From the hymns we sing in church, to playing an instrument while growing up, to being a concert attendee, many of us have been touched by music’s moving power in our lives. Have you ever connected with a beautiful melody or an entrancing instrument? Are you ever moved by the combination of a favorite poem and a choral anthem or solo song? Do you ever feel inspired by singing a hymn that connects to a message from a service or a sermon?

At this service, we will explore the many ways in which music moves us. Members of the Adult and Youth Choirs will help steer our journey, members of our congregation will share the ways in which music has impacted them, and we’ll sing many of your favorite hymns.

“If music be the food of love, play on!”* Come hear the Parish Jazz Band play music that celebrates love (the spirit of our Church). There are all kinds of love: romantic love, brotherly love, maternal and paternal love, spiritual love. And a simply enormous part of the musical repertoire is on themes relating to this rich, complex feeling. Often the music is joyous, sometimes sad, occasionally goofy or filled with longing. But it always speaks to the heart.

Come enjoy a morning of great jazz rejoicing in the number-one human emotion, including pieces by Victor Young, Jimmy Van Heusen, and Cole Porter!

*Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

Our guest, John Calabria, who is a yoga instructor, will share thoughts about the practice of yoga to balance mind, body and spirit. Note that this is not a yoga class.

Childcare will be provided at

all summer services.

WORSHIP WILL CONTINUE ALL SUMMER WITH A SERVICE EACH

SUNDAY MORNING AT 10 AM.   THERE ARE MANY GREAT

SERVICES PLANNED.  

SUMMER SERVICES WILL BE HELD EITHER IN

THE COMMUNITY ROOM OR THE HALL

Join us for coffee before church at 9:45 with our outside service beginning at 10:15.
Following the service there will be a picnic.

Elisa Pearmain will use her  gift of storytelling to engage the whole congregation with wise and witty folktales from around the world with messages to move us as we end our year together.

Elisa Davy Pearmain is a professional storyteller with over 30 years of experience telling in schools, libraries, churches and festivals around New England.  Elisa is a teacher of storytelling, and a licensed therapist, helping adults to hear their own stories in new ways for personal growth and healing. In addition to her other work, Elisa has been telling stories in churches for over twenty-five years. Her first book,  Doorways to the Soul: 52 Wisdom Tales from around the World (1998) contains 52 short tales from different spiritual, religious and folk traditions designed to be read one per week with exercises to deepen our connection to the wisdom in the stories, and to foster personal and spiritual growth. Her second book Once Upon a Time: Storytelling to Teach Character and Prevent Bullying is a favorite in RE classrooms.  Elisa is a former author and consultant for the Unitarian Universalist Association’s Tapestry of Faith curriculum.

Childcare will be provided at

all summer services.

WORSHIP WILL CONTINUE ALL SUMMER WITH A SERVICE EACH

SUNDAY MORNING AT 10 AM.   THERE ARE MANY GREAT

SERVICES PLANNED.  

SUMMER SERVICES WILL BE HELD EITHER IN

THE COMMUNITY ROOM OR THE HALL

HAPPY SUMMER!