Order of Service: Sept. 25, 2016 "Beginning Again"
Date of Service:
September 25, 2016
September 25, 2016
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*Gathering Hymn #188 Come, Come, Whoever You Are
Come, come, whoever you are
Wanderer, worshipper, lover of leaving
Ours is no caravan of despair
Come, yet again come.
Ven, ven, cual eres, ven,
Nomada en busqueda, si amas la vida
La nuestra es la caravana de amour
Ven, otra vez ven.
Prelude Simple Gifts arr. Daniel Gledhill
Welcome
Chalice Lighting Director of Music Interview and Audition Panel
Kim Miller & Karen Shu Patterson
*Opening Hymn #347 Gather the Spirit
*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 Kathleen Hogue, Director of Religious Education
Song of Blessing #413 Go Now In Peace Natalie Sleeth
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 UUCCSM Children’s Choir
Delaney Hutchinson
Offering Zion’s Walls Copland/Koponen
Devotional Time #505 Let Us Be at Peace Thich Nhat Hanh
Silence
Sung Response #1011 Return Again
Return again, return again, return to the home of your soul.
Return again, return again, return to the home of your soul.
Return to who you are, return to what you are, return to where you are
Born and reborn again.
Return to who you are, return to what you are, return to where you are
Born and reborn again.
Return again, return again, return to the home of your soul.
Music for the Morning Wonfa Nyem Abraham Kobina Adzenyah
Sermon Beginning Again Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
*Closing Hymn #1017 We Are Building A New Way
*Benediction
Musical Response Umoja (Unity) Zanaida Robles
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Glen Howell, Kris Langabeer, Michael Young & Steve Young
Ushers: Tom Foretich, David Goetz, Dan Patterson & Kit Shaw
Coffee: Nancy Howell, Leah Moore & Sylvia Young
Welcome Table: Kris Langabeer & Carol Ring
Bookstore: Sarah Harper
Service Notes
Today 40% of our non-pledge offering will go to LA GOAL. LA GOAL is a bold and courageous
community that empowers adults with developmental disabilities to live healthy, productive,
independent lives. LA GOAL unlocks the full potential of every person and offers society a new
perspective on inclusion – one that demonstrates life is simply better when people with
developmental disabilities are a part of it. LA GOAL is based in Culver City and is currently recruiting
volunteers to build meaningful reciprocal relationships with clients in arts, sewing, and ceramics, and
as tutors in adult education.
Welcome back, UU Santa Monica Choir Members! (*denotes section leader):
SOPRANO: Becky Erskine, Diane Fletcher-Hoppe, *Colleen Keene, Cindy Kelly, Kim Miller. ALTO: Sue
Bickford, Janet Goodwin, *Jyvonne Haskin, Karen Hsu Patterson, Rima Snyder. TENOR: Karlton
Bontrager, Leonard Cachola, Lars Kjeseth, Liam Mina, *Gabriel Paredes. BASS: Norb Gallery, *James
Hayden, Larry Howard & Kevin Smith.
Order of Service cover image by this month’s Art Wall artist: Jose Ramirez, Angeles, (2016).