To Be Free — a Juneteenth service Sunday, June 20, 2021 — 10:00 am

CENTERING THOUGHT — I had crossed the line. I was free; but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land. — Harriet Tubman

GATHERING MUSIC Forty Acres and a Mule Oscar Brown How It Feels to Fly Alicia Keys Freedom (feat. Kendrick Lamar) Beyoncé

PRELUDE Someday We’ll All Be Free Donny Hathaway

WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS Sarah Basehart, UUCC Board Member

CALL TO WORSHIP

SOUNDING THE BELL The Rev. Paige Getty

CHALICE LIGHTING

CONGREGATIONAL COVENANT

GREET YOUR NEIGHBORS

HYMN #153 Oh, I Woke Up This Morning (verses 1, 3, 4)

TIME FOR ALL AGES Juneteenth for Mazie by Floyd Cooper Robin Slaw, Director of Religious Education

SHARING JOYS & SORROWS Send yours to [email protected].

CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER & REFLECTION

MUSIC MEDITATION Freedom Charles Mingus Tom Monroe, musician

REFLECTION Juneteenth: Then. Now. The Rev. Paige Getty

REFLECTION When I Hear the Word Free Brooke Abercrombie

MUSICAL INTERLUDE I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free Nina Simone (Montreux 1976)

REFLECTION Ache Reginald Nettles

REFLECTION We Choose Jen Hayashi

HYMN #169 We Shall Overcome (verses 1, 3, 4)

GENEROSITY MINUTE Pamela Henry

OFFERING OF GIFTS & MUSIC Emancipation Blues Oliver Nelson To contribute remotely, text the word CHALICE to 73256 or visit uucolumbia.net/giving.

CLOSING WORDS words of Barack Obama

EXTINGUISHING THE CHALICE

POSTLUDE Optimistic August Greene, feat. Brandy, , and Say It Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud, Pt. 1 James Brown I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free Billy Taylor Trio

Next Sunday’s Worship: June 27 – 10am Eastern UUA General Assembly Worship We will gather in the UUCC Worship Zoom room to experience together the UUA General Assembly Sunday Morning Service, conducted by First Universalist Church of Minneapolis.

THE WEEK AHEAD

For information about each event visit the online calendar at uucolumbia.net/calendar

June 20 Sunday 10:00 am Worship Service After Service Coffee Hour 11:30 am Young Adult Brunch 12:00 pm Healthcare Workers' Support Group June 21 Monday 10:00 am Monday Morning Reflection Group 1:00 pm Senior Support Group June 22 Tuesday 6:30 pm Tuesday Night Group Meditation June 23 Wednesday UUA General Assembly 4:00 pm Climate Impacts on Insects and Native Plants 7:00 pm UU Singles' Support Group June 24 Thursday 4:00 pm Dao Forum—Interfaith Dialogue 7:00 pm Chalice Choir Check-In June 25 Friday UUA General Assembly 12:00 pm Seasoned Souls Lunch June 26 Saturday UUA General Assembly 1:00 pm Technical Run-Through of Worship 2:00 pm Creativity Circle June 27 Sunday UUA General Assembly 10:00 am Worship Service After Service Coffee Hour 11:30 am Young Adult Brunch

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