Sunday+Services+in+May+2009


 * Sunday Services in May **

May 3, 9:30 am and 11:15 am
== ** Annual high school youth group service. ** This is an opportunity to hear what is going on in the spiritual lives of our beloved young people—to hear their beautiful voices singing and speaking. It is also the debut of our new youth band. ==

May 10, 9:30 am and 11:15 am
==** “The Dance of Life, the Blessings of Imperfection.” ** Rev. Maj-Britt Johnson in coordination with the Women’s Circle of The Community Church. A Mother’s Day related service, for mothers and non-mothers, men and women. See you all there. == Musical Meditation: selections from "Mother Goose Suite" by Maurice Ravel (Kathryn Moss and Glenn Mehrbach, piano) Offertory: "Loves Me Like a Rock" by Paul Simon (Youth Choir)**
 * Musical Presentation: "Mama, A Rainbow" by Larry Grossman (Children's Choir)

** “All the Trees of the Field Shall Clap their Hands.” **
=== Rev. Maj-Britt Johnson with the Community Church Choir. Glenn Mehrbach, our Music Director, is collaborating with Maj-Britt on a service based on “The Peaceable Kingdom” by Randall Thompson. (web note: Coincidentally, May 17 is the anniversary of the peaceable achievement of the kingdom of Norway's independence from Sweden in 1814.)=== "Peaceable Kingdom" by Randall Thompson A Sequence of Sacred Choruses for Unaccompanied Mixed Voices Text from the Prophecy of Isaiah Based on the painting "The Peaceable Kingdom" by Edward Hicks, the preaching Quaker of Pennsylvania**
 * Special Adult Choir Musical Presentation:

===** “Courage for the Dark Night of the Soul.” ** Rev. Dick Weston-Jones. San Juan de la Cruz, a 16th century Spanish mystic, first wrote of “The Dark Night of the Soul.” This service, based in poetry and music, lifts up our sources of strength to deal with it amid the greatest challenges of our lives. Rev. Weston-Jones, a new Community Church member, is Minister Emeritus of the UU Church of Ventura, CA. === Gathering Music: Hymn Sing
 * Music:

Opening Hymn: ##391 Voice Still and Small

Musical Presentation: “Prayer of the Children” by Kurt Bestor, arr. By Andrea S. Klouse (Community Church Barbershop Quartet; Scott Provan, tenor; Bob Merriam, lead; Jim Magaw, baritone; Stephen Chandler, bass)

Meditation Hymn: #396 I Know This Rose Will Open

Musical Presentation: "Battle Hymn of the Republic" words by Julia Ward Howe, music by William Steffe (Josh Socolar, piano)**


 * Congregational Response: #311 Let It Be a Dance

Offertory: "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" by Pete Seeger (Community Church Singers)**

=== ** “Music from the Heart of Home.” ** Rev. Robin Renteria and the UU Grass Musicians. With plenty of music, words, and suitable hollering and stomping we will celebrate the messages of home, belonging, and the sweet by and by found in Bluegrass music. ===


 * Gathering Music: "Tennessee Waltz" by Pee Wee King and Redd Stewart, "Old Joe Clark" Traditional (UUgrass*)

Opening Hymn: "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" (Traditional) Chorus: Will the circle be unbroken Bye and bye Lord bye and bye, There's a better home a waiting In the sky Lord in the sky.

Musical Presentation: "Blue Ridge Cabin Home" by Certain & Stacey (UUgrass*)

Musical Meditation: "‘Ashokan Farwell’, by Jay Unger (UUgrass*)

Special Music 1: "Lost River" by Michael Martin Murphey (UUgrass*) Special Music 2: "Old Home Place" by Mitch Jayne and Dean Webb (UUgrass*)

Congregational Response: "Farther Along" (Traditional) Chorus: Farther along, we’ll know all about it, Farther along, we’ll understand why. Cheer up my brother, live in the sunshine, We’ll understand it all by and by.

Offertory: "I Shall Be Released" by Bob Dylan (UUgrass*) Chorus: I see my light come shining, From the West unto the East. Any day now, any day now I shall be released.


 * UUgrass is: Tony Galfano (Fiddle), Scott Provan(Guitar), Jane Provan (Vocals), Danny Gotham (Mandolin / Dobro), Jim Magaw (Bass), Terry Baker (Banjo)**

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