UPCOMING WORSHIP SERVICES
THEME FOR THE SUMMER: “FLOURISHING TOGETHER”
June 7
Flourishing Together: The Flower Ceremony
10:30 AM
Rev. Clare L. Petersberger, Kara Tyler, Director of Religious Education, Daniel Bassin, Music Director, and the TUUC Community Choir
Over 100 years ago, when the Reverend Dr. Norbert Capek thought of a ritual for his theologically pluralistic Unitarian congregation to celebrate at the end of the formal church year, he chose a flower. Why is a flower an appropriate symbol of flourishing together (especially in difficult and dangerous times?) Please bring a flower representing yourself (and each member of your family). Everyone will take home a flower brought by another. Today we celebrate our flourishing together.
June 14
Flourishing Through Song
SPECIAL MUSIC SUNDAY
10:30 AM
Rev. Clare L. Petersberger, Director of Religious Education, Kara Tyler, The TUUC Choir, Music Director, Dr. Daniel Bassin, Pianist, Kris Faatz, and Friends
Flourishing Through Song celebrates community linked through music, memory, and legacy, depicting a journey of spiritual renewal through musical settings of the passing of the seasons. From the ancient melodies underpinning the Appalachian Carols settings of wintry folk songs by Jean Ritchie, set by composer Kevin Siegfried, to familiar choral gems like Dr. Ysaye Barnwell's Wanting Memories and Frank Ticheli's Earth Song, our TUUC Choir will offer up a wide selection of choral music to draw our church year to an inspired close. Violinist, Janet Kuperstein, will play selections from Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, with keyboardist, Kris Faatz, alongside Florence Price's The Deserted Garden, and there will be time for congregational singing in the hymns Meditation on Breathing and Now Let Us Sing! DRE, Kara Tyler, will share a children's story on the inspiring life of American composer and pianist, Amy Beach. We look forward to celebrating with each of you - through song and in community!
June 21
An Invitation to Flourish with Us
10:30 AM
Lay Worship Associates
The Lay Worship Associates introduce summer with a collection of personal meditations. Topics range from the summer’s theme of Flourishing Together to fathers and/or fatherhood, and everything in between.
June 28
Finally, We’re Enough: Flourishing in Folk Punk
10:30 AM
Dominique Hall
Since Woody Guthrie introduced his heart-wrenching perspectives on the working class, there has been a rebellious, self-aware element in folk music. In the late 1970s, some punk artists rejected rock’n’roll and stripped down their music to its most basic, acoustic elements — giving rise to the genre of ‘rogue punk’ or ‘folk punk’.
In this service, we’ll explore the effects of this musical fusion across its spectrum — folk to punk— and how stripping down a genre exposes the anxieties, insecurities, and triumphs of a generation.