September 4, 2016

 

*Gathering Hymn                                  #318 We Would Be One

                                                                  We would be one as now we join in …singing

                                                                  We would be one in living for eac…h other

                                                                  We would be one in building for to…morrow

                                                                  We would be one in searching for that… meaning

 

Prelude                                                   Prelude in C Major, Op. 28, No. 1                                              Frederic Chopin

 

Welcome                                                 Jacki Weber

 

Chalice Lighting

 

*Opening Hymn                                  #109 As We Come Marching, Marching

 

*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                                “Heaven & Hell”

 

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

 

Offering                                                Profetiza, Pueblo Mio Rosa                                                Martha Zarate Macias

 

Devotional Time

 

Silence

 

Sung Response                               #392 Hineh Mah Tov                                                                                Psalm 133:1

 

Responsive Reading                     #567 To Be of Use                                                                                   Marge Piercy

 

Music for the Morning                     Lift Every Voice and Sing                                               John Rosamond Johnson

 

Sermon                                              A Story of Egypt: A Meditation on Labor Day,                                 Rev. James

                                                            Black Lives Matter, & the Great Work of Our Lives                    Ishmael Ford

 

*Closing Hymn                               #121 We’ll Build a Land

 

*Benediction

 

Musical Response                        Star of the County Down                                                                     Irish Traditional

 

*Please stand in body or in spirit

 

Greeters:                                  Tom Foretich. Barbara Gibbs & Denise Helton

Ushers:                                     Bonnie Brae, Barbara Kernochan, Linda van Ligten & Greg Wood

Coffee:                                      Deirdre Dietel, Peggy Rhoads, Kit Shaw & Alicia van Ooyen

Welcome Table:                      Barbara Gibbs & Linda van Ligten

Bookstore:                               Mark Warkentin

 

Today 40% of our non-pledge offering will go to Camp De Benneville Pines. DeBenneville Pines is a

UU camp in the San Bernardino National Forest, about 90 miles east of Los Angeles. Since 1962,

Unitarian Universalists have gathered in the pines to experience the wonder of the natural world

while deepening their connections to their faith and one another. This year the all-church camp

weekend will be September 16-18, and registration is now open. Please register with our Camp Dean,

Jacki Weber. As with all church programs, if the registration fee is a barrier to your participation, please let

Jacki or the minister kno w, as scholarships are available, jacki.weber@gmail.com.

 

The Reverend James Ishmael Ford is the minister-emeritus of the First Unitarian Church of

Providence, in Rhode Island. He was recently invited to affiliate as community minister at the

Unitarian Universalist Church of Long Beach, where he and his spouse are members. Reverend James

is also a Zen Buddhist priest, and the guiding teacher at the Blue Cliff Zen Sangha, which meets at the

Long Beach Church. He is the author and co-author of an assortment of UU pamphlets, an online

columnist for the UU World, and is the author of several books, the most recent "If You're Lucky, Your

Heart Will Break."