Resurrection Is a Promised Prophecy to Persecuted People (April 16, 2023) @FirstUUSLC
Resurrection Is a Promised Prophecy to Persecuted People (April 16, 2023)  @FirstUUSLC
Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
April 16, 2023 service for the First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City. Sermon by the Reverend Ian White Maher.

Welcome again to Julie Hewkin β€” this week on the concert harp! What a treat to have her join us two weeks in a row for music worship. Also, thank you to the Bells at First Church! Their devoted contribution to our music ministry this year has been a pure delight.

The Bells at First Church are: Jim Catano, Sylvia Gray, Arianne Grimes, Rebecca Heal, Liam LaMalfa, Holly Stuart, and Connie Wilkerson.
Director: David Owens
Assistant Director: Holly Stuart

🎬 Excerpt from Justin Pearson's guest sermon at the First Unitarian Church of Memphis (The Church of the River): youtube.com/watch?v=TcXwmpKmz1U

ORDER OF SERVICE
00:00 🎡 Introduction: "We Will Go Out In The World" - music by David Owens
00:57 🎡 Prelude: "Vieni Spirito Creatore" (Come, Creator Spirit) by Jacques Berthier (French, 1923-1994) - The Bells at First Church & Julie Hewkin, harp
02:37 Welcome & Announcements - Rev. Ian White Maher
03:28 Search Committee Update
16:58 Chalice Lighting - Rev. Ian White Maher
19:05 🎡 Hymn # 1017: "Building a New Way" by Martha Sandefer (American, b. 1952) - David Owens, organ
22:28 🎡 Interlude: "Gymnopédie No. 2" by Erik Satie (French, 1866-1925) - The Bells at First Church & Julie Hewkin, harp
25:38 Kristen Quinn, Lay Minister
32:28 🎡 Interlude: "Dona Nobis Pacem" - traditional melody, arranged by David Owens - The Bells at First Church & Julie Hewkin, harp
34:30 Offertory - Rev. Ian White Maher
36:21 🎡 Doxology: "From All that Dwell Below the Skies"
37:35 Sermon: "Resurrection Is a Promised Prophecy to Persecuted People" - Rev. Ian White Maher
1:07:04 🎡 Hymn # 170: "We Are a Gentle, Angry People" by Holly Near (American, b. 1949) - David Owens, piano
1:10:34 Benediction - Rev. Ian White Maher
1:13:12 🎡 Postlude: "Passacaille" from Suite No. 7 in G minor (HWV 432) by George F. Handel (German/British, 1685-1759) - Julie Hewkin, harp
1:16:33 Acknowledgments - Rev. Ian White Maher
1:18:41 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

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