February 26, 2017

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

                                                             Come, come, whoever you are,

                                                             Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving

                                                             Ours is no caravan of despair

                                                             Come, yet again, come

 

Prelude                                               Dickinson College                                        Lee Hastings Bristol, Jr.; arr. Gledhill

 

Welcome

 

Chalice Lighting                             James Witker

 

*Opening Hymn                               #149 Lift Every Voice and Sing

 

*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                                                                                                                                            Kathleen Hogue

 

Song of Blessing                                #414 As We Leave This Friendly Place

                                                               As we leave this friendly place, love give light to every face;

                                                              May the kindness which we learn, light our hearts till we return.

 

Life Together

 

Pulpit Messages                                Melinda Ewen, Dining for Dollars Silent Auction Fundraiser

                                                              Kikanza J. Nuri-Robins, Board of Directors

 

Gift for OPCC                                      Kit Shaw, Stewardship Committee & John Maceri, OPCC

 

Offering                                                Deep River                                                            Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (9am)

                                                                                                                                                             Alexander Blake (11am)

 

Devotional Time                                 Fragile and Rooted                                                        Rev. Carolyn Owen-Towle

 

Silence

 

Sung Response                                 #1007 There’s a River Flowin’ in My Soul

 

Responsive Reading                        #490 Wild Geese

 

Music for the Morning                       Witness                                                                                                   Hall Johnson

 

Sermon                                                Hearing the Call of Wild Geese                                      Rev. Anne Felton Hines

 

*Closing Hymn                                 #346 Come, Sing a Song with Me

 

*Benediction

 

*Musical Response                         Ubi Caritas

                                                                Ubi caritas et amor,

                                                                Deus ibi est.

 

*Please stand in body or in spirit

 

Greeters:                                             Wendi Gladstone, Kris Langabeer, Michael Young & Steve Young

Ushers:                                                Tom Early, Tom Foretich, David Goetz & Rick Rhoads

Coffee:                                                 Barbara Andres, Kim Andres, Sheila Bjornlie, Leah Moore & Sylvia Young

Welcome Table:                                  Barbara Gibbs

Bookstore:                                           Sarah Harper

 

Today 40% of our non-pledge offering will go to Turning Point, a program of OPCC. Turning Point

Transitional Housing was established in 1983 as a 55-bed shelter for homeless men and women in

Santa Monica. In addition to an individual sleeping area, three meals a day and clothing, Turning

Point provides intensive case management, counseling and support groups, specialized programs

such as job counseling, money management, health education, computer classes and independent

living skills. If you are homeless and would like to be considered for residency at Turning Point, please

contact OPCC at (310) 450-4050.

 

To honor African American Heritage Month, in February our opening hymn will be Lift Every Voice

and Sing. Often called the Black National Anthem, this hymn is a setting of a poem that was

originally written to honor President Lincoln in 1899. There is something profound about reciting this

text anytime topics such as oppression, justice, or activism enter the conversation. It is a text that

calls us toward the pursuit of liberty for all, while rejoicing in the progress we have made and

honoring those lives that have been and will be lost to the struggle.

 

Rev. Anne Hines retired last summer (for the second time!) after more than 30 years of parish

ministry, all within our Pacific Southwest District. In 2015, Emerson UU Church in Canoga Park

bestowed on her the honor of Minister Emerita. She now serves as one of the UUA Pacific Western

Region’s Ministerial Transition Coaches. At home, she enjoys playing piano and spending time with

her family.

 

Ubi Caritas translation:

Where charity and love are,

There is God.