April 19, 2026 - 10:30am: Celebration Sunday! We Belong Together!
Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray
We wrap up our annual Pledge Drive campaign with a celebration of our shared community and the hope, courage and belonging this community inspires. Special music from the All-Ages Orchestra.
There will be one service at 10:30 a.m. and a celebration held afterward with catered lunch!
To join this service over the internet, please see our live stream page.
Information about other happenings at UUCB each week is available here.
Ringing of the World Bell
Greeting
Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray
Congregational Prelude
For the Weaving of Our Lives new text by Amanda Udis-Kessler
Welcome & Announcements
Sarah Henkel Montgomery, Worship Associate
Land Acknowledgement
Lighting the Chalice Flame
Sarah Barnett
Pledge Drive Moment
Pledge Drive Committee
Time for All Ages
“Hallelujah Chorus” from Messiah by G.F. Handel, arr. Maggie Olivo (commission premiere)
All Ages Orchestra
Maestro Jeffery Meyer
Musical Interlude
Ray Fellman, piano
Pastoral Prayer and Meditation
Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray
Hymn
#1017 Building a New Way
Dedication of Offering
This fiscal year, 25% of our non-pledge Sunday offerings will be donated to Tandem to directly support The Postpartum Doula Equity Program and Free Perinatal Mental Health Groups for families in our community. See tandembloomington.org for more information.
You can contribute to the basket online at this link, or pay your pledge online.
Offertory
Ray Fellman, piano
Sermon
We Belong Together!
Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray
Gift of Music
“A Repeating Alleluia” by Calvin Hampton
UU Choir and Congregation
Ruellen Fessenbecker, song leader
Instrumentalists: Ray Fellman, Nola Cusack, Kit Boulding, Andrea Kleesattel, Helen Ford
Benediction
Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray
Congregational Benediction
“Answering the Call of Love” by Jason Shelton
All Ages Orchestra
Violins: Kit Boulding, Clara Courtney, Nola Cusack, Lee Ann Englehardt, Sawyer Fouch, Diana Lambdin, Sally McGuire, Sylvia McNair, Adrian Meyer, Beckett Meyer, Maggie Olivo, Paul Roby, Amira Sabbagh, Susan Swaney; Violas: Martha Dogan, Aralyn Olivo, Nina Ruz; Cellos: Helen Ford, Andrea Kleesattel, Miles Meyer, Francesca Samarotto; Bass: Ed Greenebaum, Steve Mascari; Guitar: Olaya Fernández Gayol, Jaxon Incollingo; Timpani: Kyle Fouch
Welcome Guests!
Welcome to the Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington!
We are so glad you are here.
To learn more, visit uubloomington.org
Guest Card: tinyurl.com/UUCBwelcome
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Hearing assistive devices are available at the AV Tech booth in the rear of the Meeting Room for use during Sunday worship services.
Childcare is available today from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in Room 108.
Join us for Community Hour after service in Fellowship Hall.
For more information on upcoming events visit our website: uubloomington.org
To make a donation online, visit: uucb.churchcenter.com/giving
UU Church Staff:
Reverend Susan Frederick-Gray, Lead Minister
Dr. Stephanie Kimball, Director of Lifespan Religious Education
Dr. Susan Swaney, Music Director
Amanda Waye, Director of Administration
Anabel Watson, Connections Coordinator
Hans Kelson, Technology Coordinator
Jo Bowman, Communications Coordinator
Dylan Marks, Sexton
Eric Branigin, Religious Education Assistant
Beth Kaylor, Childcare Coordinator
