Order of Service, January 4, 2015 "Bless You!"
Date of Service:
January 4, 2015
*Gathering Hymn We Give Thanks arr. Susan Peck
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 We Shall Overcome arr. DeReau K. Farrar
Welcome Nica Eaton-Guinn
Chalice Lighting Paice Van Ooyen, YRUU Youth Group (Young Religious UUs)
*Opening Hymn #347 Gather the Spirit
*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.
Offering for the Westside Food Bank and Turning Point
*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.
Time for All Ages Catherine Farmer-Loya
Song of Blessing Go Your Way In Peace Jim Scott
Go your way in peace, wander as you may.
Blessed is the path you take, may love guide you on your way.
Comfort find in truth, may your struggles cease.
May the fire within your heart light the way of peace.
Life Together
Offering Just As Soon Beverly Crawford
Responsive Reading #728 Blessed are Those Rev. John Buehrens
Devotional Time Nica Eaton-Guinn
Silence
Sung Response Filled With Loving Kindness Ian W. Riddell
May I/you/we be filled with loving kindness.
May I/you/we be well.
May I/you/we be filled with loving kindness.
May I/you/we be well.
May I/you/we be peaceful and at ease.
May I/you/we be whole.
Music for the Morning Let it Rain Michael Farren
Sermon Bless You! Nica Eaton-Guinn
*Closing Hymn #1064 Blue Boat Home
*Benediction Nica Eaton-Guinn
Musical Response You Covered Me Donald Lawrence
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Service Notes
Special thanks and welcome back to our guest musicians, Selah Gospel Choir. Selah Gospel Choir is a
community gospel choir based out of Pasadena. The choir was founded in 2007 with the vision of
creating a space for all people to be able to sing gospel music, regardless of their own faith identities
and backgrounds.
Thank you to our service participants: Nancy Babbitt, Tom Early, Sanna Egan, Tom Foretich, Denise
Helton, Barbara Kernochan, Diane Macunovich, Peggy Rhoads, Kit Shaw, Linda Van Ligten, Alicia
Van Ooyen, Paice Van Ooyen & Greg Wood.
This month, 60% of our 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.
