Music Service  

with Dr. Susan Dill and First UU’s choir and musicians 

May 18, 2025

Leonard Bernstein once said: “It’s the artists of the world, the feelers and thinkers, who will ultimately save us; who can articulate, educate, defy, insist, sing and shout the big dreams.” The First UU music program invites you to join us in our musical journey through dreamscapes, the hope that comes from dreams, persistence in the face of broken dreams, all leading to a vision of a better tomorrow.

Sounding of the Bowl                    

Welcome and Greeting – Susan Dill

Opening Words

Opening Hymn – #346 Come, Sing a Song with Me

Chalice Lighting – Ruth Bujanda-Moore

Covenant

Reading #1 – Jeanne Zuniga

Les Cloches – by Claude Debussy, performed by Emilia Westney-soprano and William Westney-piano

Reading #2 – Rosanna Burden

Mad World – by Gary Jules, arranged by Bryan Ferguson, performed by First UU FLUUTES

Stone Ceremony – Dana Clark

Music for Reflection                

Reading the Community Book of Life

Reading #3 – Grace Featherstone 

Gonna Build a Mountain – by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse, performed by the First UU Children’s Choir

Children’s Recessional 

Reading #4 – Karen Davis

I Dreamed a Dream – by Claude-Michael Schönberg, performed by Rob Mahon-tenor Jaime Ramirez-piano

Poetry  Reading – Khadijah Enriquez and Mark Rockeymoore

American Dream – by Paul Simon, performed by Jaime Ramirez

Invitation to Generosity – Heather Hedquist

Offertory Music – “Push Play” by Chris Gilles, performed by Chris Gillis, the Worship Band, Jim Cornado-guitar, and Jared Chei-bass

Offertory Response                                                                    

Imagine – by John Lennon, performed by the Honest Sirens

A Change is Gonna Come – by Sam Cooke, performed by the First UU choir featuring Mark Rockeymoore-solo, Daulton Mattingly-drums, Jared Chei-bass, Jaime Ramirez-piano

All of Me from A Vison Unfolding – by Kyle Pederson, performed by the First UU Choir, featuring Carlos Gonzales-violin

I Dreamed a World from a Vision Unfolding – by Kyle Pederson, lyrics by Langston Hughes, performed by the First UU Choir featuring Carlos Gonzales-violin, Daulton Mattingly-percussion, Jon Rickman-trumpet, Khadijah Enriquez-solo, Jaime Ramirez-piano

Extinguishing the Chalice/Benediction – Susan Dill

Postlude – Jaime Ramirez