Order of Service, May 8, 2016 "What Binds Us"

Date of Service: 
May 8, 2016
 
               May 8, 2016                                                                                                                            What Binds Us
They drew a circle that shut me out —
Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But Love and I had the wit to win:
We drew a circle that took them in.
- Edwin Markam, adapted
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*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                                                         Overture, Le Nozze di Figaro                          Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
 
Welcome
 
Chalice Lighting                                          Emma Stashin
 
*Opening Hymn                                           #121 We’ll Build A Land
 
*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                                          Westside Food Bank
                                                                         Bruce Rankin
 
Song of Blessing                                          Go Now in Peace                                                                       Natalie Sleeth
                                                                        Go now in peace. Go now in peace.
                                                                        May the spirit of love surround you
                                                                        As you go, as you go on your way.
 
Life Together
 
Pulpit Message
 
Offering                                                          A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief (9am)                          arr. Daniel Gledhill
                                                                        Heilig (11am)                                                                      Felix Mendelssohn
 
Devotional Time
 
Sung Response                                           #315 This Old World
 
Responsive Reading                                  #591 I Call That Church Free                                    James Luther Adams
 
Music for the Morning                                  This I Promise You (9am)                                                        Richard Marx
                                                                         Tewa Prayer (11am)                                                                      John Maas
 
Sermon                                                           Rev. Rick Hoyt-McDaniels & Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
 
*Closing Hymn                                              Life Calls Us On
 
*Benediction
 
Musical Response                                       You’ve Got a Friend (9am)                                                           Carole King
                                                                         Love Is... (11am)                                                                   Marjorie Herman
 
*Please stand in body or in spirit
 
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Greeters:                                                        Dwight Flowers, Wendi Gladstone & Katie Malich
Ushers:                                                          Bonnie Brae, Dan Patterson, Rick Rhoads & Kit Shaw
Coffee:                                                           Robert & Phyllis Kory, Jila Tayefehnowrooz & Sylvia Young
Welcome Table:                                           Wendi Gladstone
Bookstore:                                                    Mark Warkentin
 
Service Notes
 
Welcome back to Rev. Rick Hoyt-McDaniels and thank you to the Chalice Choir from First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles for joining with our choir at the 11am service, today. To complete our choral exchange, our choir will join the Chalice Choir at First Church for their worship service at 11am next Sunday, May 15.
 
Today, 60% of our non-pledge offering will go to the Unitarian Universalist Association. In our covenant as member congregations of the UUA, it is written that we pledge one another our mutual trust and support. This church’s support for the UUA through this offering, as well as through contributing 89% of our Fair Share contribution in our 2015-16 budget, enables us to embody our pledge of trust and support. Among many other expressions of our faith in the world, the UUA supports Standing on the Side of Love, the Our Whole Lives sexuality education curricula, and Tapestry of Faith religious education resources. This year’s UUA General Assembly is June 22-26 in Columbus, Ohio. Are you interested in attending and representing our congregation as a delegate at the largest annual gathering of UUs in the world? Please contact the church office for more information at office@uusm.org.