Order of Service

September 2, 2012

 

"Work and pray, live on hay, you'll get pie in the sky when you die."

 ~ The Preacher and the Slave, by Joe Hill

 Gathering Hymn

Come, come, whoever you are.

Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving.

Ours is no caravan of despair.

Come, yet again come.

 

Ven, ven, cual eres, ven

Nómada enbúsqueda, si amas la vida.

La nuestra es la caravana de amor.

Ven, otra vez, ven.

 

Welcome

Patrick Meighan, pulpit host                                  

 

Prelude

 I need thee every hour                                             Robert Lowry

 

Chalice Lighting

 

 

Opening Hymn #113

Where Is Our Holy Church?

 

Covenant

 

Love is the doctrine of this church.     

The quest of 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

 

Let those who live in every land

declare that fear and war are done --

joined by the labor of their hands,

in love and understanding, one.                               ~ Kenneth Patton

 

Offering for the Westside Food Bank

 

Story for All Ages

Si Se Puede: Yes We Can!                                        Diana Cohn

 

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.                                                             ~ Natalie Sleeth

 

 

A Time for Community

 

 

Aria, from the Goldberg Variations                             J.S. Bach                                               

  Prayer and Meditation

 

Imagine the Angels of Bread                              Martin Espada

(Imagina los Angeles de Pan)

 

Reading

The Union Prayer Book

 

Music for the Morning

Shall We Gather At the River?                                  traditional                                    

 

Sermon

“Labor in the Pulpit”                               Rabbi Jonathan Klein                                                          

 

Closing Hymn # 121

We’ll Build a Land

 

Benediction

 

 

Postlude

Higher Ground                                                   Charles Gabriel

 

Extinguishing the Chalice

 

Flowers:

From Marguerite and Diana Spears in loving memory of Robert Runk, Marguerite’s brother and Diana’s uncle, on the occasion of his birthday.

Greeters:

Patricia Wright, Kris Langabeer & Tom Foretich

Ushers:

Greg Wood & Linda van Ligten

Coffee: 

Peggy Rhoads, Dennis Gorman & Sylvia Young

Book Table:

Nancy Babbitt

 

We celebrate Unitarian Universalism this month with support for UU-affiliated ministries and service organizations. This week, our Generous Congregation offering will go to CLUE-LA, Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice. CLUE LA, founded in 1996, is one of the oldest interfaith worker justice organizations in the country. Their mission is to bring together clergy and lay leaders of all faiths to join low-wage workers in their struggles for justice.