Order of Service                                                                                                           August 3, 2014

 

                                                                           our now and here with paradise)

                                                                            forgetting if, remember yes

                                                                                                              ~ e.e. cummings

 

*** Gathering Hymn                                        Gathered here, in the mystery of the hour,

                                                                            Gathered here in one strong body.

                                                                            Gathered here, in the struggle and the power,

                                                                            Spirit, draw near.

 

*** Please stand in body or spirit.

 

Welcome                                                              Judith Martin-Straw, pulpit host

 

Prelude                                                              “The strings are tuned” from Gipsy songs, Op. 55                    Dvorak

                                                                             Lynn Angebranndt, cello

 

Chalice Lighting                                                Edna Bonacich

 

Opening Hymn #12                                           O Life That Maketh All Things New

Latecomers will be seated.

 

*** 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.

                                                                                                                                 - from the Genevan Psalter

 

Offering for the Westside Food Bank

 

Poems For All Ages                                         from “Where the Sidewalk Ends” ~ Shel Silverstein

                                                                             read by Judith Martin-Straw

 

Song of Blessing                                             Go now in peace, go now in peace.

                                                                             May the spirit of love surround you

                                                                             As you go, as you go, on your way.

                                                                                                                                  - Natalie Sleeth, adapted

 

A Time for Community

 

Offertory                                                              Blue Skies                                                                                    Irving Berlin

                                                                             arranged by Louis Durra & Rima Snyder

 

Because Even the Word Obstacle is an Obstacle                                                                                ~ Alison Luterman

The Journey                                                                                                                                                          ~ David Whyte

                                                                              read by Rima Snyder

 

Responsive Reading                                        #490 Wild Geese                                                                       Mary Oliver

 

Meditation

Sung Response                                                I know this rose will open. I know my fear will burn away.

                                                                              I know my soul will unfurl its wings. I know this rose will open.

 

A Blessing                                                                                                                                                          ~ James Wright

Sonnet 29                                                                                                                                             ~ William Shakespeare

                                                                             read by Judith Martin-Straw

 

Music for the Morning                                      Impermanent Things                                                   Elizabeth Alexander

 

God’s Grandeur                                                                                                                               ~ Gerard Manley Hopkins

Another Reason I Don’t Keep a Gun in the House                                                                                        ~ Billy Collins

                                                                             Read by Edna Bonacich

 

*** Closing Hymn #295                                   Sing Out Praises for the Journey

 

Please remain standing in body or spirit and hold hands for the benediction.

 

*** Benediction & Extinguishing the Chalice

 

Please be seated for the postlude

 

*** Postlude from                                                  Sonata #8, op. 13 (“Pathetique”)                                          Beethoven

 

 

 

Greeters: Beverly Alison, Sanna Egan, Tom Foretich

Ushers: Greg Wood, Linda van Ligten

Coffee: Kit Shaw, Karen Patterson, Peggy Rhoads

Bookstore: Nancy Babbitt

Backyard Bounty: Rima Snyder

Office Volunteer: Laura Eklund

 

 

This month, our Generous Congregation offering will benefit the Camp DeBenneville Pines. DeBenneville Pines

is a UU camp in the San Bernardino National Forest, about 90 miles east of Los Angeles. Since 1962, Unitarian

Universalists have gathered in the pines to experience the wonder of the natural world while deepening their

connections to their faith and one another. This year the all-church camp weekend will be September 12-14,

and registration is now open. Please register with our Camp Dean, Jacki Weber. As with all church programs, if

the registration fee is a barrier to your participation, please let Jacki or the minister know, as scholarships are

available, jacki.weber@gmail.com.

 

Many thanks to our worship leader this week, Rima Snyder, who has been a member since 2006. Many heartfelt

thanks well as to Edna Bonacich and Judith Martin-Straw for presenting their chosen poems.

 

Huge thanks and a warm welcome back to our guest musician this morning, Lynn Angebranndt. Ms.

Angebranndt received her Bachelor of Music in applied cello from The Catholic University, Washington

D.C., and a Master of Fine Arts from the California Institute of the Arts. She has been a guest artist at the

Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival and, for two summers, appeared as a performer for the Arcosanti

Composers Workshop in Arizona with the California E.A.R. Unit. Ms. Angebranndt is currently the

principal cellist of the Westchester/Marina del Rey Orchestra and the Lancaster Symphony. She is the

Strings teacher at Los Angeles Valley College and has been on the faculty of the Gold Coast Chamber

Music Festival since the summer of 2005. Ms. Angebranndt maintains a private teaching studio, is a

board member of the Los Angeles Cello Society, and freelances throughout Southern California.