New York City Sunday February 27, 2022 - All Souls NYC

New York City
           Sunday February 27, 2022

                            COVID 19 Protocols

   Only persons fully vaccinated against COVID-19 are allowed entry.
    By entering the All Souls Sanctuary, you attest that you are fully
vaccinated and that you will wear a mask that fully covers your nose and
 mouth at all times. In doing so, you honor the spirit of love and mutual
                   support that fills this sacred space.

Disclaimer: An inherent risk of exposure to COVID-19 and other viruses or bacteria
 that cause sickness exists in any public space where people are present. We cannot
guarantee that you will not be exposed to such pathogens during your attendance at
   our service. By attending our service in person, you voluntarily assume all risks
              related to exposure to infectious disease and hereby waive
                       all potential claims relating to such risks.

All Souls is a religious community:
In the experience of worship, we gather to contemplate the
mystery of God, interpret the wisdom of religion, and explore the
insights of science. Our purpose is to awaken our sense of the
sacred and renew our resolve to transform ourselves andour
world.

As human beings, we all emerge from the same Source and
share the same Destiny. As a community of faith, we makeshared
commitments and offer mutual support. As individuals, we each
bear responsibility for our own beliefs and actions.

We practice a discipline of gratitude, by which we acknowledge
our utter dependence on the people and world around us, and
we practice an ethic of gratitude, by which we accept our
obligation to nurture others and the world in return.

          2021-2022 Board of Trustees
                  Anne Bradley, President
             Lynne Randall, First Vice-President
            Cory Labanow, Second Vice-President
   Richard Esposito, Ed Harsh, Larry Reina, Shivani Singh,
              Beryl Jones-Woodin, Gus Young

                 Clerk of the Society
                    Jennifer Vermont Davis

  Here are ways that you can send us your comments, concerns,
            questions (and praise!) about All Souls:
     Email the Board of Trustees at Board@AllSoulsNYC.org
    Send suggestions to management at Info@AllSoulsNYC.org
       The lines are always open. We want to hear from you!

Order of Service
                 February 27, 2022
                          11:15 a.m.

    “I am a living member of the great family of all souls.”
                   ~ William Ellery Channing

          Pamela Patton, Director of Pastoral Ministries
                Julie Brannan, Worship Assistant
          Ray Henninger, Artistic Operations Manager
         Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, Director of Music
      Trent Johnson, Asst. Director of Music and Organist
                    Shawn Bartels, Soloist

SOUNDING OF THE BELL

PRELUDE                                 Canción y Danza
                              Federico Mompou (1893-1987)
                         Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, Piano

WELCOME

CALL TO WORSHIP                                   Mani Mantra
                                             (version premiere)
                                       Richard Einhorn (1952 -)

OPENING WORDS                                   John Liebmann

BOND OF UNION

                   In the freedom of the truth
                     And in the spirit of love,
                  We unite for the worship of God
                      And the service of all.
DOXOLOGY
                From all that dwell below the skies,
                Let faith and hope with love arise;
                Let beauty, truth and good be sung,
               Through every land, by every tongue.
                               Amen.

RESPONSIVE READING                Every Night and Every Morn
                                             by William Blake

Every night and every morn
some to misery are born;

Every morn and every night
Some are born to sweet delight.

Joy and woe are woven fine,
clothing for the soul divine:

Under every grief and pine
runs a joy with silken twine.

It is right it should be so:
we were made for joy and woe;

And when this we rightly know,
safely through the world we go.

CHORAL HYMN 289              Creative Love, Our Thanks We Give
Creative love, our thanks we give
that this, our world, is incomplete,
that struggle greets our will to live,
that work awaits our hands and feet;

That we are not yet fully wise,
that we are in the making still —
as friends who share one enterprise
and strive to blend with nature’s will.

What though the future long delay,
and still with faults we daily cope?
It gives us that for which to pray,
a field for toil and faith and hope.

Since what we choose is what we are,
and what we love we yet shall be,
the goal may ever shine afar —
the will to reach it makes us free.

READING

ANTHEM                                      The Divine Image
                           Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
                                         Shawn Bartels, Soloist
                            Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, Piano

PRAYER

CHORAL HYMN 333             Alone She Cuts and Binds the Grain

Alone she cuts and binds the grain,
and sings a melancholy strain:
O listen! for the vale profound
is overflowing with the sound.

Will no one tell me what she sings?
Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow
for old, unhappy far-off things,
and for the battles long ago.

Or is it some more humble lay,
familiar matter of today?
Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain,
that once has been, may be again?

I listened, motionless and still,
and, as I mounted up the hill,
the music in my heart I bore
long after it was heard no more.

OFFERTORY                                                 Adiemus
                                               Karl Jenkins (1944-)

SERMON                                              Can’t Complain

CHORAL HYMN 334                               When Shall We Learn

When shall we learn, what should be clear as day,
we cannot choose what we are free to love?
We are created with and from the world
to suffer with and by it day by day.

For through our lively traffic all the day,
in my own person I am forced to know
how much must be forgotten out of love,
how much must be forgiven, even love.

Or else we make a scarecrow of the day,
loose ends and jumble of our common world;
or else our changing flesh can never know
there must be sorrow if there can be love.

BENEDICTION

POSTLUDE                                       The World of Silence
                                                 Ned Rorem (1923-)
                                               Trent Johnson, organ

Today at All Souls
Today at 12pm, Caregiver Support Circle on Zoom
The Caregivers Support Circle meets on the fourth
Sunday of the month at noon. If you would like to
join us, please email Susan Cooper at
sjhcoop@gmail.com to discuss whether the group
is a good fit for you.

Today at 2pm, Positive Psychology: The Science of
Happiness and Well-Being on Zoom
Shelley Tupper, a long-time member of All Souls shares her
insights into Positive Psychology (the science of happiness and
well-being). Learn how we can tap into our most important
values to strengthen our resilience and our ability to thrive.
Shelley hosts ongoing workshops on managing negativity, worry
and stress, mindset, hopefulness, inspiration, creativity,
curiosity, savoring, meaning and purpose.

She will share some simple practices into human flourishing
and prioritizing positivity. Her presentation will include a
unique guided mediation and Q&A.

Today at 3pm, Tea & Talk with Audette Fulbright on
Zoom
No need to make an appointment; just drop in for
friendly conversation, to ask those burning spiritual
questions, and to connect with other members of
our community. All are welcome. We’ll meet on
Zoom (at least for now).

Today at 5pm, Justice Evening with Amanda Huber,
M.A., M.P.H on Zoom
Frontline abortion care and helping women get the
services they need. Also, we'll introduce our first
"Voices of All Souls" project! Please join us.

Amanda Huber, MA, MPH has been working in
reproductive health for more than 25 years, on 4
continents. From managing programs to creating
the tools to implement innovative approaches to
advocating for policy and law changes, she has
worked with governments and communities in low-
and middle-income countries to improve access to
critical services. In the US, she volunteers with an
abortion fund to ensure that people with an
unwanted or mistimed pregnancy are not forced to
use rent money or put themselves (more) at the
mercy of creditors in order to access a safe abortion.

All Souls Church
                  1157 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
                10075 Church Office: (212) 535-5530 ; Fax
                             (212) 535-5641
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Ann Beirne – Interim Religious Education Coordinator
(beirneann@gmail.com) Maxine Barton – Finance and Human Resource
Assistant (maxine@AllSoulsNYC.org)Barbara de Bellis – Music
Department Librarian
Julie Bond – Intern Minister and Adult Education Coordinator (intern@allsoulsnyc.org)
Audette Fulbright – Associate Minister (Audette@AllSoulsNYC.org)
Robert Gooden – Facilities Staff
Galen Guengerich – Senior Minister (Galen@AllSoulsNYC.org)
Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez – Director of Music
(Alejandro@AllSoulsNYC.org)Trent Johnson – Asst. Director of Music
and Organist (Trent@AllSoulsNYC.org)Cristian Martinez – Assistant,
Accounts Receivable (Cristian@AllSoulsNYC.org) Ray Henninger –
Manager of Artistic Operations (Ray@AllSoulsNYC.org) Maverick
Mackey – Facilities Staff
Cecily Millen – Director of Growth (Cecily@AllSoulsNYC.org)
Pamela Patton – Director of Pastoral Ministries (Pamela@AllSoulsNYC.org)
Damian Rivas – Communications Assistant (Damian@AllSoulsNYC.org)
Nadira Shiwram-Singh – Director of Finance and Administration (Nadira@AllSoulsNYC.org)
Tony Simon – Assistant Facilities Manager
Robert Wohner – Membership and Administrative Assistant (RobertW@AllSoulsNYC.org)
Kwan Hing Yuen – Facilities Staff

We
                     The member congregations
              of the Unitarian Universalist Association

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• Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth

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• The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within

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• Respect for the interdependent web of all existence, of which we
  are a part.

The living tradition we share draws from many sources:
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    which moves us to a renewal of the spirit and an openness to the forces which create

•   Words and deeds of people which challenge us to confront powers and structures of evil

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•   Jewish and Christian teachings which call us to respond to God’s love by loving our

•   Humanist teachings which counsel us to heed the guidance of reason and the results of

•   Spiritual teachings of earth-centered traditions which celebrate the sacred circle of life
    and instruct us to live in harmony with the rhythms of nature.

                              Grateful for the religious pluralism which enriches and
                              enables our faith, we are inspired to deepen our
                              understanding and expand our vision. As free
                              congregations we enter into this covenant, promising
                              to one another our mutual trust and support.