Spring 2003

1/5/03 "We Drink Coffee with Them: On Religious Tolerance" by David Sammons

• Prelude Silhouette in D-flat Major by Antonin Dvorak (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Offertory A Tender Melody by Jean-Baptiste Lully (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Anthem: The Road not Taken from Frostiana by Randall Thompson - sung by the choir
• Postlude: Waltz in D minor by Johannes Brahms (Lino Rivera, piano)

1/12/03 "A Different Look at Islam" by David Sammons & Musical Forum: Devil Mountain Wind Quintet play Holst's Wind Quintet & Piano/Wind Quartet

• Prelude: Prelude, op. 11, no. 9 by Aleksandr Scriabin (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Offertory: Song without Words, op. 54, no. 3 by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Anthem: La Illaha Allah Hu (There is nothing except the One) by Lynne White (conducted by Lynne White)
• Postlude: Tambourin by Maurice Ravel (Lino Rivera, piano)

1/26/03 "The Intimate [Sir Thomas] Merton" by the Rev. Janet Johnson, Community Minister

• Prelude: Hommage à Rameau by Claude Debussy (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Musical Response: Prelude for the Left Hand, op. 9, no. 1 by Aleksandr Scriabin (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Offertory: 'Tis a Gift to be Simple with piano improvisation (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Anthem: Come Sunday by Duke Ellington-sung by the choir (Michael Prichard, baritone)
• Postlude: Waltz in D minor, No. 9 by Johannes Brahms (Lino Rivera, piano)

2/2/03 "The Youth of Old Age" by David Sammons

• Prelude: (Bill Wentz, piano)
• Offertory: 'Scott Schrader, guitar (Bill Wentz, piano)
• Anthem: (Bill Wentz, piano)

2/9/03 "love is more thicker than forget" by David Sammons & Musical Poetry Forum: The Poetry of Robert Frost

• Prelude: Consolation in E major by Franz Liszt (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Musical Response: The Covenant: Love is the Spirt
• Offertory: Slow Dance by César Franck (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Anthem: Dirait-on by Morten Lauridsen - sung by the choir
• Postlude: Spring Dans by Edvard Grieg (Lino Rivera, piano)

2/16/03 "Mythology and Its Place in Unitarian Universalism" by the Intern Minister, Fred Rabidoux

• Prelude: February by Fanny Mendelssohn (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Offertory: Bird as Prophet by Robert Schumann (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Anthem: Foreign People and Places (Lino Rivera, piano )
• Postlude: Waltz in D minor, No. 9 by Johannes Brahms (Lino Rivera, piano)

2/22/03 "Nationalism and Our Relationship with French Culture" by David Sammons

• Prelude: Prelude No. 2 by Frederic Chopin (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Offertory: Arabesque No. 1 by Claude Debussy (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Anthem: Dieu, qu'il a fait bon regarder by Claude Debussy - sung by the choir

3/2/03 "e. e. cummings and the Idea of Religious Poetry" by David Sammons

• Prelude: i carry my heart by John Duke (Laura Prichard with Lino Rivera, piano)
• Offertory: A Cummings Portrait by Frank Myers (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Anthem: i am a little church (new commission for the MDUUC choir) - sung by the choir

3/9/03 "The Heart of Islam" by David Sammons

• Prelude: Pre-service Musical Forum featuring Ben Katt, solo piano, playing Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms
• Offertory: El Allah Hu (Sufi song in Arabic) - sung by the choir, arranged and conducted by Lynne White
• Anthem: Foreign People and Places (Lino Rivera, piano )

3/16/03 "The 'Sin' of Estrangement" by David Sammons

• Prelude: Prelude No. 4 by Frederic Chopin (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Offertory: The Eyes of All by Jean Berger - sung by the choir
• Anthem: Turn Back, O Man from Godspell

3/23/03 "The Faces of War" by David Sammons

• Prelude: Prelude No. 5 by Frederic Chopin (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Offertory: Where Have All the Flowers Gone - sung by the choir
• Anthem: Deep Peace of the Running Wave to You (with liturgical dancers) - sung by the choir

3/30/03 "Celebration Sunday" with Denny Davidoff & SPECIAL CONCERT: Hungarian Choral Music by SF Chamber Singers at 4pm

• Prelude: Come Sunday by Duke Ellington (Laura Prichard with Lino Rivera, piano)
• Offertory: Good News - sung by the choir
• Anthem: Rock-a My Soul - sung by the choir
• Anthem: Give Us Your Peace by Michael Mahler - sung by the choir
• Postlude: Hope at the Crossroads by Michael Mahler - sung by the choir

4/6/03 "A Liberal View of the Bible" by David Sammons

• Prelude: Imagination by Jimmy Van Heusen (Bill Wentz, piano)
• Offertory: Creative Thine by Bill Wentz (Bill Wentz, piano)
• Anthem: Lark in the Morning by Randall Thompson - sung by the choir (Scott Schrader, conductor, Pete Carroll, tenor, Bill Wentz, piano)
• Postlude: Go Now in Peace (Bill Wentz, piano)

4/13/03 "WWJD?" by David Sammons

• Prelude: Prelude, op. 28, no. 2 by Frederic Chopin (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Offertory: Pater Noster by Franz Liszt (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Anthem: Flower of Beauty - sung by the choir
• Postlude: La Villageoisie by Jean-Phillippe Rameau (Lino Rivera, piano)

4/20/03 "Easter Music Service with Symphonic Winds" by David Sammons

• Pre-service Concert: Flourish for Wind Band and Folk Song Suite by Ralph Vaughan Williams, All Creatures Great and Small, arranged by Steve Bulla, Irish Tune from County Derry (Danny Boy) and Shepherds Hey (Morris Dance) arranged by Percy Grainger, Deir In De (Irish Lullaby) arranged by Warren Barker, Old American Country Set by Henry Cowell, Easter Monday on the White House Lawn by John Philip Sousa
• Prelude: Irving Berlin Symphonic Portrait, arranged by Ades
• Offertory: Two Hymns of Inspiration by Ludwig van Beethoven
• Anthem: Russian Easter Overture by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
• Postlude: Crown Imperial Coronation March by William Walton

4/27/03 "My Theological Journey" by the Intern Minister, Fred Rabidoux

• Prelude: Ave Verum Corpus by Wolfgang A. Mozart - sung by the choir
• Offertory: Fuga Pastorella by Gottlieb Muffat (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Anthem: Turn, Turn, Turn by Pete Seeger - sung by the choir (Scott Schrader, guitar, and congregation )
• Postlude: Vivo from Musical Pastime at the Clavier by Valentin Rathgeber (Lino Rivera, piano)

5/4/03 "Power" by David Sammons

• Prelude: Preludeby Cesar Franck (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Offertory: Mazurka, op. 7, no. 2 by Chopin (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Anthem: The Quiet Heart - sung by the choir
• Postlude: Scherzetto by Heller (Lino Rivera, piano)

5/11/03 "Happiness, and Being Unhappy in an Unhappy World" by David Sammons

• Prelude: Minuet in G by Johann S. Bach (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Offertory: Sonata in D Minor by Domeica Scarlatti (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Anthem: Joy in the Morning by Natalie Sleeth - sung by the choir
• Postlude: Musette in D by J. S. Bach (Lino Rivera, piano)

5/18/03 "Rites of Passage/Coming of Age" by theRE Department, led by Yvonne Rochon andFred Rabidoux

• Celebrating Kevin Diggins, Kristina Fuller, Hannah Hitchner, Matthias Hofstadler, and Paul Mazar
• Prelude: New World Symphony by Dvorak (Kevin and Christy Diggins, clarinets)
• Offertory: Valse by Chopin (Hannah Hitchner, piano)
• Anthem: Circle Game by Joni Mitchell (Kristina and Babara Fuller)
• Postlude: Lino Rivera, piano

5/25/03 "Saint Emerson" by David Sammons

• Prelude: Ave Verum Corpus by Wolfgang A. Mozart - sung by the choir
• Offertory: Fuga Pastorella by Gottlieb Muffat (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Anthem: Alleluia by Randal Thompson - sung by the choir

6/1/03 "A Vision for Our Church" by David Sammons

• Prelude: Canzon by Froberger (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Offertory: Menuet from Sonata XVI: 27 by J. Haydn (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Anthem: Flower of Beauty - sung by the choir
• Postlude: Presto from Sonata in D by C. P. E. Bach(Lino Rivera, piano)

6/8/03 "Transition" by the Intern Minister, Fred Rabidoux

• Prelude: Dio che nell' alma duet from Giuseppe Verdi's Don Carlo (Pete Carroll, tenor, Michael Prichard, baritone)
• Offertory: Anyone Can Whistle by Stephen Sondheim (Laura Fisher, alto, Lino Rivera, piano)
• Anthem: Being a Dad by Loius Wainwright (with recorded music)
• Postlude: Quiet Pond by Norma Cordell (Pete Carroll, tenor)

6/15/03 "Flower Communion" by David Sammons and Staff

• Prelude: Oh, What a Beautiful Morning from Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma (Michael Prichard, baritone)
• Introit: The Lark in the Morning by Randall Thompson (Pete Carroll, tenor) - sung by the choir
• Gathering the Flowers: Flower of Beauty and Humming Chorus from Puccini's Madama Butterfly - sung by the choir
• Offertory: Dieu, quil'a fait bon regarder by Claude Debussy - sung bythe choir
• Anthem: Dona nobis pacem (anthem) - sung by the choir
• Postlude: Etude, op. 10, no. 3 in E Major by Frederic Chopin (Lino Rivera, piano)

2002

1/6/02 "Challenges, Safety Suits, and New Beginnings"

• Prelude: Prelude in A Major, op. 28, no. 7 by Frederic Chopin (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Offertory: Lift Thine Eyes from Mendelssohn's Elijah (Vocal trio)
• Anthem: Pick Yourself Up from Swing Time by Dorothy Fields & Jerome Kern
• Postlude: Bagatelle: Für Elise by Ludwig van Beethoven (Lino Rivera, piano)

1/13/02 "Shalom - Living a Life of Integrity" & Musical Forum: Ungars, 9:30-10:15 in the sanctuary

• Prelude: Morning Prayer, op. 39, no. 1 by Peter Tchaikovsky (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Offertory: Humming Chorus from Puccini's Madama Butterfly
• Anthem: Vivo ego, dicit Dominus by Alonso Lobo of Seville (1555-1617)
• Postlude: The Races by Erik Satie (Lino Rivera, piano)

1/20/02 "MLK Service"

• Prelude: Bell Improvisation I
• Chalice Lighting: Sea of Being by Therese Baumberger
• Offertory: Album Leaf by Edward MacDowell
• Anthem: Martin's Dream (from the Lift Every Voice and Sing Episcopalian Hymnal)
• Anthem: Keep the Dream Alive by Brinson
• Vocal Benediction - led by Alex Mercedes
• Postlude: Bell Improvisaion II

1/27/02 "Sports as Religion"

• Prelude: Tennis & Golf by Erik Satie (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Offertory: Six Months Out of Every Year from Damn Yankees (Joia Turner, soprano)
• Anthem: Take Me Out to the Ball Game
• Postlude: The Races by Erik Satie (Lino Rivera, piano)

2/10/02 "Getting even/Justice"& Musical Forum: Guitar, 9:30-10:15 in the sanctuary

• Prelude: Invention in D Minor by Johann S. Bach (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Offertory: Prelude No. 1 by Heitor Villa Lobos (Adriana Ratsch-Rivera, guitar)
• Anthem: We hear from Judas Maccabeus by George F. Handel
• Postlude: March of the Wooden Soldiers, op. 39, no. 5 by Peter Tchaikovsky (Lino Rivera, piano)

2/17/02 "Spiritual, but not Religious"

• Prelude: Prelude in C minor, op. 28, no. 20 by Frederic Chopin (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Offertory: Libera me from Gabriel Fauré's Requiem (Michael Prichard, baritone solo)
• Anthem: Humming Chorus from Puccini's Madama Butterfly
• Postlude: Consolation No. 1 in E major by Franz Liszt (Lino Rivera, piano)

2/24/02 "The Walls Came Tumblin' Down" Guest speakers: the Revs. Margorie Bowens-Wheatley and Clyde Elliot Grubbs

• Prelude: Allegro in F Major by Haydn (Marge Chapel, piano)
• Offertory: Miniature -Tempo di menuetto by François Couperin (Marge Chapel, piano)
• Anthem: It's Not Easy Being Green (Jim Lincoln, tenor)
• Benediction: Go Now in Peace (Marge Chapel, piano)

3/3/02 "Sometimes One God Is Too Many"

• Prelude: Promenade from Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Offertory: Silhouette in D-flat major by Antonin Dvorak (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Anthem: Heraclitus by Charles Villiers Stanford (conducted by Scott Schrader)
• Postlude: Trumpet Tune by Jeremiah Clarke(Lino Rivera, piano)

3/10/02 "The Meaning of Money"& Musical Forum: Strings, 9:30-10:15 in the sanctuary

• Prelude: Prelude in C Major by J. S. Bach (Laura Prichard, piano)
• Offertory: Lilliburlero: A New Irish Tune by Henry Purcell (Laura Prichard, piano)
• Anthem: The Money Song from Kander & Ebb's Cabaret
• Postlude: Hornpipe in E minor by Henry Purcell(Laura Prichard, piano)

3/24/02 "What's so bad about Judas?"

• Prelude: Spring from The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi (Marin Catholic Strings)
• Offertory: Adagio in C minor by J. S. Bach (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Anthem: All for the Best from Godspell
• Postlude: La Rejouissance from The Royal Fireworks Music by G. F. Handel (Marin Catholic Strings)

3/31/02 "The Resurrection Spirit" Music Service: Excerpts from Carl Orff's Carmina burana

• O Fortuna (MDUUC Choir & Symphonic Winds)
• Veris leta facies - Primo vere (MDUUC Choir & Lino Rivera, piano)
• Amor leta (Michael Prichard, baritone)
• Ecce gratum (MDUUC Choir & Symphonic Winds)
• Tanz - Uf dem anger (MDUUC Symphonic Winds)

4/7/02 "Wisdom of Our Founders"

• Offertory: Hymn sung by Scott Schrader (Bill Wentz, piano)
• Anthem: Improvisation by Bill Wentz
• Postlude: Go now in peace (Bill Wentz, piano)

4/14/02 Therese Baumberger, Intern : "Over the Garden Walls" & Musical Forum: Winds, 9:30-10:15 in the sanctuary

• Prelude: Sleeping Beauty's Pavane by Maurice Ravel (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Offertory: The Magic Garden by Maurice Ravel (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Anthem: The Eyes of All by Jean Berger
• Postlude: Improvisation on "Wake now my senses" (Lino Rivera, piano)

4/21/02 "The Traction of Religion"

• Prelude: Prelude in G Major, op. 28, no. 3 by Frederic Chopin (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Anthem: The Eyes of All by Jean Berger
• Postlude: Waltz No. 16 in D minor by Johannes Brahms (Lino Rivera, piano)

4/28/02 "Paddles on a Pinball Machine" & New Piano Inaugural Recital (Lino Rivera, piano) 1pm

• Prelude: Prelude in C Major by J. S. Bach (Laura Prichard, piano)
• Offertory: Sonatina by Muzio Clementi (Marge Chapel, piano)
• Anthem: Anthony O'Daly by Samuel Barber
• Postlude: Go Now in Peace by Natalie Sleeth (Marge Chapel, piano

5/4/02 Fellowship Dinner in the Sanctury

• Humorous songs by Lynne White, Marion Mayo, and Scott Schrader
• Mariachi favorites for Cinco de Mayo with Mariachi Band - sung by the choir

5/5/02 "Cinco de mayo: Why All the Parades?"

• Prelude/Processional: Ya Viene el alba from Mission Santa Barbara
• Offertory: De Colores (led by guitarist Scott Schrader)
• Anthem: Cielito Lindo

5/19/02 "Who's Afraid of Death"

• Prelude: Prelude in D Minor by Clara Schumann (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Offertory: Patetico by Aleksandr Scriabin (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Anthem: Indian Prayer - sung by the choir
• Postlude: Confidence by Felix Mendelssohn (Lino Rivera, piano)

5/26/02 "Thoughts on Religious Education"

• Prelude: Etude in C-sharp minor, op. 25, no. 7 by Frederic Chopin (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Offertory: An die musik by Franz Schubert (Deb Baltzo and Dee Wood, duet)
• Anthem: As torrents in summer by Edward Elgar - sung by the choir
• Postlude: Mazurka in F major, op. 68, no. 3 by Frederic Chopin (Lino Rivera, piano)

6/2/02 "Therese Baumberger's Last Service as Intern"

• Prelude: Invocation by Therese Baumberger
• Introit: Vogel als Prophete by Robert Schumann (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Offertory: Nocturne by Frederic Chopin (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Anthem: Humming Chorus from Puccini's Madama Butterfly

6/9/02 "Flower Communion" & Musical Forum: Vocal Music about Flowers, 9:30-10:15 in the sanctuary

• Prelude: Anticipation of Spring by Felix Mendelssohn - sung by the choir
• Presentation of Flowers: To a Wild Rose by Edward MacDowell (Laura Prichard, piano)
• Offertory: Music, when soft voices die by C. Hubert Parry - sung by the choir
• Anthem: Celebration of Spring by Felix Mendelssohn - sung by the choir

6/23/02 "The Greatest Love of All"- Joan Redding and the Sunday Service Committee

• Prelude: Hero by Mariah Carey (Lynne White, alto & Bill Wentz, piano)
• Offertory: Improvisation (Bill Wentz, piano)
• Anthem: The Greatest Love of All by Dolly Parton (Lynne White, alto & Bill Wentz, piano)

9/8/02 "The Other Side of Sept. 11"

• Prelude: Vision Fugitive no. 6 by Sergei Prokofiev (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Offertory: Down by the Riverside - sung by the choir
• Anthem: Peace Like a River - sung by the choir
• Postlude: Pastorale by Domenico Scarlatti(Lino Rivera, piano)

9/15/02 "Mature Church, Mature Faith"

• Prelude: (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Anthem: I Am the Model of a Modern Unitarian - sung by the choir
• Postlude: (Lino Rivera, piano)

9/22/02 "Soul Music" Rev. Dr. Rebecca Parker

• Prelude: (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Offertory: For the Beauty of the Earth - sung by the choir
• Anthem: I Beleive in Music - sung by the choir

9/29/02 "Wrestling with God"

• Prelude: (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Offertory: Come Thou Fount of Ev'ry Blessing
• Anthem: Yes, God is Real (from the Lift Every Voice and Sing Episcopalian Hymnal)
• Postlude: (Lino Rivera, piano)

10/6/02 "Good and Evil" Fred Rabidoux, Intern Minister

10/13/02 "Leading a Virtuous Life" & Musical Forum: Dances of Universal Peace, 9:30-10:15 in the chapel

• Prelude: Valse, op. 64, no. 1 by Frederic Chopin (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Offertory: Song of India from Rimsky-Korsakov's Sadko (Rick Sachtschale, flute)
• Anthem: There is a Balm in Gilead - traditional spiritual
• Postlude: Promenade by Modest Mussorgsky (Lino Rivera, piano)

10/20/02 "Giving Hope a Chance"

• Prelude: Gjendine's Lullaby by Edvard Grieg (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Children's Dedication Song: The Masterpiece by Patty Henderson (Laura Prichard, soprano)
• Offertory: A Deserted Farm by Edward MacDowell
• Anthem: Inscription of Hope - sung by the choir
• Postlude: Mazurka in F by Frederic Chopin (Lino Rivera, piano)

10/27/02 "Sunday Worship Associates Service"

• Prelude: (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Postlude: (Lino Rivera, piano)

11/03/02 "Days of the Dead & All the Saints"

• Special Music Service with orchestra: Dies irae from Verdi's Requiem
• Soloists: Benjamin Barr, Deb Baltzo, Michael Prichard, Laura Prichard
• Orchestra: Members of the Contra Costa Wind Symphony, Marin Catholic Orchestra, Pleasanton Town Band, MDUUC Orchestra
• Guest singers from the San Francisco Symphony Chorus and the San Francisco Chamber Singers

11/10/02 "Out of the Flames"

• Prelude: Prelude by Alessandro Scarlatti (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Postlude: (Lino Rivera, piano)

11/17/02 "Getting Mad"

• Prelude: (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Anthem: The Argument - sung by the choir
• Postlude: (Lino Rivera, piano)

11/24/02 "Sabbathing"

• Prelude: Introduction from Our Town by Aaron Copland (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Anthem: Humming Chorus from Puccini's Madama Butterfly - sung by the choir
• Postlude: (Lino Rivera, piano)

12/1/02 "The Theology of AIDS/The Myth of the Messiah" Fred Rabidoux, Intern Minister

• Prelude: (Eva Langfeldt, piano)
• Anthem: Scott Schrader, baritone
• Postlude: (Eva Langfeldt, piano)

12/8/02 "Just a War or a Just War?" & Musical Forum: Alison Carter's String Quartet, plays Faure's Piano Quartet 9:30-10:15 in the sanctuary

• Prelude: (clarinets)
• Offertory: Variations on Dona nobis pacem (clarinets)
• Anthem: Yesterday (clarinets)
• Postlude: Go Now in Peace (clarinets)

12/15/02 "Democracy, Faith, and Money"

• Prelude: Money Makes the World Go Around (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Anthem: Money Can't Buy Me Love by the Beatles - sung by the choir (King's Singers arrangement)
• Postlude: The Money Song from Cabaret (Lino Rivera, piano)

12/21/02 "Solstice Service"

• Prelude: Improvisation (Bill Wentz, piano)
• Reading and Taize Song: Great Spirits, read by Rick Dlott; and There Is One Earth, sung by Lynne White
• Congregational Song: Prayer of Peace by David Haas
• Anthem: Oh Light Abide with Us
• Dances of Universal Peace, led by Lynne White

12/22/02 "Children's Holiday Pageant"

• Prelude: Improvisation on Jingle Bells (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Traditional Christmas Carols led by Bonny Reyes and Deb Baltzo
• Contemporary Nativity Songs sung by Laura Fischer, Laura Prichard, Michael Prichard, and Christy Diggins
• Silent Night

12/24/02 "Christmas Eve Service of Lessons and Carols" 7:30pm

• Glouchestershire Wassail by Ralph Vaughan Williams, 19th cen. British wes-hale (Be thou whole!)
  Soloists: Bob Allen, Inge Yarborough, Scott Hovey, Deb Baltzo, Don Eamon, Suzanne Barnett
• The Angel Gabriel , 17th cen. Basque annuniciation hymn melody
• Gaudete! Christus est natus, 15th cen. Latin/Czech Christmas processional
• O Men from the Fields, 20th cen. Celtic lullaby (Carols for Choirs pub.)
• Come, Ye People, 18th cen. Flemish carol (Yale Ancient Carol Society pub.)

2001

1/7/01 "Winter Dreams"

• Offertory: Velvet Shoes by Thompson (women)
• Anthem: Walking through Woods on a Snowy Evening by Thompson (men)

1/14/01 "Martin Luther King, Jr."

• Prelude: Deep River by Samuel COLERIDGE_Taylor (Lino Rivera. piano)
• Offertory: Lift EveryVoice and Sing
• Anthem: I Want to Die Easy, Deb Baltzo, soprano
• Anthem: Go Down, Moses
• Anthem: Lift Every Voice and Sing
• Postlude: Sevenfold Amen

1/21/01 "What It Means to be a Dissedent" by David Sammons

• Anthem: Va Pensiero from Giuseppe Verdi's Nabucco

1/27/01 Special Music Program in the MDUUC Sanctuary: the UC Men's Octet from UC-Berkeley

1/28/01 "The Worthship of Worship" Sunday Service Committee - Marge Chapel, piano

2/4/01 "Not Forgiving"

• Offertory: Lord, Bow Thine Ear from Mendelssohn's Elijah
• Anthem: It's Your Fault from Sondheim's Into the Woods

2/11/01 "Sunday Service Committee Sunday"

2/18/01 "Dorothy Day" with MDUUC Winds

• Prelude: Thou Tun'st This World from Henry Purcell's Ode for St. Cecilia's Day - sung by the choir
• Offertory: Fantasia on One Note by Henry Purcell
• Anthem: Hark Each Tree from Henry Purcell's Ode for St. Cecilia's Day (Ray Martinex, baritone, Laura Prichard, soprano)

2/25/01 "Devil Mountain Wind Trio" plays Beethoven's Trio for Keyboard, Flute, and Bassoon

3/4/01 "Intern Minister's Sermon" by Jan Johnson

3/11/01 "St. Patrick and Ireland" with MDUUC Strings

• Prelude and Offertory: String Quartet by Frank Bridge
• Anthem: Irish Tune from County Derry by Percy Grainger - sung by the choir

3/18/01 "The Rebirth of Spring"

• Offertory: Ecco mormorar l'onde byClaudio Monteverdi - vocal quintet
• Anthem: Revecy venir du printans by Claude Le Jeune - sund by the choir, with vocal quintet

3/25/01 "Coming of Age Service/Rite of Passage Sunday"

• Offertory: The Younger Generation by Aaron Copland
• Anthem: Rainbow Song by Pete Seeger (Scott Schrader, guitar)

4/1/01 "Fools Rush In - April Fool's Day"

• Prelude: Bitonal Für Elise by Rivera/Beethoven (Lino Rivera)
• Offertory: Duet from Bizet's Pearl Fishers (Mike Prichard & Jonathan Nadel)
• Hymn: Coffee, Coffee, Coffee - sung by the choir
• Anthem: Duetto per Due Gatti by Rossini/Pearsall (Prichards & Jonathan Nadel)

4/8/01 "Palm Sunday: Being a Jesian"

• Prelude: Second movement from Gliere's Concerto for Harp (Dan Levitan, harp)
• Introit: Spring Carol from Britten's Ceremony of Carols (Dee Wood & Lyda Dicus)
• Offertory: Interlude from Britten's Ceremony of Carols (Dan Levitan, harp)
• Anthem: This Little Babe from Britten's Ceremony of Carols (Dan Levitan, harp)

4/15/01 "Easter Music Service"

• Israel in Egypt, Part II by George Frideric Handel with MDUUC Orchestra

4/29/01 "Moral Imagination"

• Offertory: A Girl's Garden by Thompson (women)
• Anthem: Go Down, Moses

5/6/01 "Coming of Age"

• Musical Pre-Service Forum: Lino Rivera, piano, Works by Schubert, Stravinsky & Liszt
• Offertory: Va pensiero from Giuseppe Verdi's Nabucco
• Anthem: Dream the impossible dream from Man of La Mancha

5/13/01 "Thank You Julia [Ward Howe] - On Mother's Day"

• Prelude: Solo (Elizabeth Moreskine, soprano)
• Offertory: Solo by John Alden Carpenter (Deb Baltzo, soprano)
• Anthem: Dirait-on by Lauridsen

5/20/01 "Jan Johnson's Farewell"

• Offertory: September Song
• Anthem: Choose Something Like a Star by Randall Thompson

5/27/01 "Memories and Memorial Days"

• Anthem: Indian Prayer (Scott Schrader, conductor)

6/2/01 "Sequi-centennial Celebration, First Unitarian Church of San Francisco, MDUUC Orchestra"

• Anthem: Go Down, Moses
• Anthem: Indian Prayer
• Anthem: Va pensiero from Giuseppe Verdi's Nabucco
• Concert Finale: Choral Fantasy by Ludwig van Beethoven (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Concert Finale: Lux aeterna by Morten Lauridsen (Mark Sumner, conductor)

6/3/01 "More Than Just a Yankee Church" Combined Choirs Service, First Unitarian Church of Oakland, MDUUC Orchestra

• Anthem: Lux aeterna by Morten Lauridsen (Kim Rankin, conductor)

6/9/01 "Hungry U - Church Fundraiser"

• Concert Finale: Oedipus Tex by P. D. Q. Bach

6/10/01 "Flower Communion"

• Prelude: Minute Waltz by Chopin (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Anthem: I. and II. from Lauridsen's Lux aeterna
• Offertory: Dance of the Hours by Ponchielli (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Anthem: IV. and V. from Lauridsen's Lux aeterna
• Service Finale: Choral Fantasy by Ludwig van Beethoven (Lino Rivera, piano)

7/29/01 "The Battle for God"

• Prelude: Summertime by Gershwin (Deb Baltzo, soprano solo)
• Offertory: from Der Fluten Lust-Hof (Eva Langfeldt, soprano recorder solo)
• Anthem: As torrents in summer by Elgar
• Postlude: Prelude in C Major by J. S. Bach (Laura Prichard, piano solo)

9/9/01 "Who We Are Depends on What We Do - MDUUC at 50"

• Prelude: O, What a Beautiful Morning from Oklahoma (Mike Prichard, baritone solo)
• Offertory: from Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by Bach
• Anthem: Laudamus te from Poulenc's Gloria

9/16/01 "Tragedy and Compassion"

• Prelude: Prelude for Piano by Chopin
• Offertory: Ose Shalom
• Anthem: We Remember Them from the Yom Kippur Service by Ben Steinberg

9/23/01 "Turning" John Buehrens, Former President of the UUA, guest speaker

• Offertory: Lino Rivera, piano
• Anthem: Turn Back, O Man from Godspell

9/30/01 "Theresa Baumberger, Intern, guest speaker - The Usefulness of the Concept of Sin"

• Prelude: Adagio from Kuhnau's Sonata, op. 20, no. 2 (Marge Chapel, piano)
• Offertory: Trois Fantasies ou Caprices by Felix Mendelssohn (Marge Chapel, piano)
• Anthem: Unataneh tokef by Leopold Lewandowski (Laura Prichard, alto flute) - sung by the choir

10/7/01 "The High Holy Days & the Rabbi Jesus"

• Prelude: Takk by Edvard Grieg (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Offertory: Melodie by Edvard Grieg (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Anthem: Ps alm 131 - III. from Chichester Psalms by Leonard Bernstein
• Postlude: Celebratory Dance by Dmitri Shostakovich (Lino Rivera, piano)

10/14/01 "Fear"

• Musical Pre-Service Forum: Piano Dedication Concert
• Offertory: Melancholy by Edvard Grieg, Lino Rivera, piano
• Anthem: Sweet Day by Ralph Vaughan Williams

10/21/01 "After the Darkest Hour" with MDUUC Orchestra

• Offertory: III. from Brahms' Requiem (Michael Prichard, solo)
• Anthem: V. from Brahms' Requiem (Micheline Steacy, solo)

10/28/01 "In Praise of the Holy Spirit"

• Offertory: Come Holy Spirit by Attwood (Dee Wood, solo)
• Anthem: Casta diva by Bellini(Deb Baltzo, solo)

11/4/01 "All the Tiny Muscles" Theresa Baumberger, Intern Minister

• Prelude: Prelude in C Major (Well-Tempered Clavier) by J. S. Bach
• Offertory: Maple Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin (Michael Prichard)
• Anthem: Piano solo by Elizabeth Moreskine

11/11/01 "Darwin and God" with musical forum

• Musical Pre-Service Forum: "The Fifth & Sixth Days: Music About Animals"
• Prelude: Adagio from Mozart's Wind Quintet
• Offertory: Adagio from Poulenc's Wind Trio
• Anthem: All Creatures Now are Merry Minded (Scott Schrader, Lynne White, Eva Langfeldt, Joia Turner, Laura Prichard)
• Postlude: Allegro from Mozart's Wind Quintet

11/18/01 "The Two Faces of Religion"

• Prelude: Prelude in A by Dmitri Shostakovich (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Offertory: Vogel als Prophete by Robert Schumann (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Anthem: Psalms 23 & 2 - Movement II. from Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms
• Postlude: Prelude in D Minor by Dmitri Shostakovich (Lino Rivera, piano)

11/25/01 "Getting Literal with the Bible"

• Anthem: Learn Your Lessons Well from Godspell (Scott Schrader, conductor)

12/9/01 "Is there a UU on the Simpsons?"

• Offertory: The Bells of Rhymney
• Anthem: Theme from The Simpsons (Lino Rivera, piano solo)

12/15/01 and 12/16/01 Amahl & the Night Visitors by Gian Carlo Menotti
12/16/01 "Buddhism and Christmas"

• Prelude: Quelle est cette odeur agreable (Laura Prichard, soprano)
• Offertory: Christmas Time is Here by Vince Guaraldi - sung by the choir
• Anthem: Meditation by Franz Liszt (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Postlide: Variations on "Joy to the World" (Lino Rivera, piano)

12/23/01 "Holiday Family Service with Children's Hour"

• Up on the Housetop (Kevin & Christy Diggins, clarinets)
• Amahl & the Night Visitors by Gian Carlo Menotti (Kate Rowland, Noah Mittman, Robert Mittman, Hannah Mittman, Scott Schader, Michael Prichard, MDUUC Choir

12/24/01 "Christmas Eve Service featuring excerpts from Handel's Messiah"

• Prelude: Improvisation by Lino Rivera
• Carols: Seven Christmas Hymns sung with the congregation
• Offertory: Pastoral Symphony from Handel's Messiah (piano solo)

Musical Program: For he is like a refiner's fire (Robert Mittman, bass), For unto us a child is born (choir), And there were shepherds (Kate Rowland, soprano), Glory to God (choir), How beautiful are the feet (Deb Baltzo, soprano), Hallelujah Chorus

2000
1/9/00

• Musical Pre-Service Forum: String Quartet, Works by Shostakovich & Beethoven
• Ave verum by Mozart with string quartet, string quartet plays

1/23/00 Excerpts from Man of La Mancha
1/30/00 Sullivan Paradox Trio from Pirates of Penzance with James Lowrie
2/6/00 Sullivan Ta-ran-ta-ra chorus from Pirates of Penzance, James Lowrie
2/20/00 Indian Prayer, Bill Wentz plays Chopin
2/27/00 I Dream Too Much by Jerome Kern, woodwind trio plays
3/5/00 Alleluia by Randall Thompson and Inscription of Hope
3/12/00 The Younger Generation by Aaron Copland
3/19/00 Psalm 23 by Bobby McFerrin with liturgical dancers
3/26/00 Promise of Living by Aaron Copland (2 pianos)
4/9/00 Laudamus te by Francis Poulenc
4/16/00 Randall Thompson Alleluia
4/23/00 Easter Music Service: Poulenc's Gloria (Datevig Yaraglian, soprano)
5/7/00 On the Steps of the Palace from Sondheim's Into the Woods (Laura Prichard, soprano)
5/14/00 Psalm 23 by Bobby McFerrin (and one other piece for Mother's Day)
5/21/00 The Irish Blessing
6/2-4/00 Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar
6/4/00 "Jesus Christ Superstar"

• Prelude: Overture (Bill Wentz, piano)
• Offertory: Mary Magdalen (Gretchen Nordstrom, solo)
• Anthem: Herod (Lynne White, solo)

6/11/00 "Flower Communion"

• Prelude: O, my love's like a red, red rose
• Offertory: Dirait-on from Lauridsen's Five Flower Songs
• Anthem: Make Our Garden Growfrom Bernstein's Candide(2 pianos)

7/30/00 "Life is best when it's watered"

• Prelude: Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream by Mendelssohn (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Offertory: Summertime by Gershwin (Deb Baltzo, soprano)
• Anthem: As torrents in summer by Elgar
• Postlude: Finale from A Midsummer Night's Dream by Mendelssohn (Lino Rivera, piano)

9/10/00 "Board Breakfast: Banners"

• Prelude: Raindrop Prelude by Chopin (Lino Pivera, piano)
• Offertory: Ave verum corpus by Wolfgang Mozart
• Anthem: So Many Colors by Jim Schattauer

9/17/00 "Virtual Reality Won't Do"

• Offertory: Corner of the sky from Schwartz's Pippin (Laura & Michael Prichard, duet)
• Anthem: Any Dream Will Do from Lloyd Webber's Technicolor Dreamcoat

9/24/00 "Millstones and Crafting"

• Offertory: Hear me Now from Man of La Mancha
• Anthem: Dream the impossible dream from Man of La Mancha

10/1/00 Intern's Service - Marge Chapel plays piano
10/8/00 "Yom Kippur"

• Prelude: Hallelu-jah, hallelu-eyl by Dreschler
• Offertory: Psalm 23 from Chichester Psalms by Bernstein(Laura Prichard, solo)
• Anthem: III. from Chichester Psalms by Bernstein - sun g by the choir

10/15/00 "Compassion/Love Your Enemy"

• Offertory: The Younger Generation by Copland
• Anthem: The Argument

10/22/00 "Sunday Service Committee"
10/29/00 "Witches, Ghosts, and Hobgoblins"

• Prelude: Funeral March of a Marionette (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Offertory: Witches' Dance by Clara Schumann (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Anthem: Le Ballet des ombres by Berlioz

11/5/00 "Election Wisdom"

• Prelude: Overture to Of Thee I Sing by Gershwin (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Offertory: Wintergreen for President by Gershwin
• Anthem: Of Thee I Sing by Gershwin

11/12/00 "Intern's Service"

• Anthem: Bridge Over Troubled Water

11/19/00 "Life Without Hell"

• Prelude: Castle on a Cloud by Claude-Michel Schoenberg
• Offertory: (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Anthem: Dies irae from Mozart's Requiem

11/23/00 "Thanksgiving Fellowship Service"

• Anthem: Simple Gifts by Aaron Copland, conducted by Dee Wood

11/26/00 "Hopefulness and Thanksgiving"

• Prelude: Our Town by Aaron Copland (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Offertory: Velvet Shoes by Thompson (Rachelle Mazar and Bonnie Dlott, duet)
• Anthem: The Promise of Living by Aaron Copland (2 pianos)

12/3/00 "Sunday Service Committee"
12/10/00 "What if Mary Really was His Mother?"

• Prelude: Ave maria, Gregorian chant
• Offertory: Hymn to Athene by John Tavener
• Anthem: Ave maria by Franz Biebl

12/15-17/00 Gian Carlo Menotti's Amahl & the Night Visitors
12/17/00 "And What if Joseph Really Was His Father?"

• Prelude: Advent Chorale by Liszt (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Offertory: Three Kings Trio from Menotti's Amahl & the Night Visitors
• Anthem: The Cherry Tree Carol (Bonnie Dlott, alto solo)

12/24/00 "Candlelight Christmas"

• Prelude: Advent Fantasy (Weihnachtsbaum) by Liszt (Lino Rivera, piano)
• Offertory: Shepherd's Chorus from Menotti's Amahl & the Night Visitors
• Seven Lessons & Carols

1999
Spring Musical Service: Mendelssohn's Elijah
Fall Musical Service: Mozart's Requiem