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October 11, 2025: Celebration of Life for Rev. Barbara Carlson

Saturday, October 11, 2025
2 p.m. in the Meeting Room
Celebration of Life for Rev. Barbara Carlson

A Celebration of Life for Rev. Barbara Carlson will be held on Saturday, October 11, at 2 p.m. in the Meeting Room. A reception will follow in Fellowship Hall. Rev. Barbara Carlson was UUCB's Minister from 1993 until her retirement in 2005. Upon her retirement in 2005, she was named UUCB's Minister Emerita.

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Order of Service

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Gathering Music

Ray Fellman, piano

Prelude

“Ach, ich fühl es” from Die Zauberflőte

by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

John Cornell, flute and Ray Fellman, piano

Welcome

Rev. Barbara Child

Chalice Lighting

Ann Kamman

Hymn

#1008 When Our Heart Is in a Holy Place

Reflections and Memories

by Rev. Barbara Carlson

Kathleen Sideli

Poem

“Winter Paradise” by Kathleen Raine

Rev. Mary Ann Macklin

Words in Tribute, Back in the Day

Rev. Barbara Child

Gift of Music

Air and Alleluia by J.S. Bach, arr. Fettke

UU Choir and Ray Fellman, piano

Remembrances

by John Crosby

Rev. Bill Breeden

Remembrances from the Congregation

Guy Loftman, Susan Swaney

Hymn

#47 Now On Land and Sea Descending

A Time for Remembering in Silence

Closing Words and Extinguishing Chalice

Rev. Barbara Child

Recessional

Ray Fellman, piano

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