Sermon Archive, 9/8/24
Sermon Archive, 9/8/24
Gathering Sunday | "The Day After" | Rev. Cynthia Bagley, Sr. Minister
Sermon Archive, 8/25/24
Pentecost 14 Year B | "The Art of Solitude" | Rev. Cynthia Bagley, Sr. Minister
Sermon Archive, 8/18/24
Pentecost 13 Year B | "Words to the Wise" | Rev. Cynthia Bagley, Sr. Minister
Sermon Archive, 8/11/24
Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost | "Fit for the Kingdom" | Rev. Eric Marean, Guest Minister
Sermon Archive, 7/28/24
"Pura Vida" | Rev. Cynthia Bagley, Sr. Minister
Sermon Archive, 7/14/24
"Rainforest Reflections" | Rev. Cynthia Bagley, Sr. Minister
Sermon Archive, 06/30/24
6th Sunday After Pentecost, Year B | "With God All Things Are Possible" | Rev. Bob Kyte
Sermon Archive, 06/23/24
5th Sunday After Pentecost, Year B | "The Open and Affirming Kingdom" | Lay Leader, Sherman Morrison
Sermon Archive, 06/16/24
4th Sunday After Pentecost, Year B | "The Kingdom's Freedom" | Lay Leader, Sherman Morrison
Sermon Archive, 5/26/24
Memorial Day | "Outrageous Love" | Rev. Cynthia Bagley, Sr. Minister
Sermon Archive, 5/19/24
Pentecost Sunday | "Unfreezing the Chosen" | Rev. Cynthia Bagley, Sr. Minister
Sermon Archive, 5/05/24
Easter 6 Year B | SERMON IN MUSIC: Regina Coeli [Queen of Heaven] K. 276 Mozart
Beverly Caldon, Music Director & The UCC Choir
Quartet Soloists: Evangelica Leontis, soprano; Margaret Dodson-Buhl, mezzo; Steve O'Brien, tenor; Sherman Morrison, bass
Instrumentalists: Kevin Bushee, Violin I ; Michelle Liechti, Violin II; Faith Miller, Viola; Sabine Rhyne, Cello
Program Notes:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, one of the world’s most talented, prolific, and famous musical composers, was born in Austria in 1756. As a child protégé he performed at a young age throughout Europe on the violin, harpsichord, organ, and piano. He wrote symphonies, sonatas, operas, and church music. He composed three settings of the “Regina Coeli” text, this one in 1778 when he was 22 years old. It is a single movement where soloists alternate with the full chorus. The prevalence of “Alleluias” mark this as a work of excitement and great joy. The soloists tell the story while the chorus interjects repeatedly with exuberant “Alleluias.” “Regina Coeli” (Queen of Heaven) honors the Virgin Mary and is used in the Roman Catholic liturgy during the Easter season.
Sources: Britannica, Chapline, and Caldon