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Order of Service - December 7, 2014 "A Caregiver's Bill of Rights"
*Gathering Hymn O come, O come, Emmanuel, and with your captive children dwell.
Give comfort to all exiles here, and to the aching heart bid cheer.
Rejoice! Rejoice!
Emmanuel shall come within as Love to dwell.
Prelude Prelude No. 2 in C minor (9am) Johann Sebastian Bach
Kua Rongo Mai Koe (11am) arr. Eddie Quaid
Welcome
Chalice Lighting Frederick Kafka, YRUU Youth Group (Young Religious UUs)
*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 and Turning Point
Time for All Ages Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge Mem Fox
Song of Blessing This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine…
Everywhere I go, I’m gonna let it shine...
Life Together
Offering Looking Forward (9am) Daniel Gledhill
Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal (11am) Michael Larkin
Devotional Time
Silence
Sung Response #123 Spirit of Life
Reading A Caregiver’s Bill of Rights Jo Horne
Music for the Morning When You Believe, The Prince of Egypt Stephen Schwartz
Sermon A Caregiver’s Bill of Rights Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
*Closing Hymn #346 Come Sing A Song With Me
*Benediction
Musical Response Somewhere Over the Rainbow, The Wizard of Oz (9am) Harold Arlen
Irish Blessing (11am) Bob Chilcott
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Service Notes
A Caregiver's Bill of Rights, by Jo Horne
I have the right:
● To take care of myself. This is not an act of selfishness. It will give me the capability of taking better
care of my loved one.
● To seek help from others even though my loved ones may object. I recognize the limits of my own
endurance and strength.
● To maintain facets of my own life that do not include the person I care for, just as I would if he or
she were healthy. I know that I do everything that I reasonably can for this person, and I have the
right to do some things just for myself.
● To get angry, be depressed, and express other difficult feelings occasionally.
● To reject any attempts by my loved one (either conscious or unconscious) to manipulate me through
guilt, and/or depression.
● To receive consideration, affection, forgiveness, and acceptance for what I do, from my loved ones,
for as long as I offer these qualities in return.
● To take pride in what I am accomplishing and to applaud the courage it has sometimes taken to
meet the needs of my loved one.
● To protect my individuality and my right to make a life for myself that will sustain me in the time
when my loved one no longer need my full-time help.
● To expect and demand that as new strides are made in finding resources to aid physically and
mentally impaired persons in our country, similar strides will be made towards aiding and
supporting caregivers.
Thank you to our service participants: Nancy Babbitt, Tom Early, Sanna Egan, Tom Foretich, Denise
Helton, Barbara Kernochan, Phyllis Kory, Robert Kory, Diane Macunovich, Dan Patterson, Peggy
Rhoads, Rima Snyder & Ned Wright.
Today’s Community Offering will go to the Ocean Park Community Center (OPCC). OPCC
empowers people to rebuild their lives, with the goal of ending-- not simply managing -- human
suffering. OPCC is an independent, community-supported organization in which staff, volunteers and
clients work with mutual respect to address the effects of poverty, abuse, neglect and discrimination.
The agency's programs are designed to remove barriers to access the resources individuals need to
ensure their survival, end their victimization and improve their quality of life.
Cover image from Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? A Memoir by Roz Chast, p 146.
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Order of Service - Feb. 14, 2016 "The Voice of Vocation"
February 14, 2016 The Voice of Vocation
Don’t ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive, and then go and do that
because that’s what the world needs, people who have come alive.
- Howard Thurman, writer, minister, and college chaplain
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*Gathering Hymn We Give Thanks Wendy Luella Perkins
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 Remembrance Daniel Gledhill
Welcome
Chalice Lighting Wendi Gladstone
*Opening Hymn #149 Lift Every Voice and Sing
*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 Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch Eileen Spinelli
Song of Blessing How Could Anyone Libby Roderick
How could anyone ever tell you
You were anything less than beautiful?
How could anyone ever tell you
You were less than whole?
How could anyone fail to notice that your loving is a miracle?
How deeply you’re connected to my soul.
Life Together
Pulpit Message Congregational Conversations
Committee on Ministry, Leon Henderson-MacLennan (9am)
Sue Stoyanoff (11am)
Offering The Entertainer Scott Joplin
Devotional Time
Sung Response Voice Still and Small John Corrado
Voice still and small, deep inside all, I hear you call, singing.
In storm and rain, sorrow and pain, still we’ll remain singing.
Calming my fears, quenching my tears, through all the years, singing.
Responsive Reading #568 Connections Are Made Slowly Marge Piercy
Music for the Morning All the Livelong Day, Working Stephen Schwartz
Sermon The Voice of Vocation 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 Somewhere in Time (9am) John Barry
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Dwight Flowers, Barbara Gibbs & Katie Malich
Ushers: Steve DePaul, Dan Patterson, Kit Shaw & Jila Tayefehnowrooz
Coffee: Robert & Phyllis Kory, Linda Van Ligten & Jila Tayefehnowrooz
Bookstore: Mark Warkentin
Service Notes
To honor African American Heritage Month, in February our opening hymn will be Lift Every Voice and Sing. Often called the Black National Anthem, this hymn is a setting of a poem that was originally written to honor President Lincoln in 1899. There is something profound about reciting this text anytime topics such as oppression, justice, or activism enter the conversation. It is a text that calls us toward the pursuit of liberty for all, while rejoicing in the progress we have made and honoring those lives that have been and will be lost to the struggle.
Today, 60% of our non-pledge offering will go to Westside Food Bank. The need for food assistance in our area is up by over 85% since the start of the Great Recession. Westside Food Bank’s mission is to distribute as much food as possible to local agencies with food assistance programs. As the food bank warehouse for the Westside since 1981, they annually distribute 4.5 million pounds of food to over 70 local service agencies.
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Order of Service - Feb. 18, 2018 "The King's Bride"
February 18, 2018 “The King’s Bride”
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*Gathering Hymn #16 ‘Tis a Gift to be Simple
Story Opening
Chalice Lighting
Music for the Morning “Seven Years in Tibet” John Williams
Welcome and Announcements
Pulpit Message Dining for Dollars Melinda Ewen
Story Part I
*Opening Hymn #1018 Come and Go with Me
*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.
Story Part II
Song of Blessing #1023 Building Bridges
Story Part III
Meditation and Prayer
Story Part IV
Offering
Offertory Anthem “All of Me” John Legend
Jyvonne Haskin
Story Epilogue
Closing Hymn #16 ‘Tis a Gift to be Simple
*Benediction
Musical Benediction
Invitation to Fellowship
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Jamie Duckman (9am); Roberta Frye (11am)
Ushers: Dan Patterson & Kit Shaw (9am); Ned Wright & Michael Young (11am)
Coffee: Alice Hall & Eileen McCormack (9am); Sheila Cummins & Pam Teplitz (11am)
Welcome Table: Wendi Gladstone (9am & 11am)
Bookstore: Audrey Lyness (9am & 11am)
Service Notes
As a response to conversations started last week when Rev. Greg explored conditions within this country's Prison Industrial Complex, this week's Generous Contribution is dedicated to 'Worthy Now'. 'Worthy Now' is a program that is part of the Church of the Larger Fellowship’s Prison Ministry Network. Worthy Now invites Unitarian Universalists - and people of all faiths - on both sides of prison walls to explore relationship as it would be found in the beloved community. It is a declaration that all persons are worthy of love, respect, and support — not at some future time when we are better people — but as we are right now.
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Order of Service - Feb. 25, 2018 "You Gotta Know When to Walk Away"
February 25, 2018 “You Gotta Know When to Walk Away”
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*Gathering Hymn #83 Winds Be Still
Call to Worship Catherine Grasso Worship Associate
Chalice Lighting “And Yet You Persist” Rev. Gretchen Haley (for Elizabeth Warren)
Music for the Morning Make Me A Blessing Kimberly Haynes
Welcome
*Opening Hymn #86 Blessed Spirit of My Life
*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 “Answer Mountain” Sarah E. Skwire
*Song of Blessing #210 Wade in the Water
Life Together
Pulpit Message
Offering
Offertory Anthem Great Divide Kimberly Haynes
Devotional Time
Reading / Reflection “Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear” Elizabeth Gilbert
Pastoral Prayer
Silence
Musical Response
Sermon You Gotta Know When to Walk Away Rev. Kikanza Nuri-Robins
Musical Response
Going Deeper “Perseverance” Margaret Wheatley
*Closing Hymn #1015 I Know I Can
*Benediction
Musical Benediction
Invitation to Fellowship
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: James Duckman (9am); Kirk Attebury, Michael Young & Steve Young (11am)
Ushers: Bonnie Brae & Peggy Kharraz (9am); Nina Emerson & Tom Foretich (11am)
Coffee: Sheila Bjornlie & Leah Moore (9am); Sylvia Young & Cathy Wolfson (11am)
Welcome Table: Barbara Gibbs (9am); Carol Rig (11am)
Bookstore: Sarah Harper (9am & 11am)
Service Notes
Today, we share 40% of our offering with NAMI Westside Los Angeles.
NAMI (or the National Association of the Mentally Ill) is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. NAMI advocates for access to services, treatment, supports and research and is steadfast in its commitment to raising awareness, removing the stigma and building a community of hope for all of those in need.
NAMI Westside Los Angeles is committed to improving the lives of families who love someone struggling with mental illness by educating, advocating, listening, learning and leading. Help us partner with those working to ensure hundreds of thousands of families, individuals and educators get the support and information they need.
About Guest Musician Kimberly Haynes: Despite limited exposure to art and music in the inner city where she was raised, Kimberly Haynes bravely followed a divinely inspired call to song. Her work is the reflection of a life woven from intense adversity and bountiful blessings, with her passion for sacred music from all over the world always guiding her. Kimberly emerged from the fire of personal challenges with her grace intact, allowing those experiences to deepen and enrich her song. With music as her prayer, her deepest desire is to be of service to the world, using art for the healing of humanity.
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Chalice Lighting "And Yet You Persist" Rev Gretchen Haley (For Elizabeth Warren)
Though you have been warned
And given plenty of explanations
Reasons to do otherwise
You have persisted
To claim a life of joy, and justice
To carve out this time
This space for the renewal
Of your own heart
Despite all the reasons, the resistance
Fighting for your attention, luring you towards fear
You persist
To practice gratitude
For this day, this life
That has been given
This chance to begin again
And so let us gather
That we might
Offer one another courage, strength
Healing, hope
And this promise to
Persist in kindness,
Persevere in compassion
And
Prevail in a life that is for more than ourselves
Come, let us worship together
Reading / Reflection
You will fail. It sucks, and I hate to say it, but it’s true. You will take creative risks, and often they will not pan out. I once threw away an entire completed book because it didn’t work. I diligently finished the thing, but it really didn’t work, so I ended up throwing it away. (I don’t know why it didn’t work. How can I know? What am I, a book coroner? I have no certificate for the cause of death. The thing just didn’t work.)
It makes me sad when I fail. It disappoints me. Disappointment can make me feel disgusted with myself, or
surly toward others. By this point in my life, though I’ve learned how to navigate my own disappointment
without plummeting too far into death spirals of shame, rage or inertia. That’s because by this point in my
life, I have come to understand what part of me is suffering when I fail: It’s just my ego. Elizabeth Gilbert,
Big magic: creative living beyond fear
Going Deeper
Sometimes the best thing to do is just leave things alone. To stop manipulating interfering or pushing
things along with your own worn-out energy. This is the first step—withdrawing your energy from
forcing or cajoling. The next move is to change where you are, to stop looking at the situation from the
outside and to step into it as much as you can. From inside, a whole different territory is revealed.
If we take this approach, in every situation, we discover that the resources we need are already here. We
have more than enough to work with. It’s our task to notice this abundance, and then figure out how to
work with it appropriately. What’s possible, now?
Margaret Wheatley, Perseverance
For what does Life call you to persist, in spite of the struggle or pain?
From what is it time to walk away? Is it time to pivot? Is it perhaps, an opportunity to embrace something else?
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Order of Service - Feb. 28, 2016, "Saying Yes to Interdependence"
February 28, 2016 The Voice of Vocation
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*Gathering Hymn 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.
Prelude If We Hold On Together (9am) James Horner
Ain’t it a Shame (11am) arr. Fred Hall
Welcome
Chalice Lighting Herb and Susan Stahl
*Opening Hymn #149 Lift Every Voice and Sing
*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 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 Messages Congregational Conversations
Committee on Ministry
Super Camp Sunday
Vicky Foxworth (9am)
Delaney Hutchinson (11am)
Offering Distant Bells (9am) Daniel Gledhill
Zigeunerleben (11am) Robert Schumann
Devotional Time
Sung Response From You I Receive Joseph & Nathan Segal
From you I receive, to you I give,
Together we share and from this we live.
Responsive Reading #568 Connections Are Made Slowly Marge Piercy
Music for the Morning We’re in This Love Together Al Jarreau
Sermon Saying Yes to Interdependence Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
*Closing Hymn #1008 When Our Heart Is in a Holy Place
*Benediction
Musical Response Somewhere in Time (9am) John Barry
I Want to Be a Worker (11am) Isaiah Baltzell
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Glen Howell, Kris Langabeer, Michael Young & Steve Young
Ushers: Bonnie Brae, Tom Foretich, David Goetz & Peggy Kharraz
Coffee: Sheila Bjornlie, Nancy Howell, Leah Moore & Sylvia Young
Welcome Table: Kris Langabeer & Carol Ring
Bookstore: Mark Warkentin
Service Notes
To honor African American Heritage Month, in February our opening hymn is Lift Every Voice and
Sing. Often called the Black National Anthem, this hymn is a setting of a poem that was originally
written to honor President Lincoln in 1899. There is something profound about reciting this text
anytime topics such as oppression, justice, or activism enter the conversation. It is a text that calls us
toward the pursuit of liberty for all, while rejoicing in the progress we have made and honoring those
lives that have been and will be lost to the struggle.
Today, 60% of our non-pledge offering will go to Westside Food Bank to put nutritious food on the
tables of local families and individuals. The need for food assistance in our area is up by over 85%
since the start of the Great Recession. Westside Food Bank’s mission is to distribute as much food as
possible to local agencies with food assistance programs and to reduce food waste on the Westside of
Los Angeles County. As the food bank warehouse for the Westside since 1981, they annually distribute
4.5 million pounds of food to over 70 local social service agencies.
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Order of Service - Feb. 7, 2016 "Blessing of the Animals"
February 7, 2016 Blessing of the Animals
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*Gathering Hymn We Give Thanks Wendy Luella Perkins
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 Entr’acte, Die Fledermaus Johann Strauss
Welcome
Chalice Lighting Dagny Stahl, YRUU (9am)
Kelly, Connor, and Lillie Makino (11am)
*Opening Hymn #149 Lift Every Voice and Sing
*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
Or barked or meowed, by every tongue.
Offering for the Westside Food Bank
Time for All Ages Supper Bowl Kickoff
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
Pulpit Messages Build Your Own Theology
Sarah Robson
Congregational Conversations
Margot Page, Committee on Ministry
Offering Speaker UU Animal Ministry
Amy Lacomb
Offering Thank You (9am) Daniel Gledhill
I Found Me a Cat (11am) Aaron Copland
Candles of Memory Where Love Is (9am) Joanne Bushman Doxey
The Blue Bird (11am) Charles V. Stanford
Sung Response #15 The Lone, Wild Bird
Blessing of the Animals
*Closing Hymn #203 All Creatures of the Earth and Sky
*Benediction
Musical Response Somewhere in Time (9am) John Barry
I Want to Be a Worker (11am) Isaiah Baltzell
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Tom Foretich, Denise Helton & Jila Tayefehnowrooz
Ushers: Peggy Kharaz, Greg Wood & Ned Wright
Coffee: Resa Foreman, Peggy Rhoads, Kit Shaw & alicia Van Ooyen
Welcome Table: Linda van Ligten
Bookstore: Mark Warkentin
Service Notes
To honor African American Heritage Month, in February our opening hymn will be Lift Every Voice and Sing. Often called the Black National Anthem, this hymn is a setting of a poem that was originally written to honor President Lincoln in 1899. There is something profound about reciting this text anytime topics such as oppression, justice, or activism enter the conversation. It is a text that calls us toward the pursuit of liberty for all, while rejoicing in the progress we have made and honoring those lives that have been and will be lost to the struggle.
Today, 60% of our offering will go to the UU Animal Ministry. The Unitarian Universalist Animal Ministry serves as a central source of nonhuman animal awareness and education for UUs by relating the religious and spiritual aspects of our tradition to justice and ethical issues, and by promoting and supporting justice making efforts for nonhuman animals within our UU congregations and in the world.
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Order of Service - Feb. 7, 2016 "Blessing of the Animals"
February 7, 2016 Blessing of the Animals
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*Gathering Hymn We Give Thanks Wendy Luella Perkins
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 Entr’acte, Die Fledermaus Johann Strauss
Welcome
Chalice Lighting Dagny Stahl, YRUU (9am)
Kelly, Connor, and Lillie Makino (11am)
*Opening Hymn #149 Lift Every Voice and Sing
*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
Or barked or meowed, by every tongue.
Offering for the Westside Food Bank
Time for All Ages Supper Bowl Kickoff
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
Pulpit Messages Build Your Own Theology
Sarah Robson
Congregational Conversations
Margot Page, Committee on Ministry
Offering Speaker UU Animal Ministry
Amy Lacomb
Offering Thank You (9am) Daniel Gledhill
I Found Me a Cat (11am) Aaron Copland
Candles of Memory Where Love Is (9am) Joanne Bushman Doxey
The Blue Bird (11am) Charles V. Stanford
Sung Response #15 The Lone, Wild Bird
Blessing of the Animals
*Closing Hymn #203 All Creatures of the Earth and Sky
*Benediction
Musical Response Somewhere in Time (9am) John Barry
I Want to Be a Worker (11am) Isaiah Baltzell
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Tom Foretich, Denise Helton & Jila Tayefehnowrooz
Ushers: Peggy Kharaz, Greg Wood & Ned Wright
Coffee: Resa Foreman, Peggy Rhoads, Kit Shaw & alicia Van Ooyen
Welcome Table: Linda van Ligten
Bookstore: Mark Warkentin
Service Notes
To honor African American Heritage Month, in February our opening hymn will be Lift Every Voice and Sing. Often called the Black National Anthem, this hymn is a setting of a poem that was originally written to honor President Lincoln in 1899. There is something profound about reciting this text anytime topics such as oppression, justice, or activism enter the conversation. It is a text that calls us toward the pursuit of liberty for all, while rejoicing in the progress we have made and honoring those lives that have been and will be lost to the struggle.
Today, 60% of our offering will go to the UU Animal Ministry. The Unitarian Universalist Animal Ministry serves as a central source of nonhuman animal awareness and education for UUs by relating the religious and spiritual aspects of our tradition to justice and ethical issues, and by promoting and supporting justice making efforts for nonhuman animals within our UU congregations and in the world.
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Order of Service - February 1, 2015 "With and Without God"
*Gathering Hymn 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 Reflection I (9am) Richard Wilder
Dear Mister God, Children’s Letters to God (11am) C.M. Shearer
Welcome Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
Chalice Lighting Sanna Legan & Alexis Restum, YRUU Youth Group
*Opening Hymn #149 Lift Every Voice and Sing
*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 Supper Bowl Sunday
Song of Blessing This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine…
Everywhere I go, I’m gonna let it shine...
Life Together
Pulpit Message from Dining for Dollars Fundraising Auction Team
Garland Allen
Offering Take Me to Church Hozier-Byrne, Andrew
Gabriel Paredes, tenor
Devotional Time
Silence
Sung Response Open My Heart Henry S. Flurry
Open my heart to all that I seek;
Let me be part of the Love You give.
Reflection DeReau Farrar
Music for the Morning My Belief (9am) Yiruma
Gloria, Gloria (11am) Antonio Vivaldi
Sermon With and Without God Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
*Closing Hymn #1054 Let This Be A House of Peace
*Benediction
Musical Response Finlandia (9am) Jean Sibelius
May Love Be Your Guide (11am) Clif Hardin
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Sanna Egan, Tom Foretich & Denise Helton
Ushers: Steve DePaul, Linda van Ligten, Greg Wood & Ned Wright
Coffee: Diane Macunovich, Peggy Rhoads, Kit Shaw & Alicia van Ooyen
Bookstore: Nancy Babbitt
Backyard Bounty: Rima Snyder
Service Notes
To honor Black History Month, in February our opening hymn will be Lift Every Voice and Sing . Often
called the Negro National Anthem, this hymn is a setting of a poem that was originally written to
honor President Lincoln in 1899. There is something profound about reciting this text anytime topics
such as oppression, justice, or activism enter the conversation. It is a text that calls us toward the
pursuit of liberty for all, while rejoicing in the progress we have made and honoring those lives that
have been and will be lost to the struggle.
Thank you for your generous gifts of $436.10 for Black Lives Matter LA and $768.07 for the UU Service
Committee.
This month, as part of our Supper Bowl Sunday campaign, 60% of our offering will go to the Westside
Food Bank to provide food to social service agencies serving preschool children, seniors, veterans,
and people who are homeless on the Westside of Los Angeles. The Food Bank acquires as much food
as possible through donations, and also purchases food from wholesale merchants to consistently
provide our member agencies with the most nutritious food possible. Our Extra Helpings Westside
Program, which recovers food that would otherwise be thrown away from bakeries, restaurants,
caterers and food suppliers, provides about one third of the food we distribute. Thanks to the
economies of scale and our efficient operation, we can acquire five pounds of food for each donated
dollar.
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Order of Service - February 15, 2015 "As We Understand God"
*Gathering Hymn For the earth forever turning;
For the skies, for every sea;
For our lives, for all we cherish,
Sing we our joyful song of peace.
For the world we raise our voices,
For the home that gives us birth;
In our joy we sing returning
Home to our bluegreen hills of earth.
Prelude Morgenchoral, Die Dreigroschenoper (9am) Kurt Weill
Ave Verum (11am) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Welcome Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
Chalice Lighting Beth Brownlie (9am)
Susan, George & Ellycea Hendricks Richman (11am)
*Opening Hymn #149 Lift Every Voice and Sing
*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 This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine…
Everywhere I go, I’m gonna let it shine…
Life Together
Offering Sicut Cervus (9am) Jason Shelton
Hold Fast to Dreams (11am) André J. Thomas
Devotional Time
Silence
Music for the Morning As Things Are (9am) Johann S. Bach
Earth Song (11am) Frank Ticheli
Introducing Our Speakers
Reflections 12-Step Representatives
Sung Response #23 Bring Many Names, v.1-2
Reflections 12-Step Representatives
Sung Response #23 Bring Many Names, v.3-4
Message As We Understand God Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
*Closing Hymn #23 Bring Many Names, v.5-6
*Benediction
Musical Response Finlandia (9am) Jean Sibelius
May Love Be Your Guide (11am) Clif Hardin
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Rhonda Peacock (9am)
Roberta Frye, Wendi Gladstone & David Olson (11am)
Ushers: Peggy Kharraz & Kit Shaw (9am)
Rick Rhoads & Michael Young (11am)
Coffee: Jonathan Bijur & Alice Hall (9am)
Sheila Cummins & Pam Teplitz (11am)
Bookstore: Nancy Babbitt
Backyard Bounty: Roberta Frye
Service Notes
We are honored, this morning, to be joined by the choir from the Unitarian Universalist Church of Studio
City and their Director, Dr. Nancy Holland. Our own choir had a wonderful time being hosted by them
and their congregation last Sunday, and we are very glad they could be with us today.
To honor Black History Month, in February our opening hymn will be Lift Every Voice and Sing . Often
called the Negro National Anthem, this hymn is a setting of a poem that was originally written to honor
President Lincoln in 1899.
This month, as part of our Supper Bowl Sunday campaign, 60% of our offering will go to the Westside
Food Bank to provide food to social service agencies serving preschool children, seniors, veterans,
and people who are homeless on the Westside of Los Angeles. The Food Bank acquires as much food
as possible through donations, and also purchases food from wholesale merchants to consistently
provide our member agencies with the most nutritious food possible. Thanks to the economies of
scale and our efficient operation, we can acquire five pounds of food for each donated dollar.
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Order of Service - February 22, 2015 "In the Image of God"
*Gathering Hymn Love will guide us, peace has tried us
Hope inside us will lead the way
On the road from greed to giving
Love will guide us through the hard night.
Prelude Prelude in A, Well-Tempered Klavier II (9am) Johann Sebastian Bach
The Song of Kabir (11am) Elizabeth Alexander
Welcome Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
Chalice Lighting Teri Bond
*Opening Hymn #149 Lift Every Voice and Sing
*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 Prayer Shawl Blessing
Karen Patch (9am)
Melissa Weaver (11am)
Song of Blessing We are the flow, we are the ebb.
We are the weavers, we are the web.
Life Together
Offering Reflection III (9am) Richard Wilder
Recitative & Chorus, Rejoice in the Lamb (11am) Benjamin Britten
Reading That Which Holds All Nancy Schaffer
Silence
Sung Response Come Down, O Love Divine Ralph Vaughan Williams
Come down, O Love divine, seek thou this soul of mine,
and visit it with thine own ardor glowing;
O Comforter, draw near, within my heart appear,
and kindle it, thy holy flame bestowing.
Responsive Reading #466 Religion
Music for the Morning The Maker Makes Rufus Wainwright
Sermon The Image of God Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
*Closing Hymn #343 A Firemist and a Planet
*Benediction
Musical Response Finlandia (9am) Jean Sibelius
May Love Be Your Guide (11am) Clif Hardin
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Dwight Flowers (9am)
Glen Howell, Michael Young & Steve Young (11am)
Ushers: Bonnie Brae & Carrie Lauer (9am)
Tom Foretich & Dan Patterson (11am)
Coffee: Sheila Bjornlie & Leah Moore (9am)
Nancy Howell, Jila Nouroz & Sylvia Young (11am)
Bookstore: Nancy Babbitt
Backyard Bounty: Sue Bickford
Service Notes
To honor Black History Month, in February our opening hymn will be Lift Every Voice and Sing . Often
called the Negro National Anthem, this hymn is a setting of a poem that was originally written to honor
President Lincoln in 1899. There is something profound about reciting this text anytime topics such as
oppression, justice, or activism enter the conversation. It is a text that calls us toward the pursuit of
liberty for all, while rejoicing in the progress we have made and honoring those lives that have been and
will be lost to the struggle.
This month, as part of our Supper Bowl Sunday campaign, 60% of our offering will go to the Westside
Food Bank to provide food to social service agencies serving preschool children, seniors, veterans,
and people who are homeless on the Westside of Los Angeles. The Food Bank acquires as much food
as possible through donations, and purchases food from wholesale merchants to consistently provide
our member agencies with the most nutritious food possible. Our Extra Helpings Westside Program,
which recovers food that would otherwise be thrown away from bakeries, restaurants, caterers and
food suppliers, provides about one third of the food we distribute. Thanks to the economies of scale
and our efficient operation, we can acquire five pounds of food for each donated dollar.
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Order of Service - February 8, 2015 "The Greatest Good"
*Gathering Hymn Gathered here, in the mystery of the hour.
Gathered here in one strong body.
Gathered here in the struggle and the power.
Spirit, draw near.
Prelude Reflection II Richard Wilder
Welcome
Chalice Lighting Joyce Holman
*Opening Hymn #149 Lift Every Voice and Sing
*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 This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine…
Everywhere I go, I’m gonna let it shine...
Life Together
Offering A Higher Purpose Daniel Gledhill
Devotional Time
Silence
Sung Response Voice still and small, deep inside all, I hear you call, singing.
In storm and rain, sorrow and pain, still we’ll remain singing.
Calming my fears, quenching my tears, through all the years, singing.
Reading Last Night, As I Was Sleeping Antonio Machado
Music for the Morning The Best of All Possible Worlds, Candide Leonard Bernstein
Sermon The Greatest Good Catherine Farmer Loya
*Closing Hymn #6 Just as Long as I Have Breath
*Benediction
Musical Response Finlandia Jean Sibelius
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Kris Langabeer (9am)
Barbara Gibbs, Katie Malich & Jila Tayefehnowrooz (11am)
Ushers: Tom Early & Barbara Kernochan (9am)
Dave Goetz & Ned Wright (11am)
Coffee: Phyllis Kory & Robert Kory (9am)
Sanna Egan & Linda van Ligten (11am)
Bookstore: Nancy Babbitt
Backyard Bounty: Sue Stoyanoff
Service Notes
To honor Black History Month, in February our opening hymn will be Lift Every Voice and Sing . Often
called the Negro National Anthem, this hymn is a setting of a poem that was originally written to honor
President Lincoln in 1899. There is something profound about reciting this text anytime topics such as
oppression, justice, or activism enter the conversation. It is a text that calls us toward the pursuit of
liberty for all, while rejoicing in the progress we have made and honoring those lives that have been and
will be lost to the struggle.
This month, as part of our Supper Bowl Sunday campaign, 60% of our offering will go to the Westside
Food Bank to provide food to social service agencies serving preschool children, seniors, veterans,
and people who are homeless on the Westside of Los Angeles. The Food Bank acquires as much food
as possible through donations, and also purchases food from wholesale merchants to consistently
provide our member agencies with the most nutritious food possible. Our Extra Helpings Westside
Program, which recovers food that would otherwise be thrown away from bakeries, restaurants,
caterers and food suppliers, provides about one third of the food we distribute. Thanks to the
economies of scale and our efficient operation, we can acquire five pounds of food for each donated
dollar.
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Order of Service - January 11, 2014 ""To Bless or Curse the World"
*Gathering Hymn Common Ground Ivan Lins, Paul Winter & Jim Scott
In a circle of friends,
In a circle of sound,
All our voices will blend
When we touch common ground.
Prelude Classical Guitar Improvisation (9am) Jim Scott
Blessing (11am) Emily Crocker
Welcome Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
Chalice Lighting John Zinner
*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.
Offering for the Westside Food Bank and Turning Point
*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.
Time for All Ages Rainforest Jim Scott
Song of Blessing Go Your Way In Peace Jim Scott
Go your way in peace, wander as you may.
Blessed is the path you take, may love guide you on your way.
Comfort find in truth, may your struggles cease.
May the fire within your heart light the way of peace.
Life Together
Offering In Our Hands Jim Scott
Devotional Time
Silence
Sung Response I Am Waiting Jim Scott
Responsive Reading #490 Wild Geese Mary Oliver
Music for the Morning Harmony Jim Scott
Sermon To Bless or Curse the World Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
*Closing Hymn #1059 May Your Life Be As a Song
*Benediction
Musical Response May Your Life Be As a Song Reprise (9am) Jim Scott
Meditation (11am) Mary Goetze & Rev. Bill Breeden
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Service Notes
We are very grateful to have composer, guitarist, singer, poet, and activist, Jim Scott, with us this
morning as our guest musician and worship leader. Jim Scott has brought his contemporary and
multicultural music to more than 600 UU congregations over three decades. His much-loved “Gather the
Spirit” and a number of others are included in the UU hymnbooks. Former Co-chair of the UU Ministry
for the Earth, Jim was also involved in creating the "Green Sanctuary" program. With degrees from
Eastman School of Music and Berklee College, Jim has dedicated much of his musical work to celebrating
ecology, peace and justice. His long time friend and mentor Pete Seeger called Jim "some kind of a
magician."
Thank you to our service participants: Nancy Babbitt, Steve DePaul, Sanna Egan, Barbara Gibbs,
Phyllis Kory, Robert Kory, Kris Langabeer, Carrie Lauer, Katie Malich, Dan Patterson, Kit Shaw, Sue
Stoyanoff, Jila Tayefehnowrooz & Linda van Ligten.
This month, 60% of our offering will go to the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) to
advance human rights and social justice in the United States and around the world. The work of the
UU Service Committee is built on the conviction that all people are entitled to basic human rights,
which transcend divisions of class, race, nationality, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, and
gender. We envision a world free from oppression and injustice, where all can realize their full human
rights.
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