1. All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church
Welcome to
All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church
Assisted hearing devices are available at the Welcome Table in the Small Hall

2. Performed by Sharon Skidgel
Prelude
Inspiration
By: Jim Brickman
Performed by Sharon Skidgel

3. Music Notes
Today we pay homage to some of the musicians who have influenced Ta-Nehisi Coates.
Artistic influences when he was at Howard University: "The art I was coming to love lived in this void, in the not yet knowable, in the pain, in the question. The older poets introduced me to artists who pulled their energy from the void – Bubber Miley, Otis Redding ..."
Bubber Miley was the greatest soloist of the early Ellington bands. His growling trumpet is a highlight of numerous recordings from the 1920s. He died of tuberculosis at the age of 32.

4. Lyrics Someday When we are wiser When the world's older
When we have learned
I pray
Someday we may yet live
To live and let live
Someday
Life will be fairer
Need will be rarer
Greed wil not pay
God speed
This bright millenium
Let it come
Wish upon the moon
One day
Soon.

6. Gather Us In Gathering Song by Marty Haugen
adapt. Rev. Dr. Nori J. Rost

7. Here in this place new light is streaming,
Verse 1
Here in this place new light is streaming,
now is the darkness vanished away;
see in this place our fears and our dreaming,
brought here to all in the light of this day.

8. Gather us in the lost and forsaken, gather us in no two just the same;
Chorus 1
Gather us in the lost and forsaken,
gather us in no two just the same;
call to us now, and we shall awaken,
we shall arise at the sound of our name.

9. We are the young, our lives are a myst’ry,
Verse 2
We are the young, our lives are a myst’ry,
we are the old with wisdom and grace;
we have been sung throughout all of hist’ry,
called to be light to the whole human race.

10. Gather us in the Buddhist and Pagan,
Chorus 2
Gather us in the Buddhist and Pagan,
Humanist, Atheist join in the throng;
gather us in the Theist and Seeking,
give us the courage to enter the song.

11. Not in the dark of buildings confining,
Verse 3
Not in the dark of buildings confining,
not in some heaven light years away;
here in this place the new light is shining,
now is the moment, now is the day.

12. Gather us in from all tribes and nations,
Chorus 3
Gather us in from all tribes and nations,
gather us in, no one left alone;
gather us in, a great celebration,
fire of love in our flesh and our bones.

14. Rev. Dr. Nori Rost ASUUC Senior Minister
Welcome and Sounding of the Bell
Rev. Dr. Nori Rost
ASUUC Senior Minister

16. I Sought the Wood in Summer #328 in Singing the Living Tradition
Hymn
I Sought the Wood in Summer
words by: Willa Cather
music by: Hal Hopson
#328 in Singing the Living Tradition

17. I sought the wood in summer when every twig was green;
the rudest boughs were tender
and buds were pink between.
Light fingered aspens trembled
in fitful sun and shade
and daffodils were golden
in every starry glade.
Verse 1

18. "How frail a thing is Beauty," I said, "when every breath
she gives the vagrant summer
but swifter woos her death.
For this the stardust troubles,
for this have ages rolled:
to deck the wood for bridal
and slay her with the cold."
Verse 2

19. I sought the wood in winter when every leaf was dead;
behind the wind-whipped branches
the winter sun was red.
The birches, white and slender,
in breathless marble stood,
the brook, a white immortal,
slept silent in the wood.
Verse 3

20. "How sure a thing is Beauty," I cried. "No bolt can slay,
nor wave nor shock despoil her,
nor ravishers dismay.
The granite hills are slighter,
the sea more like to fail,
behind the rose the planet,
the Law behind the veil."
Verse 4

22. Chalice Lighting
Tamsin Cowdrey
ASUUC Member

23. “I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

24. May this chalice light our way in the midst of storms.

26. Bringing Buckets to Church
Story For All Ages
Bringing Buckets to Church
as told by Rev. Nori

30. Reeb Children’s Benediction
Singing the Children Out
Reeb Children’s Benediction
words and music: Ian W. Riddell

31. Go in love, our hearts go with you.
Go in joy, our hopes go too.
Learn in love and grow in wisdom.
Shine your light in all you do.

33. ASUUC Board of Trustees
Reading
Judie McMath
ASUUC Board of Trustees

34. With the outbreak of the Civil War, Alcott was eager to do her part
With the outbreak of the Civil War, Alcott was eager to do her part. She had long attended antislavery meetings and fairs. "I became an Abolitionist at an early age," she wrote, "but have never been able to decide whether I was made so by seeing the portrait of George Thompson [the British abolitionist] hidden under a bed in our house during the Garrison riot or because I was saved from drowning in the Frog Pond some years later by a colored boy.

35. However that may be, the conversion was genuine; and my greatest pride is in the fact that I lived to know the brave men and women who did so much for the cause, and that I had a very small share in the war which put an end to a great wrong."

36. Alcott gave her energy to practical reforms, women's rights and temperance. She attended the Women's Congress of 1875 in Syracuse, New York, where she was introduced by Mary Livermore. She contributed to Lucy Stone's Woman's Journal while organizing Concord women to vote in the school election.

37. "Was the first woman to register my name as a voter," she wrote
"Was the first woman to register my name as a voter," she wrote. "Drove about and drummed up women to my suffrage meeting. So hard to move people out of the old ruts." And again, "Helped start a temperance society much needed in C[oncord]. I was secretary, and wrote records, letters, and sent pledges, etc."
--Boston Women’s Heritage Trail

39. Louisa May Alcott Rev. Nori Rost
Today’s Message
Louisa May Alcott
Rev. Nori Rost

42. ASUUC Board of Trustees
Offertory Reading
Judie McMath
ASUUC Board of Trustees

43. Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us - and those around us - more effectively. Look for the learning.
― Louisa May Alcott

44. And til things are properly ripe for such a revolution, it would be absurd to expect it, and in vain to attempt it.”
- Joseph Priestley(1787)

45. We will now take up the offering as we continue to seek the best ways to serve this congregation and our greater community.

47. Performed by: Wendy Mike
Offertory Music
Rockin' the Cradle
Performed by: Wendy Mike

48. Lyrics Oh I am here by the fire without much desire
A’ rockin the cradle that’s none of my own
A’ sighin’ and sobbin’ and rockin’ the cradle
A’ rockin’ the cradle that’s none of my own
Hi ho, hi ho, I dearly hi ho
Perhaps your own daddy will never be known.
A’ sighin’ and sobbin’ and rockin’ the cradle,
A’ rockin’ the cradle that's none of my own.

49. Lyrics She goes out every night to a march or a rally
And leaves me here rockin' the cradle alone.
And it’s by the law, Harry, if you ever marry
Be sure don’t be rockin’ the cradle alone.
Hi ho, hi ho, I dearly hi ho
Perhaps your own daddy will never be known.
A’ sighin’ and sobbin’ and rockin’ the cradle,
A’ rockin’ the cradle that's none of my own.

50. Lyrics Tell us what elements you blend.
It gives us strangely little aid,
But does tell something in the end.
And steadfast as Keats' Eremite,
Not even stooping from its sphere,
It asks a little of us here.
It asks of us a certain height,
So when at times the mob is swayed
To carry praise or blame too far,
We may choose something like a star
To stay our minds on and be staid.

51. Music Notes
Parts of Redding's final recording were made just two days before his death in a plane crash. "Dock of the Bay" was the first posthumous single to top the charts in the United States.

54. From You I Receive #402 in Singing the Living Tradition
Offertory Response
From You I Receive
words and music: Joseph and Nathan Segal
#402 in Singing the Living Tradition

55. From you I receive,
to you I give,
together we share,
and from this we live.

57. Joys and Concerns
Congregation

58. Opening
I am sending you light____
to heal you, to hold you.
to hold you in love.

60. Closing
I am sending you light____
to heal you, to hold you.
to hold you in love.

62. Closing Words
Rev. Dr. Nori Rost

63. If I can do no more, let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.
--LOUISA MAY ALCOTT, letter to the American Woman Suffrage Association in support of women's voting rights, Oct. 1885

65. Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
Hymn
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
Words: Robert Robinson
Music: John Wyeth
#126 in Singing the Journey

66. Come, thou fount of ev'ry blessing, tune our hearts to sing thy grace.
Streams of mercy never ceasing,
call for songs of loudest praise.
While the hope of life's perfection
fills our hearts with joy and love,
teach us ever to be faithful,
may we still thy goodness prove.
Verse 1

67. Come, thou fount of ev'ry vision, lift our eyes to what may come.
See the lion and the young lamb
dwell together in thy home.
Hear the cries of war fall silent,
feel our love glow like the sun.
When we all serve one another,
then our heaven is begun.
Verse 2

68. Come, thou fount of inspiration, turn our lives to higher ways.
Lift our gloom and desperation,
show the promise of this day.
Help us bind ourselves in union,
help our hands tell of our love.
With thine aid, O fount of justice
earth be fair as heav'n above.
Verse 3

70. words and music: Judy Fjell
Extinguishing the Chalice / Song
As We Leave This Place
words and music: Judy Fjell

71. Now, as we leave this place, the chalice dims 1
Now, as we leave this place,
the chalice dims
but the fire still burns within our hearts
beyond these doors.

72. Now, as we leave this place, mem’ries of each and ev’ry face 2
Now, as we leave this place,
mem’ries of each and ev’ry face
carry us ___ into the world.

73. for now we know ___ that something 3
And we will return
for now we know ___ that something
greater ___ than any of us ___ alone
is part of us ___ as we leave this place.

75. from "Little Women, the Musical" Performed by Sharon Skidgel
Postlude
Astonishing
from "Little Women, the Musical"
Performed by Sharon Skidgel

77. Music Notes
Coates:
"Perhaps you remember that time we went to see Howl's Moving Castle on the Upper West Side. You were almost five years old. The theater was crowded, and when we came out we rode a set of escalators down to the ground floor. As we came off, you were moving at the dawdling speed of a small child. A white woman pushed you and said, "Come on!" Many things now happened at once. There was the reaction of any parent when a stranger lays a hand on the body of his or her child. And there was my own insecurity in my ability to protect your black body I turned and spoke to this woman, and my words were hot with all of the moment and all of my history."

78. Lyrics I thought home was all I'd ever want
My attic all I'd ever need.
Now nothing feels the way it was before
And I don't know how to proceed.
I only know I'm meant for something more
I've got to know if I can be
Astonishing

79. Lyrics There's a life That I am meant to lead
A life like nothing I have known
I can feel it
And it's far from here
I've got to find it on my own
Even now I feel it's heat upon my skin.
A life of passion that pulls me from within,
A life that I am making to begin.
There must be somewhere I can be
Astonishing
Lyrics

80. Lyrics There's a life That I am meant to lead
A life like nothing I have known
I can feel it
And it's far from here
I've got to find it on my own
Even now I feel it's heat upon my skin.
A life of passion that pulls me from within,
A life that I am making to begin.
There must be somewhere I can be
Astonishing
Lyrics

81. Lyrics I'll find my way I'll find it far away
I'll find it in unexpected and unknown
I'll find my life in my own way
Today
Here I go
And there's no turning back
My great adventure has begun
I may be small
But I've got giant plans
Lyrics

82. Lyrics To shine as brightly as the sun
I will blaze until I find my time and place
I will be fearless,
Surrendering modesty and grace
I will not disappear without a trace
I'll shout and start a riot
Be anything but quiet
I'll be Astonishing
Astonishing, at Last
Lyrics

84. Please enjoy the Fellowship Hour
following service
in the Small Hall
Hosted by
The ASUUC Men’s Group

85. for being part of our community today
Thank you
for being part of our community today