From Rev. Danielle – December 5, 2024

Rev. Danielle Lindstrom at pulpit ..

From Our Minister – Rev. Danielle Lindstrom Christmas is my favorite holiday.  I am one of those people who ask my family if it’s too early to put up the Christmas tree, or if we can listen to Christmas music on the ten-hour drive to Thanksgiving in Michigan. I have been trying to figure out …

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From Rev. Danielle – November 24, 2024

Rev. Danielle Lindstrom at pulpit ..

On Monday evening, I had the honor of attending a Westchester Community Leaders meeting at Calvary Baptist Church. The meeting was held in partnership with the NAACP Branches of Westchester. The goal of the meeting was to build relationships, hold our fears, and imagine ways we could work together. With the outcome of the election, …

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MUSIC: Sun Nov 24

A Kent in Spain crop

Music for Worship, Sunday November 24, 2024 Gathering Music: Adam Kent, pianoThanks, Op. 62, No. 2 ~ Edvard Grieg“From a Native American Lodge,” Op. 51, No. 5. ~ Edward MacDowellA.D. 1620 ~ Edward MacDowellVariations on “Yankee Doodle” ~ Anonymous Colonial Era Offertory: Adam KentThanksgiving Theme from A Charlie Brown Christmas ~ Vince Guaraldi Anthem: CUUC …

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MUSIC: Sun Nov 17

A Kent in Spain crop

Sharing music by queer composers of other times in this Sunday’s Gathering Music and Offertory. Read on for programming details. Gathering Music: Adam Kent, pianoSuite Française ~ Francis PoulencI. Bransle de Bourgogne II. Pavane III. Petite Marche Militaire IV. Complainte V. Bransle de Champagne VI. Sicilienne VII. Carillon Offertory:November, Op. 37, No. 11 “In the …

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MUSIC: Sun Nov 3

A Kent in Spain crop

Take a deep breath before we’re swept up by the waves of change… Read on for programming details. Gathering Music: Adam Kent, piano“Waves” from Poems of the Sea ~ Ernst BlochPrelude in Db Major, Op. 28, No. 15 “Raindrop” ~ Frederic Chopin Offertory:Luminosidad de aguas ~ Adolfo Mejía Meditation Music: CUUC ChoirI’ll Walk You Through …

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MUSIC: Sun Oct 27

A Kent in Spain crop

Diverse music this morning to join in our denomination-wide Climate Justice Revival celebration! A few Gospel numbers and a nature-inspired piano work by Unitarian composer Edvard Grieg set the tone in Sunday’s Gathering Music. The CUUC Choir is on hand with Joshua Long and Nicole Rumeau’s “We Are Earth,” and feel free to sing along …

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MUSIC: Sun Oct 20

A Kent in Spain crop

Transformations of various sorts are on tap for Sunday morning’s solo piano selections. From Beethoven is a set of evolving transformations of a tenderly simple theme from his Piano Sonata No. 12. The musical Hair celebrated a culture of change and turmoil in the late 1960s, and the Beatles took a wry look at personal …

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MUSIC: Sun Sep 29

A Kent in Spain crop

Trying something new this Sunday morning! Come on down to the piano to try out some hymns as we gather! This is a chance to get to know some treasures from our hymnals we don’t trot out very often… Gathering Music: Adam Kent, piano Hymns:#52, In Sweet Fields of Autumn#10, Immortal Love#11, O God of …

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MUSIC: Sun Sep 22

A Kent in Spain crop

Gathering Music: Adam Kent, pianoPolonaise-Fantaisie, Op. 61 ~ Frederic Chopin Choral Introit: CUUC Choir directed by Lisa N. Meyer and accompanied by Georgianna Pappas, Pamela Sklar, fluteFlying Free ~ Don Besig Offertory:Largo e dolce from Sonata for Flute and Keyboard in B Minor ~ J. S. Bach Meditation:Fly Away Home ~ Pinkzebra – Choir Music …

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MUSIC: Sun Sep 15

A Kent in Spain crop

Creative chaos in music this morning at CUUC! In the Gathering Music one of Beethoven’s wildly experimental Bagatelles, a piece which swings and groves like Ragtime before Ragtime, followed by Margaret Bonds’ version of the Spiritual “Wade in the Water.” In this morning’s Offertory, French composer Darius Milhaud recalls his stay in Brazil by overthrowing …

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