Order of Service: Jan 1, 2017 - Kwanzaa
Date of Service:
January 1, 2017
January 1, 2017 Kwanzaa
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*Gathering Hymn #1010 We Give Thanks
Oh, we give thanks for this precious day
For all gathered here, and those far away
For this time we share, with love and care
Oh, we give thanks for this precious day.
Prelude Hymn to Joy Beethoven; arr. Dr. Zanaida Robles
Welcome Rev. Dr. Kikanza Nuri-Robins
Chalice Lighting In the spirit of our 1st Principle:
The inherent worth and dignity of every person
And Kujichagulia - Self Determination
*Opening Hymn #1022 Open the Window
*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
In the spirit of our 7th Principle:
Respect for the interdependence web of all existence
of which we are a part.
And Ujima - Collective Work and Responsibility
Time for All Ages What is your job? Rev. Dr. Kikanza Nuri Robins
In the spirit of our 2nd Principle:
Justice, equity and compassion in human relations
And Nia - Purpose
Song of Blessing #118 This Little Light of Mine
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine. (x3)
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.
Everywhere I go, I’m gonna let it shine. (x3)
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.
Life To gether In the spirit of Umoja - Unity
Offering Kuumba (Creativity) Dr. Zanaida Robles
In the spirit of Ujamaa - Cooperative Economics
Devotional Time In the spirit of our 4th Principle:
A free and responsible search for truth and meaning
#600 The Space Within Lao-Tse
Thirty spokes share the wheel’s hub;
it is the center hole that makes it useful.
Shape clay into a vessel;
it is the space within that makes it useful.
Cut doors and windows for a room;
it is the holes that make it useful.
Therefore profit comes from what is there;
Usefulness from what is not there.
Question What do the symbols in your home say about you & what you believe?
Silence
Sung Response #1013 Open My Heart
Open my heart to all that I seek
Let me be part of the love you give.
Music for the Morning Toccata Aram Khachaturian
Homily Lessons of Kwanzaa Rev. Dr. Kikanza Nuri-Robins,
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
In the spirit of our Covenant and Imani - Faith
*Closing Hymn #318 We Would Be One
*Benediction
Musical Response Umoja (Unity)
In the spirit of our 6th Principle:
The goal of world community with peace liberty and justice for all
And Umoja - Unity
*Please rise in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Tom Foretich, Barbara Gibbs & Denise Helton
Ushers: Tom Early, Peggy Kharraz, Dan Patterson & Ned Wright
Coffee: Deirdre Dietel, Peggy Rhoads & Alicia van Ooyen
Welcome Table: Linda van Ligten
Bookstore: Sarah Harper
Service Notes
Today 40% of our non-pledge offering will go to the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, (UUSC), to advance human rights and social justice in the United States and around the world. The work of the UU Service Committee is built on the conviction that all people are entitled to basic human rights, which transcend divisions of class, race, nationality, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, and gender. We envision a world free from oppression and injustice, where all can realize their full human rights.
The Seven Principles of Kwanzaa are:
● Umoja – Unity
To strive for and maintain unity in the family, community, and culture
● Kujichagulia – Self Determination
To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves and speak for ourselves.
● Ujima – Collective Work and Responsibility: To build and maintain our community together and to
Make our brothers and sisters problems our problems and solve them together
● Ujamaa – Cooperative Economics: To build and maintain business and relationships and profit
from them together
● Nia – Purpose: To make our collective vocation the building and development of our communities
● Kuumba – Creativity: To do as much as we can to leave our community more beautiful and
valuable than we inherited it.
● Imani – Faith: To believe with all our heart in our people our parents our teachers and our leaders
and our work together to improve all.