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. played by Sharon Skidgel
Prelude
The Journey
By: Jim Brickman
played by Sharon Skidgel

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

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

12. ASUUC Board of Trustees
Welcome and Sounding of the Bell
Becky Harrison
ASUUC Board of Trustees

14. I Know This Rose Will Open
Opening Hymn
I Know This Rose Will Open
words and music: Mary E. Grigolia
#396 in Singing the Living Tradition

15. I know this rose will open. I know my fear will burn away.
Sing Twice
I know this rose will open.
I know my fear will burn away.
I know my soul will unfurl its wings.

17. Chalice Lighting
Evonda Lee
ASUUC Member

18. On the girl’s brown legs there were many small white scars
On the girl’s brown legs there were many small white scars. I was thinking, Do those scars cover the whole of you, like the stars and the moons on your dress? I thought that would be pretty too, and I ask you right here please to agree with me that a scar is never ugly. That is what the scar makers want us to think.

19. But you and I, we must make an agreement to defy them
But you and I, we must make an agreement to defy them. We must see all scars as beauty. Okay? This will be our secret. Because take it from me, a scar does does not form on the dying. A scar means, I survived.
From Little Bee by Chris Cleave.

20. We light this chalice as a symbol of our own scars and our own survival.

22. Read by Laurie Frydendall
Story for All Ages-Video
Sad, the Dog
Read by Laurie Frydendall

23. By Sandy Fussell Illustrated by Tull Suwannakit
Sad, the Dog
By Sandy Fussell
Illustrated by Tull Suwannakit

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

38. 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.

40. ASUUC Board of Trustees
Reading
Becky Harrison
ASUUC Board of Trustees

41. In a few breaths’ time I will speak some sad words to you
In a few breaths’ time I will speak some sad words to you. But you must hear them the same way we have agreed to see scars now. Sad words are just another beauty. A sad story means, this storyteller is alive. The next thing you know, something fine will happen to her, something marvelous, and then she will turn around and smile.
From Little Bee by Chris Cleave

43. Finding Resiliency in Trauma
Today’s Message
Finding Resiliency in Trauma
Laurie Works

44. Laurie Works, founder of the Colorado Springs Resilience Center will share her mission of providing holistic resources for resilience to trauma survivors in Colorado Springs.
Following the service Laurie will lead a short, 15 minute yoga session.

46. ASUUC Board of Trustees
Offertory Reading
Becky Harrison
ASUUC Board of Trustees

47. #672 Singing the Living Tradition
Anne Sexton wrote “Look to your heart that flutters in and out like a moth. God is not indifferent to your need. You have a thousand prayers. But God has one.”
#672 Singing the Living Tradition

48. We give thanks for those moments when we can feel that we live in a world that is not indifferent to our need. We all have so many needs– a thousand prayers– a thousand needs– that really only need one answer: let the world not be indifferent. And may we live and be with each other in the way that shows this truth whatever the day brings: that neither are we indifferent to each other. – Judith Meyer

50. Song of Healing Offertory Music by Koji Kondo & Toru Minegishi
played by Sharon Skidgel

52. 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

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

55. Joys and Concerns
Congregation

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

58. ASUUC Board of Trustees
Closing Words
Becky Harrison
ASUUC Board of Trustees

59. If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don't hesitate
If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don't hesitate. Give in to it.
There are plenty of lives and whole towns destroyed or about to be.
We are not wise, and not very often kind.
And much can never be redeemed.
Still, life has some possibility left.

60. Anyway, that's often the case.
Perhaps this is its way of fighting back, that sometimes something happens better than all the riches or power in the world.
It could be anything, but very likely you notice it in the instant when love begins.
Anyway, that's often the case.
Anyway, whatever it is, don't be afraid of its plenty. Joy is not made to be a crumb.
--Mary Oliver

62. What Wondrous Love #18 in Singing the Living Tradition Closing Hymn
words: American folk hymn
new words: Connie Campbell Hart
music: Melody from The Southern Harmony
#18 in Singing the Living Tradition

63. What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul,
Verse 1
What wondrous love is this,
O my soul, O my soul,
what wondrous love is this,
O my soul?

64. What wondrous love is this that brings my heart such bliss,
Verse 1 (cont.)
What wondrous love is this
that brings my heart such bliss,
and takes away the pain of my soul, of my soul,
and takes away the pain of my soul.

65. sinking down, sinking down, when I was sinking down, sinking down,
Verse 2
When I was sinking down,
sinking down, sinking down,
when I was sinking down,
sinking down,

66. beneath my sorrows ground,
Verse 2 (cont.)
when I was sinking down
beneath my sorrows ground,
friends to me gather’d round, O my soul, O my soul,
friends to me gather’d round, O my soul.

67. To love and to all friends I will sing, I will sing,
Verse 3
To love and to all friends
I will sing, I will sing,
to love and to all friends
I will sing.

68. To love and to all friends who pain and sorrow mend,
Verse 3 (cont.)
To love and to all friends
who pain and sorrow mend,
with thanks unto the end I will sing, I will sing,
with thanks unto the end I will sing.

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. Played by Sharon Skidgel
Postlude
Morning Has Broken
by J.S. Bach
Played by Sharon Skidgel

77. Thank you for being part of our community today
Please stay for Laurie’s short yoga session.