watching with UUSS at 11:00 a.m., June 28, 2020.  Just go to www.uuss.org/online as you do for all UUSS services.

This Sunday Rev. Lucy & Rev. Roger will greet us and invite us to participate in the big service from this year’s General Assembly.  The music and words are always great.  We won’t have the energy of 4,500 people singing with us in the convention hall but we know they’re out there. And they know we are here!  If you can’t make it with UUSS at 11:00, you can watch the service live streamed at 7:00 a.m. or 10:00 a.m. at www.uua.org or the UUA (Unitaraian Universalist Association) Facebook page.

The sermon is given by the Rev. Joan Javier-Duval.  She is minister of the UU Church of Montpelier, the capital city of Vermont.  Here is the title and description and below is the Order of Service so you can follow along.

“Beyond the Water’s Edge” These are uncertain and volatile times. These are times that call on us to work towards our collective liberation while also tending to our spiritual needs and caring for others. How do we ready ourselves for what is being asked of us? How do we keep moving even when we don’t feel ready?

UUSS Welcome:

Prelude by Pianist Irina Tchatceva

UUSS Welcome by Rev. Lucy and Rev. Roger

General Assembly Service:

Gathering Music

Honoring the Land and Welcome Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray

Call to Worship and Chalice Lighting Rev. Joan Javier-Duval and Rev. Mykal Slack

Opening Song “We Are…” by Ysaye Barnwell GA Virtual Choir directed by Benjie Messer Soloist: Dr. Ysaye Barnwell

A Message for Us All Rev. Mykal Slack

Offering Tomaquag Museum

Testimonial from Lorén Spears, Executive Director of the Tomaquag Museum Flute music by Ridge E. Spears

Meditation and Prayer Rev. Mykal Slack

Responsive Music “Deep River” trad. African-American spiritual Philip Rogers, Nivek Anderson

Reading adapted selection from Three Dreams in a Desert Clyde Grubbs by Olive Schreiner Aja Davis Yuri Yamamoto

Anthem “Tomorrow” by Kate Miner GA Virtual Choir

Sermon Beyond the Water’s Edge Rev. Joan Javier-Duval

Closing Song “Keep On Moving Forward” by Pat Humphries Emma’s Revolution

Benediction Rev. Joan Javier-Duval