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06/07/2026

Thank you to all who participated in (or attended) Music Sunday! This was a fun one!

06/05/2026

June 7, 2026
“Flourishing Together—Music Sunday”
Order of Worship
Unitarian Universalist Church of Greater Lansing

Prelude: Improvisation—Anne-Marie Rachman, piano
Sonata in D Major, Opus 6 (Beethoven)—Hari Kern and Marcy Christoff, piano

Introit: Made for Creation
Chalice Choir

Hymn: A Dazzling Bouquet

Welcome

Call to Worship: My Roots Go Down
Children & Youth Choir with Folk Band

Lighting Our Chalice: #362 Rise Up, O Flame

Story: Puff, the Magic Dragon

Personal Testimony: What I Did for Love
Mary Elaine Kiener

Touchstones

Meditation in Song: #1064 Blue Boat Home

Special Plate: Reach Studio Art Center
Julie Thomas-Beckett

Invitation to Generosity

Offertory: St. James Hospital
Dexter Hamlin

Message: Flourishing Together
How Can I Keep from Singing—Chalice Choir
Blue Skies—Jazz Combo
You’ve Got a Friend in Me—The Dangling Participles
What a Wonderful World—Jazz Combo
All My Love—Folk Band
Fill Your Days—The Dangling Participles
Why Shouldn’t We?—Folk Band
No Man Is an Island—Chalice Choir

Hymn: We Are Family

Benediction

Postlude: In the Mood
Jazz Combo

L. Harrison Brown, Director of Music & Worship Arts
Anne-Marie Rachman, Associate Director of Music
Charlie Mierzejewski, ASL Interpreter

06/01/2026

Our new Interim Minister

05/22/2026

May 24, 2026
“Stillness in Motion”
Order of Worship
Unitarian Universalist Church of Greater Lansing

Prelude: Improvisation
Marcy Christoff, piano

Hymn: #352 Find a Stillness

Welcome
Response: We Are One

Lighting Our Chalice

Story: In Time by Marina Ruiz

Movement Meditation: Tai Chi
Jann Nestell

Touchstones

Pastoral Prayer
Response: All Shall Be Well

Invitation to Generosity

Offertory

Reflection: Stillness in Motion
rev. theresa rohlck

Hymn: Be Still and Breathe

Benediction

Postlude

rev. theresa rohlck, guest minister
L. Harrison Brown, Director of Music & Worship Arts
Anne-Marie Rachman, Associate Director of Music
Annescia Dillard, ASL Interpreter

05/01/2026

May 3, 2026
“Heritage Sunday”
Order of Worship
Unitarian Universalist Church of Greater Lansing

Prelude: Improvisation
Anne-Marie Rachman, piano

Introit: Listen
Chalice Choir

Hymn: As We Carry This Flame Forward

Welcome
L. Harrison Brown

Response: We Are One

Call to Worship

Lighting Our Chalice

Story: Yankee Springs
Amy Kapp & Amy Lishinski

Singing the Students and Volunteers to Class: The Trees of the Field

Personal Testimony
Nick Rowse

Touchstones

Meditation in Song: #1002 Comfort Me

Special Plate: Salus Center
Teresa Mahaffey

Invitation to Generosity

Offertory Anthem: The Road Not Taken
Chalice Choir

Message: Heritage Sunday

Hymn: Pass on the Light

Benediction

Postlude: Improvisation

Dan Dettweiler & Kristan Small, Speakers
Nick Rowse, Worship Associate
L. Harrison Brown, Director of Music & Worship Arts
Anne-Marie Rachman, Associate Director of Music
Kandra Harper, ASL Interpreter

04/30/2026

The Supreme Court's 6-3 decision in Louisiana v. Callais is a profound moral wound, not only to the people of Louisiana, but to the promise of a multiracial democracy. This decision invalidates Louisiana’s second Congressional district and paves the way for states to dismantle Black and Latino vot

04/24/2026

April 26, 2026
“The Uncertain Unknowing”
Order of Worship
Unitarian Universalist Church of Greater Lansing

Prelude: Improvisation
Marcy Christoff, piano

Introit: Nature Boy
Jazz Combo

Hymn: #1003 Where Do We Come From?

Welcome
Mark McWilliams

Response: #188 Come, Come, Whoever You Are

Call to Worship & Lighting Our Chalice

Story: The Coming of the Universe

Singing the Students and Volunteers to Class: The Trees of the Field

Personal Testimony
Sally Purdy

In Memoriam

Touchstones

Pastoral Prayer

Response: #1031 Filled with Loving Kindness

Invitation to Generosity

Offertory Anthem: Both Sides Now
Jazz Combo

Sermon: The Uncertain Unknowing
Rev. Dr. Lisa Presley

Hymn: Here Together (for Going Forth)

Benediction

Postlude: Blowin’ in the Wind

Rev. Dr. Lisa Presley, Guest Minister
Mark McWilliams, Worship Associate
L. Harrison Brown, Director of Music & Worship Arts
Anne-Marie Rachman, Associate Director of Music
Charlie Mierzejewski, ASL Interpreter

04/22/2026

Rev. Dr. Lisa Presley will be joining us this Sunday to speak on "Uncertain Unknowing"--We often walk through the world, believing we know (or should know) who we are, where we are going, and what life is all about. But what happens when life doesn’t follow our assumed scripts? What possibilities are in embracing uncertain unknowing?

The Rev. Dr. Lisa Presley is a life-long Unitarian Universalist. Having grown up in the Detroit suburbs, Lisa then spent 20 years sojourning in Canada, working as a para-legal, file clerk, forensic bookkeeper, accounts receivable clerk, and secretary for the London (Ontario) Symphony Orchestra before entering the ministry. She has served as a called minister as well as an interim before ending her career with 18 years as a Congregational Life Consultant for the UUA. She now is discovering retirement in Kalamazoo with her spouse Amy and their six-year-old golden retriever Teddy.

04/17/2026

April 19, 2026
“Innocence Regained”
Order of Worship
Unitarian Universalist Church of Greater Lansing

Prelude: Improvisation
Anne-Marie Rachman, piano

Introit: Wherever You Go
Folk Band

Hymn: #338 I Seek the Spirit of a Child

Welcome

Response: #1059 May Your Life Be as a Song

Call to Worship & Lighting Our Chalice

Story: Joseph Priestly, A UU Wisdom Tale
Chris Cleveland

Singing the Students and Volunteers to Class: The Trees of the Field

Personal Testimony: Revelation is not Sealed
Sonya Schryer Norris

Memorial Candle

Touchstones

Pastoral Prayer

Response: There Is a Love

Invitation to Generosity

Offertory Anthem: Why Shouldn’t We
Folk Band

Sermon: Innocence Regained
Rev. W.F. Wooden

Hymn: Seed of Hope

Benediction

Postlude: I’ll Fly Away
Folk Band

Rev. W.F. Wooden, Guest Minister
Sonya Schryer Norris, Worship Associate
Folk Band, Special Music
L. Harrison Brown, Director of Music & Worship Arts
Anne-Marie Rachman, Associate Director of Music
Mieken VanderWaerden, ASL Interpreter

04/11/2026

April 12, 2026
“Change, Fear, and Hope”
Order of Worship
Unitarian Universalist Church of Greater Lansing

Prelude: Improvisation
Jem Parkhill, piano

Hymn: #44 We Sing of Golden Mornings

Welcome
David Hill

Response: #1023 Building Bridges

Call to Worship & Lighting Our Chalice
Vivian Page

Story: Maybe by Kobi Yamada
Temp Cieslik & Vivian Page

Singing the Students and Volunteers to Class: The Trees of the Field

Personal Testimony
Samantha Blum
Eleanor Hamlin

Touchstones

Movement Meditation: Tai Chi
Jann Nestell

Invitation to Generosity
Temp Cieslik

Offertory
Jem Parkhill

Personal Testimony
Vivian Page
Thaddeus Overly
Temp Cieslik

Hymn: Pass on the Light

Benediction
Eleanor Hamlin & Samantha Blum

Postlude
Jem Parkhill

Susan Rothfuss, Worship Associate
L. Harrison Brown, Director of Music & Worship Arts
Anne-Marie Rachman, Associate Director of Music
Annescia Dillard, ASL Interpreter

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