Order of Service, January 10, 2016 - "First Things"
Date of Service:
January 10, 2016
January 10, 2016
Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how.
The moment you know how, you begin to die a little. The artist never entirely knows.
We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark.
- Agnes de Mille, dancer and choreographer
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*Gathering Hymn We Would Be One Jean Sibelius
We would be one as now we join in singing
our hymn of love, to pledge ourselves anew
to that high cause of greater understanding
of who we are, and what in us is true.
We would be one in living for each other
To show to all a new community.
Prelude Starting Anew (9am) Daniel Gledhill
Ahrirang (11am) arr. Robert DeCormier
Welcome Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
Chalice Lighting Committee on Ministry
Leon Henderson-MacLennan
*Opening Hymn #299 Make Channels for the Streams of Love
*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
Welcoming Religious Education Staff
Time for All Ages The Treasure Uri Shulevitz
Song of Blessing Spirit of Truth, of Life, of Power Lowell Mason
Spirit of truth, of life, of power, we bring ourselves as gifts to thee:
Oh, bind our hearts this sacred hour in faith and hope and charity.
Life Together
Pulpit Message Heart to Heart Circles
Pat Gomez (11am)
Offering Pavane, Op. 50 (9am) Gabriel Fauré
Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life (11am) Robert Clements
Devotional Time
Sung Response Meditation on Breathing Sarah Dan Jones
When I breathe in, I breathe in peace.
When I breathe out, I breathe out love.
Responsive Reading #659 For You Walt Whitman
Music for the Morning Now We’re Starting Over Again (9am) Natalie Cole
The True Knowledge (11am) John Biggs
Sermon First Things Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
*Closing Hymn #295 Sing Out Praises for the Journey
*Benediction
Musical Response There’s Been a Change in Me, Beauty and the Beast (9am) A. Menken
Amen, Alleluia (11am) Bart Bradfield
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Dwight Flowers, Barbara Gibbs & Katie Malich
Ushers: David Goetz, Barbara Kernochan, Dan Paterson & Kit Shaw
Coffee: Jonathan Bijur, Deirdre Dietel & Jila Tayefehnowrooz
Bookstore: Mark Warkentin
Service Notes
Today’s Community Offering will go to the UU Service Committee 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.