August 12, 2018                                                                          “How Can We Support the Parents Among Us?”

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

*Gathering Hymn                               #361 Enter, Rejoice, and Come In   

Call to Worship                                  Leon Henderson-MacLennan, Worship Associate

Chalice Lighting                                 Reminder of the Inner Light                           Leon Henderson-MacLennan

Music for the Morning                        Alone with Mother                                                     by S. Coleridge-Taylor

                                                          with Dr. Zanaida Robles, soprano

Welcome   

*Opening Hymn                                   #66 When the Summer Sun Is Shining   

*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                                      Make Way for Ducklings                                      by Robert McCloskey

Song of Blessing                                      #368 Now Let Us Sing

Life Together   

Offering                                                   Today’s offering will go to de Benneville Pines

Offertory Anthem                                    O Mio Babbino Caro                               from Gianni Schicchi by Puccini 

                                                              with Dr. Zanaida Robles, soprano

Prayer

Guided Meditation                                                                                                                        Dorothy Steinicke

Silence   

Musical Response   

   
Sermon                                              How Can We Support the Parents Among Us?                 Dorothy Steinicke          

Going Deeper   

*Closing Hymn                                   #1051 We Are

*Benediction                                                                                                                                   Dorothy Steinicke

Invitation to Fellowship

*Please stand in body or in spirit

❦ ❦ ❦ ❦

Greeters:                   Dwight Flowers, Barbara Gibbs & Katie Malich    

Ushers:                     Tom Early & Nina Emerson

Coffee:                       Phyllis Kory & Linda van Ligten

Welcome Table:       Sheila Cummins & Barbara Gibbs

Bookstore:                Sarah Harper

Service Notes

Today, 40% of our offering will go to Camp de Benneville Pines. For nearly 60 years de Benneville Pines has been trying to provide and atmosphere and an opportunity for  all ages to participate together in learning, play, renewal and creating moments of great meaning. 'Camp' is for parents who want to believe and understand how it's possible for a community to help teach, mentor, nurture and love their child.  It is for kids that need moments of laughter, magic and memories of being beloved by more than those few people who are in their immediate family. This morning's offering is to make sure that those people who, because of financial limitations, might not have the opportunity to experience  the magic of camp. Please help make that possible. Please give generously.

In the Pulpit: Dorothy Steinicke is in her first year as a Worship Associate. She has been a member of this church for 19 years and an RE teacher for almost that long. Her two daughters, Emily and Madeline Hero came up through our RE programs. She is very involved in leading children on nature hikes in the mountains, wetlands and beaches. She worked for more than 30 years as an assistant director in television production and for more than 10 years before that as a paramedic.

In the Pulpit: Leon Henderson-MacLennan is a second year Worship Associate at UUSM. At the Church, he facilitates “Build Your Own Theology - Ethics,” Our Whole Lives, and “Lessons of Loss” courses. Dr. Henderson-MacLennan has been a member of the Right Relations, Pulpit, and Religious Exploration Committees, and has facilitated the Soul Works course. His wife, Nicole, a lifetime UU, introduced him to UUism in 2003. Daughters Maribel and Gabriela were dedicated  to the Church in 2007 and 2010, respectively. He is a practicing physician-geneticist and biomedical consultant.