*Gathering Hymn                                              #116 I’m on My Way

 

Welcome                                                             Nica Eaton-Guinn

 

Chalice Lighting                                                Rev. Kikanza Nuri-Robins

 

*Opening Hymn                                                 #1007 There’s A River Flowing in my Soul

 

*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                                                   Rev. Kikanza Nuri-Robins

 

Song of Blessing                                                  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

 

Offering                                                                 Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child

                                                                                Michael Guinn, Vocalist

 

Devotional Time                                                  Nica Eaton-Guinn

 

Meditative Hymn                                                 #1002 Comfort Me

 

Sermon                                                                 Finding Sanctuary                                                      Nica Eaton-Guinn

 

Music for the Morning                                        Sanctuary Song

 

                                                                               Make us aware we are a sanctuary

                                                                               Each made holy and loved right through

                                                                               With thanksgiving, I am a living

                                                                               Sanctuary for you

 

*Closing Hymn                                                    #95 There is More Love Somewhere

 

*Benediction

 

Musical Response                                             Lean on Me

                                                                               Michael Guinn, Vocalist

 

*Please stand in body or in spirit

 

 

Service participants: Nancy Babbitt, Sheila Bjornlie, Bryan Cahill, Tom Early, Dwight Flowers, Resa

Foreman, Tom Foretich, Peggy Kharraz, Jila Nouroz, Karen Hsu Patterson, Rick Rhoads, Rima Snyder.

 

Our guest musician today is Michael Guinn. Other than being Nica Eaton-Guinn’s husband, Michael had

a successful career as a recording artist for Sony in Japan in the 1990s. We are grateful that he is sharing

his gifts with our community today.

 

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.

 

Are you ready to Step Up? For the past 15 years, our church has served a meal to residents at Step Up

on Second once a month without fail. We will have a meeting for all interested in volunteering next

Sunday, December 7 outside under the shade structure after the second service. Please sign up at hunger@uusmorg.