Sunday, July 19, 2026 

  

Lighting the Chalice  

  

Prelude  

Beautiful – Carole King, arr. Roger Emerson 

First Unitarian Summer Choir – Alan Dyer, Piano; Grant Wareham, Director 

 
 

Call to Worship  

  

*Hymn #331 Life Is the Greatest Gift of All – Words: William E. Oliver, Music: James LM Bain  

  

Life is the greatest gift of all the riches on this earth; 
life and its creatures, great and small, of high and lowly birth: 
so treasure it and measure it with deeds of shining worth. 

Mind is the brightest gift of all, its thought no barrier mars; 
it seeks creation’s hidden plan, its quest surmounts all bars; 
it reins the wind, it chains the storm, it weighs the outmost stars. 

We are of life, its shining gift, the measure of all things; 
up from the dust our temples lift, our vision soars on wings; 
for seed and root, for flower and fruit, our grateful spirit sings. 

 

  

*Affirmation  

Love is the doctrine of our church; 

The quest of truth is its sacrament, 

And service is its prayer. 

To dwell together in peace, 

To seek knowledge in freedom, 

To serve humanity in fellowship, 

To the end that all souls shall grow 

in harmony with the divine— 

Thus do we covenant with each other.         

 

 

 

*Doxology  

From all that dwell below the skies  

Let songs of faith and hope arise; 

Let peace, goodwill on Earth be sung 

Through every land, by every tongue.  

        

Story 

We sing our children to their classes at 11:00am 

 

Welcome  

  

Offertory  

Liebeslied – Fritz Kreisler  

Alan Dyer, Piano  

  

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Readings  

Barbara by Naomi Shihab Nye 

Beauty Is Our Birthright by Rebekah Savage 

 

  

Interlude           

Prelude, Op. 38, No. 2 – Paul Creston 

  

Prayer  

  

Hymn #326 Let All the Beauty We Have Known – Words: Dana McLean Greely, Music: Ralph Vaughan Williams 

 

Let all the beauty we have known illuminate our hearts and minds. 
Rejoice in wonders daily shown,      in faith and joy, and love that binds. 

We celebrate with singing hearts the loveliness of sky and earth, 
the inspiration of the arts, the miracle of ev’ry birth. 

Life’s music and its poetry surround   and bless us through our days. 
For these we sing in harmony,    together giving thanks and praise. 

 

  

Sermon  

“Inspired by Beauty” Rev. Beth Dana  

  

Hymn #298 Wake Now My Senses (v. 1, 2, and 4) – Words: Thomas JS Mikelson, Music: Trad. Irish melody 

 

          

Wake, now, my senses, and hear the earth call; 
feel the deep power of being in all; 
keep, with the web of creation your vow, 
giving, receiving as love shows us how. 

Wake, now, my reason, reach out to the new; 
join with each pilgrim who quests for the true; 
honor the beauty and wisdom of time; 
suffer thy limit, and praise the sublime. 

Wake, now, my conscience, with justice thy guide,    join with all people whose rights are denied;   take not for granted a privileged place; God’s love embraces the whole human race. 

 

Benediction  

  

Postlude  

Lyric Pieces, Op. 71: III. Småtroll “Puck” – Edvard Grieg 

 

  

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