Strength (February 8, 2026) @FirstUUSLC
Strength (February 8, 2026)  @FirstUUSLC
Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 15 minutes ago
February 8, 2026 service for the First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City, featuring bluegrass music by special guests Stomping Cactus. Sermon by Rev. Monica Dobbins.

ORDER OF SERVICE
00:00 🎡 Introduction: "We Will Go Out In The World" by David Owens
00:57 🎡 Prelude: "Traveler's Hymn" by Stomping Cactus – Brielle Petrie, mandolin and vocals; Isaac Geslison, banjo and vocals
04:34 🎡 Introit: # 188, "Come, Come, Whoever You Are" – words adapted from Rumi (1207-1273); music by Rev. Lynn Ungar (American, b. 1963); led by Rev. Monica Dobbins
05:16 Welcome & Announcements – Rev. Monica Dobbins
07:19 Chalice Lighting – Rev. Monica Dobbins
08:20 🎡 Opening Hymn: # 38, "Morning Has Broken" – words by Eleanor Farjeon (English, 1881-1965); music from an old Gaelic melody; accompanied by Isaac Geslison and Brielle Petrie
11:04 Introduction of the Lay Minister – Rev. Monica Dobbins
11:26 Lay Minister: Lee Shuster
19:28 🎡 Interlude: "Abide with Me" – words by Henry Francis Lyte (Scottish, 1793–1847); music by William Henry Monk (English, 1823-1889); Isaac Geslison, guitar; Brielle Petrie, mandolin
20:31 Singing Resistance – Rev. Monica Dobbins
26:53 🎡 Response: "Angel Band" – words by Jefferson Hascall (American, 1807-1887); music by William Batchelder Bradbury (American, 1816-1868); Isaac Geslison, guitar and vocals; Brielle Petrie, mandolin and vocals
28:25 🎡 Song of Gratitude: # 1010, "We Give Thanks" – words & music by Wendy Luella Perkins (Canadian, b. 1966); led by Rev. Monica Dobbins
29:34 🎡 Offertory Music: "Rainbow on Cinnamon Ridge" by Stomping Cactus – Isaac Geslison, guitar; Brielle Petrie, mandolin
33:49 🎡 Doxology: "From All that Dwell Below the Skies" – words: composite based on Isaac Watts (English, 1674-1748); melody: "Old Hundredth" from Genevan Psalter (1551)
35:00 Sermon: "Strength" – Rev. Monica Dobbins
50:46 🎡 Closing Hymn: # 126, "Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing" – words: v. 1 by Robert Robinson (English, 1735-1790), v. 2-3 by Eugene B. Navias (American, 1928-2014); music: John Wyeth, from Repository of Sacred Music, Part II (1813); accompanied by Isaac Geslison and Brielle Petrie
53:15 Benediction – Rev. Monica Dobbins
54:08 🎡 Postlude: "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" by A. P. Carter (American, 1891-1960); based on a 1907 hymn by Ada R. Habershon (American, 1861-1918) & Charles H. Gabriel (American, 1856-1932); Isaac Geslison, guitar and vocals; Brielle Petrie, mandolin and vocals
57:53 🎡 End Credits

Rev. J Sylvan, Senior Minister
Rev. Monica Dobbins, Assistant Minister
Amanda Esko, Director of Religious Education
David Owens, Director of Music
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