Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Cleveland

09/06/2026

Centering Music Living Water (Rust) Carl Rust

Welcome Laura Imbornoni
Chalice Lighting Laura Imbornoni

We Cultivate trust with one another by celebrating differences,
honoring boundaries, and offering compassion and care.
We Listen to each other deeply with curiosity and wonder.
We Speak for ourselves, without need to defend ourselves or persuade each other.
We Create safe and brave space for healthy conflict, creativity, and fun.
We Reconcile through forgiving and making amends when we hurt one another.

Call to Worship Carl Rust

Welcoming One Another Laura Imbornoni

Congregational Song #1068 Rising Green (McDade) Mike Carney

My blood doth rise in the roots of yon oak, her sap doth run in my veins.
Boundless my soul, like the open sky where the stars forever have lain.
Where the stars, where the stars, where the stars forever have lain.

My hands hold the weavings of time without end, my sight as deep as the sea.
Beating, my heart sounds the measures of old, that of love’s eternity.
That of love, that of love, that of love’s eternity.

I feel the tides as they answer the moon, rushing on a far distant sand.
Winging my song is the wind of my breast and my love blows over the land.
And my love, and my love, and my love blows over the land.

My foot carries days of the old into new, our dreaming shows us the way.
Wondrous our faith settles deep in the earth, rising green to bring a new day.
Rising green, rising green, rising green to bring a new day.

Joys and Concerns Laura Imbornoni

Mother Nature’s Son (Lennon & McCartney) Mike Carney

“Outside In” Carl Rust
Offertory See You At The Top (SYATT) Laura Imbornoni

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An Old Garden (MacDowell) Mike Carney

Acceptance of Gifts We Offer These Gifts (Carney) Mike Carney

As we offer these gifts and lift up our spirits,
May the care in our hearts and the work of our hands
Lead us to greater service and love.

Reading/Meditation Laura Imbornoni
Ringing the Peace Bell Laura Imboroni

Stillness

“Nature Deficit Disorder” Carl Rust

Heal Me (Rust) Carl Rust & Congregation

Announcements Laura Imbornoni

Benediction Carl Rust

Extinguishing the chalice Laura Imbornoni

We extinguish this flame, but not the light of truth,
the warmth of community, or the fire of commitment.
These we carry in our hearts until we are together again.

I Choose Joy (Rust) Carl Rust

08/30/2026

Centering Music: What a Difference a Day Makes (Grever)

Anya Ustin/Mike Carney/Aaron Burkle

Welcome Greg Nosan

Chalice Lighting Greg Nosan

We Cultivate trust with one another by celebrating differences,

honoring boundaries, and offering compassion and care.

We Listen to each other deeply with curiosity and wonder.

We Speak for ourselves, without need to defend ourselves or persuade each other.

We Create safe and brave space for healthy conflict, creativity, and fun.

We Reconcile through forgiving and making amends when we hurt one another.

Call to Worship by Rev. Dr. Sofia Betancourt Mary Schatzman

Somos el Barco (Wyatt) Mike Carney/Aaron Burkle/Multigen Choir

CHORUS: Somos el barco, somos el mar, yo navego en ti, tu navegas en mi. We are the boat, we are the sea. I sail in you, you sail in me.

The stream sings it to the river, the river sings it to the sea, The sea sings it to the boat that carries you and me.

The boat that we are sailing on was built by many hands. The sea that we are sailing on touches many lands. CHORUS

The voyage has been long and hard, and yet we’re sailing still With a song to help us pull together if we only will.

So with our hopes we raise the sails to face the wind once more, And with our hearts we chart the waters never sailed before. CHORUS

Reflections on General Assembly Erik Brown

Joys and Concerns Greg Nosan

The Shadow of Your Smile (Mandel/Webster)

Anya Ustin/Mike Carney/Aaron Burkle

Offertory NE Ohio Voter Advocates Greg Nosan

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I Choose Love (Miller) The Multigen Choir, Aaron Burkle

Acceptance of Gifts We Offer These Gifts (Carney)

As we offer these gifts and lift up our spirits,

May the care in our hearts and the work of our hands

Lead us to greater service and love.

Reading/Meditation “The Rage You Are Feeling” Nikita Gill Janine Purcell

Peace Bell

Stillness

Reflections from this year’s delegates

Janine Purcell/Laurie Albright/Mary Schatzman

Lead with Love (Demore) Mike Carney

Benediction Erik Brown

08/23/2026

“Hyde Park: Thoughts on Interdependence”
August 23, 2026
Linda Coulter, Pamela Schenk, Jenni Papp, Bill McNally, musician
Participants: Beth McClellan, Heather Redmond, Mary Schatzman, Pamela Schenk

Centering Music — Delirium (Schutt): Bill McNally

Welcome: Linda Coulter

Chalice Lighting — Cherishing Our Differences by Cindy Fesgen: Pamela Schenk

Call to Worship: Linda Coulter

Welcoming One Another

Community Singing — #34 Though I May Speak With Bravest Fire (English Folk Melody/Hopson): Bill McNally
Though I may speak with bravest fire, and have the gift to all inspire,
and have not love, my words are vain as sounding brass and hopeless gain.
Though I may give all I possess, and striving so my love profess,
but not be given by love within, the profit soon turns strangely thin.
Come, Spirit, come, our hearts control, our spirits long to be made whole.
Let inward love guide every deed; by this we worship, and are freed.

On a Soapbox: Jenni Papp

Hyde Park #1 — Interdependence in Community, or “Safe Enough to Mess Up” : Beth McClellan

Joys and Concerns: Pamela Schenk

Music — Blithe Bells (Bach/Grainger): Bill McNally

Hyde Park #2 — Interdependence in Music: Pamela Schenk

Offertory — Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless (NEOCH) Linda Coulter
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Pine Apple Rag — (Joplin): Bill McNally

Acceptance of Gifts — We Offer These Gifts (Carney)
As we offer these gifts and lift up our spirits,
May the care in our hearts and the work of our hands
Lead us to greater service and love.

Hyde Park #3 — Interdependence in the Environment: Mary Schatzman

Meditation — A Mirror of Interdependence By Rumni Saha: Pamela Schenk

Ringing the Peace Bell

Stillness

Hyde Park #4 — Interdependence in Medicine: Heather Redmond

Community Singing — #1021 Lean On Me (Withers): Bill McNally

Benediction — Prayer by By Rumni Saha (adapted): Linda Coulter

Extinguishing the chalice: Pamela Schenk
We extinguish this flame, but not the light of truth,
the warmth of community, or the fire of commitment.
These we carry in our hearts until we are together again.

Vem Cá, Branquinha — (Nazareth): Bill McNally

06/09/2026

Bring a friend, invite your family, and experience the beauty and power of live music while supporting an important cause On Wed, June 10th @ 7:00 pm. UUCC"s own Daria Rabotkina will present a free concert featuring works by Chopin, Debussy, Janáček, and more. Admission is free, and a freewill offering will be received to support our Capital Campaign efforts as we continue investing in the future of our ministry and facilities. We hope you join us for a inspiring program of beloved classical materpieces!

Franz Schubert, Moments Musicaux, D. 780 2. Andantino 00:35 3. Al...