Order of Service - May 31, 2015 "Awe & Wonder"
Date of Service:
May 31, 2015
*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 Flying Free Don Besig
Welcome James Witker
Chalice Lighting Greg Germann
*Opening Hymn #207 Earth Was Given As A Garden
*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 and Turning Point
Time for All Ages Gate A-4 Naomi Shihab Nye
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
Offering Freedom Amos Lee
Devotional Time Meditation On A Grapefruit Craig Arnold
Silence
Sung Response #1011 Return Again
Responsive Reading #610 I Call That Church Free Mohammed Iqbal
Music for the Morning I Stand in Awe arr. Mark Hayes
Sermon Awe & Wonder Jessica Clay
*Closing Hymn #208 Every Time I Feel The Spirit
*Benediction Jessica Clay
Musical Response The Sound of Music Richard Rodgers
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Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Bryan Cahill (9am)
fUUsion ℅ Karen Patterson (11am)
Ushers: Peggy Kharraz & Ned Wright (9am)
Tom Foretich & Dan Patterson (11am)
Coffee: Sheila Bjornlie & Leah Moore (9am)
Resa Foreman & Jila Nouroz (11am)
Bookstore: Nancy Babbitt
Service Notes
Thank you to our worship leaders this Sunday! Jessica Clay, preaching, is currently making her way
through divinity school at Starr King, (our UU seminary up in Berkeley), after many years of volunteer
leadership as a member here in Santa Monica. Today’s pulpit host, James Witker, is now serving here
as co-chair of Faith in Action at UUSM and is active with our AAHS group for atheists, agnostics,
humanists, and secularists. We’re very thankful to have these two leading our worship services this
weekend.
This month, 60% of our offering will go to the the Unitarian Universalist Association . As one of
over 1,000 UU congregations in the United States and around the world, UU Santa Monica pledges our
mutual trust and support to all other UU congregations. Our support for the UUA through our shared
offering, as well as our congregation’s annual gift of $15,000 toward our Fair Share contribution,
allows UU congregations to transform their communities, enables religious leaders to innovate and
inspire, and amplifies our collective voice to bring more justice and more love to the world. Calling all
UUs: Join leaders, volunteers, and the UU Santa Monica YRUU Youth Group and advisors at the largest
annual gathering of UUs in the country at General Assembly in Portland, OR, June 24-28 by registering at
www.uua.org/ga or speaking with Congregation President Patricia Wright.