July 10, 2016                                                                                                                                  Choose Love

*Gathering Hymn                                    Come, Come, Whoever You Are                                          Lynn Adair Ungar

                                                                   Come, come, whoever you are,

                                                                   Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving.

                                                                   Ours is no caravan of despair.

                                                                   Come, yet again come.

 

                                                                   Ven, ven, cual eres, ven,

                                                                   Nómada͜ en búsqueda, si͜ amas la vida.

                                                                   La nuestra͜ es la caravana de͜ amor.

                                                                   Ven, otra vez ven.

 

Prelude

 

Welcome

 

Chalice Lighting                                     Paice van Ooyen

 

*Opening Hymn                                     #121 We’ll Build A Land

 

*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

 

Song of Blessing                                    This Little Light of Mine                                                                         Traditional

                                                                  This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine…

                                                                  Everywhere I go, I’m gonna let it shine...

 

Life Together

 

Appreciation                                           Religious Education Committee

                                                                  Liza Cranis

 

Offering

 

Devotional Time

 

Silence

 

Sung Response                                    #6 Just As Long As I Have Breath

 

Responsive Reading                          #657 It Matters What We Believe                                           Sophia Lyon Fahs

 

Music for the Morning

 

Conversation                                        Catherine Farmer Loya & Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

 

*Closing Hymn                                    #131 Love Will Guide Us

 

*Benediction

 

Musical Response

 

*Please stand in body or in spirit

 

Greeters:                                                Dwight Flowers, Katie Malich & Jila Tayefehnowrooz

Ushers:                                                   David Goetz & Barbara Kernochan

Coffee:                                                    Phyllis Kory, Jila Tayefehnowrooz & Linda van Ligten

Bookstore:                                             Mark Warkentin

 

Today 40% of our non-pledge offering will go to UCLArts and Healing to transform lives through

creative expression by amplifying the innate benefits of the arts with mental health practices.

Through partnerships such as the Creative Minds Projects (CMP) UCLArts and Healing brings together

volunteers and clients through creative expression and the arts at local homeless agencies in West LA

and Venice, PATH West LA, and Safe Place for Youth. UCLArts and Healing also offers a Social

Emotional Arts Certificate Program in interactive and experiential training in maximizing the

social-emotional benefits of art, dance/movement, drumming, music, poetry, theater, and more.

 

Thank you to our guest musician, McCartney Hutchinson. McCartney is a longtime participant in

UUSM’s Children’s RE program, and has been playing trumpet for four years. This fall he will enter

eighth grade at Paul Revere Middle School where he plays in the Revere Advanced Band and in the

Jazz Band. He is excited to begin his second season with the prestigious Los Angeles Youth Orchestra.

LAYO concert dates in the winter and spring will extend into a tour of Italy next summer. You can

catch McCartney and his trumpet at the Camp de Benneville Pines Talent Show or busking, most

afternoons, at Palisades Park. He likes to entertain with the music he plays, and at the same time likes

how it entertains him.