August 5, 2018                                                                                                    “Poetry of Mindfulness”

Flow down and down in always widening rings of being   ~Rumi

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*Gathering Hymn                           #188 Come, Come, Whoever You Are   

Call to Worship                                Dorothy Steinicke, Worship Associate

Chalice Lighting                              The Way It Is                                                                                 Lynn Ungar

Music for the Morning                      Nocturne in F minor, Op.51                                               Friedrich Chopin

Welcome  

*Opening Hymn                              #326 Let All the Beauty We Have Known   

*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 sun

                                                          Through every land, by every tongue.

Offering for the Westside Food Bank   

Time for All Ages                               Pigs in the Mud in the Middle of the Rud                              Lynn Plourde

*Song of Blessing                              #368 Now Let Us Sing

Life Together   

Offering   

Offertory Anthem                                   Minuet in D                                                                                  J.S. Bach

Devotional Time

Reading                                               The Cure for It All                                                          Julia Fehrenbacher

Silence   

Presentation Part 1                              The Poetry of Mindfulness                                                    Rima Snyder

                                                             Under Ideal Conditions    Al Zolynas

                                                             The Second Music    Annie Lighthart

                                                             Blackbirds    Julie Cadwallader Staub

Musical Response       

Presentation Part 2                                                                                                                         Dorothy Steinicke

                                                             Because even the word obstacle is an obstacle           Alison Luterman

                                                             Savasana: Corpse Pose                                Maryanne Murphy Zarzana

Going Deeper

*Closing Hymn                                   #352  Find a Stillness

*Benediction   

Musical Benediction   

Invitation to Fellowship

*Please stand in body or in spirit

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Greeters:                  Barbara & Kim Andres, Tom Foretich & Denise Helton

Ushers:                     Linda van Ligten & Greg Wood

Coffee:                      Deirdre Dietel, Kit Shaw & Alicia Van Ooyen

Welcome Table:      Barbara Gibbs & Linda van Ligten

Bookstore:               Sarah Harper

Service Notes

Today, 40% of our offering will go to to The Unitarian Universalist College of Social Justice. The UUCSJ creates valuable, experiential learning opportunities that use multiple learning modalities: books, lectures, classes, movies, conversations — and, of course, by direct experience with people from other cultures.  In this moment of rising xenophobia and threats against basic human rights, UUCSJ trips to the border build experiential learning relationships with immigrants and grassroots partners to reveal the depth of the immigration crisis firsthand.  These stories give a firsthand account of the challenges that exist across race, class, power, and privilege. This offering goes to scholarships – perhaps for someone in this community – to learn how UU principles are being employed to change lives. Please give generously!

Our presenters today are Rima Snyder and Dorothy Steinicke. Rima and her husband, Norb Gallery, have been members of UUSM since 2006 and both sing in the choir. Rima is a freelance audio engineer, composer, and poetry fan. She and Norb live in Culver City. Dorothy has been a member of UUSM since 1998 and has been an RE teacher for almost that long. Her two daughters, Emily and Madeline Hero came up through our RE programs.