5 November 2017                                                                                                               Day of the Dead

*Gathering Hymn                                       #360 Here We Have Gathered

 

Call to Worship                                           Vilma Ortiz, worship associate

 

Chalice Lighting                                                                                                                                       Vilma Ortiz

 

Music for the Morning                                 Hallelujah (9am)                                                      by Leonard Cohen

                                                                                performed by Emma deZarn

                                                                   Hostias (11am)                                                            by W. A. Mozart

 

Welcome Kathleen Hogue

 

*Opening Hymn                                        #301 Touch the Earth, Reach the Sky!

 

*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

 

Offering for the Westside Food Bank

 

Time for All Ages                                      Ofrenda                                                                                   Vilma Ortiz

 

Life Together

 

Pulpit Message

 

Story, Part One                                        Uncle Monarch & the Butterflies                                    Kathleen Hogue

 

Offering                                                     Vilma Ortiz

 

Offertory Anthem                                    Over the Rainbow (9am)                                                  by Harold Arlen

                                                                      performed by Emma deZarn

                                                                Lux Aeterna (11am)                                                        by W. A. Mozart

 

Meditation Body Prayer

 

Silence

 

Story, Part Two                                        Uncle Monarch & the Butterflies                                     Kathleen Hogue

 

Invitation                                                  Butterflies

 

Responsive Reading                               #721 They Are With Us Still

 

*Closing Hymn                                        #123 Spirit of Life

 

*Benediction

 

Musical or Choral Benediction

 

Invitation to Fellowship

 

*Please stand in body or in spirit

 

 

Greeters:                     [9am: Denise Helton] [11am: Barbara & Kim Andres, and Tom Foretich]

Ushers:                       [9am: Tom Early & Barbara Kernochan] [11am: Hugo Contreras & Ned Wright]

Coffee:                        [9am:Kit Shaw & Licia van Ooyen] [11am:Deirdre Dietel]

Welcome Table:          [9am: Barbara Gibbs] [11am:Linda van Ligten]

Bookstore:                  [9am & 11am: Sarah Harper]

 

Today, 40% of our offering will go to continue to help relieve those affected by hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. With so many recent natural disasters, and relief aid often falling through the cracks, we want to make sure to dedicate ourselves to relief efforts in Puerto Rico and make sure those affected by the recent storms are still not forgotten.

 

Flower Dedication: The flowers today are given by Tim, Janine and Emma deZarn in loving memory of their son and brother, Travis Lucas deZarn, who died in a car accident on November 3, 2007. Travis, even though it has been ten years, we still miss you and think of you every day. You are always with us, carried in our hearts forever.

 

About Guest Artist Emma deZarn: Emma deZarn is a senior at Culver City High School and is singing today in loving memory of her brother, Travis, who was tragically killed in a car accident ten years ago. Travis had just turned 18 and was a freshman in college at Cal State Long Beach. Though Emma was only 7 at the time, she remembers Travis as a kind and loving brother. Emma is currently applying to colleges (her favorites are Georgetown and Boston College), and has interests in political science, foreign relations and musical theater. Emma would like to thank John DeFaria for accompanying her today. He is a long-time family friend as well as an

accomplished musician and composer. Both Emma and her parents, Janine and Tim, cherish their happy memories of Travis and keep him in their hearts always.

 

The text for today’s musical selections by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), is taken from the Roman liturgy of the Mass for the Dead, specifically “ Hostias et preces ” meaning Oblations and Prayers and "Lux Aeterna" meaning Eternal Light.