A list of the resources used in worship at CONVO will be

available through the UUMA website following this event.

We will be singing

Love Will Guide Us

Sally Rogers, a contemporary songwriter whose works promote justice, unity, and peace, wrote this hymn.

We will be singing

Just As Long As I Have Breath

The words to this hymn are written by Alicia Carpenter, a Unitarian Universalist professional singer and author living in San Antonio, Texas.

We will be singing

The Fire of Commitment

Mary Katherine Morn and Jason Shelton wrote the text to this hymn, and Jason composed the music.

We will be hearingBeloved, Let Us Love One AnotherMusic: Arthur Foote Text: I John 4: 7-8

Arthur Foote (March 5, 1853-April 4, 1937), Unitarian church musician and influential music teacher, was a leading member of a group of composers known as the Boston Six or the Second New England School.

We will be hearing

Calling My Children Home

Written in 1978 by bluegrass musicians Charlie Waller, Bill Yates and Doyle Lawson. The song has been covered by Emmylou Harris, Ralph Stanley and the choral group Chanticleer.

We will be hearing

United in Song

(Tous Unis En Chanson)

Original work by Paul Halley

Composed for an Ottawa choral festival marking the millennium

Transform the world.

Prelude

Wendy Bartel, saxophone

Jane Perry, piano

Choral Introit

Beloved, Let Us Love One AnotherMusic: Arthur Foote Text: I John 4: 7-8

Arthur Foote (March 5, 1853-April 4, 1937), Unitarian church musician and influential music teacher, was a leading member of a group of composers known as the Boston Six or the Second New England School.

Our Story GatheredRead by the Planning TeamBrian Kopke, chair

Brian Kiely

Debra Faulk

Kathy Sage

Joseph Santos-Lyons

Leslie Takahashi Morris

Wayne Walder

Kate Walker

Chalice Lighting

The Rev. Kathy Sage

Hymn

Love Will Guide Us

Sally Rogers, a contemporary songwriter whose works promote justice, unity, and peace, wrote this hymn

Love will guide us

Peace has tried us

Hope inside us

Will lead the way

On the road from

Greed to giving

Love will guide us

Through the hard night

If you cannot

Sing like angels

If you cannot

Preach before thousands

You can give from

Deep within you

You can change the world

With your love

Love will guide us

Peace has tried us

Hope inside us

Will lead the way

On the road from

Greed to giving

Love will guide us

Through the hard night

Reading

The Rev. Kate Walker

Words of Josh Searle-White

Choral Offering

Calling My Children Home

Written by Charlie Waller, Bill Yates and Doyle Lawson

Arranged by Joseph Jennings of Chanticleer

Seeding Stories: A Ritual of Going Forth

Rev. Wayne Walder

Rev. Leslie Takahashi Morris

Hymn

Just As Long As I Have Breath

The words to this hymn are written by Alicia Carpenter, a Unitarian Universalist professional singer and author living in San Antonio, Texas.

Just as long as I have breath, I must answer, Yes, to life; Though with pain I made my way, still with hope I meet each day.If they ask what I did well, tell them I said, Yes, to life.

Just as long as vision lasts, I must answer, Yes, to truth;In my dream and in my dark,always that elusive spark.If they ask what I did well, tell them I said, Yes, to truth.

Just as long as my heart beats, I must answer, Yes, to love;Disappointment pierced me through;still I kept on loving you.If they ask what I did best, tell them I said, Yes, to love.

Taking Leave

The Rev. Debra Faulk

Choral Offering

United in Song

(Tous Unis En Chanson)

Jane Perry and Marg Stubington, piano

Translation of First Verse(sung in French)Come, my friends,

Now the wind fills the sails,

We are bound for the wide open sea.

Here's the rising sun,

It's the dawn of a new day.

We will go where the rivers run free.

For the waters of life

Are the waters that we sail,

And our boat is the bond of love.

And the wind is our hope,

That can never ever fail,

And our guide is the light that shines above.

Gratitude

The Rev. Leslie

Takahashi Morris

Closing Hymn

The Fire of Commitment

Mary Katherine Morn and Jason Shelton wrote the text to this hymn, and Jason composed the music.

Used by permission.

From the lights of days remembered

Burns a beacon bright and clear

Guiding hands and hearts and spirits

Into faith set free from fear.

When the fire of commitment

Sets our mind and soul ablaze

Then our promise finds fulfillment

And our future can begin.

From the stories of our living

Rings a song both brave and free

Calling pilgrims still to witness

To the life of liberty

When the fire of commitment

Sets our mind and soul ablaze

When our hunger and our passion

Meet to call us on our way

When we live with deep assurance

Of the flame that burns within

Then our promise finds fulfillment

And our future can begin.

From the dreams of youthful vision

Comes a new, prophetic voice

Which demands a deeper justice

Built by our courageous choice

When the fire of commitment

Sets our mind and soul ablaze

When our hunger and our passion

Meet to call us on our way

When we live with deep assurance

Of the flame that burns within

Then our promise finds fulfillment

And our future can begin.

Benediction

The Rev. Joseph Santos-Lyons

A list of the resources used in worship at CONVO will be

available through the UUMA website following this event.

Meal Blessing