Order of Service - April 8, 2018 "Can You Hear Me Now?"

Date of Service: 
April 8, 2018
 
               April 8, 2018                                                                                                   “Can You Hear Me Now?”
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*Gathering Hymn                                       #1000 Morning Has Come
 
Call to Worship                                          Rima Snyder, Worship Associate
 
Chalice Lighting                                                                                                                       Ralph Waldo Emerson
 
Music for the Morning                                When I Am Frightened (9am)                                      Shelley Denham
                                                                        James Hayden, bass arr. Gagne
                                                                  Alleluia (11am)                                                               Zanaida Robles
 
Welcome
 
*Opening Hymn                                           #1029 Love Knocks & Waits for Us to Hear
 
*Covenant                                                  Love is the doctrine of this church.
                                                                   The quest for truth is its sacrament,
                                                                   And service is its prayer.
                                                                   To dwell together in peace,
                                                                   To seek knowledge in freedom,
                                                                   To serve humankind in fellowship,
                                                                   Thus do we covenant with each other.
 
*Hymn of Praise                                          From all that dwell below the skies
                                                                    Let songs of hope and faith arise
                                                                    Let peace, goodwill on earth be sung
                                                                    Through every land, by every tongue.
 
Offering for the Westside Food Bank
 
Time for All Ages                                          Forgive & Let Go!                                                      Cheri J. Meiners
 
*Song of Blessing                                       #366 Heleluyan
                                                                   Heleluyan, heleluyan, hele,heleluyan,
                                                                   Heleluyan, heleluyan, hele,heleluyan.
 
Life Together
 
Offering
 
Offertory Anthem                                       Now the Green Blade Riseth (9am)                            Medieval French
                                                                  Harmony (11am)                                                                      Jim Scott
 
Devotional Time
 
Reading / Reflection                                  Untitled                                                                                 Jeff Brown
 
Pastoral Prayer
 
Silence
 
Musical Response
 
Sermon                                                    Can You Hear Me Now?                                                      Margot Page
 
Going Deeper
 
*Closing Hymn                                       #83 Winds Be Still
 
*Benediction
 
Musical Benediction
 
Invitation to Fellowship
 
*Please stand in body or in spirit
 
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Greeters: Dwight Flowers (9am); Barbara Gibbs & Katie Malich (11am)
Ushers: David Goetz & Barbara Kernochan (9am); Hugo Contreras & Nina Emerson (11am)
Coffee: Phyllis Kory (9am); Barbara & Kim Andres and Linda van Ligten
Welcome Table: Barbara Gibbs (9am); Sheila Cummins (11am)
Bookstore: Sarah Harper (9am & 11am)
 
Service Notes
 
Today, 40% of our offering will go to a new program here at UUSM: the Second Sunday Supper
Service Project. When we started Second Sunday Supper some time ago, it seemed like it was a
great way to bring the community together. What we discovered, over time, was that our efforts
have turned into a little bit of an outreach effort. Half of the people who come are not members but
people who know the church who are hungry for community, hungry for socialization or just hungry
in general. We get to know our neighbors and more about our neighborhood as well as provide a few
opportunities for the under-employed to earn some food money by helping with clean up. This is a
great opportunity for us to directly serve our neighborhood and break down the barriers between
people. Please give generously.
 
 
The UUSM Accompanist Search Task Force spent three months conducting a thorough search which
yielded three outstanding finalists and resulted in a very challenging discernment period. I am
pleased to announce that the Accompanist Search Task Force successfully completed its task and
that Ryan Humphrey accepted our invitation to be our new Church Accompanist.
 
Ryan grew up in a UU church, and was the Director of Music and accompanist for First Unitarian
Church of Los Angeles. But the UU Santa Monica congregation has long held a warm place in his
heart. Ryan recalls several collaborations between First Church and UUSM while sharing DeReau
Farrar as choir director. In addition, some years back Ryan also sat in as accompanist for a UUSM
choir retreat where DeReau brought in Zanaida Robles as guest conductor. And before landing his
position at First Church LA, Ryan used to sub for Louis Durra at UU Santa Monica and even served as
something of an unofficial interim accompanist under director Seth Houston after Louis’s
departure.
 
Today is Ryan's first official Sunday with us in his new capacity. Please join me in officially
welcoming Ryan Humphrey to UUSM as our new "permanent" Church Accompanist!
                                                                                                                                     ~ Dr. Zanaida Robles