July 17, 2016

 

*Gathering Hymn                                       Bind Us Together                                                                          Bob Gillman

                                                                      Bind us together, oh bind us together

                                                                      With cords that cannot be broken.

                                                                      Bind us together, oh bind us together

                                                                      Oh, bind us together with love.

 

Prelude

 

Welcome

 

Chalice Lighting                                        Margot Page

 

*Opening Hymn                                        #355 We Lift Our Hearts in Thanks

 

*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                                        Found                                                                                                Salina Yoon

 

Song of Blessing                                       As You Leave This Friendly Place                         Johann Sebastian Bach

                                                                      As you leave this friendly place, love give light to every face;

                                                                      May the kindness which you learn light your hearts ‘til you return.

 

Life Together

 

Pulpit Message                                           Director of Religious Education Search Committee

                                                                       Leon Henderson-MacLennan, Co-Chair

 

Offering

 

Meditation

 

Silence

 

Sung Response                                         #6 Just As Long as I Have Breath

 

Music for the Morning

 

Sermon                                                        How I Got My Vision for Humanist Community Building

                                                                      Bart Campolo

 

*Closing Hymn                                           #331 Life is the Greatest Gift of All

 

*Benediction

Musical Response

 

*Please stand in body or in spirit

 

Greeters:                                                      Roberta Frye, Wendi Gladstone & David Olson

Ushers:                                                         Dan Patterson & Kit Shaw

Coffee:                                                          Sheila Cummins, Alice Hall & Pam Teplitz

Welcome Table:                                          Wendi Gladstone

Bookstore:                                                   Mark Warkentin

 

Today 40% of our non-pledge offering will go to UCLArts and Healing, transforming lives 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 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.

 

Bart Campolo is a secular minister, speaker, and writer who currently volunteers as the Humanist

Chaplain at the University of Southern California (USC). Born and raised in suburban Philadelphia,

Bart became an evangelical Christian as a teenager and was immediately attracted to urban ministry.

As he became an influential evangelical leader, however, Bart increasingly questioned his own faith.

In 2005 he returned to street-level community building in inner-city Cincinnati, where he eventually

completed his gradual transition from Christianity to secular humanism. Since moving to Los

Angeles, Bart’s work has been focused on inspiring and equipping people to make the most of their

lives by actively pursuing loving relationships, social justice and a genuine sense of wonder.

 

Thank you to our guest musician this morning, singer-songwriter and actress Liz Eldridge. She

graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a BA in Writing Seminars and Theatre Arts & Studies.

These days Liz sings the blues at venues such as the Gardenia, Cafe Metropol, and the Santa Monica

Bar & Grill, and also performs with her band, Many Distant Cities. Liz grew up in Los Angeles with a

series of great dogs.