All Music Sunday
Sunday, December 14th, 2025, 10:25 am
Online on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/738363620
Passcode: BUF
Zoom by phone, for audio only: (346) 248-7799
Meeting ID: 738 363 620
Passcode: 306220
Gathering Music Friends, Karen FitzGerald
Ben Workman Smith, cello; Karen FitzGerald, piano
Welcome Su Livingston, celebrant
Prelude Climb Every Mountain, Richard Rodgers arr. Mark Hayes
Melanie Rieck, keyboard artist
Chalice Lighting We Bring Light, Andy Backus
Ben Workman Smith, choir director
Covenant:
Love is the spirit of this fellowship, and service
gives it life. Celebrating our diversity, and joined by a quest
for truth, we work for peace and honor all creation. This is
our covenant.
Hymn #1000, Morning Has Come
Meditation on Resolution Rebekah Paci-Green
Chalice Choir Hope for Resolution, arr. P. Caldwell & S. Ivory
Beth Beyers, alto sax; Nathan Matson, percussion
Hymn #1035, Freedom is Coming
Special Music I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day, Marks and Longfellow
Karen FitzGerald and Scott Heise
Offertory O Come, O Come Emmanuel and Pat-a-Pan, arr. Carol Klose
Phoenix Pool Betelehemu Babatunde Olatunji
Nathan Matson, percussion
Clara Barton Sisterhood Honor Kara Black
Phoenix Pool Be Like the Bird, Abbie Betinis
Chalice Choir Earth Song, Frank Ticheli
Reflective Ritual Ben Workman Smith
Hymn #1020, Woyaya
Closing Words and Extinguishing the Chalice
Closing Song #155, Circle Round for Freedom
Afterward
If you’re with us on Zoom today, please stay after the service for our online coffee hour. If you’re here in person, please join us downstairs for coffee and conversation. Visitors: you may wish to use a red cup — then we’ll know you’re open to a bit of orientation.
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