August 31, 2014

 

Gathering Hymn                                            For the earth forever turning; for the skies, for every sea;

                                                                         For our lives for all we cherish, sing we our joyful song of peace.

 

Call to Worship                                             Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur and Nica Eaton-Guinn, Intern Minister

 

Prelude                                                           Merak Angelo                                                                                Traditional

 

Opening Hymn                                              #41 You That Have Spent the Silent Night

 

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 and Turning Point

 

Story For All Ages                                            Grandpa Tree, by Mike Donahue

                                                                            told by Beth Brownlie-Oakes

 

Song of Blessing                                            For the mountains, hills, and pastures in their silent majesty;

                                                                           For the stars, for all the heavens, sing we our joyful song of peace.

 

A Time for Community

 

Offertory                                                            Sekar Sungsang                                                                            Traditional

 

Devotional Time

Sung Response                                              When I breathe in, I breathe in peace.

                                                                            When I breathe out, I breathe out love.

 

Responsive Reading                                     #478 A Prayer of Sorrow           U.N. Environmental Sabbath Program

 

Music for the Morning                                     Dalang Ngidih Nasi

 

Sermon                                                              Peace and Rest                                             Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

 

Closing Hymn                                                  #163 For the Earth Forever Turning (vs. 3-4)

 

Benediction

 

Postlude                                                            Rebon                                                                                              Traditional

 

 

Service participants: Nancy Babbitt, Leonard Cachola, Bryan Cahill, Melinda Ewen, Tom Foretich, Patrick

Meighan, Rick Rhoads, Jila Tayefehnowrooz

 

Floral Dedication: "Our wonderful last summer together was done, so you left us today, but you have not

left our hearts and memories." Dedicated to Malcolm Hansen Brownlie, July 1, 1930 - August 31, 2012.

Loving Father, Husband, Grandfather, and friend to all souls he met.

~ From Joanne, Beth, Tom, Bryan, Alex, Spencer, and Ian

 

Thank you to Hirotaka and Anna Inuzuka for their contributions of traditional Gamelan Gender Wayang

music to our service. Gamelan Gender Wayang is one of the oldest Gamelan found in Bali and largely

known to the West for accompanying Balinese shadow puppet theater. It is also played at various

Balinese-Hindu rites of passage such as first birthday, tooth filing, and cremation ceremonies. Hiro and

Anna have been performing together on stage, in workshops, and in ceremonies in the United States and

Bali since 2009.

 

Our Community Offering for the Sunday before Labor Day will go to Clergy and Laity United for

Economic Justice-Los Angeles (CLUE-LA). CLUE-LA was founded in 1996 to bring together clergy and lay

leaders of all faiths to join low-wage workers in their struggles for justice. Our church’s goal is to recruit

10 volunteers to expand our partnership with workers and CLUE by Sept 21 - contact Rick Rhoads at

fia@uusm.org.

 

The sun rose today at 6:27am and will set at 7:20pm

Waning crescent moon

High tide at 1:09am and 1:18pm