The choir will perform Antonio Vivaldi's "Gloria" in its entirety at both services. Composed nearly three centuries ago, the "Gloria" is one of the great masterpieces of religious art of the eighteenth century, and speaks powerfully to us today. Though many know Vivaldi as the composer of "The Four Seasons" and hundreds of instrumental concerti, he was also a master composer of opera, song, and choral music. The "Gloria" represents his highest achievement in this field.

A string ensemble and Louis Durra on harpsichord will join the choir. Soprano Angela Meade is the featured soloist.

We kick off our annual pledge drive with Terry Sweetser, Senior Advisor to the President of the Unitarian Universalist Association. He writes, We often say, 'Things aren't what they seem,' and conclude the sentence with 'they are so much less.' The teachings of both our Unitarian and Universalist forebears are exactly the opposite. In fact, to live the lives we wish we could, our faith challenges us to find the fullness in the wonder of life. To celebrate your wonderful congregation a service that urges us to imagine that things aren't just what they seem, they are so much more. Music Sara Andon, flute

Our third annual Coming Out Day service, sponsored by Interweave, features guest speaker Michael Eselun, co-founder of GLIDE Gays and Lesbians Initiating Dialogue for Equality (an anti-homophobia speakers bureau), a hospital and hospice chaplain, and a designer. He will look at the many different dimensions of coming out, something we all must do, and invite us to investigate the opportunities for us on both sides of the closet door. Music Nevenka, Eastern European women's choral music

In her book Beyond Belief, religion scholar Elaine Pagels sheds light on the meaning of faith in the time of Jesus and the early Christians. She also helps us understand what it means to be a person of faith — and a Unitarian Universalist –– today.