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
Working Man Blues
By: Merle Haggard
Performed by Sharon Skidgel

3. Lyrics It's a big job just gettin' by with nine kids and a wife
I been a workin' man dang near all my life
I'll be working long as my two hands are fit to use
I'll drink my beer in a tavern,
Sing a little bit of these working man blues
I keep my nose on the grindstone, I work hard every day
Might get a little tired on the weekend, after I draw my pay
But I'll go back workin, come Monday morning I'm right back with the crew
I'll drink a little beer that evening,

4. Lyrics Hey hey, the working man, the working man like me
I ain't never been on welfare, that's one place I won't be
Cause I'll be working long as my two hands are fit to use
I drink a little beer in a tavern
Sing a little bit of these working man blues
Sometimes I think about leaving, do a little bummin around
I wanna throw my bills out the window catch a train to another town
But I go back working I gotta buy my kids a brand new pair of shoes
Yeah drink a little beer in a tavern,
Cry a little bit of these working man blues.

5. Lyrics Hey hey, the working man, the working man like me
I ain't never been on welfare, that's one place I won't be
Cause I'll be working long as my two hands are fit to use
I drink a little beer in a tavern
Sing a little bit of these working man blues

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

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. 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.

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

17. Hail the Glorious Golden City
Opening Hymn
Hail the Glorious Golden City
words by: Felix Adler
music by: Roland Hugh Prichard
#140 in Singing the Living Tradition

18. Hail the glorious golden city, pictured by the seers of old:
Verse 1
Hail the glorious golden city,
pictured by the seers of old:
everlasting light shines o'er it,
wondrous things of it are told.

19. Wise and righteous men and women dwell within its gleaming wall
Verse 1
Wise and righteous men and women
dwell within its gleaming wall
wrong is banished from its borders
justice reigns supreme o'er all.

20. We are builders of that city. All our joys and all our groans
Verse 2
We are builders of that city.
All our joys and all our groans
help to rear its shining ramparts;
all our lives are building stones.

21. Whether humble or exalted, all are called to task divine;
Verse 2
Whether humble or exalted,
all are called to task divine;
all must aid alike to carry
forward one sublime design.

22. And the work that we have builded, oft with bleeding hands and tears,
Verse 3
And the work that we have builded,
oft with bleeding hands and tears,
oft in error oft in anguish,
will not perish with our years:

23. it will live and shine transfigured in the final reign of right:
Verse 3
it will live and shine transfigured
in the final reign of right:
it will pass in to the splendors
of the city of the light.

25. Chalice Lighting
John Garrett
ASUUC Member

26. No work is insignificant
No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
–Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

27. May this chalice be a symbol of all the work of our hands and hearts.

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

30. Every job from the heart is, ultimately, of equal value
Every job from the heart is, ultimately, of equal value. The nurse injects the syringe; the writer slides the pen; the farmer plows the dirt; the comedian draws the laughter. Monetary income is the perfect deceiver of a man's true worth.
Criss Jami, Killosophy

32. Bless the Work of our Hands
Today’s Message
Bless the Work of our Hands
Rev. Dr. Nori Rost

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

35. People say, what is the sense of our small effort
People say, what is the sense of our small effort. They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time. A pebble cast into the pond causes ripples that spread in all directions. Each one of our thoughts, words, and deeds is like that. No one has a right to sit down and feel hopeless; there’s too much work to do.
– Dorothy Day

37. Performed by Sharon Skidgel
Offertory Music
A Hard Day's Night
by Lennon/McCartney
Performed by Sharon Skidgel

39. 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

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

42. Joys and Concerns
Congregation

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

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

47. Closing Words
Rev. Dr. Nori Rost

48. My wish simply is to live my life as fully as I can
My wish simply is to live my life as fully as I can. In both our work and our leisure, I think, we should be so employed. And in our time this means that we must save ourselves from the products that we are asked to buy in order, ultimately, to replace ourselves.
Wendell Berry, The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays

50. #121 in Singing the Living Tradition
Closing Hymn
We’ll Build a Land
words: Barbara Zanotti (Isaiah/Amos), adapt. music: Carolyn McDade arr. by Betsy Jo Angebranndt
#121 in Singing the Living Tradition

51. We’ll build a land where we bind up the broken.
Verse 1
We’ll build a land where we bind up the broken.
We’ll build a land where the captives go free,
where the oil of gladness dissolves all mourning.
Oh, we’ll build a promised land that can be.

52. Come build a land where sisters and brothers,
Chorus
Come build a land where sisters and brothers,
anointed by God, may then create peace:
where justice shall roll down like waters,
and peace like an everflowing stream.

53. We’ll build a land where we bring the good tidings
Verse 2
We’ll build a land where we bring the good tidings
to all the afflicted and all those who mourn.
And we’ll give them garlands instead of ashes.
Oh, we’ll build a land where peace is born.

54. Come build a land where sisters and brothers,
Chorus
Come build a land where sisters and brothers,
anointed by God, may then create peace:
where justice shall roll down like waters,
and peace like an everflowing stream.

55. We’ll be a land building up ancient cities,
Verse 3
We’ll be a land building up ancient cities,
raising up devastations from old;
restoring ruins of generations.
Oh, we’ll build a land of people so bold.

56. Come build a land where sisters and brothers,
Chorus
Come build a land where sisters and brothers,
anointed by God, may then create peace:
where justice shall roll down like waters,
and peace like an everflowing stream.

57. Come, build a land where the mantles of praises
Verse 4
Come, build a land where the mantles of praises
resound from spirits once faint and once weak;
where like oaks of righteousness stand her people.
Oh, we’ll build the land, my people we seek.

58. Come build a land where sisters and brothers,
Chorus
Come build a land where sisters and brothers,
anointed by God, may then create peace:
where justice shall roll down like waters,
and peace like an everflowing stream.

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

61. 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.

62. 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.

63. 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.

65. She Works Hard for the Money
Postlude
She Works Hard for the Money
by Donna Summers
Performed by Sharon Skidgel

66. Lyrics
She works hard for the money
So hard for it, honey
So you better treat her right

67. Lyrics
I met her there in the corner stand
She wonders where she is
And it's strange to her
Some people seem to have everything
9 am on the hour hand
And she's waiting for the bell
And she's looking real pretty
She's waiting for her clientele

68. Lyrics
She works hard for the money
So hard for it, honey
So you better treat her right

69. Lyrics
Twenty-eight years have come and gone
And she's seen a lot of tears
Of the ones who come in
They really seem to need her there
It's a sacrifice working day to day
For little money just tips for pay
But it's worth it all
To hear them say that they care

70. Lyrics
She works hard for the money
So hard for it, honey
So you better treat her right.

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