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Order of Service - April 15, 2018 "Better Angels of Our Nature"
April 15, 2018 “The Better Angels of Our Nature”
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*Gathering Hymn #347 Gather the Spirit
Call to Worship Catie Grasso
Chalice Lighting
Music for the Morning Rondeau (9am) by Jean-Joseph Mouret
with Becky Erskine
O Come Now Holy Spirit (11am) by John Amner
Welcome
*Opening Hymn #348 Guide My Feet
*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 The Promise and the Practice:
Repairing Our Mistakes with Love
Adapted from a story by Jaelynn Pema-la Scott & Erika A. Hewitt
Told by Kathleen Hogue & Rev. Greg
*Song of Blessing #366 Heleuyan
Heleluyan, heleluyan; hele, heleluyan;
heleluyan, heleluyan; hele, heleluyan.
Life Together
Offering SURJ (Showing Up for Racial Justice)
Offertory Anthem Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 8 "Spring" (9am) by Antonio Vivaldi
with Becky Erskine
Hallelujah, Amen from "Judas Maccabaeus" (11am) by G. F. Handel
Devotional Time
Reflection
Pastoral Prayer
Silence
Musical Response
Sermon “The Better Angels of Our Nature” Rev. Greg Ward
Going Deeper
*Closing Hymn #34 Though I May Speak with Bravest Fire
*Benediction
Musical Benediction
Invitation to Fellowship
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Audrey Lyness (9am); Roberta Frye, Wendi Gladstone & David Olson (11am)
Ushers: Erik Paesel & Kit Shaw (9am);
Roberta Frye, Wendi Gladstone & David Olson (11am)
Coffee: Alice Hall & Eileen McCormack (9am); Sheila Cummins & Pam Teplitz (11am)
Welcome Table: Wendi Gladstone (9am & 11am)
Bookstore: Sarah Harper (9am & 11am)
Service Notes
40% of today's offering goes to SURJ. SURJ (Showing Up for Racial Justice) is a national network of
groups and individuals organizing white people for racial justice. Through community organizing,
mobilizing and education, SURJ moves white people to act as part of a multi-racial majority for
justice with passion and accountability.
SURJ works to connect people across the country while supporting and collaborating with local and
national racial justice organizing efforts. They provide space to build relationships, skills and
political analysis to act for change.
SURJ’s goal is to transform this country by building a powerful multiracial majority who can
challenge racism in all its forms. We invite you to be part of making peace and justice, person to
person. We will now receive this morning’s offering.
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Order of Service - April 19, 20145 "Return Again"
*Gathering Hymn We Give Thanks arr. Susan Peck
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.
Prelude Blue Skies (9am) Irving Berlin
Restore My Soul (11am) Sylvia Rose
Welcome Nica Eaton-Guinn
Chalice Lighting Kirk Attebury
*Opening Hymn #358 Rank by Rank Again We Stand
*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
Song of Blessing As You Leave This Friendly Place Johann Sebastian Bach
As you leave this friendly place, love give light to every face.
May the kindness which you learn, light your hearts till you return.
Life Together
Offering In Need of a Change (9am) Daniel Gledhill
Arise, Beloved! (11am) Rosephanye Powell
Devotional Time
Silence
Sung Response #1011 Return Again
Reading Anyone’s Ministry Gordon McKeeman
Music for the Morning Create in Me a Clean Heart arr. Mark Hayes
Reflection Preparing for Ministry Nica Eaton-Guinn
Reflection Return Again Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
*Closing Hymn #298 Wake, Now, My Senses
*Benediction Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur & Nica Eaton-Guinn
Musical Response At the Beginning, Anastasia (9am) Stephen Flaherty
Hallelujah, The Prayer of Saint Francis (11am) DeReau K. Farrar
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Rhonda Peacock (9am)
Roberta Frye, Wendi Gladstone & David Olson (11am)
Ushers: Tom Early & Dave Goetz (9am)
Rick Rhoads & Michael Young (11am)
Coffee: Alice Hall & Jennifer Westbay (9am)
Sheila Cummins & Pam Teplitz (11am)
Bookstore: Nancy Babbitt
Backyard Bounty: Roberta Frye
Service Notes
This month, 60% of our offering will go to Court Appointed Special Advocates of Los Angeles
(CASA). CASA of Los Angeles improves the lives of children in the dependency system by pairing
them with trained volunteer advocates. In Los Angeles County, 28,000 children who have been abused
or neglected are currently under the jurisdiction of the Dependency Court. With the help of volunteer
advocates, 6,000 of these children will receive much-needed additional advocacy and support. If you
are interested in reducing and reversing the effects of child abuse and neglect by serving as a CASA for
children in Los Angeles, please attend our information session in Forbes Hall at 7:30pm on Tuesday,
April 28, or contact Rev. Bijur at minister@uusm.org.
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Order of Service - April 24, 2016 "Earth Sunday"
April 24, 2016 Earth Sunday
When we try to pick out anything by itself,
we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.
- John Muir
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*Gathering Hymn For the Beauty of the Earth Conrad Kocher
For the beauty of the earth, for the splendor of the skies
For the love which from our birth over and around us lies:
Source of all, to thee we raise this, our hymn of grateful praise.
For the wonder of each hour of the day and of the night
Hill and vale and tree and flower, sun and moon and stars of light:
Source of all, to thee we raise this, our hymn of grateful praise.
Prelude To a Wild Rose (9am) Edward MacDowell
O Beautiful Gaia (11am) Carolyn McDade
Welcome
Chalice Lighting John Zinner (9am)
Mark Christiansen (11am)
*Opening Hymn #1064 Blue Boat Home
*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
Song of Blessing This Little Light of Mine Traditional
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine…
Everywhere I go, I’m gonna let it shine...
Life Together
Offering Speaker Community Services United (CSU) of South Los Angeles
Neelam Sharma
Offering Adventures on Planet Earth, E.T. John Williams
Devotional Time
Sung Response Rising Green Carolyn McDade
My blood doth rise in the roots of yon oak,
Her sap doth run in my veins.
Boundless my soul like the open sky
Where the stars forever have lain.
Where the stars, where the stars,
Where the stars forever have lain.
Reading #632 Passover Remembered Alla Renee Bozarth
Music for the Morning Lead, Kindly Light (9am) John Dykes
Sunshine (11am) Michael McGlynn
Reflection Alison Kendall
Sung Response I feel the tides as they answer the moon,
Rushing on a far distant sand.
Winging my song is the wind of my breast
And my love blows over the land.
And my love, and my love,
And my love blows over the land.
Reflection James Witker (9am)
Beth Brownlie (11am)
Sung Response My foot carries days of the old into new,
Our dreaming shows us the way.
Wondrous our faith settles deep in the earth,
Rising green to bring a new day.
Rising green, rising green,
Rising green to bring a new day.
Reflection Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
*Closing Hymn #163 For the Earth Forever Turning
*Benediction
Musical Response So Close, Enchanted (9am) Jon McLaughlin
Have I Not Known (11am) Keith Getty & Stuart Townsend
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Service Participants: Sheila Bjornlie, Tom Early, Tom Fortich, Glen Howell, Nancy Howell, Barbara
Kernochan, Kris Langabeer, Leah Moore, Rick Rhoads, Mark Warkentin, Michael Young, Steve Young
& Sylvia Young
Service Notes
Today, 60% of our non-pledge offering will go to Community Services Unlimited, (CSU) of South Central Los Angeles to support programs such as Growing Healthy, which engages youth in urban farming and food based learning as a tool to help them adopt a healthier lifestyle and develop an awareness to the food access and environmental justice issues impacting their communities.
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Order of Service - April 29, 2018 "Earth Sunday"
April 29th, 2018 “Earth Sunday”
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*Gathering Hymn #173 In the Branches of the Forest
Call to Worship James Witker , Worship Associate
Chalice Lighting
Music for the Morning Sonata in A Minor for Flute Alone, III. Allegro (9am) C.P.E. Bach
with Kenneth Alexander
The Blue Bird (11am) C.V. Standford
Welcome
*Opening Hymn #1071 On the Dusty Earth Drum
*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 Ian Oakes, Bryan Oakes & Beth Brownlie
*Song of Blessing #366 Heleluyan
Heleluyan, heleluyan, hele, heleluyan,
Heleluyan, heleluyan, hele, heleluyan.
Life Together
Pulpit Message
Offering
Offertory Anthem Come Sunday (9am) Duke Ellington
with Kenneth Alexander
Great Trees (11am) Mary Alice & Peter Amidon
Devotional Time
Reading/Reflection Earth from Space/Pale Blue Dot Sigmund Jahn/Carl Sagan
Pastoral Prayer Prayer to Future Beings Joanna Macy
Silence
Musical Response
Sermon Acting with Urgency, Resisting Despair Alison Kendall
Interlude Going Green Greg Wood
Going Deeper
*Closing Hymn #1068 Rising Green
*Benediction
Musical Benediction Oh Beautiful Gaia
Invitation to Fellowship
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Bryan Cahill (9am); Katie Malich (11am)
Ushers: David Goetz & Kit Shaw (9am); Steve DePaul & Tom Foretich (11am)
Coffee: Susan Stahl & Alicia van Ooyen (9am); Rebecca Crawford & Linda Marten(11am)
Welcome Table: Barbara & Kim Andres (9am & 11am)
Bookstore: Sarah Harper (9am & 11am)
Service Notes
Today 40% of our offering goes to Citizens’ Climate Education. Citizens’ Climate Education
empowers individuals to educate elected officials, community leaders, and the general public about
climate change and climate change solutions.
Their consistently respectful, non-partisan approach to climate education is designed to create a
broad, sustainable foundation for climate action across all geographic regions and political
inclinations. By building upon shared values rather than partisan divides, and empowering our
supporters to work in keeping with the concerns of their local communities, the CCE work towards
the adoption of fair, effective, and sustainable climate change solutions.
Please give what you can to help spread vital knowledge for a livable future. Thank you!
Tree Offering Today: We are planting a tree on our UU campus in honor of our Grandpas,
Grandpa Greg Oakes and Grandpa Mac Brownlie.
May their wisdom and spirits continue to inspire us...a Grandpa Tree.
~ From your loving family... Joanne Brownlie, Beth Brownlie, Bryan Oakes, Ian Oakes,
Alex Michaelson & Spencer Michaelson
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Order of Service - April 3, 2015 "Growing with Conflict"
April 3, 2016 Seeds of Change
Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever.
-- Audre Lorde
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*Gathering Hymn Come, Come, Whoever You Are Rev. Lynn Adair Ungar
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,
Nómada͜ en búsqueda, si͜ amas la vida.
La nuestra͜ es la caravana de͜ amor.
Ven, otra vez ven.
Prelude Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There is a Season) Pete Seeger
Welcome James Witker
Chalice Lighting Young Religious Unitarian Universalists
*Opening Hymn #113 Where is Our Holy Church?
*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 Jessica Clay
Song of Blessing This Little Light of Mine Traditional
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine…
Everywhere I go, I’m gonna let it shine...
Life Together
Offering #1015 I Know I Can
Devotional Time
Sung Response Rising Green arr. Jim Scott
My foot carries days of the old into new,
Our dreaming shows us the way.
Wondrous our faith settles deep in the earth,
Rising green to bring a new day.
Rising green, rising green, rising green to bring a new day.
Responsive Reading #587 A Litany for Survival Audre Lord
Music for the Morning Transformation Daniel Gledhill
Sermon Growing with Conflict Jessica Clay
*Closing Hymn #1020 Woyaya
*Benediction
Musical Response So Close, Enchanted Jon McLaughlin
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Denise Helton, Tom Foretich & Barbara Gibbs
Ushers: Barbara Kernochan, Peggy Kharraz, Linda van Ligten & Greg Wood
Coffee: Deirdre Dietel, Peggy Rhoads, Kit Shaw & Alicia van ooyen
Bookstore: Mark Warkentin
Service Notes
Thank you to our worship leaders this Sunday! Jessica Clay, preaching, is currently making her way
through her final year of divinity school at Starr King, (our UU seminary up in Berkeley), after many
years of volunteer leadership as a member here in Santa Monica. She is looking forward to future
opportunities, “ to support people, to nurture community, to do social justice work, and to encourage
spiritual growth.” Today’s pulpit host, James Witker, is active with our AAHS group for atheists,
agnostics, humanists, and secularists and enjoys organizing periodic workshops concerning Unitarian
Universalism and how we interact with society and the world around us. We’re very thankful to have
these two leading our worship services this weekend.
Beginning this Sunday and concluding on April 24 with a special celebration for the Earth, our
congregation will be exploring issues of Climate Justice and ways to live out our 7th principle of
respect for the interdependent web of all existence. Accordingly, this month 60% of our non-pledge
offering will go to Community Services Unlimited, (CSU) of South Central Los Angeles to support
programs such as Growing Healthy, which engages youth in urban farming and food based learning as
a tool to help them adopt a healthier lifestyle and develop an awareness and political consciousness to
the food access and environmental justice issues impacting their communities. The program currently
operates at Normandie Avenue Elementary School and the Expo Center, and has a history at John
Muir Middle School. Please mark your calendars for our special Healthy Food, Healthy Planet Second
Sunday Supper at 6pm on April 10, when we will also host guests from CSU to learn more about their
programs in promoting healthy eating in South LA.
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Order of Service - April 30, 2017 - YRUU Sunday
April 30, 2017 YRUU Sunday
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Prelude Place of Love Betsy Grant
Welcome Annalivia Martin-Straw
Chalice Lighting Annie Jewel Foxworth
*Opening Hymn #1000 Morning Has Come
*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
Story for All Ages If Kids Ran the World
August Fouts
Song of Blessing #414 As We Leave This Friendly Place
As you leave this friendly place, love give light to every face;
May the kindness which you learn, light your hearts till you return.
Life Together Dagny Stahl
Meditation Sanna Legan
Offertory Water of Life Betsy Grant
Sermonette Who Cares? We Should! Alex Michaelson
Musical Response Annalivia Martin-Straw
Sermonette Afghan Rugs Freddie Kafka
Sermonette The SAT Crisis Dagny Stahl
Musical Response Annalivia Martin-Straw
Sermonette Nasty Women Sana Legan
Sermonette What Comes With Care Cheyenne Mason
*Closing Hymn #1064 Blue Boat Home
*Benediction Dani Kapowitz
Postlude Beach Betsy Grant
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Brian Cahill & Barbara Gibbs
Ushers: Tom Foretich, Peggy Kharraz, Dan Patterson & Jila Tayefehnowrooz
Coffee: Rebecca Crawford, Linda Marten, Susan Stahl & Alicia van Ooyen
Welcome Table: Barbara Gibbs
Bookstore: Sarah Harper
Service Notes
Today 40% of our non-pledge offering will go to Didi Hirsh Mental Health Services . With
locations in Culver City and throughout Los Angeles, Didi Hirsch transforms lives by providing
quality mental health care and substance abuse disorder services in communities where stigma or
poverty limit access. Its Suicide Prevention Center was the first in the nation to provide 24/7 crisis
counseling and receives over 55,000 calls each year at 877-7-CRISIS, or 877-727-4747.
About Betsy Grant, our guest pianist
Betsy Grant is a dedicated composer and recording artist of her own original piano works. In 2016 she released her latest CD Life Serves Life . She has won performance awards and competitions nationally and internationally for more than 20 years. She played Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue as a young piano soloist with the Columbia Artists Young Americans on a nationwide tour, and performed for Aaron Copland and Jose Iturbi before she was 20. She has been a soloist with the Brentwood Symphony, Los Angeles Concert Orchestra, Rio-Hondo Symphony, Metropolitan Symphony and Palisades Symphony, as well as others. She has two blogs: What Are We Doing? at freetospeakblog.blogspot.com and The Learning Heart at betsy-grant.blogspot.com as well as her
own website. Betsy teaches piano and composition at her home in Santa Monica, betsygrantmusic.com. Her CDs are for sale online from any of the following links: http://cdbaby.com/cd/betsygrant or http://www.amazon.com.
Undy Sunday: As of Friday we have collected 362 pairs of undies and 447 pairs of socks, bringing us
darn close to our goal of 600 of each. You can still order online for delivery to: Didi Hirsch -
Excelsior House, 1007 Myrtle Ave., Inglewood, CA 90301. All donations received, (or ordered, if you
let us know that you have done so), by April 30 will be included in our total. Contact: fia@uusm.org.
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Order of Service - April 5, 2015 Easter Sunday
April 5, 2015 Easter Sunday
Alleluia!
For the circle, the spiral, the web, the egg, the orbit, the center,
the seed, the flower, the fruit, the opening, the death, the release, the seed.
- Barbara Pescan
Prelude Gabriel’s Oboe, The Mission Ennio Morricone
Call to Worship Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
Chalice Lighting Jake Brunell, YRUU Youth Group
*Opening Hymn #203 All Creatures of the Earth and Sky
*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 Flower Festival
Musical Response Alleluia Mary Lou Prince
Life Together
Pulpit Message Marjorie Annapav, CASA of Los Angeles
Offering Hallelujah, The Messiah: A Soulful Celebration arr. Quincy Jones
Devotional Time Easter Prayer Elizabeth M. Strong
Silence
Sung Response #1068 Rising Green
Choral Anthem Jazzy Alleluia John Maas
Reflection My Cancerversary
Leonard Cachola
Choral Anthem Alleluia, Look Toward the Sea, Op. 158 Alan Hovhaness
Easter Message Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
*Closing Hymn Hush arr. Jason Shelton
Hush, hush, somebody’s callin’ my name…
Oh my soul, oh my soul what shall I do?
Sounds like freedom, somebody’s calling my name…
Oh my soul, oh my soul what shall I do?
Sounds like justice, somebody’s calling my name…
Oh my soul, oh my soul what shall I do?
Soon one mornin’, death come creepin’ in my room…
Oh my soul, oh my soul what shall I do?
I’m so glad trouble don’t last always…
Oh my soul, oh my soul what shall I do?
*Benediction
Musical Response Hallelujah, The Prayer of Saint Francis arr. DeReau K. Farrar
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Denise Helton (9am)
Tom Foretich & Denise Helton (11am)
Ushers: Steve DePaul & Peggy Kharraz (9am)
Carrie Lauer & Dan Patterson (11am)
Coffee: Kit Shaw & Alicia Van Ooyen (9am)
Diane Macunovich & Peggy Rhoads (11am)
Bookstore: Nancy Babbitt
Backyard Bounty: Rima Snyder
Service Notes
Thank you to our guest musicians, Jennifer Spier, Jennifer R. Johnson, Sarah Beck, Christin Webb, and
Steve Vail this morning.
This month, 60% of our offering will go to Court Appointed Special Advocates of Los Angeles
(CASA). CASA of Los Angeles improves the lives of children in the dependency system by pairing
them with trained volunteer advocates. In Los Angeles County, 28,000 children who have been abused
or neglected are currently under the jurisdiction of the Dependency Court. With the help of volunteer
advocates, 6,000 of these children will receive much-needed additional advocacy and support. If you
are interested in reducing and reversing the effects of child abuse and neglect by serving as a CASA for
children in Los Angeles, please attend an information session in Forbes Hall at 7:30pm on Tuesday, April
28, or contact Rev. Bijur at minister@uusm.org.
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Order of Service - April 8, 2018 "Can You Hear Me Now?"
April 8, 2018 “Can You Hear Me Now?”
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*Gathering Hymn #1000 Morning Has Come
Call to Worship Rima Snyder, Worship Associate
Chalice Lighting Ralph Waldo Emerson
Music for the Morning When I Am Frightened (9am) Shelley Denham
James Hayden, bass arr. Gagne
Alleluia (11am) Zanaida Robles
Welcome
*Opening Hymn #1029 Love Knocks & Waits for Us to Hear
*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 Forgive & Let Go! Cheri J. Meiners
*Song of Blessing #366 Heleluyan
Heleluyan, heleluyan, hele,heleluyan,
Heleluyan, heleluyan, hele,heleluyan.
Life Together
Offering
Offertory Anthem Now the Green Blade Riseth (9am) Medieval French
Harmony (11am) Jim Scott
Devotional Time
Reading / Reflection Untitled Jeff Brown
Pastoral Prayer
Silence
Musical Response
Sermon Can You Hear Me Now? Margot Page
Going Deeper
*Closing Hymn #83 Winds Be Still
*Benediction
Musical Benediction
Invitation to Fellowship
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Dwight Flowers (9am); Barbara Gibbs & Katie Malich (11am)
Ushers: David Goetz & Barbara Kernochan (9am); Hugo Contreras & Nina Emerson (11am)
Coffee: Phyllis Kory (9am); Barbara & Kim Andres and Linda van Ligten
Welcome Table: Barbara Gibbs (9am); Sheila Cummins (11am)
Bookstore: Sarah Harper (9am & 11am)
Service Notes
Today, 40% of our offering will go to a new program here at UUSM: the Second Sunday Supper
Service Project. When we started Second Sunday Supper some time ago, it seemed like it was a
great way to bring the community together. What we discovered, over time, was that our efforts
have turned into a little bit of an outreach effort. Half of the people who come are not members but
people who know the church who are hungry for community, hungry for socialization or just hungry
in general. We get to know our neighbors and more about our neighborhood as well as provide a few
opportunities for the under-employed to earn some food money by helping with clean up. This is a
great opportunity for us to directly serve our neighborhood and break down the barriers between
people. Please give generously.
The UUSM Accompanist Search Task Force spent three months conducting a thorough search which
yielded three outstanding finalists and resulted in a very challenging discernment period. I am
pleased to announce that the Accompanist Search Task Force successfully completed its task and
that Ryan Humphrey accepted our invitation to be our new Church Accompanist.
Ryan grew up in a UU church, and was the Director of Music and accompanist for First Unitarian
Church of Los Angeles. But the UU Santa Monica congregation has long held a warm place in his
heart. Ryan recalls several collaborations between First Church and UUSM while sharing DeReau
Farrar as choir director. In addition, some years back Ryan also sat in as accompanist for a UUSM
choir retreat where DeReau brought in Zanaida Robles as guest conductor. And before landing his
position at First Church LA, Ryan used to sub for Louis Durra at UU Santa Monica and even served as
something of an unofficial interim accompanist under director Seth Houston after Louis’s
departure.
Today is Ryan's first official Sunday with us in his new capacity. Please join me in officially
welcoming Ryan Humphrey to UUSM as our new "permanent" Church Accompanist!
~ Dr. Zanaida Robles
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Order of Service - April 9, 2017 "Call the Midwife"
April 9, 2017 A Community of Transformation
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*Gathering Hymn #155 Circle ‘Round for Freedom
Circle 'round for freedom, circle 'round for peace,
For all of us imprisoned, circle for release,
Circle for the planet, circle for each soul,
For the children of our children,
Keep the circle whole.
Prelude Hevenu Traditional Hebrew
Welcome
Chalice Lighting Beth Brownlie
*Opening Hymn #209 O Come, You Longing Thirsty Souls
*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 Celebrating Nowrooz, Persian New Year
Song of Blessing #414 As We Leave This Friendly Place
As you leave this friendly place, love give light to every face;
May the kindness which you learn, light your hearts till you return.
Life Together
Pulpit Messages Right Relations Task Force
Beth Rendeiro (9am)
Sue Stoyanoff (11am)
Reflection Justice District Assembly in Tuscon, Arizona
Voices of Community Cassie Winters, Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services
Offering Asturiana (9am) Manuel de Falla
Kua Rongo Mai Koe (11am) Ngapo Wehi, Arr. Eddie Quaid
Devotional Time A Prayer for the World Amy Shaw
Congregational response: We lift up our hearts.
Silence
Music for the Morning Theme from Seven Years in Tibet (9am) John Williams
My Heart Is Moved (11am) Carolyn McDade
Sermon Call the Midwife Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
*Closing Hymn #301 Touch the Earth, Reach the Sky!
*Benediction
Musical Response Sacred Trust Nancy Nordlie
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Dwight Flowers, Katie Malich & Jila Tayefehnowrooz
Ushers: Hugo Contreras, Nina Emerson, Barbara Kernochan & Kit Shaw
Coffee: Phyllis Kory, Jila Tayefehnowrooz & Linda van Ligten
Welcome Table: Barbara Gibbs
Bookstore: Sarah Harper
Service Notes
Today 40% of our non-pledge offering will go to Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services. With
locations in Culver City and throughout Los Angeles, Didi Hirsch transforms lives by providing
quality mental health care and substance abuse disorder services in communities where stigma or
poverty limit access. Its Suicide Prevention Center was the first in the nation to provide 24/7 crisis
counseling and receives over 55,000 calls each year at 877-7-CRISIS, or 877-727-4747.
Asturiana
To see if it would console me,
I went near to the green pine,
To see if it would console me.
Seeing me weep, it wept,
And the pine, being green,
Seeing me weep, it wept.
~ author unknown
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Order of Service - Aug 5, 2018 "The Poetry of Midfulness" August 5, 2018 “Poetry of Mindfulness” Flow down and down in always widening rings of being ~Rumi ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Gathering Hymn #188 Come, Come, Whoever You Are Call to Worship Dorothy Steinicke, Worship Associate Chalice Lighting The Way It Is Lynn Ungar Music for the Morning Nocturne in F minor, Op.51 Friedrich Chopin Welcome *Opening Hymn #326 Let All the Beauty We Have Known *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 sun Through every land, by every tongue. Offering for the Westside Food Bank Time for All Ages Pigs in the Mud in the Middle of the Rud Lynn Plourde *Song of Blessing #368 Now Let Us Sing Life Together Offering Offertory Anthem Minuet in D J.S. Bach Devotional Time Reading The Cure for It All Julia Fehrenbacher Silence Presentation Part 1 The Poetry of Mindfulness Rima Snyder Under Ideal Conditions Al Zolynas The Second Music Annie Lighthart Blackbirds Julie Cadwallader Staub Musical Response Presentation Part 2 Dorothy Steinicke Because even the word obstacle is an obstacle Alison Luterman Savasana: Corpse Pose Maryanne Murphy Zarzana Going Deeper *Closing Hymn #352 Find a Stillness *Benediction Musical Benediction Invitation to Fellowship *Please stand in body or in spirit ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ Greeters: Barbara & Kim Andres, Tom Foretich & Denise Helton Ushers: Linda van Ligten & Greg Wood Coffee: Deirdre Dietel, Kit Shaw & Alicia Van Ooyen Welcome Table: Barbara Gibbs & Linda van Ligten Bookstore: Sarah Harper Service Notes Today, 40% of our offering will go to to The Unitarian Universalist College of Social Justice. The UUCSJ creates valuable, experiential learning opportunities that use multiple learning modalities: books, lectures, classes, movies, conversations — and, of course, by direct experience with people from other cultures. In this moment of rising xenophobia and threats against basic human rights, UUCSJ trips to the border build experiential learning relationships with immigrants and grassroots partners to reveal the depth of the immigration crisis firsthand. These stories give a firsthand account of the challenges that exist across race, class, power, and privilege. This offering goes to scholarships – perhaps for someone in this community – to learn how UU principles are being employed to change lives. Please give generously! Our presenters today are Rima Snyder and Dorothy Steinicke. Rima and her husband, Norb Gallery, have been members of UUSM since 2006 and both sing in the choir. Rima is a freelance audio engineer, composer, and poetry fan. She and Norb live in Culver City. Dorothy has been a member of UUSM since 1998 and has been an RE teacher for almost that long. Her two daughters, Emily and Madeline Hero came up through our RE programs. |
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Order of Service - Aug 9, 2015 "Building a New Way: 2015 GA Reflections"
*Gathering Hymn We Give Thanks arr. Susan Peck
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.
Prelude Morning Dew Ruben Villalobos
Welcome Abby Arnold
Chalice Lighting Annalivia Martin-Straw & Katy Hoffman
*Opening Hymn #1017 We are Building a New Way
*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 Maxwell DeVita
Song of Blessing This Little Light of Mine Traditional
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine…
Everywhere I go, I’m gonna let it shine…
Life Together Daniel Patterson
Offering Sonata in E-Minor Ruben Villalobos
Devotional Time Abby Arnold
Silence
Sung Response Bind Us Together Bob Gillman
Bind us together, oh bind us together
With cords that cannot be broken.
Bind us together, oh bind us together
Oh, bind us together with love. x2
Reflections Patricia Wright
Catherine Gentile
Roberta Frye
Music for the Morning Day Raga Ruben Villalobos
Reflections Maxwell Devita
Alan Brunell
Peggy & Rick Rhoads
*Closing Hymn #1014 Standing on the Side of Love
*Benediction Dagny Stahl & Catherine Gentile
Musical Response Red Sky Raga Ruben Villalobos
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Barbara Gibbs & Kris Langabeer
Ushers: Tom Early & Barb Kernochan
Coffee: Diane Macunovich & Peggy Rhoads
Bookstore: Nancy Babbitt
Service Notes
A warm welcome to our musical guest this morning, Ruben Villalobos. Ruben Villalobos is a talented
and energetic guitar/sitar/keyboard player who has worked with such artists/producers as Ikey Owens
(Jack White, Mars Volta, Free Moral Agents, Sublime) & Miguel Happoldt (Sublime.) Mostly a live
player, he has worked with a handful of bands as a studio musician playing trumpet and sitar as well.
Today, 60% of our offering will go to The General Assembly Planning Committee Matching Grant
Program . The G.A. Planning Committee Matching Grant Program is a fund that helps congregations
send members to General Assembly who otherwise could not afford to go. The fund is available to
match funding - raised or allocated by local congregations - to help their members pay for registration
and travel costs so they can attend General Assembly. More information can be found at
http://www.uua.org/ga/registration/financialaid/scholarships.
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Order of Service - Aug. 12, 2018 "How Can We Support the Parents Among Us?" August 12, 2018 “How Can We Support the Parents Among Us?” --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Gathering Hymn #361 Enter, Rejoice, and Come In Call to Worship Leon Henderson-MacLennan, Worship Associate Chalice Lighting Reminder of the Inner Light Leon Henderson-MacLennan Music for the Morning Alone with Mother by S. Coleridge-Taylor with Dr. Zanaida Robles, soprano Welcome *Opening Hymn #66 When the Summer Sun Is Shining *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 Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey Song of Blessing #368 Now Let Us Sing Life Together Offering Today’s offering will go to de Benneville Pines Offertory Anthem O Mio Babbino Caro from Gianni Schicchi by Puccini with Dr. Zanaida Robles, soprano Prayer Guided Meditation Dorothy Steinicke Silence Musical Response Going Deeper *Closing Hymn #1051 We Are *Benediction Dorothy Steinicke Invitation to Fellowship *Please stand in body or in spirit ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ Greeters: Dwight Flowers, Barbara Gibbs & Katie Malich Ushers: Tom Early & Nina Emerson Coffee: Phyllis Kory & Linda van Ligten Welcome Table: Sheila Cummins & Barbara Gibbs Bookstore: Sarah Harper Service Notes Today, 40% of our offering will go to Camp de Benneville Pines. For nearly 60 years de Benneville Pines has been trying to provide and atmosphere and an opportunity for all ages to participate together in learning, play, renewal and creating moments of great meaning. 'Camp' is for parents who want to believe and understand how it's possible for a community to help teach, mentor, nurture and love their child. It is for kids that need moments of laughter, magic and memories of being beloved by more than those few people who are in their immediate family. This morning's offering is to make sure that those people who, because of financial limitations, might not have the opportunity to experience the magic of camp. Please help make that possible. Please give generously. In the Pulpit: Dorothy Steinicke is in her first year as a Worship Associate. She has been a member of this church for 19 years and an RE teacher for almost that long. Her two daughters, Emily and Madeline Hero came up through our RE programs. She is very involved in leading children on nature hikes in the mountains, wetlands and beaches. She worked for more than 30 years as an assistant director in television production and for more than 10 years before that as a paramedic. In the Pulpit: Leon Henderson-MacLennan is a second year Worship Associate at UUSM. At the Church, he facilitates “Build Your Own Theology - Ethics,” Our Whole Lives, and “Lessons of Loss” courses. Dr. Henderson-MacLennan has been a member of the Right Relations, Pulpit, and Religious Exploration Committees, and has facilitated the Soul Works course. His wife, Nicole, a lifetime UU, introduced him to UUism in 2003. Daughters Maribel and Gabriela were dedicated to the Church in 2007 and 2010, respectively. He is a practicing physician-geneticist and biomedical consultant. |