Order of Service - January 31, 2016 "True or False"
Date of Service:
January 31, 2016
January 31, 2016 The Quest for Truth
The opposite of a fact is falsehood,
but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.
- Niels Bohr, physicist
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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 Prayer of the Children Kurt Bestor
Welcome Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
Chalice Lighting Ned Wright
*Opening Hymn #1028 The Fire of Commitment
*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 The Everything Seed Rev. Carole Martignacco
Nalani Santiago-Kalmanson (9am)
Lia Cranis (11am)
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 Congregational Conversations
Tom Peters, Committee on Ministry
Offering You Make it Real James Morrison & Paul Barry
Devotional Time
Sung Response Spirit of Life Carolyn McDade
Spirit of life, come unto me.
Sing in my heart all the stirrings of compassion.
Blow in the wind, rise in the sea;
Move in the hand, giving life the shape of justice.
Roots hold me close, wings set me free;
Spirit of life, come to me, come to me.
Responsive Reading #659 For You Walt Whitman
Music for the Morning I Want to Know Daniel Gledhill
Sermon True or False Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
*Closing Hymn #324 Where My Free Spirit Onward Leads
*Benediction
Musical Response There’s Been a Change in Me, Beauty and the Beast Alan Menken
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Bryan Cahill, fUUsion ℅ Karen Patterson
Ushers: Tom Early, Tom Foretich, Barbara Kernochan & Rick Rhoads
Coffee: Jila Tayefehnowrooz , Alicia Van Ooyen & Jennifer Westbay
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.