*Gathering Hymn                                       O come, O come, Emmanuel, and with your captive children dwell.

                                                                       Give comfort to all exiles here, and to the aching heart bid cheer.

                                                                       Rejoice! Rejoice!

                                                                       Emmanuel shall come within as Love to dwell.

 

Prelude                                                         Prelude No. 2 in C minor (9am)                            Johann Sebastian Bach

                                                                       Kua Rongo Mai Koe (11am)                                                arr. Eddie Quaid

 

Welcome

 

Chalice Lighting                                         Frederick Kafka, YRUU Youth Group (Young Religious UUs)

 

*Opening Hymn                                          #1000 Morning Has Come

 

*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

 

Time for All Ages                                        Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge                                               Mem Fox

 

Song of Blessing                                        This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine…

                                                                       Everywhere I go, I’m gonna let it shine...

 

Life Together

 

Offering                                                       Looking Forward (9am)                                                             Daniel Gledhill

                                                                     Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal (11am)                                  Michael Larkin

 

Devotional Time

 

Silence

 

Sung Response                                        #123 Spirit of Life

 

Reading                                                     A Caregiver’s Bill of Rights                                                               Jo Horne

 

Music for the Morning                              When You Believe, The Prince of Egypt                         Stephen Schwartz

 

Sermon                                                       A Caregiver’s Bill of Rights                            Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

 

*Closing Hymn                                         #346 Come Sing A Song With Me

 

*Benediction

 

Musical Response                                   Somewhere Over the Rainbow, The Wizard of Oz (9am)      Harold Arlen

                                                                     Irish Blessing (11am)                                                                    Bob Chilcott

 

*Please stand in body or in spirit

 

 

 

 

A Caregiver's Bill of Rights, by Jo Horne

I have the right:

● To take care of myself. This is not an act of selfishness. It will give me the capability of taking better

care of my loved one.

● To seek help from others even though my loved ones may object. I recognize the limits of my own

endurance and strength.

● To maintain facets of my own life that do not include the person I care for, just as I would if he or

she were healthy. I know that I do everything that I reasonably can for this person, and I have the

right to do some things just for myself.

● To get angry, be depressed, and express other difficult feelings occasionally.

● To reject any attempts by my loved one (either conscious or unconscious) to manipulate me through

guilt, and/or depression.

● To receive consideration, affection, forgiveness, and acceptance for what I do, from my loved ones,

for as long as I offer these qualities in return.

● To take pride in what I am accomplishing and to applaud the courage it has sometimes taken to

meet the needs of my loved one.

● To protect my individuality and my right to make a life for myself that will sustain me in the time

when my loved one no longer need my full-time help.

● To expect and demand that as new strides are made in finding resources to aid physically and

mentally impaired persons in our country, similar strides will be made towards aiding and

supporting caregivers.

 

Thank you to our service participants: Nancy Babbitt, Tom Early, Sanna Egan, Tom Foretich, Denise

Helton, Barbara Kernochan, Phyllis Kory, Robert Kory, Diane Macunovich, Dan Patterson, Peggy

Rhoads, Rima Snyder & Ned Wright.

 

Today’s Community Offering will go to the Ocean Park Community Center (OPCC). OPCC

empowers people to rebuild their lives, with the goal of ending-- not simply managing -- human

suffering. OPCC is an independent, community-supported organization in which staff, volunteers and

clients work with mutual respect to address the effects of poverty, abuse, neglect and discrimination.

The agency's programs are designed to remove barriers to access the resources individuals need to

ensure their survival, end their victimization and improve their quality of life.

 

Cover image from Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? A Memoir by Roz Chast, p 146.