*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.

 

Prelude                                                             Remembrance (9am)                                                         Daniel Gledhill

                                                                           Come in Peace (11am)                                                               Brian Tate

 

Welcome

 

Chalice Lighting                                              Nica Eaton-Guinn (9am)

                                                                            Mike Monte (11am)

 

*Opening Hymn                                              #1028 Fire of Commitment

 

*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                                             Higgins: A Drop With a Dream                                   Christopher Buice

 

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

 

Pulpit Message from the 2015 Commitment Campaign                                 Emily Linnemeier and Jamie Duckman

 

Offering                                                            Send in the Clowns, A Little Night Music (9am)      Stephen Sondheim

                                                                           If I Can Sing, I Still Am Free (11am)                                   Rich Campbell

 

Devotional Time

 

Sung Response                                            Come and find the quiet center in the crowded life we lead,

                                                                          Find the room for hope to enter, find the frame where we are freed:

                                                                          Clear the chaos and the clutter, clear our eyes that we can see

                                                                          All the things that really matter, be at peace and simply be.

 

Music for the Morning                                    Somewhere, West Side Story                                     Leonard Bernstein

                                                                           Colleen Keene, soprano

 

Sermon                                                             What We Talk About When We Talk About Money

                                                                                                                                                      Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

 

*Closing Hymn                                                #151 I Wish I Knew How

 

*Benediction

 

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

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

 

*Please stand in body or in spirit

 

 

Today’s floral arrangement is from Rima Snyder, “In memory of my mother, Ione Snyder.”

 

Service participants: Nancy Babbitt, Sanna Egan, Barbara Gibbs, David Goetz, Phyllis Kory, Robert

Kory, Kris Langabeer, Carrie Lauer, Katie Malich, Kit Shaw, Rima Snyder, Linda van Ligten and Ned

Wright.

 

Thank you for your generous gifts of $766.23 for Our House Grief Support Center.

 

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. Our next volunteer day is Saturday, Nov 15th, and we need 4

more volunteers to help! Please sign up at hunger@uusm.org.