June 19, 2016

 

 

*Gathering Hymn                                     Gracias por el amor                                                 arr. William James Ross

                                                                    Gracias por el amor del cielo, gracias por el inmenso mar,

                                                                    Gracias por el cantar del bosque. ¡Aleluya!

                                                                    Gracias por este nuevo día, gracias por nuestra gran unión,

                                                                    Gracias por todas las bondades. ¡Aleluya!

 

Prelude                                                      Just Keep On Singin’                                                  arr. Jacqueline Hairston

                                                                    SpíríTríō

 

Welcome

 

Chalice Lighting                                       Leon Henderson-MacLennan

 

*Opening Hymn                                        #352 Find a Stillness

 

*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                                      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                                       Religious Education Committee

                                                                   Tom Peters & Ellie Peters

 

Offering                                                     I Don't Noways Feel Tired                                           arr. Jacqueline Hairston

                                                                   Yolanda Mitchell West, soprano

 

Responsive Reading                             #464 And Then Judy Chicago

 

Guided Meditation                                  Rev. Lee Marie Sanchez

 

Music for the Morning                            Give Me Jesus                                                                           arr. Hall Johnson

                                                                   Gertrude Bradley, soprano

 

Sermon                                                     Faithful Freedoms, Responsible Choices             Rev. Lee Marie Sanchez

 

*Closing Hymn                                        #1021 Lean on Me

 

*Benediction                                             Rev. Lee Marie Sanchez

 

Musical Response                                  The Prayer                                                  Carol Bayer Sager & David Foster

                                                                    SpíríTríō

 

*Please stand in body or in spirit

 

Greeters:                                                  Roberta Frye & David Olson

Ushers:                                                    Ned Wright & Michael Young

Coffee:                                                     Sheila Cummins, Alice Hall & Pam Teplitz

Bookstore:                                               Mark Warkentin

 

Today 60% of our non-pledge offering will go to Common Ground: the Westside HIV Community

Center, now housed at Venice Family Clinic. Common Ground is the only HIV agency on the Westside

of Los Angeles. Common Ground is committed to helping everyone know their HIV status and making

sure that people living with the virus find – and stay connected to – medical care.

 

Rev. Lee Marie Sanchez is currently serving the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Laguna Beach

as their Developmental Minister. She has been a religious professional for twenty-four years; she

began as a DRE in Washington State, worked as a Hospital/Hospice Chaplain for two years and served

as a Student/Consulting Minister for both the Anaheim UU Church and the Sepulveda UU Society. She

has preached in over three dozen UU congregations.

 

We are grateful to have with us this morning, SpíríTríō. SpíríTríō is a vocal ensemble dedicated to the

preservation and performance of the Negro Spiritual as musical art. They also deliver skill to

contemporary Gospel, and poise to classical opera. This dynamic group formed by artistic director,

Gertrude Bradley, was inspired by the music of opera great, Florence Quivar. Each singer is uniquely

gifted and skillful. All have performed in concerts locally and internationally with prestigious credits

and accomplishments too numerous to list. The name, SpíríTríō is derived from the words “spirit” or

Godly, “Spirituals” the inspiration, and “trio” three singing as one.