Thanksgiving

 

*Gathering Hymn                                   For all that is our life, we give our thanks and praise.

                                                                  For all life is a gift, which we are called to use

                                                                  To build the common good and make our own days glad.

 

                                                                 For needs which others serve, for services we give,

                                                                 For work and its rewards, for hours of rest and love;

                                                                 We come with praise and thanks for all that is our life.

 

Prelude                                                  What a Wonderful World (9am)                                                 Louis Armstrong

                                                                 What a Wonderful World (11am)                                            arr. Glenn Carlos

 

Welcome

 

Chalice Lighting                                  Cheyenne Mason, Sanna Legan and Alexis Restrum

 

*Opening Hymn                                   #21 For the Beauty of the Earth

 

*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                                The Welcome Table

 

Table Blessing                                   For food in a world where many walk in hunger;

                                                              For courage in a world where many walk in fear;

                                                              For friends in a world where many walk alone;

                                                              We give thanks.

 

Song of Blessing                               This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine…

                                                              Everywhere I go, I’m gonna let it shine...

 

Life Together

 

Pulpit Message from the 2015 Commitment Campaign

                                                                                                                         Natalie Kahn (9am) and Abby Arnold (11am)

 

Offering                                                Theme, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving                                        Vince Guaraldi

 

Devotional Time                                  Let Us Give Thanks for a Bounty of People                                        Max Coots

 

Silence

 

Sung Response                                We give thanks this day.

 

Music for the Morning                        Prayer of Thanksgiving (9am)                                                       Daniel Gledhill

                                                               i thank You God (11am)                                                                  Raymond Egan

 

Message                                             Our Song of Thanksgiving

                                                              Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur and Nica Eaton-Guinn

 

Sung Response                                 For sorrow we must bear, for failures, pain, and loss,

                                                              For each new thing we learn, for fearful hours that pass:

                                                              We come with praise and thanks for all that is our life.

 

                                                              For all that is our life, we give our thanks and praise;

                                                              For all life is a gift which we are called to use

                                                              To build the common good and make our own days glad.

 

Sharing Bread

 

*Closing Hymn                                    We Give Thanks

 

*Benediction

 

Musical Response                              Autumn Leaves (9am)                                           arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams

                                                               How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place (11am)                                Anton Bruckner

 

*Please stand in body or in spirit

 

Service participants: Abby Arnold, Nancy Babbitt, Sheila Bjornlie, Bonnie Brae, Glen Howell, Nancy

Howell, Natalie Kahn, Carrie Lauer, Leah Moore, Dan Patterson, Kit Shaw, Rima Snyder, Michael

Young, Steve Young, Sylvia Young.

 

Today’s Community Offering will go to Step Up on Second. Step Up delivers compassionate support to

people experiencing serious mental illness to help them recover, stabilize, and integrate into the

community. With 100 permanent supportive housing units at six locations in Santa Monica and on

the Westside of Los Angeles, Step Up now serves over 1,800 individuals each year with a focus on

offering help, hope, and home.

 

For the past 15 years, our church has served a meal to residents at Step Up on Second once a month

without fail. Are you ready to Step Up to volunteer? Please contact hunger@uusm.org.