November 26, 2017                                                                                               “A Sunday Kind of Love”

*Gathering Hymn                                  #361 Enter, Rejoice and Come In

 

Call to Worship                                      Margot Page, Worship Associate

 

Chalice Lighting                                     #447 by Albert Schweitzer                                    (Congregation in unison)

                                                                 At times our own light goes out and is rekindled

                                                                 by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think

                                                                 with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame

                                                                 within us.

 

Music for the Morning                           A Sunday Kind of Love                                                   by Barbara Belle

                                                                    with Jyvonne Haskin

 

Welcome

 

*Opening Hymn                                    #123 Spirit of Life/Fuente de Amor

 

*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                                   “Where The Wild Things Are”                                       by Maurice Sendak

 

Song of Blessing                                    #407 We're Gonna Sit at the Welcome Table

 

Life Together

 

Offering                                                  This November, we are giving thanks by partnering with

                                                               the Guest At Your Table program of the Unitarian

                                                               Universalist Service Committee.

 

Offertory Anthem                                    Come Sunday                                                                 by Duke Ellington

                                                                   with Jyvonne Haskin

 

Reading / Reflection                               Song for the Unsung                                                         Steve J. Crump

 

Guided Meditation                                                                                                                Rev. Lee Marie Sanchez

 

Silence

 

Musical Response                                   #123 Spirit of Life

 

Sermon                                                    A Sunday Kind of Love                                      Rev. Lee Marie Sanchez

 

Going Deeper                                         Our church community is precious. How can you tap into our

                                                                community and create A Sunday Kind of Love

                                                                 to sustain you throughout your week?

                                                               Ideas: Think about the message of the sermon, read poetry, go to a

                                                              meeting, join a class, call a church friend, get involved in some way.

 

*Closing Hymn                                       #34 Though I May Speak with Bravest Fire

 

*Benediction                                                                                                                         Rev. Lee Marie Sanchez

 

Invitation to Fellowship

 

*Please stand in body or in spirit

 

Greeters:                             James Duckman (9am); Kirk Attebury, Michael Young & Steve Young (11am)

Ushers:                                Bonnie Brae & Peggy Kharraz (9am); Tom Foretich & Ned Wright (11am)

Coffee:                                Sheila Bjornlie & Leah Moore (9am); Katie Malich (11am)

Welcome Table:                   Barbara Gibbs (9am); Carol Ring (11am)

Bookstore:                           Sarah Harper (9am & 11am)

 

Today, 40% of our offering will go to the Guest At Your Table program of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee; who partners with 75 grassroots agencies in over 24 countries to encourage and enhance the global march toward human rights for all. Each week, we share a story of one of the groups that our generosity supports. This week’s focus is on Rosemary Dodd, who became aware that Central American migrants have been being treated more like criminals than who they actually are: survivors of trauma pursuing their legal right to seek asylum. The Obama administration opened new family detention centers in 2014; but since then, U.S.

immigration officials have been locking up asylum-seeking families in prison-like conditions (for-profit family detention centers) — despite multiple court rulings documenting inhumane conditions and damaging impacts on mental and emotional health. Please click on the link in the weekly announcements if you would like to know more about Rosemary Dodd and her work with the RAICES (Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services) project. Your generosity translates directly into love and justice. Thank you for giving to the greater good

which brings us all a little closer to global consciousness.

 

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