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Worship and
Religious Education,
​SUNDAY 
May 16, 2021

Our online worship will be updated every Sunday morning by 10:00 a.m.
Join us for Virtual Coffee Hour on Zoom at 11:00.


"Requiem: Let My LOve Be Heard" Choir Service

Family worship
​

Virtual Worship Service
Community Church of Chapel Hill, Unitarian Universalist
“Requiem: Let My Love Be Heard” Glenn Mehrbach, Music Director, and the Community Church Choir
Kathy Putnam, Worship Associate
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Opening Screen -
00:00
Words of Welcome (Kathy Putnam) -
00:06
Opening Hymn: #188 
Come, Come, Whoever You Are - 00:58
Call To Worship, from “Poems from the Heart of Yoga,” by Danna Faulds: “Go In and In” (Amy Shaub Maddox) -
2:55
Chalice Lighting, #454 
In Our Time of Grief (Kathy Putnam) - 3:42
Introduction of Choir Service (Glenn Mehrbach) -
4:32
Requiem, Part 1
“Every Night (When the Sun Goes Down)” Traditional Appalachian Song, arr. by Gwyneth Walker (George Thompson, soloist) -
5:54
“Danny Boy” words by Frederick E. Wetherby, music a Londonderry Air, arr. by Joseph Flummerfelt -
10:38
Musical Meditation “Wanting Memories” by Ysaye Barnwell -
14:29
Requiem, Part 2
“Requiem” by Eliza Gilkyson, arr. by Craig Hella Johnson -
19:26
“O Vos Omnes” text from Lamentation 1:12
, music by Pau Casals - 24:38
Joys & Sorrows (Rev. Thom Belote) -
28:29
Requiem, Part 3
“Amazing Grace (“for my beloved Andrew Blue”)” words by John Newton, music from Columbian Harmony, arr. by Jennifer Higdon (Ivy Brezina, soloist) -
31:28
“Let My Love Be Heard” words from “A Prayer” by Alfred Noyes, music by Jake Runestad -
39:04
Closing Hymn: “Here Comes the Sun” by George Harrison -
43:59
Extinguishing the Chalice (Rev. Thom Belote) -
46:43
Closing Song: Shalom -
47:18
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Thanks to the Community Church Choir:
SOPRANO 1: Carol Parker, Katie Headley, Susan Siplon, Jena Kaizen
SOPRANO 2: Deborah Klinger, Jane Provan, Lex Headley
ALTO 1: Jessica Godreau, Linda Thompson, Marya Ilgen-Lieth
ALTO 2: Joann Haggerty, Kirsten Bergman, Ro Mason, Wendy Jebens, Amy Shaub Maddox
TENOR 1: Ivy Brezina, Mary LeMay
TENOR 2: Scott Provan, Steve Warshaw, Steve Day
BASS 1: Paul Eskildsen, George Thompson, Larry Mason
BASS 2: Brian Moyer and Josh Socolar
PIANO: Ariadna Nacianceno

Thanks to the Family Choir and Community Church Singers:
SOPRANO: Jena Kaizen and Michelle Itano
MELODY: Ben, Ginger Guidry and Family, Jenny Warnasch and Annie Huntly
ALTO: Ruth Gibson, Amy Shaub Maddox and Joëlle Bourjolly
BASS: Ed Steffes, Kevin Bastian and Glenn Mehrbach
PERCUSSION: Glenn Mehrbach

Thanks to this week Virtual Choir: Ruth Gibson, Linda Thompson, Amy Shaub Maddox, Cheryl Diegel and Charly Maddox. Also thanks to Deborah Klinger for the closing hymn.
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Readers:
Opening Words: Amy Shaub Maddox
“Every Night (When the Sun Goes Down)” introduction: Josh Socolar
“Danny Boy” introduction: Lex Headley
“Wanting Memories” introduction: Ruth Gibson
“Requiem” introduction: Carol Parker
“O Vos Omnes” introduction: Mary LeMay
“Amazing Grace (“for my beloved Andrew Blue”)” introduction: Wendy Jebens
​“Let My Love Be Heard” introduction: Glenn Mehrbach
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