June 24, 2018                                                                                                           “Sabbath Moments”

*Gathering Hymn                                 #1007 There’s a River Flowin’ in My Soul

 

Call to Worship                                     Rima Snyder, Worship Associate

 

Chalice Lighting                                   Summer Morning                                                                       Mary Oliver

 

Music for the Morning                          Reverie                                                                               Claude Debussy

 

Welcome

 

*Opening Hymn                                     #65 The Sweet June Days

 

*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                                 #1009 Meditation on Breathing

                                                             When I breathe in, I’ll breathe in peace.

                                                             When I breathe out, I’ll breathe out love.

 

Life Together

 

Offering

 

Offertory Anthem                                  Simple Gifts                                                                                 Traditional

 

Devotion

 

Silence

 

Musical Response

 

Sermon                                               Sabbath Moments                                                Rev. Kikanza Nuri-Robins

 

Going Deeper                                      Have you ever stopped and gotten out of your car

                                                            so that you could look more closely at something beautiful?

 

                                                            What do you do so that your soul can rest?

 

                                                            When is the last time you did that?

 

*Closing Hymn                                     #1011 Return Again

 

*Benediction

 

Musical Benediction

 

Invitation to Fellowship

 

*Please stand in body or in spirit

 

Greeters: James Duckman, Michael Young & Steve Young

Ushers: Nina Emerson & Dan Patterson

Coffee: Cathy Wolfson & Sylvia Young

Welcome Table: Barbara Gibbs & Carol Ring

Bookstore: Sarah Harper

 

Today, 40% of our offering will go to to the First Universalist Church of Southold, New York which recently burned to the ground. It was the longest-standing UU church on Long Island.

 

Now that the smoke has cleared, the church is working to rebuild a space that meets their functional needs, in order to offer UU heritage and values to the community. The cost of modernizing to code is beyond what the insurance is covering. All UU Congregations are being asked to contribute.

 

Given our place in earthquake and fire country, we well know the help we would need to rebuild our home here if the need ever arose.

 

Please give generously, so that UUism can flourish where it is needed.