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First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City

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Members of the congregation of Salt Lake City's First Unitarian Church present a musical self-parody, set to the melody of Gilbert & Sullivan's "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General".
Directed & produced by Becky Heal.
Lyrics by Todd Seymour.
Musical direction by David Owens-Lupu.
Audio & video production by Tristan Moore.
Additional lyrics by Jim Catano.
Modern Unitarians (in order of appearance):
David Owens-Lupu
Alan Coombs
Todd Seymour
Nikki Blackburn Fuller
John Major
Becky Heal
Jim Thornburg
Kathleen Cahill
Jan & Paul Gandy
Rev. Monica Dobbins
Rev. Ian White Maher
Lissa Lander
Mark Rothacher
Bill Reed
Alexis Baigue
Dylan Pocock
Michele Page
Sue Geary
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19 ноя 2021

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Комментарии : 178

@weldchampneys7745 2 года назад

We are now two Unitic Oregonians, but... we were raised in Utah, were members, & were married in this most wonderful church of Unitarians.

@FerrisFareMusic 2 года назад

Oh my gosh, this is absolutely hilarious - and perfect! Thank you for the biggest laugh I've had today!

@susanest 2 года назад

Very cute. Almost makes me want to wake up early on Sundays!

@jimcatano 2 года назад

We do have an 11:00 service for the sleep deprived. ;)

@jurgenahlers1633 2 года назад

You gotta love this! BRAVO! Having once, way back in HS, played the Very Model Of a Modern Major General in our production of Pirates of Penzance, and mastering the really, REALLY rapid words of this hilarious piece (as a native German no less!) was truly both a challenge and delight. OMG, I had, after all 27 daughters . . . But, I'm digressing. I'm a proud UU in the heart of Mexico in sunny San Miguel. Although an ordained Presbyterian minister, after attending the UUF here for several months, I came to the realization that I've been a UU ALL MY F'g LIFE!!

@kamelhaj6850 2 года назад

So now you're Unitarian, no longer Presbyterian, and though you once were German, you're now known as an American. *music in background*

@kamelhaj6850 2 года назад

OoPs, I meant... you are now known as a Mexican.

@rebeccaheal6816 2 года назад

So you had to pronounce the real thing! We just messed around. This is Becky Heal, the producer, and director and hearing from folks like you from around the world is almost as much fun as doing the video itself. And, welcome to the fold!

@steveruzich3273 2 года назад

As a member of the First Parish UU church in Concord, Massachusetts, I feel like I know these people, in their Priuses, listening to NPR. Next time we visit my daughter and granddaughter in Salt Lake, we have to attend a church service and meet the singers!

@rebeccaheal6816 2 года назад

Please do! This is Becky Heal, the producer/director. When you visit, be sure to say hello!

@derekbroestler7687 2 года назад

LMAO!!!! I LOVE THIS!!! Well done from this Pastafarian on behalf of the rest of the crew!!! I love any church that can laugh at themselves once in a while... Well done!!!

@avocadoinparadise 2 года назад

Bravo!! Thanks for keeping the faith alive in Utah!! Goes to show we're everywhere! 😄👍👋

@KenricKite 2 года назад

Fantastic! Hi from Unitarian Church of Montpelier, Vermont

@Shaunaleiify 2 года назад

Yay!! 🎉 From your modern Unitarian friends in Utah Valley!!

@bradhanks7837 2 года назад

Ok this is just amazing.

@mmwiz 2 года назад

Both clever and delightful! Thank you for giving me a smile!

@CarolColeLewis 2 года назад

I can relate to this. Greetings from a member of the Unitarian Universalist Community of Lake County, California!

@rebeccaheal6816 2 года назад

And, greetings back! This is Becky Heal, the producer/director/nutcase. We had so much fun but hearing from UUs from all over the world is just as fun!

@janeellen8842 2 года назад

This is so very great. You all did an outstanding job of explaining us. Loved, loved it.

@19AnUUne42 2 года назад

Fabulous. Love to your octogenarian-- I've been a UU since1966 (and member of First U of Philadelphia all that time) and am closing in on that status

@rebeccaheal6816 2 года назад

This is Becky Heal, the producer, and director. Our octogenarian is Alan Coombs, who is a retired history professor and delightful man. But every UU of a certain age is delightful.

@AuntMickie 2 года назад

I'm not a believer anymore, but I miss having "church" friends. Now I'm totally gonna check out the local Unitarian church near me! Love this!

@queenjustine66 2 года назад

I hope you do! We're a welcoming bunch and it is good to have community in our lives 💜

@tomestubbs 2 года назад

Unitarian Universalists allow people like myself into their congregation. I'm an Atheist and we all get along. This is the way society should be.

@samanthayost1169 2 года назад

My partner is Unitarian, and even though I'm an atheist now, being adjacent to her church has helped heal a lot of the trauma I got from my evangelical upbringing. The message a week or two ago was about how a lot of "religious, but not spiritual" people are drawn to their church--people who like the community, the traditions, and the support, but have zero interest in anything having to do with god or spirituality.

@Margar02 2 года назад

My husband is Ex-Mormon and I am recovering Christian. We love our UU church!

@CapeRabbit 2 года назад

You won’t regret it!

@dianedegrasse4112 2 года назад

Love it, love it!! Congrats from Black Mountain, NC!

@beverlybugos7742 2 года назад

E ast coast, West coast or in between, UU Choir can be so much fun!

@marykaypeters3494 2 года назад

And driving in a Subaru listening to NPR counts too!! Brilliant

@robertl30 2 года назад

Bravo!

@rebeccastrader8842 2 года назад

You'd have to have a good sense of humor to be Unitarian in Utah!

@rebeccaheal6816 2 года назад

You got that sister. Rebecca Heal, producer and director.

@philipstauber1921 2 года назад

Terrific. Thank you.

@Patphoto44 2 года назад

So very well done! Bravo!

@kamelhaj6850 2 года назад

Brilliant! And very funny. 😄

@riamachiaisme 2 года назад

That was amazing!

@WilliamHamilton29464 2 года назад

This has been around a while. We did it during a service back in 1991. This is a different version.

@dylanzwick 2 года назад

You might be thinking of this one. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1LjZM1fM_U4.html

@jimcatano 2 года назад

Please post yours. We'd love to see it.

@andrewdanford47 2 года назад

Outstanding !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well done

@judimoore 2 года назад

Love this!

@SawtoothMtns 2 года назад

This is a delight! Merry Christmas from Boise.

@BJAvegan 2 года назад

Really enjoyed this. Thanks!

@MarjieKemper100 2 года назад

Well done! Greetings from UUCHV in Croton, NY :-)

@mikekeast6583 2 года назад

awesome job

@kristinastevens9375 2 года назад

This is delightful! Greetings from a Unitarian in Victoria, British Columbia!

@rebeccaheal6816 2 года назад

This is Becky Heal, the producer and director and the video was a blast, but hearing from fellow UUs from around the world has been just as much fun!

@StJohnsUU 2 года назад

Well done! Thanks.

@landon1796 2 года назад

This is perfect, wonderful. I love it.

@donmelissanicky 2 года назад

Fabulous and funny! As a member of my local Foothills Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, these are more of my people! "Mind your P's & Q's for some of us are LGPDQs" 😂🤣

@joyceholmen2088 2 года назад

Splendid! Just what I needed this evening. Thank you.

@susspang 2 года назад

Wonderful!

@yccwellness6657 2 года назад

This is fantastic!!

@Joannakathryn 2 года назад

This Presbyterian loves it!

@rebeccaheal6816 2 года назад

So, we're a breakout video! We've crossed over to Presyterians! Could Congregationalists be next? Becky Heal ... producer and director.

@Joannakathryn 2 года назад

@@rebeccaheal6816 There's got to be a way to do this for we "frozen chosen" Presbys.

@waltezell 2 года назад

Not to mention the production values! Bravo!

@juliannazdunich7235 2 года назад

fabulous you guys, thanks for the smile & liebe Grüße from Berlin!

@rebeccaheal6816 2 года назад

Hearing from like-minded folks from across the world has been almost as much fun as doing the video! Becky Heal, the producer, and director.

@JulianaEventeur 2 года назад

Brava! This is wonderful and relatable. UTUUC Oak Park, IL Member/ Summer RE Coordinator

@mmpsmp0205 2 года назад

Bravo!!!!

@yeungfamily7 2 года назад

Hello from a quadgenerian 20+ year UU near Cleveland. My monogenerian firstborn was born UU watched this over my shoulder and now wants to share it with his public school friends as well as his UU Youth D&D group that has been meeting via Zoom since they met at GA 2020. Well done and we're happy to light our flames from such worthy elders.

@johnchristian8679 2 года назад

Yay what a great production, and it's also great to raise awareness of Unitarianism online! ❤

@julietillinghast6971 2 года назад

As a longtime UU and former lead soprano of Opera a la Carte, I love this for so many reasons! Very well done guys! 😍

@AarmOZ84 Месяц назад

RU-vid algorithms, you had one job to help me find entertaining videos I would have never thought to watch on my own. And you nailed it! This was laugh out loud AWESOME! 😂

@nanciwilkinson8537 2 года назад

Love this

@dnadeb 2 года назад

This is simply spectacular, musically, politically, ethically...kudos to you all!

@dominique___1980 2 года назад

I love this video. And I love this congregation!!! FYI: These Modern Unitarians were host to the very first Transgender Day of Remembrance held in Salt Lake City, way back in 2002. Welcoming, accepting, and affirming since before it was cool. Thanks, y'all~!!!

@youaregodspursuit 9 месяцев назад

God loves every human, but that does not mean that he supports or ignores a life style that is against His laws... but if you do not have a Bible that probably doesn't matter. So, perhaps there were UU's in downtown Sodom!

@dominique___1980 9 месяцев назад

@@youaregodspursuit-- Nice cherry-picking, godless human feigning deity. I'd bet I know your bible better than you do. Precisely when did Jesus say he is against a "gay lifestyle"?? "Trans lifestyle"?? And spare us the same old overused and misquoted versus from Leviticus. I'm asking what JESUS said.

@everydayinterim5644 2 года назад

Lmaooooo so delightful-three cheers from this homosexual at First Unitarian in Brooklyn 😂

@rebeccaheal6816 2 года назад

So, you are a LGPDQ!

@GrupoChucumite 2 года назад

If I publicize this I think membership would rise! Our church has had a membership hovering around 60 for years, and we're aging and fear the church will close within the next 20 years.

@sharolcutrell7959 2 года назад

Awesome.

@TedJamesLytle790 2 года назад

This United Church of Christ member LOVES this and ALL of our 'Modern' Unitarian cousins ❤

@IronPyromancer 5 месяцев назад

You do know what Unitarian means, right? I'm pretty sure the Church of Christ is pretty adamant about trinitarianism.

@ellenjannol9802 2 года назад

This was compelling enough for me to go research Unitarianism.

@rebeccaheal6816 2 года назад

This is Becky Heal, the producer, and director. A lot of people are Unitarians, they just haven't realized it yet. :)

@sherrieboone4281 2 года назад

Glad I caught this, hysterical and well done. Kudos!

@GrupoChucumite 2 года назад

Fantastic!

@raniafowler4599 2 года назад

Fantastic! Thank you for sharing!

@christinachaveznelson5927 2 года назад

Greetings from First UU Church of Stockton, California!!! LOVED THIS and can't wait to share with my UU family. 🥰

@karenjackson4922 2 года назад

That is SO CUTE and FUN!! Thank you!! 😀

@robertaoverholt 2 года назад

This is one of the best musical I've seen in a long time!

@shelleypineo-jensen6690 2 года назад

Love, love, LOVE it!!!!

@billiegiese1206 2 года назад

Oh, I would love to join you all even though I can't sing!!! Ya'll are awesome and very fun.

@FilthyCasualHobbies 2 года назад

So awesome! This is the best!!

@user-sd1kz1kd7i 8 месяцев назад

Marvellous! Many thanks.

@jenfnp 5 дней назад

Great job you guys! From a west coast elite UU!

@feelgoodyogautah2662 2 года назад

Laughing! So excellent!

@tamrah.ratieta1246 2 года назад

Absolutely love this!💜 thank you! 💛

@lindamalone2538 2 года назад

What Fun, Thank You 💖

@katheriner.5497 2 года назад

This is 100% spot-on and brilliant!!

@danielponder690 2 года назад

I was born in Romania, but not the Transylvanian province; great parody! (contrafactum technically)

@rachelbs 2 года назад

Well done!

@christakimoto8425 2 года назад

This was really good! Thank you!

@notlih11 2 года назад

Very clever and well performed. Thank you.

@katesanders6255 2 месяца назад

Truly fabulous! And very true!

@kerry-annek5378 2 года назад

Great! Great! Great! Thanks from a Gilbert and Sullivan fan from Montreal!

@MichaelFergusonVideos 2 года назад

This is soooo great! Luv it!

@Ali-aliraqi7000 Год назад

God bless you all

@scottcourtney8878 2 года назад

Mad propz from a Unitarian from Ohio. Extra credit for the person with the King Crimson t-shirt, who is thereby shown to possess keen artistic appreciation of the finer things in life. :D

@rebeccaheal6816 2 года назад

This is Becky Heal, the producer, and director and our King-Crimson-t-shirt-wearing contrarian (who is very much a contrarian) is Bill Reed, a painter. He is singing in front of one of his paintings that graces our copy room. I'll tell him that there is an Ohioan who is as hip as he is. He won't believe me. He is a contrarian.

@janetbeatrice9505 2 года назад

I was very into King Crimson back in - I think the 80s? So it was fun to see his t-shirt after all these decades and a good reminder.

@joanmcallister4525 Год назад

AWESOME!!!

@healingfear 2 года назад

Hey nice King Crimson shirt!

@MefistofelesLoge9 3 месяца назад

Wow this is really amazing!

@peck9197 Год назад

This video was shown at a talent show at our UUCD church in Duluth, MN, and we were on the floor laughing. Truth in laughter. Thank you so much to our loving UU's in Salt Lake City? Wow! We really are everywhere!

@Chris_Cross 3 месяца назад

The fact that they got a bunch of old people to agree to make this is astounding.

@benazeman 2 года назад

Nice work friends!

@NeverlandSystemPunkGirlChloe 2 года назад

I laughed so hard I was crying. This was sooooo brilliant and hilarious!

@officialxverzusz 2 месяца назад

2:18 I love the verse after the perfectly cut scream -

@justinhowell8873 6 месяцев назад

I love it!!!!!

@akishawky8092 2 года назад

oh my god this is amazing thanks for making this video

@carolgable7051 2 года назад

fabulous, thanks for the laugh, much appreciated!

@sharonb1371 2 года назад

Love it! I grew up here at this church in SLC and so I really appreciate seeing this place is thriving as it always has and hopefully always will! Glad you haven’t change a thing. Keep that red shade of carpet even if you have to replace it 100 times. It just wouldn’t be the same without it! 🤣

@youaregodspursuit 9 месяцев назад

It is not a church ... it is a temple to Satan who satisfies every itchy ear. Take a moment and read 2 Timothy 4:3 these folks are living this out.

@AdrianDeVore 2 года назад

Nailed it!

@nancywillson6086 2 года назад

How wonderfully hilarious. Thank you Salt Lake City!

@joselugo2514 5 месяцев назад

Well, that was... quite lovely

@ericturner7173 3 месяца назад

And THIS is why I'm a Unitarian. This is brilliant. I wish I had seen this before. Thanks for sharing this. But I'm glad I immigrated to Pennsylvania from Massachusetts instead of Utah... 🙂

@markkleiner157 2 года назад

Bravo! The great secret of the 21st Century: belonging to a live-giving church community is FUNNER than the alternative(s), and this video proves it! And speaking of alternatives, yes I am inspired to get a Beyond Meat burger and give this another spin. Thank you, FUC of SC!

@susancpotter4230 2 года назад

That was excellent. We need to show the world that Utah does actually have a sense of humor!

@BridgetteRaes 2 года назад

I LOVE how we can laugh at ourselves. 😂😂😂

@bobbiemulholland3506 2 года назад

I've liked what I have seen of the Unitarians - they really went right up in my esteem when being hosted in Connecticut and we were taken to the local Unitarian church where the animals were being blessed. In Australia, I truly can't imagine any church would invite the animals along, let alone have them sitting on the pews! Unfortunately, I have been unable to find a Unitarian church in our area. I'm not sure how 'big' they are in Australia.

@janetbeatrice9505 2 года назад

If you can stream services from other countries, you might be able to find one you can attend virtually (at least during the pandemic, although my church might continue to offer virtual services now that we've become experts).