Uploaded December 2022 | Updated September 2026, 36 minutes ago
December 11, 2022 service for the First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City, featuring personal stories from four lay ministers: Kristen Quinn, Nancy Moos, Ruen-chuan Ma, and Beck Miller. Our utmost gratitude to the chancel choir and bell choir for filling our space and our hearts with their sublime music during today's service.
Members of the First Unitarian Bell Choir:
Jim Catano, Heather Stewart Dorrell, Sylvia Gray, Arianne Grimes, Becky Heal, Holly Stuart.
Members of the First Unitarian Chancel Choir:
Lissa Bird, Colleen Bliss, Elizabeth Brennan, Chip Castleton, Sonja Chesley, Jim Catano, Alison Christiansen, Cami Collett, Robin Dale, Heather Stewart Dorrell, Dave Duncan, Jessica French, Nikki Blackburn Fuller, Stephanie Gordon, Sylvia Gray, Becky Heal, Bob Johnson, Joan Johnson, Chris Jones, John Major, Marti Major, Ron Mildenhall, Mark Molen, Dave Moore, David Owens, Michele Page, Candice Pillion, Claire Richards, Sarah Stinson, Holly Stuart, Tammy Stump, Martha Veranth, Connie Wilkerson.
ORDER OF SERVICE
00:00 π΅ Introduction: "We Will Go Out In The World" - music by David Owens
00:57 π΅ Prelude: "Sing We Now of Christmas" - medieval French carol; organ arrangement by Marcel DuprΓ© / D. Owens; performed by the First Unitarian Bell Choir and David Owens, organ
02:44 Welcome & Announcements - Rev. Monica Dobbins
06:20 Chalice Lighting - Rev. Monica Dobbins
08:07 π΅ Hymn # 253: "O Come, All Ye Faithful" - words by John Francis Wade (English, 1711-1786); English translation by Frederick Oakeley (English, 1802-1880); music: John Francis Wade's manuscript (c. 1740-1743); descant by the Chancel Choir; David Owens, organ
12:38 Kristen Quinn, Lay Minister
19:47 π΅ Choral Response: "Season of Peace (Dona Nobis Pacem)" - words and music by Sally K. Albrecht (American, b. 1954) and Jay Althouse (American, b. 1951); performed by First Unitarian Chancel Choir and Bell Choir; conducted & accompanied by David Owens
22:17 Nancy Moos, Lay Minister
27:59 "Why I Am A Steward" - Andrea Globokar
33:46 π΅ Doxology: "From All that Dwell Below the Skies"
35:03 Ruen-chuan Ma, Lay Minister
42:21 π΅ Choral Response: "Madrigal of the Bells" by Linda Steen Spevacek (American, b. 1945); performed by the First Unitarian Chancel Choir and Bell Choir; conducted and accompanied by David Owens
45:28 Beck Miller, Lay Minister
52:23 π΅ Piano Meditation: "The Sussex Mummersβ Christmas Carol" by Percy Grainger (Australian, 1882-1961); David Owens, piano
54:23 Benediction - Rev. Ian White Maher
57:42 π΅ Hymn # 237:Β "The First Nowell" - words: traditional English carol; music: William Sandys's Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern (1833); descant by the Chancel Choir; David Owens, organ
1:01:32 Acknowledgments - Rev. Ian White Maher
1:03:36 End Credits
Rev. Ian White Maher, Interim Minister
Rev. Monica Dobbins, Assistant Minister
Amanda Esko, Director of Religious Education
David Owens, Director of Music
Stefanie Park, Administrator
Tristan Moore, Audiovisual Director
π First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City
β Website: slcuu.org
β Facebook: facebook.com/firstuuslc
β Instagram: instagram.com/firstuuslc
β YouTube: youtube.com/FirstUUSLC
π We are supported by the financial contributions of our members and friends.
β Donate: slcuu.org/give
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December 11, 2022 service for the First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City, featuring personal stories from four lay ministers: Kristen Quinn, Nancy Moos, Ruen-chuan Ma, and Beck Miller. Our utmost gratitude to the chancel choir and bell choir for filling our space and our hearts with their sublime music during today's service.
Members of the First Unitarian Bell Choir:
Jim Catano, Heather Stewart Dorrell, Sylvia Gray, Arianne Grimes, Becky Heal, Holly Stuart.
Members of the First Unitarian Chancel Choir:
Lissa Bird, Colleen Bliss, Elizabeth Brennan, Chip Castleton, Sonja Chesley, Jim Catano, Alison Christiansen, Cami Collett, Robin Dale, Heather Stewart Dorrell, Dave Duncan, Jessica French, Nikki Blackburn Fuller, Stephanie Gordon, Sylvia Gray, Becky Heal, Bob Johnson, Joan Johnson, Chris Jones, John Major, Marti Major, Ron Mildenhall, Mark Molen, Dave Moore, David Owens, Michele Page, Candice Pillion, Claire Richards, Sarah Stinson, Holly Stuart, Tammy Stump, Martha Veranth, Connie Wilkerson.
ORDER OF SERVICE
00:00 π΅ Introduction: "We Will Go Out In The World" - music by David Owens
00:57 π΅ Prelude: "Sing We Now of Christmas" - medieval French carol; organ arrangement by Marcel DuprΓ© / D. Owens; performed by the First Unitarian Bell Choir and David Owens, organ
02:44 Welcome & Announcements - Rev. Monica Dobbins
06:20 Chalice Lighting - Rev. Monica Dobbins
08:07 π΅ Hymn # 253: "O Come, All Ye Faithful" - words by John Francis Wade (English, 1711-1786); English translation by Frederick Oakeley (English, 1802-1880); music: John Francis Wade's manuscript (c. 1740-1743); descant by the Chancel Choir; David Owens, organ
12:38 Kristen Quinn, Lay Minister
19:47 π΅ Choral Response: "Season of Peace (Dona Nobis Pacem)" - words and music by Sally K. Albrecht (American, b. 1954) and Jay Althouse (American, b. 1951); performed by First Unitarian Chancel Choir and Bell Choir; conducted & accompanied by David Owens
22:17 Nancy Moos, Lay Minister
27:59 "Why I Am A Steward" - Andrea Globokar
33:46 π΅ Doxology: "From All that Dwell Below the Skies"
35:03 Ruen-chuan Ma, Lay Minister
42:21 π΅ Choral Response: "Madrigal of the Bells" by Linda Steen Spevacek (American, b. 1945); performed by the First Unitarian Chancel Choir and Bell Choir; conducted and accompanied by David Owens
45:28 Beck Miller, Lay Minister
52:23 π΅ Piano Meditation: "The Sussex Mummersβ Christmas Carol" by Percy Grainger (Australian, 1882-1961); David Owens, piano
54:23 Benediction - Rev. Ian White Maher
57:42 π΅ Hymn # 237:Β "The First Nowell" - words: traditional English carol; music: William Sandys's Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern (1833); descant by the Chancel Choir; David Owens, organ
1:01:32 Acknowledgments - Rev. Ian White Maher
1:03:36 End Credits
Rev. Ian White Maher, Interim Minister
Rev. Monica Dobbins, Assistant Minister
Amanda Esko, Director of Religious Education
David Owens, Director of Music
Stefanie Park, Administrator
Tristan Moore, Audiovisual Director
π First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City
β Website: slcuu.org
β Facebook: facebook.com/firstuuslc
β Instagram: instagram.com/firstuuslc
β YouTube: youtube.com/FirstUUSLC
π We are supported by the financial contributions of our members and friends.
β Donate: slcuu.org/give
π¬ Related video topics from First Unitarian Church
β youtube.com/playlist?list=PLouELW-J6FZbLd7M0ecRhGSb-sGKVvv9D
β youtube.com/playlist?list=PLouELW-J6FZZKnBa7_f4FOqgIRGgEm_DP
β youtube.com/playlist?list=PLouELW-J6FZaDixptY5SMOi_gdwmaSRkv
