May 7, 2017

 

*Gathering Hymn                                #188 Come, Come, Whoever You Are

 

Prelude                                                  Cuando el Porbre                                                       J. A. Olivar & M. Manzano

 

Welcome

 

Chalice Lighting                                  Jacki Weber

 

*Opening Hymn                                   #360 Here We Have Gathered

 

*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                                    The Zax                                                                                                   Dr. Seuss

 

Song of Blessing                                  #414 As We Leave This Friendly Place

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

                                                                May the kindness which you learn, light your hearts till you return.

 

Life Together

 

Offering                                                  Lucky to be Me (9am)                                                                   Frank Loesser

                                                                 Alleluia (11am)                                                                      Randall Thompson

 

Devotional Time

 

Silence

 

Sung Response                                  #352 Find a Stillness                                                                                  verse 1

 

Reading                                                Isaiah 6:1-8

 

Music for the Morning                         Easy to Love (9am)                                                                              Cole Porter

                                                                O My Dove (11am)                                                                          DeReau Farrar

 

Sermon                                                 God of Our (Mis)Understanding                                                Rev. Greg Ward

 

*Closing Hymn                                   #318 We Would Be One

 

*Benediction

 

Musical Response                              Amen in Bb

 

*Please stand in body or in spirit

 

Greeters: Barbara & Kim Andres, Tom Foretich

Ushers: Steve DePaul, Peggy Kharraz, Dan Patterson & Linda van Ligten

Coffee: Deirdre Dietel, Peggy Rhoads, Kit Shaw & Alicia van Ooyen

Welcome Table: Barbara Gibbs & Linda van Ligten

Bookstore: Sarah Harper

 

Today 40% of our non-pledge offering will go to Unitarian Universalism beyond our congregation. Today we send our gifts to our Unitarian Universalist Association to promote social justice and liberal religion through public advocacy, leadership development, faith formation, and support for over 1,000 Unitarian Universalist congregations in the United States and around the world.

 

Rev. Greg Ward comes to us from a year of healing interim ministry at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Vancouver in Washington. He was raised here in L.A. and has deep roots in the Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church in Pasadena and at Camp de Benneville Pines. With 20 years of parish ministry across the US and Canada, Rev. Greg is looking forward to sharing his passion for our faith and to helping optimize our organizational and spiritual health. In four months, Rev. Greg will begin as our Developmental Minister.