December 3, 2017                                                                                     “What Are You Waiting For?”

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

 

Call to Worship                                        Joyce Holmen, Worship Associate

 

Chalice Lighting

 

Music for the Morning                               Prepare the Way (9am)                                           by Zanaida Robles

                                                                  The Lamb (11am)                                                       by Daron Hagan

 

Welcome

 

*Opening Hymn                                       #226 People, Look East

 

*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                                           While You Wait                                                          Kathleen Hogue

 

Song of Blessing                                           #395 Sing and Rejoice

 

Life Together

 

Offering                                                         Today we are donating to the Westside Food Bank.

 

Offertory Anthem                                           Liebe                                                                         by Edvard Grieg

 

Reading                                                                                                                              Rev. Kikanza Nuri-Robins

 

Musical Interlude

 

Guided Meditation                                In the quietness of this place, surrounded by the all pervading

                                                              presence of the Holy, my heart whispers: Keep fresh before me the

                                                              moments of my High Resolve, that in good times or in tempests,

                                                              I may not forget that to which my life is committed. Keep fresh

                                                              before me the moments of my high resolve.

                                                                                                                                                   By Howard Thurman

 

Sermon                                                What Are You Waiting For?                                 Rev. Kikanza Nuri-Robins

 

Going Deeper                                       What are YOU waiting for?

                                                             What will you do while you wait?

 

*Closing Hymn                                     #194 Faith Is a Forest

 

*Extinguishing the Chalice, Benediction                                                                             Rev. Kikanza Nuri-Robins

 

Invitation to Fellowship

 

*Please stand in body or in spirit

 

 

Greeters:                       Denise Helton (9am); Kim & Barbara Andres, Tom Foretich (11am);

Ushers:                          David Goetz & Barbara Kernochan (9am); Linda van Ligten & Greg Wood (11am)

Coffee:                           Kit Shaw & Alicia van Ooyen (9am); Deirdre Dietel (11am)

Welcome Table:             Barbara Gibbs (9am); Linda van Ligten (11am)

Bookstore:                      Sarah Harper (9am & 11am)

 

 

Today, 40% of our non-pledge offering will go to the Westside Food Bank . The need for food assistance in our area is up by over 85% since the start of the Great Recession. Westside Food Bank’s mission is to distribute as much food as possible to local agencies with food assistance programs. As the food bank warehouse for the Westside since 1981, they annually distribute 4.5 million pounds of food to over 70 local social service agencies.

 

Rev. Kikanza Nuri-Robins works as an organization development consultant for mission-driven organizations. She is ordained by the Presbyterian Church and has a certificate in UU Studies from Starr King School for the Ministry. She came to UUSM to visit and liked it so much she stayed. She serves us now as a member of the board and as co-leader of the contemplative worship service.