85)
Welcome to new members
(personal information has been removed)
Anthem: The Paper
Reeds By The Brooks (Randall Thompson)
Words for Reflection – Harry Purkhiser
Sermon: How Sports Becomes A Religion
Hymn: Oh Life That Maketh All
Things New (No. 12)
Recordings
from the service November 9, 2008.
Hymn: Now Let Us
Sing (No. 368)
Anthem:
Let This Be A House of Peace (sung by the Greater Choir)
Anthem:
Something Told the Wild Geese
Hymn: Let Freedom Span Both
East and West (No. 148)
Recordings
from the service November 2, 2008.
Prelude (Preamble
to the Constitution, sung by treble choir)
Chalice Lighting (4th
and 5th grade class)
Hymn: Now Life is Blessed (No.
54)
Conversation
with the Children and As We Leave This Friendly Place
Anthem: Terrible
Tale of Tom Gilligan (scarecrow soloist = Harry Purkhiser)
Words for Reflection (JFK’s inaugural address)
Hymn: We Would Be One (No.
318)
Recordings
from the service October 26, 2008.
Prelude: Bach’s Bouree (violin
soloist Greg Cowan)
Hymn: I Walk the Unfrequented
Road (No. 53)
Sermon:
The President and the Pacifist
Hymn: Wonders Still the World
Shall Witness (No. 139)
Recordings
from the service October 19, 2008.
Hymn: In Sweet Fields of Autumn
(No. 52)
Anthem:
Let Us Hope When Hope Seems Hopeless (by Emma Lou Diemer, guest flautist Tamara
Liu)
Hymn: Every Night and Every
Morn (No. 17)
Anthem:
Everything Possible (words and music by Fred Small, arranged by Willi
Zwozdesky)
Hymn: There is More Love
Somewhere (No. 95)
Recordings
from the service October 12, 2008.
Hymn: Here We Have Gathered
(No. 360)
Sermon: Certainties in
Uncertain Times
Hymn: May Nothing Evil Cross
This Door (No. 1)
Recordings
from the service October 5, 2008.
Prelude sung by Treble Choir (What Can We Do?)
Conversation
with the Children and recessional: As We Leave This Friendly Place
Outreach Collection for
Bridges
Anthem:
Living in a Holy City (Steven Hatfield)
Introduction of Speaker:
Mark McPeak
Sermon: The Promise of This
Moment
Hymn: This Is My Song (No.
159)
Recordings
from the service September 28, 2008.
Hymn : What A
Friend We Have in Jesus (music Charles Crozat, lyrics Tony Larsen, OBUUC,
Racine, WI)
Conversation
with the Children and recessional: As We Leave This Friendly Place
Somos El Barco, led by
Jed Holland
Anthem:
Standing on the Side of Love (composer Rev Jason Shelton, soloist Kathy
Grossman)
Sermon: How Being a UU has
Changed My Life (David Golden, Donna Larue, Rev Steve Edington)
Hymn: Let It Be a Dance (No.
311)
Recordings
from the service September 21, 2008.
Hymn : Wake
Now My Senses (No. 298)
Partial Joys and Concerns –
greetings to Bud & Mary!
Response – Somos El
Barco, led by Jed Holland
Anthem:
I Walk the Unfrequented Road (American folk hymn arranged by Lee Kjelson)
Anthem: Bashana
Haba’ah (lyrics Ehud Mano, music Nurit Hursch, arranged John Leavitt)
Sermon: Which Narrative Shall
We Live?
Hymn:
Blessed Spirit of My Life (No. 86)
Recordings
from the service September 14, 2008.
Hymn : Gather
the Spirit (No. 347)
Anthem: Autumn
Reverie (words Ann Crull, Music Luigi Zaninelli)
Anthem:
What A Friend We Have in Jesus (words Tony Larsen, music Charles Crozat
Converse)
Sermon: An Age of Religious
Liberalism?
Hymn: Love Will
Guide Us (No. 131)
Recordings
from the Flower Service June 8, 2008.
Chalice lighting song – This Little Light of Mine, by treble and youth choir
Hymn: For Flowers that Bloom about Our Feet (No.76)
Calvin
Libby Art Scholarship Presentation to Lauren Duda
Treble
and Youth Choir Recognition
Anthem: The Flower Song (Joe Schafer) by treble choir
Words for
Reflection – It Matters What We Believe (Sofia Lyons Fahs) (No. 657)
Recognition of
RE Director Chris Parker and of Graduating Seniors
Anthem: Love Grows One By One (Carol Johnson) – sung by church school children
Anthem – The Flower
Duet (Leo Delibes) vocalists Suellen Davidson and Sandra LaBarge-Neumann
Hymn: The Sun That Shines (No.
19)
Recordings
from the service June 1, 2008.
Hymn: For the Earth Forever Turning (No.163)
Outreach Collection
– Star Island (Billy Parker)
Anthem: Hope (Ysaye M. Barnwell) soloist John Sanders
UU Healthcare Plan – David
Golden
Anthem: Go
With A Song in Your Heart (Don Besig and Nancy Price)
Hymn: As Tranquil Streams (No.
145)
Recordings
from the service May 25, 2008.
Hymn: For the Beauty of the Earth (No.21)
Anthem: Long Time Ago (Aaron Copland)
Anthem:
Wanting Memories (Ysaye M. Barnwell)
Sermon: Being Remembered – A
Memorial Day Meditation
Hymn: Let It Be A Dance (No.
311)
Recordings
from the ROPEs (Rites Of Passage Experience) Service May 18, 2008.
Hymn: Touch the Earth, Reach
the Sky (No. 301)
ROPEs
credo Statements
Anthem: Forever Young
( Bob Dylan)
More credo statements
Anthem: Seize the Day, from Newsies(Menken, arr Mac Huff)
More
credo statements
Closing Song:
Circle Game (Joni Mitchell)
Recordings
from the Mother’s Day Service May 11, 2008.
Prelude: Somos
el Barco (Wyatt, arr Godinez)– Treble Choir
Anthem: Dream a
Dream (Robertson) – Youth Choir
Outreach
Collection Presentation: Keystone Hall – Joanne Bresnahan
Anthem: Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel) (Billy Joel, arr Mac Huff)
Report on the
Pledge Drive – Mike Wilt
Anthem: The 23rd
Psalm (Bobby McFerrin, transcribed by Dan Stolper)
Sermon: Our Parents, Ourselves
Hymn: For all that is Our
Life (No. 128)
Recordings
from the service May 4, 2008.
Prelude:
This Little Light of Mine – Treble Choir
Hymn: Morning So Fair to See (No.42)
Conversation
with the Children: One Child At a Time (Freelon) Soloist Cynthia Schroer
As We
Leave This Friendly Place (No.414)
Anthem: Sheep May Safely Graze
A Civil Union Ceremony of
Commitment
Words for
Reflection (Laurie Goodman)
A Social
Justice Exercise – Ellen Barr
Hymn: We Would Be One (No.
318)
Recordings
from the service April 20, 2008.
Hymn: We Are the Earth (No.303)
Anthem:
Pharaoh’s Blues (Patti Drennan)
Welcome to new
members (edited to remove personal information)
Anthem: I Believe
(Quodlibet with the Bach-Gounon Ave Maria, arranged Beard and Tucker)
Sermon: Do We All Have
a Higher Power?
Recordings
from the service April 13, 2008.
Hymn: Earth Was Given As A Garden (No.207)
Outreach
Collection for NH Community Loan Fund (Al Kantor)
Why I
Value This Church (Jennifer Madden)
Anthem:
No Hiding Place (soloist Ellen McCormick)
Hymn: Here On The Paths of
Every Day (No. 312)
Recordings
from the service April 6, 2008.
Chalice Words
(Preschool and Kindergarthen RE classes)
Hymn: Wake Now My Senses (No.298)
Conversation
with the Children and As We Leave This Friendly Place (No.414)
Anthem:
In These Delightful Pleasant Groves
The
rest of the recording on 4/6 was cut off due to technical difficulties.
Recordings
from the service March 30, 2008.
Hymn: Here We Have Gathered (No.360)
Outreach
Collection for Cal Libby Art Scholarship (Sandra LaBarge Neumann)
Why I
Value This Church (Kathy Fletcher)
The
rest of the recording on 3/30 was cut off due to technical difficulties.
Recordings
from the Easter service March 23, 2008.
Prelude: Tomorrow Needs Us (Treble and Youth Choirs)
Hymn: Lo the Earth Awakes Again (No.61) with
brass quintet
Conversation
with the Children and As We Leave This Friendly Place (No.414)
Sermon: Easter
Blessings - Literally
Hymn: O Day of Light and
Gladness (No. 270)
Recordings
from the service March 16, 2008.
Hymn: For the Earth Forever Turning (No.163)
Outreach
Collection (voice and violin soloist Diana Sargent)
Anthem: Two Mozart
Kyrie Settings, second song
Hymn:
O Young and Fearless Prophet (No. 276)
Postlude (soloist Diana Sargent)
Recordings
from the service March 9, 2008.
Hymn: Enter, ReJoice, and Come In (No.361) (guest
musicians Jeremy Parker and Doug Philbrook)
Outreach Collection
(Jeremy and Doug)
Hymn:
With Joy We Claim the Growing Light (No. 345)
Recordings
from the service March 2, 2008.
Chalice
Words – RE 1st and 2nd grades
Hymn: These Things Shall Be (No.138)
Conyersation
with the Children and As We Leave This Friendly Place (No. 414)
Anthem:
What A Wonderful World
Outreach
Collection: Marguerite’s Place
Anthem:
Music Spread Thy Voice Around (soloist Suellen Davidson)
Hymn: Break Not the Circle
(No. 323)
Recordings
from the service February 24, 2008.
Hymn:
Now Is the Time Approaching (No.144)
Anthem: There’s
Got To Be A Morning After
Pledge drive
presentation (Mike Wilt)
The
rest of the recording on 2/24 was cut off due to technical difficulties.
Recordings
from the service February 17, 2008.
Hymn: Where Is Our Holy Church (No.113)
Hymn
What Gift Can We Bring? (No. 404)
Hymn: Wonders
Still the World Shall Witness (No. 139)
Recordings
from the service February 10, 2008.
Hymn: Bring Many Names (No.23)
Anthem:
Everything Possible, by Fred Small
Hymn:
Now Let Us Sing (No. 368)
Recordings
from the service February 3, 2008.
Prelude: Down In The Valley
(Treble Choir)
Chalice Words – RE 4th
grade class
Hymn: O Life That Maketh All Things New (No.12)
Coversation
with the children and As We Leave This Friendly Place (No. 414)
Anthem: What
Matters, written by Randy Driscoll in honor of Matthew Shepard
Outreach Collection
for the Donna Purkhiser White Wing Scholarship Fund (Becky Parsons)
Anthem:
If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking
Hymn: Though I May Speak With
Bravest Fire (No. 34)
Recordings
from the service January 27, 2008.
Hymn: Bring O Morn Thy Music (No.39)
Hymn:
Love Will Guide Us (No.131)
Recordings
from the service January 20, 2008.
Hymn:
The Morning Hangs a Signal (No.40)
Sermon: The Three
Questions, adapted from Leo Tolstoy short story
Hymn: The Peace Not Past
Our Understanding (No.164)
Recordings
from the service January 13, 2008.
Anthem: Hope (soloist
John Sanders)
Anthem:
Follow the Drinking Gourd
Recordings
from the service January 6, 2008.
Chalice
Words (5th grade RE class)
Hymn: Wake Now, My Senses
(No.298)
Conversation
with the Children
Anthem: The Twelve
Days After Christmas
Outreach
Collection: John Sanders – Universalist Heritage Foundation
Hymn: May Nothing Evil Cross
This Door (No.1)
Recordings
from the service December 9, 2007.
Prelude:
Youth Choir- Bridge Over Troubled Water
Hymn: All Beautiful the March
of Days (No.57)
Social
Justice Committee Update: David Golden
Hymn: I Heard the Bells on
Christmas Day (No.240)
Recordings
from the service December 2, 2007.
Chalice
Words (6th grade class)
Conversation
with the Children
Outreach
Collection: Beth Bascomb, Faithfully One By One
Hymn: Come Sing A Song With
Me (No.346)
Recordings
from the service November 25, 2007.
Hymn: Enter, Rejoice, and Come
In (No.361)
Anthem:
Ric Masten song Coffee Table Dancer, played by Dan Murphy
Sermon
(Steve Edington), including Ric Masten song Think of Me as Music played by Dan
Murphy
Hymn:
Let It Be A Dance (No.311)
Recordings
from the service November 18, 2007.
Anthem
(Treble Choir): Gaudeamus Hodie
Hymn: We
Sing Now Together (No. 67)
Reading: The
Greatest Table (Chris Parker, Steve Edington)
Anthem: Glad
That I Live (Geoffrey Shaw)
Outreach
Collection Intro: U.U. Action Network of New Hampshire
Anthem
(Treble Choir): Dance and Turn
Anthem:
Canticle of Brother Sun
Closing
Song Intro (Steve Edington): Lydia Child
Closing
Song: Over the River and Through the Woods (Lydia Child)
Recordings
from the Veterans Day service November 11, 2007.
Hymn:
We Are the Earth (No. 303)
Anthem:
Tenting on the Old Camp Ground (Walter Kittridge)
Outreach
Collection Intro: U.U. Action Network of New Hampshire
Words
for Reflection: Laurie Goodman
Anthem:
Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream
Sermon:
How to Thank a Veteran
Hymn:
Wonders Still the World Shall Witness (No. 139)
Recordings
from the service November 4, 2007.
Chalice
Words: 7th Grade R.E. Class
Hymn:
In Sweet Fields of Autumn (No. 52)
A
Conversation with the Children
A
Service of Dedication and Naming: Katherine Merkel McGee
Anthem:
Some Days You Gotta Dance
Outreach
Collection Presentation: U.U. Action Network of New Hampshire (Rev. Emily Burr)
Anthem:
A Time for All Things (Ecclesiastes, Chapter 3; arr. Douglas Wagner)
Sermon:
You Don't Know What You've Got until It (He/She) Is Grown
Hymn:
Earth Was Given as a Garden (No. 207)
Recordings
from the service October 28, 2007.
Hymn:
The Morning Hangs a Signal (No. 40)
Social
Justice Committee Update - Intro
Social
Justice Committee: Ellen Barr
Social
Justice Committee: Adrian George
Social
Justice Committee: Mary Ferguson
Social
Justice Committee: Roy Goodman
Anthem:
How Lovely Are the Messengers (Felix Mendelssohn)
Outreach
Collection Intro: UUA's Association Sunday
Words
for Reflection: Michael Vose
Sermon:
Recalling Our Tradition with Hosea Ballou
Hymn:
With Joy We Claim the Growing Light (No. 345)
Recordings
from the service October 21, 2007.
Hymn:
For the Earth Forever Turning (No. 40)
Happy
Birthday to Andrea Lerude
Outreach
Collection Intro: UUA's Association Sunday
Sermon:
Does the Earth Need Us?
Hymn:
Lady of the Season's Laughter (No. 51)
Recordings
from our first Association Sunday service October 14, 2007.
Hymn:
Bring, O Past, Your Honor (No. 290)
Anthem
(Adult Choir; Jane Olsson, cello): O Music (D. Brunner)
Words
for Reflection, Responsive Reading: Ellen Fisher
Anthem:
Lean on Me (Bill Withers)
Presentation:
UUA's Association Sunday (Rev. Steve Edington)
Growing
Our Liberal Religious Movement: Laurie Goodman
Growing
Our Liberal Religious Movement: Roy Goodman
Growing
Our Liberal Religious Movement: Stephen Nodvin, Steve Edington
Hymn:
As Tranquil Streams (No. 145)
Recordings
from the service October 7, 2007.
Hymn:
Wake Now My Senses (No. 298)
Anthem
(Treble, Youth, and Adult Choirs): I Got a Robe (arr. Moses Hogan)
Outreach
Collection Intro: Granite State Organizing Project
Words
for Reflection: Harry Purkhiser
Anthem:
Hope and Freedom (Don Besig)
Hymn:
Blessed Spirit of My Life (No. 86)
Recordings
from the Open House service September 30, 2007.
Hymn:
Morning Has Broken (No. 38)
Anthem:
Away from the Roll of the Sea (Allister MacGillivray)
Outreach
Collection Intro: Granite State Organizing Project
Anthem:
You Are the New Day (John David, arr. Peter Knight)
Hymn:
Let It Be a Dance (No. 311)
Recordings
from the service September 16, 2007.
Hymn:
Gather the Spirit (No. 347)
Anthem:
I Am But a Small Voice (arr. John Coates, Jr.)
Anthem:
Linden Lea (Williams, arr. Sommervell)
Sermon:
A Time for Transformation
Hymn:
We Laugh We Cry (No. 354)
Recordings
from the service September 9, 2007.
This is our water service, most of which is too personal to post on the
Internet.
Outreach
Collection Intro: Chalice Lighters (John Sanders)
Recordings
from the service May 27, 2007.
Hymn:
For the Beauty of the Earth (No. 21)
Outreach
Collection Intro: Donna Purkhiser White Wing Scholarship
Sermon:
No One Dies In Vain, A Memorial Day Reflection
Hymn:
Wonders Still the World Shall Witness (No. 139)
Recordings
from the service May 20, 2007.
Congratulations to all our R.O.P.E.S. graduates!
Hymn:
Earth Was Given As a Garden (No. 207)
Outreach
Collection Intro: Donna Purkhiser White Wing Scholarship
R.O.P.E.S.
Program 2006-2007 (Frank Grossman)
Introducing
Jenny Grossman (Deb Dubray)
Introducing
Adrian McLeod (Linda Mandra)
Anthem:
Fire of Committment (Jason Shelton)
Introducing
Bill Earley (Jim Thorp)
Introducing
Tegan Cantrell (Ellen Fisher)
Anthem:
I Hope You Dance (T. Sillers and M. D. Sanders)
Introducing
Katie Brodeur (Kate Messner)
Introducing
Inga Dellea-Messner (Sherri Woolsey)
Thanking
the R.O.P.E.S. teachers (Catharine Rehberg)
Circle Game
Introduction (Steve Edington)
Closing
Song: The Circle Game (words and music by Joni Mitchell)
Recordings
from the service May 13, 2007.
Happy Mother’s Day!
Prelude:
Mama, A Rainbow -Treble Choir
Anthem:
Seasons of Love (From Rent) -Youth Choir
Outreach
Collection Intro: Donna Purkhiser White Wing Scholarship Fund (Cecile
Bonvouloir)
Solo:
When I bring to you coloure'd toys (John A. Carpenter) -Sarah Chadwick
Sermon:
What is a Family: A Mothers' Day Reflection (Steve Edington)
Hymn:
May Nothing Evil Cross this Door (No. 1)
Recordings
from the service May 6, 2007
Hymn:
Morning So Fair To See (No. 42)
A
Conversation with the Children (Steve Edington)
Anthem:
In the Beauty Way (Treble and Adult Choirs)
As
We Leave This Friendly Place (No. 414)
Introducing
a raffle to support the Cal Libby art scholarship
Outreach
Collection: UUA Annual Program Fund
Anthem:
Bless The Beasts and the Children (Adult Choir)
Sermon:
Kurt Vonnegut RIP (Steve Edington)
Hymn:
With Joy We Claim the Growing Light (No. 345)
Recordings
from the service April 22, 2007
When
our senior high youth group takes over the service the one thing you can count
on is that it won’t be boring!
Hymn:
Earth Was Given As A Garden (No. 207)
Reading:
The History of Earth Day (Dan Hedges)
Spirit
of Life, Youth Group Style (No. 123)
Reading:
I Stood Upon A Mountain (read by Ben Dubray)
Rain
Storm Introduction (Leah Nodvin)
Reading:
If We Bloom (read by Magdalene Pattantyus)
Song:
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle (Jack Johnson)
Closing
Words: Susannah Begg's Statement (read by Sarah Ward)
Recordings
from the service April 15, 2007
Hymn:
Come Thou Fount (No. 126)
Anthem:
Shenandoah (traditional)
Outreach
Collection Intro: Pastoral Care Center (Carol Connors)
Anthem:
Make Me A Channel Of Your Peace (St. Francis; S. Temple, Arr. Hayes)
Sermon:
Proud Moments (Steve Edington)
Hymn:
'Tis A Gift To Be Simple (No. 16)
Recordings
from the service April 8, 2007
Prelude:
Here Comes The Sun (Harrison, arr. Holland)
Hymn:
Lo, The Earth Awakes Again (No. 61)
Treble
Choir Anthem: Some Folks Do (Stephen Foster, Mary Connelly, arr. Strid)
Why
I Value This Church (Sue Chadwick)
Outreach
Collection: Nashua Pastoral Care Center
Anthem:
Sunrise Alleluia (Houston Bright)
Sermon:
The Death That Lets Life Happen (Steve Edington)
Hymn:
O Day Of Light And Gladness (No. 270)
Recordings
from the service April 1, 2007
Hymn:
The Morning Hangs A Signal (No. 40)
A
Conversation With The Children
As
We Leave This Friendly Place (singing the children off to Sunday School)
Outreach
Collection: The Annual Program Fund of the UUA
Why
I Value This Church (Bob Sampson)
Anthem:
He, Watching Over Israel (Felix Mendelssohn)
Sermon:
The Life And Morals Of Jesus of Nazareth
Hymn:
O Young And Fearless Prophet (No. 276)
Recordings
from the service March 18, 2007.
Don’t miss the Prelude, which is a funny pitch for our annual goods and
services auction.
Hymn:
We Lift Our Hearts (No. 355)
Anthem:
Choose Something Like A Star (Robert Frost, Randall Thompson)
Outreach
Collection: Harbor Homes
Reading:
from Writing From The Center (Sanders)
Anthem:
Dear Land Of Home (Manney, Sibelius)
Sermon:
Living The Grounded Life (Steve Edington)
Hymn:
Seek Not Afar For Beauty (No. 77)
Recordings
from the service February 18, 2007.
We are kicking off our pledge drive for the 2007/2008 fiscal year. Harry’s presentation included wonderful
PowerPoint slides that are necessary to understand some of this recording. I must admit hesitating a bit before
posting Gary’s kind words, but then if he was embarrassing anyone else I would
have posted it gleefully!
Thank
you to Mike Wilt (Gary Lerude)
Hymn:
Where Is Our Holy Church (No. 113)
Anthem:
River Of Dreams (Joel, arr. Brymer) (Billy Parker on drums, soloist Kathy
Grossman)
Introducing
our pledge drive coordinator, Chip McGee (Steve Edington)
The
Pledge Drive: An Inconvenient Truth with Harry Purkhiser as Al Gore
To
The Seventh Generation: Our 2007-8 Pledge Drive (Chip McGee)
Sermon:
The Gift Must Always Move (Steve Edington)
Hymn:
Forward Through The Ages (No. 114)
Recordings
from the service February 11, 2007.
Hymn:
Gather The Spirit (No. 347)
Anthem:
Love Knocks And Waits For Us To Hear (Damon)
Outreach
Collection Intro: Ending Homelessness (Bob Keating)
Outreach
Collection: Nashua Soup Kitchen and Shelter
Anthem:
The Rose (McBroom, arr. Holland)
Sermon:
Love Is the Doctrine of This Church (Steve Edington)
Recordings
from the service February 4, 2007.
We welcome our minister, Steve Edington, back from his January writing
sabbatical.
Hymn:
Enter Rejoice and Come In (No. 361)
Treble
Choir Anthem: We Can Build a Bridge (Rothenberg; arr. Althouse)
Outreach
Collection: UUA Fair Share
Anthem:
The Road Not Taken (Frost, Thompson)
Sermon:
A Sure Thing Will Always Let You Down (Steve Edington)
Hymn:
Blessed Spirit of My Life (No. 86)
Recordings
from the service January 28, 2007.
Our guest minister is the Rev. Lee Page. I apologize for the clipping during the anthems, the
recording level was much too high.
Hymn:
Come Thou Fount (No. 126)
Outreach
Collection: NH Faithful Democracy
Anthem:
The Snow (Elgar & Elgar, arr. Pointer)
Anthem:
River in Judea (Marcus/Feldman)
Sermon:
The Faithful Life (Lee Page)
Hymn:
We'll Build a Land (No. 121)
Bonus
tracks: the treble choir came into the sanctuary after the service to rehearse.
Recordings
from the service January 21, 2007.
This special service features Michael Vose playing the hammered dulcimer
and Bruce Taylor playing the flute as well as providing today’s sermon.
Hymn:
Faith Is a Forest (No. 194)
Social
Justice Minute (Jennifer Madden)
Anthem:
'Tis a Gift to Be Simple (Shaker Hymn)
Outreach
Collection: New Hampshire Faithful Democracy
Anthem:
Wayfaring Stranger (Traditional)
Sermon:
With Head and Heart: The Life and Spirituality of Howard Thurman (Bruce Taylor)
Hymn:
Let Freedom Span (No. 148)
Closing
Words: Responsive Reading
Recordings
from the service January 14, 2007.
We welcome our guest speaker, Rev. Barbara Coeyman.
Hymn:
We Shall Overcome (No. 169)
Anthem: Hard
Times (Stephen Foster, arr. Zwodesky)
Outreach
Collection Intro: New Hampshire Faithful Democracy
Words
for Reflection: Responsive Reading No. 576
Anthem:
Precious Lord, Take My Hand
Sermon:
An Inescapable Network (Rev. Barbara Coeyman)
Recordings
from the service January 7, 2007.
We welcome our guest speaker, Arthur Reublinger and our new music
director, Jed Holland.
Hymn:
Here We Have Gathered (No. 360)
Anthem:
Skye Boat Song (trad., arr. Rodgers)
Sermon:
Engaging Your New Navigational System (Arthur Reublinger)
Hymn:
Life Is the Greatest Gift (No. 331)
Recordings
from the Christmas Eve service December 24, 2006. We welcome the Ad-Hoc UU Pick-Up Choir, directed by Sandra
Labarge-Neumann in her last service as our music director.
Prelude:
Jesu Joy of Mans Desiring (J. S. Bach)
Prelude:
Lullaby My Liking (Gustav Holst)
Prelude:
The Holly and the Ivy (Traditional English)
Hymn:
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear (No. 245)
Song:
Lo, How A Rose (Earlene Rentz)
Song:
Ding, Dong Merrily On High (16'th Century English)
A
Holiday Reflection (Catharine Rehberg)
Song:
Coventry Carol (15'th Century English)
Song:
Sussex Carol (Traditional English)
A
Holiday Reflection (Stephen Nodvin)
Song:
The Angel Carol (arr. Anna Laura Page)
The
Christmas Story: Luke 2 (Bob Sampson)
Hymn:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (No. 246)
Meditation:
The Craziest of Second Comings (Steve Edington)
Recordings
from the service December 17, 2006.
Prelude
(Featuring soloist Sandra LaBarge-Neumann)
Hymn:
Jesus Our Brother (No. 243)
A
Conversation with the Children
Anthem:
Thirty Second Fa La La (Moore)
Outreach
Collection Intro: Nashua Area Health Center
Anthem:
Jabula Jesu (Hatfield) -- with Billy Parker on the drum
Sermon:
The Wonder of Incarnation (Steve Edington)
Hymn:
Once in Royal David's City (No. 228)
Recordings
from the service December 3, 2006.
Hymn:
Deck the Halls (No. 235)
A
Conversation with the Children (Steve Edington)
Treble
Choir Anthem: Take Time in Life (Liberian Folksong, arr. Voorhis & Klemp)
Adult
Choir Anthem: Seasons of Love (from RENT) Jonathan Larson; arr. Emerson
Sermon:
Expectations Lost & Gained: An Advent Reflection (Steve Edington)
Closing
Hymn: People Look East (No. 226)
Recordings
from the service November 26, 2006.
Our very brave minister Steve Edington takes questions from the
congregation to create a sermon on the fly.
Ask the
Minister: Introduction
Ask The
Minister: Collecting Questions Music
Outreach
Collection Intro: Granite State Organizing Project
Sermon:
Ask the Minister (Steve Edington)
Closing
Hymn: All Beautiful the March of Days (No. 57)
Recordings
from the service November 19, 2006.
Prelude:
All Night, All Day (arr. Armstrong) -Adult and Treble Choirs
Hymn:
Allelu, Allelu (No. 367)
Antiphonal
Reading (Max Coots)
Outreach
Collection Intro: Nashua Area Interfaith Council / Habitat for Humanity
Story:
The Red Parcel (Linda & Gino Alberti)
Song:
Magic Penny (Mavina Reynolds)
Welcome
A Guest at Your Table (Steve Edington)
Closing
Hymn: We Sing Now Together (No. 67)
Recordings
from the service November 12, 2006.
Our current music director Sandra Neumann and incoming music director
Jed Holland collaborated to bring us the music for this service.
Hymn:
We Lift Our Hearts in Thanks (No. 355)
Anthem:
Think on Me (Mary, Queen of Scots; arr. Mulholland)
Outreach
Collection Intro (Ruth Hadeen, President, Granite State Organizing Project)
Anthem:
Guide My Feet (trad., arr. Graves)
Sermon:
Through the Good Times and the Bad Times Too (Steve Edington)
Hymn:
Let It Be a Dance (No. 311)
Recordings
from the service November 5, 2006
Hymn:
In Sweet Fields of Autumn (No. 52)
A
Conversation with the Children (Steve Edington)
Anthem:
For Spacious Skies (Paul Short; Katherine Lee Bates)
Outreach
Collection: UUA Fair Share
Anthem:
Imagine (John Lennon, arr. Emerson)
Sermon:
We Are All Values Voters (Steve Edington)
Hymn:
We Are The Earth (No. 303)
Recordings
from the service October 29, 2006
Our
steam heating system was playing percussion for this service.
Hymn:
The Morning Hangs a Signal (No. 40)
Anthem:
How Can I Keep from Singing (Quaker Folk Hymn, arr. Hendrickson)
Sermon:
Science, Religion, and Joseph Priestley (Steve Edington)
Hymn:
With Joy We Claim (No. 345)
Recordings
from the service October 22, 2006.
Hymn:
Come Thou Fount (No. 126)
Anthem:
All My Trials (Spiritual arr. Luboff)
Anthem:
Prayer of the Children
Sermon:
Moral Clarity or Moral Blindness (Steve Edington)
Hymn:
With Heart and Mind (No. 300)
Recordings
from the service October 15, 2006.
Our guest musicians are Jed Holland, Keyboards; Jane Olsson, Cello;
Suellen Davidson, Clarinet and Vocal; Dee Wagner, Flute.
Prelude:
Sonata in C Minor (G. P. Telemann): 1) Largo
Prelude:
Sonata in C Minor (G. P. Telemann) 2) Vivace
Lighting
the Chalice: Social Justice Committee
Hymn:
Now Is the Time Approaching (No. 144)
Music:
Sonata in C Minor (G. P. Telemann) 3) Andante
Music:
Sonata in C Minor (G. P. Telemann) 4) Allegro
Music:
Meine Seele hort im Sehen (G. F. Handel)
Sermon:
On Being a Social Justice Congregation (Steve Edington)
Sermon:
On Being a Social Justice Congregation (Ellen Barr)
Sermon:
On Being a Social Justice Congregation (Adrian George)
Sermon:
On Being a Social Justice Congregation (Kim Steele)
Sermon:
On Being a Social Justice Congregation (Mary Ferguson)
Sermon:
On Being a Social Justice Congregation (Hilary Keating)
Hymn:
Wonders Still the World Shall Witness (No. 139)
Recordings
from the service October 8, 2006.
This is our annual Open House service, and a good introduction to
Unitarian Universalism.
Hymn:
Gather the Spirit (No. 347)
Anthem:
Song for the Mira (MacGillivray)
Outreach
Collection Intro (Marilyn Soper, CASA Guardian ad Litem Supervisor)
Words
for Reflection: Antiphonal Reading
Anthem:
The Road Home (Paulus)
Sermon:
Getting Liberal Religion (Steve Edington)
Hymn:
We Laugh, We Cry (No. 354)
Recordings
from the service October 1, 2006.
Treble
Choir Prelude: Da Pacem Domine (Franck arr. Goetze)
Hymn:
Morning So Fair to See (No. 42)
A
Conversation with the Children (Steve Edington)
Outreach
Collection Intro UUA Fair Share
Anthem:
Kyrie (W. A. Mozart ed. McCray)
Sermon:
Atonement: A Yom Kippur Reflection (Steve Edington)
Hymn:
Break Not the Circle (No. 323)
Recordings
from the service September 17, 2006.
Welcome back to our fall program!
Hymn:
Wake Now My Senses (No. 298)
Anthem:
Flying Free (Don Besig)
Outreach
Collection: Executive Board Discretionary Fund
Anthem:
May the Road Rise Up to Meet You (Robert Lau)
Sermon:
Re-Called to Ministry (Steve Edington)
Recordings
from the service June 4, 2006.
This is choir appreciation Sunday, also know as choir torture Sunday for
the difficulty of the music that Sandra chooses for this occasion!
Prelude:
We Are... (Ysae Barnwell)
Lighting
the Chalice: The Choir, "We Gather Here Together" (German, 18'th
century)