Gathering Hymn

Oh, we give thanks for this precious day,

For all gathered here, and those far away;

For this time we share with love and care,

Oh, we give thanks for this precious day.

Welcome

                                                              Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur                                                    

Prelude (9:00)

Choral Prelude (11:00)

Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen                             Spiritual                                              

Truth Be In My Head                                                      Nicholson                                                                    

Chalice Lighting

Jessica Fant-Chapin (9:00)

Claudia Dikinis (11:00)

Opening Hymn #149

Lift Every Voice and Sing

 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

From all that dwell below the skies

Let songs of hope and faith arise

Let peace, good will on earth be sung

Through every land, by every tongue.           ~ based on Isaac Watts

Offering for the Westside Food Bank

Time for All Ages

The Sweet Smell of Roses                                     Angela Johnson

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

Offertory                         (9:00)                                                                

                                       (11:00)             

Song for the Nations                                            arr. Mark Hayes                                                            

To Walk Is By a Thought to Go                                             Snow                                      

Devotional Time

  Pastoral Prayer

  Silence

  Sung Meditation #199

                                                                                 Wayne Arnason

Precious Lord, Take My Hand

Responsive Reading #579

The Limits of Tyrants                                     Frederick Douglass                    

Introducing Our Speakers

Joan Verdon, UUCCSM Faith in Action Commission

Dialogue

Edward Tillmon and Nathaniel Trives, Guest Speakers

Music for the Morning

Make them hear you (from “Ragtime”)          Ahrens/ Flaherty

Phillip Brandon, bass soloist

Reflection

"Walking Together"                           Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur                                                    

Closing Song

Guide My Feet

Benediction

Postlude                          (9:00)

                                       (11:00)

The People United Will Never be Defeated                   Rzewski

Walk Together, Children                                             W.H. Smith                                        

Extinguishing the Chalice