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Sunday, November 2nd 2025 ~ Lifting Up the Forgotten Soul

Order of Service (see below) Sermon: Lifting Up the Forgotten Soul In today's Music Sunday performance, Margaret Bonds and Langston Hughes lift up Balthazar, the "brown king" who visited the infant Christ. They created honor and dignity for their African American community by naming a Black character in the story of salvation. We remember our beloved dead on this All Souls Day, creating space for love even where there is pain. The Rev. Sarah C. Stewart preaching. Today's Music: We are proud to be presenting Margaret Bonds' cantata The Ballad of the Brown King today in our service. Our adult choir will be singing, James Haupt will be on the piano, and we are welcoming soloists Christon Carney and Sarah Callinan, as well as our own Amanda Dings Vollum. Bonds wrote this work in 1960 about the journey of the three kings to visit the infant Jesus. She dedicated the work to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and in her own words she "compared the march on Montgomery with the ride on the desert.” Come hear this joyous, jazzy, contemplative, and tender work! Prelude Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen Florence Price (1887-1953) Prelude The Bells, from Spiritual Suite Margaret Bonds (1913-1972) Announcements & Welcome [7:39] Call to Worship [14:30] Lord, Lord, Open Unto Me Howard Thurman (1899-1981) Chalice Lighting [15:35] Covenant [16:18] Doxology [16:37] Hymn 36 (gray) [17:13] When in Our Music Fred Pratt Green (1903-2000) Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) Tale of the Day [21:11] Margaret Bonds Abigail Hannaford-Ricardi Anthem [25:58] Mvt 1: Of the Three Wise Men Margaret Bonds (1913-1972) Anthem [29:37] Mvt 2: They Brought Fine Gifts of Silver Anthem [31:39] Mvt 3: Sing Alleluia Children's Blessing 413 (gray) [32:30] Go Now In Peace Common Prayer [33:20] Adapted from the prayer "Don't Want to Have No More Wars" Langston Hughes (1901-1967) Silent Meditation & Prayer Cards [34:35] The Lord's Prayer [35:58] Interpreted by Clarence Jordan (1912-1969) Stewardship Testimonial [36:45] Susan Beddes Offering [39:10] Click to Donate: https://FirstUnitarian.com/donate or TEXT 844-906-2338 to donate Offertory Anthem [39:56] Mvt 4: Mary Had a Little Baby Margaret Bonds Offertory Anthem [42:49] Mvt 5: Now When Jesus Was Born Reading [44:15] From an Easter Sunday sermon, 1959 Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) Anthem [46:14] Mvt 6: Could He Have Been An Ethiope? Margaret Bonds Anthem [50:00] Mvt 7: Oh, Sing of the King Who Was Tall and Brown Homily [55:35] Lifting Up the Forgotten Soul The Rev. Sarah C. Stewart Hymn 108 (gray) [1:04:57] My Life Flows On in Endless Song Robert Lowry (1826-1899) Benediction [1:07:20] Choral Benediction [1:08:00] Mvt 8: That Was a Christmas Long Ago Margaret Bonds Postlude [1:10:11] Mvt 9: Alleluia! Musicians Sarah Callinan, soprano Christon Carney, tenor Amanda Dings Vollum, mezzo-soprano Volunteers and Staff Eugene Rossi, broadcast tech Tom Dings, camera Mora McAvey, welcome table Kate Sheehan, head usher ----------------------------------------------------------------- Rev. Sarah Stewart, Minister Samantha Nemeth, Director of Faith Development Abby Hannaford-Ricardi, Assistant Director of Faith Development Dr. Allegra Martin, Director of Music James Haupt, Assistant Director of Music www.FirstUnitarian.com CCS License 9263