July 29, 2018                                                                                          “Freedom Through Commitment”

*Gathering Hymn                                  #1018 Come and Go with Me

 

Call to Worship                                      Margot Page, Worship Associate

 

Chalice Lighting                                     Chalice Lighting                                                            Christine Robinson

                                                                We gather this hour as people of faith

                                                                With joys and sorrows, gifts and needs.

                                                                We light this beacon of hope, sign of our quest

                                                                For truth and meaning,

                                                                In celebration of the life we share together.

 

Music for the Morning                              If You’re Out There                               Harris, Stephen, Prather, Bryant

                                                                Gabriel Paredes

 

Welcome

 

*Opening Hymn                                      #1015 I Know I Can

 

*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                                   “Miss Bridie Chose a Shovel” by Leslie Connor                 Kathleen Hogue

 

*Song of Blessing                                  #1007 There’s A River Flowing in My Soul

 

Life Together

 

Pulpit Message

 

Offering

 

Offertory Anthem                                   Old Red Hills of Home                                              Jason Robert Brown

                                                              Gabriel Paredes

 

Devotional Time

 

Reading / Reflection                               Yes and No                                                                Richard Berengarten

 

Pastoral Prayer

 

Silence

 

Musical Response

 

Sermon                                                  Freedom Through Commitment                                                Ian Dodd

 

Going Deeper                                        What have you chosen that truly matters to you?

 

                                                              What do you belong to? What is your purpose?

 

                                                              What is the story you tell? How do you experience transcendence?

 

*Closing Hymn                                      #1028 The Fire of Commitment

 

*Benediction

 

Musical Benediction

 

Invitation to Fellowship

 

*Please stand in body or in spirit

 

 

Greeters:                      Bryan Cahill & Barbara Gibbs

Ushers:                         Hugo Contreras & Kit Shaw

Coffee:                         Rebecca Crawford, Linda Marten & Alicia Van Ooyen

Welcome Table:           Barbara & Kim Andres

Bookstore:                    Sarah Harper

 

Today, 40% of our offering will go to the Unitarian Universalist College of Social Justice which creates valuable, experiential learning opportunities that use multiple learning modalities: books, lectures, classes, movies, conversations — and, of course, by direct experience with people from other cultures. In this moment of rising xenophobia and threats against basic human rights, UUCSJ trips to the border build experiential learning relationships with immigrants and grassroots partners to reveal the depth of the immigration crisis firsthand. These stories give a firsthand account of the challenges that exist across race, class, power, and privilege. This offering goes to scholarships – perhaps for someone in this community – to learn how UU principles are being employed to change lives. Please give generously. Thank you!

 

In the pulpit today: Ian Dodd joined UUCCSM in 2004. Over the next several years, he taught the 8th grade RE class Coming of Age and co-developed and co-taught with his wife, Margot Page, the 3rd grade RE class, the UUniverse Story. In 2008-2010, he served on the Ministerial Search Committee. In 2010 he co-founded AAHS: Atheists, Agnostics, Humanists and Secularists, a discussion group for non-believers in the UUCCSM community. He later went on to found another secular community group outside the church and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the American Humanist Association. Professionally, Ian works as a cinematographer in television

production.

 

Today, we welcome our guest accompanist Emily Cohn. Thank you for sharing your musical talents!