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	Order of Service - January 18, 2015 "Walking Toward Trouble - MLK Sunday" January 18, 2015 Martin Luther King Sunday We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. - Martin Luther King, Jr. 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. Prelude Maple Leaf Rag (9am) Scott Joplin Steal Away (11am) arr. Moses Hogan Welcome Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur Chalice Lighting Rick Rhoads Opening Hymn #1028 The Fire of Commitment* 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 A Sweet Smell of Roses (9am) by Angela Johnson illustrated by Eric Velasquez My Journey to Montgomery, 1965 (11am) Rev. Ernie Pipes 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 May You Find Peace (9am) Daniel Gledhill Ain’t No Stopping Us Now (11am) arr. James Hayden Devotional Time Silence Sung Response When I breathe in, I breathe in peace When I breathe out, I breathe out love. Music for the Morning Prelude in G minor, Well-Tempered Klavier II Johann S. Bach Speak of Peace (11am) Allan Robert Petker Introducing Our Speakers Cathie Gentile (9am) Peggy Rhoads (11am) Community Speakers Trudy Goodwin and Bob Gordh Message Walking Toward Trouble Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur Closing Hymn #1015 I Know I Can Benediction Musical Response Out There (9am) Alan Menken Meditation (11am) Mary Goetze & Rev. Bill Breeden Please stand in body or in spirit ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ Greeters: Roberta Frye, David Olson & Rhonda Peacock Ushers: Bonnie Brae, David Goetz, Rick Rhoads & Michael Young Coffee: Sheila Cummins, Alice Hall & Pam Teplitz Bookstore: Nancy Babbitt Backyard Bounty: Roberta Frye Service Notes* We are grateful to have Trudy Goodwin and Bob Gordh from the Santa Monica Committee for Racial Justice with us today. Trudy Goodwin is a continuing fellow of creative writing at Mount Saint Mary’s College, School of Humanities, Los Angeles. She is a community activist, co-founder of the Committee for Racial Justice, member of the 2015 Pan African Congress and #BlackLivesMatterLA. While Bob Gordh has a strong academic background, including a Ph.D. in Philosophy and an M.A. in English, he has always believed in putting theory into practice. He is currently a member of the steering committee of the Committee for Racial Justice and chair of its anti-mass incarceration subcommittee, as well as the L.A. No More Jails Coalition. 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 thier full human rights.
	Order of Service - January 31, 2016 "True or False" January 31, 2016 The Quest for Truth The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth. - Niels Bohr, physicist ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gathering Hymn We Would Be One* Jean Sibelius We would be one as now we join in singing our hymn of love, to pledge ourselves anew to that high cause of greater understanding of who we are, and what in us is true. We would be one in living for each other To show to all a new community. Prelude Prayer of the Children Kurt Bestor Welcome Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur Chalice Lighting Ned Wright Opening Hymn #1028 The Fire of Commitment* 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 Everything Seed Rev. Carole Martignacco Nalani Santiago-Kalmanson (9am) Lia Cranis (11am) Song of Blessing Spirit of Truth, of Life, of Power Lowell Mason Spirit of truth, of life, of power, we bring ourselves as gifts to thee: Oh, bind our hearts this sacred hour in faith and hope and charity. Life Together Pulpit Message Congregational Conversations Tom Peters, Committee on Ministry Offering You Make it Real James Morrison & Paul Barry Devotional Time Sung Response Spirit of Life Carolyn McDade Spirit of life, come unto me. Sing in my heart all the stirrings of compassion. Blow in the wind, rise in the sea; Move in the hand, giving life the shape of justice. Roots hold me close, wings set me free; Spirit of life, come to me, come to me. Responsive Reading #659 For You Walt Whitman Music for the Morning I Want to Know Daniel Gledhill Sermon True or False Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur Closing Hymn #324 Where My Free Spirit Onward Leads* Benediction Musical Response There’s Been a Change in Me, Beauty and the Beast* Alan Menken Please stand in body or in spirit ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ Greeters: Bryan Cahill, fUUsion ℅ Karen Patterson Ushers: Tom Early, Tom Foretich, Barbara Kernochan & Rick Rhoads Coffee: Jila Tayefehnowrooz , Alicia Van Ooyen & Jennifer Westbay Bookstore: Mark Warkentin Service Notes* Today’s Community Offering will go to the UU Service Committee 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.
	Order of Service - July 10 2016 "Choose Love" July 10, 2016 Choose Love ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gathering Hymn Come, Come, Whoever You Are* 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 Welcome Chalice Lighting Paice van Ooyen Opening Hymn #121 We’ll Build A Land* 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 Appreciation Religious Education Committee Liza Cranis Offering Devotional Time Silence Sung Response #6 Just As Long As I Have Breath Responsive Reading #657 It Matters What We Believe Sophia Lyon Fahs Music for the Morning Conversation Catherine Farmer Loya & Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur Closing Hymn #131 Love Will Guide Us Benediction Musical Response Please stand in body or in spirit ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ Greeters: Dwight Flowers, Katie Malich & Jila Tayefehnowrooz Ushers: David Goetz & Barbara Kernochan Coffee: Phyllis Kory, Jila Tayefehnowrooz & Linda van Ligten Bookstore: Mark Warkentin Service Notes* Today 40% of our non-pledge offering will go to UCLArts and Healing to transform lives through creative expression by amplifying the innate benefits of the arts with mental health practices. Through partnerships such as the Creative Minds Projects (CMP) UCLArts and Healing brings together volunteers and clients through creative expression and the arts at local homeless agencies in West LA and Venice, PATH West LA, and Safe Place for Youth. UCLArts and Healing also offers a Social Emotional Arts Certificate Program in interactive and experiential training in maximizing the social-emotional benefits of art, dance/movement, drumming, music, poetry, theater, and more. Thank you to our guest musician, McCartney Hutchinson. McCartney is a longtime participant in UUSM’s Children’s RE program, and has been playing trumpet for four years. This fall he will enter eighth grade at Paul Revere Middle School where he plays in the Revere Advanced Band and in the Jazz Band. He is excited to begin his second season with the prestigious Los Angeles Youth Orchestra. LAYO concert dates in the winter and spring will extend into a tour of Italy next summer. You can catch McCartney and his trumpet at the Camp de Benneville Pines Talent Show or busking, most afternoons, at Palisades Park. He likes to entertain with the music he plays, and at the same time likes how it entertains him.
	Order of service - July 12, 2015 "Choosing a UU Future" Gathering Hymn Enter, Rejoice, and Come In* arr. Betty A. Wylder Enter, rejoice, and come in. Enter, rejoice, and come in. Today will be a joyful day; Enter, rejoice, and come in. Prelude The Preacher Horace Silver Welcome Nica Eaton-Guinn Chalice Lighting Jessica Fant-Chapin Opening Hymn #349 We Gather Together* 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 God’s Hat Chris Buyce Song of Blessing I Seek the Spirit of a Child Traditional I seek the spirit of a child, the child who meets life naturally, The child who sings the alive, and greets the morning sun with glee. Children are real beyond all art. May I see: Joy’s a gift to our heart. I seek the wonder of a child, a child who sees delightfully, Now clowns in cloud, now gold in sun - imaginations true and free. Children are real beyond all lies. May I see: Faith’s a gift to our eyes. Life Together Offering The Graceful Path Scott Roewe Devotional Time Silence 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 remain singing. Calming my fears, quenching my tears, Through all the years, singing. Responsive Reading #664 Give Us the Spirit of the Child Music for the Morning Hope Scott Roewe Sermon Choosing a Future for Unitarian Universalism in the 21st Century Rev. Dr. Ken Brown Closing Hymn #1017 We are Building a New Way* Benediction Rev. Dr. Ken Brown Postlude When You Hear the “La La La”* Scott Roewe Please stand in body or in spirit ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ Greeters: Barbara Gibbs, Kris Langabeer & Katie Malich Ushers: Bonnie Brae & Tom Early Coffee: Phyllis & Robert Kory, Diane Macunovich & Linda van Ligten Bookstore: Nancy Babbitt Service Notes* Thanks to Rev. Dr. Ken Brown from the Pacific Southwest District (PSWD) of the UUA for being here today and for hosting a half-day workshop Saturday concerning UU governance in the 21st century. We appreciate him leading a discussion about the changing nature of the religious conversation in our congregations in our current times! Special thanks to our guest musician today, Scott Roewe. Scott has scored numerous films and TV shows including writing the theme for the Prime Time CBS Television series "Rescue 911.” Scott has also worked as assistant composer on the hit T.V. show C.S.I.. Scott is currently the Jazz Band Director at New Roads High School in Santa Monica. In addition, he serves as the music director at the UU Church of Santa Clarita. Scott is also a founding member of the group Wild Colonials. Since it's inception in 1992, the band has signed to Geffen records, released 3 records and toured nationally. www.scottroewemusic.com. This week we are doing a special collection to mark Black Lives Matter Sunday and the beginning of a week of Righteous Resistance. 60% of our offering will go to the James Reeb Fund first established during the days after Rev. Reeb's death at Selma, that continues to support the work of racial justice in our congregations and our Association. With what we collect this month, we will be able to supply immediate material needs to congregations terrorized by arson and other acts of violence. Donations also promote continual work on racial justice, voting rights, ministries to UU religious professionals of color, and interfaith organizing, especially around #BlackLivesMatter. Some of the money raised will also go to the Rebuild the Churches Fund (http://goo.gl/pb1wN8).
	Order of Service - July 13, 2014 "Uncivil Behavior" Order of Service - July 13, 2014 “In our daily life, we encounter people who are angry, deceitful, intent only on satisfying their own needs. There is so much anger, distrust, greed, and pettiness that we are losing our capacity to work well together.” - Margaret J. Wheatley *** Gathering Hymn 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. * Please stand in body or spirit. Welcome Rob Briner, Worship Associate Prelude “Blood on the Wind” Jared Anderson Chalice Lighting * Opening Hymn #1052 The Oneness of Everything *** 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. - from the Genevan Psalter Offering for the Westside Food Bank Story for All Ages Jacki Weber 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 “Taksim Square” Jared Anderson Devotional Time Pastoral Prayer #601 When All the People Mo-Tse Silence Sung Response #1064 Blue Boat Home Responsive Reading (Full text at bottom) Rev. Nuri-Robins Music for the Morning “Fireworks” Jared Anderson Sermon - “Uncivil Behavior” - The Rev. Dr. Kikanza Nuri-Robins *** Closing Hymn #1014 Standing on the Side of Love Please remain standing in body or spirit and hold hands for the benediction. *** Benediction Rev. Nuri-Robins Read more about Uncivil Behavior: “The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense” by Suzette Elgin. “48 Laws of Power” by Robert Greene “Turning to One Another” by Margaret Wheatley Please be seated for the postlude. Postlude “Moonshine” Jared Anderson Extinguishing the Chalice ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ Greeters: Kris Langabeer & Jila Tayefehnowrooz Ushers: Steve DePaul & Kit Shaw Coffee: Linda van Ligten, Sanna Egan, Robert & Phyllis Kory Bookstore: Nancy Babbit Backyard Bounty: Sue Stoyanoff Service Notes Kikanza Nuri Robins has been attending our church for about a year. She is an ordained Presbyterian minister, a community minister who works as an organizational development consultant. She serves people and organizations that are in transition – or ought to be – helping them with issues of leadership, change, diversity and spirituality. She came here, to our Santa Monica congregation, to fill her own trans-traditional spiritual well, and liked it so much she has stayed. Kikanza will become a full-fledged member as soon as she gets her paperwork completed, but she has already made a financial commitment to our community. www.KikanzaNuriRobins.com. We are very grateful for the music of Jared Anderson, this morning! Jared makes music and photography under the project moniker Aristotle Throttle. He grew up hopeful despite the drugs, murder, Christian suburbs, and other dark secrets haunting his family. For 10 years and two weeks he channeled that hope into taking care of severely abused and neglected children at a group home. During that decade, he fronted a band called System Kid and performed at dozens of churches and weddings. The conservative closet got cramped so he came out and moved to Spain for new adventures. He currently resides in L.A. and is recording an EP. He also does play therapy with autistic kids and drives for Lyft. This month, 60% of the non-pledge offering will go to Step up on Second. Step up on Second provides help, hope and a home for individuals affected by mental illness. Each day, Step Up sees 100 individuals and offers 22 programs in a continuum of care, all free of charge. For over a decade, volunteers from our church have served a meal to residents at Step Up on Second on the 4th Saturday of the month. To join the Hunger Task Force and volunteer, please contact Rhonda Peacock: uurhonda@gmail.com. Responsive Reading (see above): "We Give Thanks" For the good in the world; for things great and small, beautiful and awesome; for seen and unseen splendors; We give thanks For human life; for talking and moving and thinking together; for common hopes and hardships shared from birth until our dying; We give thanks For work to do and strength to work; for the comradeship of labor; for exchanges of good humor and encouragement; We give thanks For marriage; for the mystery and joy of flesh made one; for mutual forgiveness and burdens shared; for secrets kept in love; We give thanks For family; for living together and eating together; for family amusements and family pleasures; We give thanks For children; for their energy and curiosity; for their brave play and startling frankness; for their sudden sympathies; We give thanks For the young; for their high hopes; for their irreverence toward worn-out values; for their search for freedom; for their solemn vows; We give thanks For growing up and growing old; for wisdom deepened by experience; for rest in leisure; and for time made precious by its passing; We give thanks For your comfort in times of doubt and sorrow; for healing our diseases; for courage in the face of temptation and danger; We give thanks We give thanks for a world that is good We give thanks for the hope that comes from love that is everlasting
	Order of Service - July 16, 2017 Sunday, July 16, 2017 Can We Make Room Enough for Love? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gathering Hymn (standing) #1007 There’s a River Flowin’ in My Soul* Prelude (seated) Daniel Gledhill Welcome Chalice Lighting #418 Margot Page Opening Hymn (standing) #298 Wake Now My Senses 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 Offering for the Westside Food Bank (seated) Time for All Ages I’m In Love With A Big Blue Frog Leslie Braunstein Song of Blessing #118 This Little Light of Mine This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine... Everywhere I go, I’m gonna let it shine... Life Together Pulpit Message Offering Stephie’s Song Leslie Beauvais Devotional Time #490 Wild Geese Silence Sung Response #1031 Filled with Loving Kindness Music for the Morning Interpret the Sky Leslie Beauvais Sermon Can We Make Room Enough for Love? Ian Dodd Closing Hymn (standing) #301 Touch the Earth, Reach the Sky!* Benediction Ian Dodd Postlude (seated) Daniel Gledhill Please stand in body or in spirit ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ Greeters: Roberta Frye, Audrey Lyness & David Olson Ushers: Barbara Kernochan & Peggy Kharraz Coffee: Sheila Cummins, Eileen McCormack & Pam Teplitz Bookstore: Sarah Harper Service Notes Today, 40% of our offering will go to Step Up On Second. Step Up delivers compassionate support to people experiencing serious mental illness to help them recover, stabilize, and integrate into the community. With 100 permanent supportive housing units at six locations in Santa Monica and on the Westside of Los Angeles, Step Up now serves over 1,800 individuals each year with a focus on offering help, hope, and home. More information available at www.StepUpOnSecond.org. Thank you to Leslie Beauvais for the gift of her music, this morning! Leslie has performed extensively in musical theatre over some 30 years, including the Broadway company of “Les Miserables.” She started writing her own songs in 1995 when in between Musical Theatre performances. She has since recorded two albums of mostly original songs under the artist name Leslie Clemmons. Her third and most recent album CHEMISTRY, released under her first and favorite name Leslie Beauvais, features songs that she wrote all on her own, with the exception of two songs that were co-written by Leslie and her friend and teacher Severin Browne. You can find out more about Leslie on her website, www.lesliebeauvais.com.
	Order of Service - July 2, 2017 "Poetry of Praise & Protest" July 2, 2017 Poetry of Protest & Praise Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? ~ Mary Oliver ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gathering Hymn #389 Gathered Here* Philip A. Porter 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 The Ash Grove Traditional Lynn Angebranndt, cello Welcome James Witker, pulpit host Chalice Lighting Diana Spears Opening Hymn #159 This Is My Song 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 Henry Climbs a Mountain D.B. Johnson Song of Blessing #413 Go Now in Peace 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 Summer Song Carson Cooman Responsive Reading #646 The Larger Circle Wendell Berry Silence Introduction Poetry of Protest & Praise Rima Snyder Lines Written a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey (excerpt) read by James Witker William Wordsworth I Am Waiting Lawrence Ferlinghetti read by Emmy Cresciman Music for the Morning Summertime George Gershwin Two poems from This Day: Collected and New Sabbath Poems Wendell Berry read by Rima Snyder Closing Hymn #342 O Slowly, Slowly, They Return* Benediction Postlude Pastorale* Domenico Scarlatti Extinguishing the Chalice Please stand in body or in spirit ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ Greeters: Barbara & Kim Andres and 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 Step Up On Second. Step Up delivers compassionate support to people experiencing serious mental illness to help them recover, stabilize, and integrate into the community. With 100 permanent supportive housing units at six locations in Santa Monica and on the Westside of Los Angeles, Step Up now serves over 1,800 individuals each year with a focus on offering help, hope, and home. More information available at www.StepUpOnSecond.org.
	Order of Service - July 20, 2014 "Daring to be Vulnerable" Order of Service July 20, 2014 “Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen” ~ Brené Brown *** Gathering Hymn Come, come, whoever you are. Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving. Ours is no caravan of despair. Come, yet again come. *** Please stand in body or spirit. Welcome Amelia Monteiro Prelude “Chin Up” Daniel Gledhill Chalice Lighting Rev. Christina Shu Opening Hymn #368 “Now Let us Sing” Latecomers will be seated. *** 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. - from the Genevan Psalter Offering for the Westside Food Bank Story For All Ages Exodus 3:1-2, 9-14 & 4:1-5, 10-17 Rev. Christina Shu 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, adapted A Time for Community Offertory “Today” - Leslie Beauvais Devotional Time Prayer Rev. Christina Shu Silence Sung Response #1007 “There’s a River Flowin’ in My Soul” Responsive Reading “The Church of 80% Sincerity” (excerpt) - by David Roche Music for the Morning “If She Only Knew” - Leslie Beauvais Sermon “Daring to be Vulnerable” Rev. Christina Shu *** Closing Hymn #1008 “When our Heart in is a Holy Place” Please remain standing in body or spirit and hold hands for the benediction. * Benediction * Postlude “We’ll Meet Again” Daniel Gledhill Extinguishing the Chalice ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ Greeters: Dwight Flowers, Barbara Gibbs, David Olson Ushers: Bonnie Brae & Carrie Lauer Coffee: Nancy Howell & Pam Teplitz Bookstore: Nancy Babbitt Backyard Bounty: Roberta Frye Service Notes This month, 60% of the non-pledge offering will go to Step up on Second. Step up on Second provides help, hope and a home for individuals affected by mental illness. Each day, Step Up sees 100 individuals and offers 22 programs in a continuum of care, all free of charge. For over a decade, volunteers from our church have served a meal to residents at Step Up on Second on the 4th Saturday of the month. To join the Hunger Task Force and volunteer, please contact Rhonda Peacock: uurhonda@gmail.com. Reverend Christina Shu serves as the lead interfaith chaplain at Cedars Sinai. Rev. Shu earned a Bachelor’s in Religious Studies at Stanford University. She then earned her Master’s in Divinity at Harvard Divinity School. Rev. Shu’s focus is to provide interfaith spiritual care to patients and families from diverse religious communities (Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, etc.), and those who are not religious, are unaffiliated, or are personally spiritual. Her specialties are palliative care patients and families experiencing grief and loss, end-of-life situations, and coping with long-term illness and hospitalization. She was a chaplain resident at the University of California, Los Angeles, Medical Center and has earned a total of six units of clinical pastoral education. She also served as an intern minister for two years at Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church in Pasadena and is now an ordained Unitarian Universalist minister. Thank you to Leslie Beauvais for the gift of her music, this morning! Leslie has performed extensively in musical theatre over some 28 years, including the Broadway company of “Les Miserables.” She started writing her own songs in 1995 when in between Musical Theatre performances and has since recorded two Albums of mostly original songs under the artist name Leslie Clemmons. She is excited to be releasing her third Album of all original songs under her first and favorite name Leslie Beauvais, with songs that she wrote all on her own, with the exception of two songs that were co-written by Leslie and her friend and teacher Severin Browne. CHEMISTRY will be released sometime later this summer. You can find out more about Leslie on her website, www.lesliebeauvais.com
	Order of Service - July 27, 2014 "It's You!" Order of Service July 27, 2014 "If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud" - Emile Zola *** Gathering Hymn 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. * Please stand in body or spirit. Welcome Ian Dodd Prelude Morning Peace Daniel Gledhill Chalice Lighting * Opening Hymn #131 Love Will Guide Us *** 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. - from the Genevan Psalter Offering for the Westside Food Bank Story for All Ages Earrings! by Judith Viorst 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 Canon in D - Johann Pachelbel Devotional Time Pastoral Prayer The Stream of Life - Rabindranath Tagore Silence Sung Response #108 How Can I Keep from Singing? (My Life Flows On in Endless Song) Responsive Reading #530 Out of the Stars Music for the Morning Reflections II Joe Engleman Sermon “It’s You!” Rev. Anne Hines * Closing Hymn #118 This Little Light of Mine Please remain standing in body or spirit and hold hands for the benediction. * Benediction Please be seated for the postlude. Postlude “Blue Monk” - Thelonius Monk Extinguishing the Chalice ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ Greeters: Beverly Alison, Teri Bond, Steve Young, Michael Young Ushers: Tom Foretich & Patrick Meighan Coffee: Sylvia Young Bookstore: Nancy Babbit Backyard Bounty: Roberta Frye Service Notes The Reverend Anne Felton Hines recently retired after over 30 years of parish ministry -- all within our Pacific Southwest District. Her most recent ministry was with Emerson UU Church in Canoga Park, where she was the longest-serving minister they'd ever had; they honored her by designating her Minister Emerita. She was born and raised in Pasadena, and has two adult children and two teenage grandchildren. Besides ministry and her family, she loves playing classical piano. We are very happy to welcome Joe Engleman’s musical contributions to this morning’s service! Floral Dedication for Joanne Brownlie: "Dear Mommy, Happy Birthday! From your Loving Daughter, Beth and Son, Tom, and Son-in-Law, Bryan - and your devoted grandkids, Alex, Spencer and Ian. Thank you for making our lives so rich and wonderful! Let's Partay!" This month, 60% of the non-pledge offering will go to Step up on Second. Step up on Second provides help, hope and a home for individuals affected by mental illness. Each day, Step Up sees 100 individuals and offers 22 programs in a continuum of care, all free of charge. For over a decade, volunteers from our church have served a meal to residents at Step Up on Second on the 4th Saturday of the month. To join the Hunger Task Force and volunteer, please contact Rhonda Peacock: uurhonda@gmail.com. a meal to residents at Step Up on Second on the 4th Saturday of the mo
	Order of Service - July 31, 2016 "Native Vision" July 31, 2016 Vision: The Practice of Seeing Clearly ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gathering Hymn Come, Come, Whoever You Are* 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 Shalom Chaverim Traditional Hebrew Melody arr. Susan Geschke Welcome Chalice Lighting Leon Henderson-MacLennan Opening Hymn #128 For All That Is Our 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 A Story From the Sioux 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 ‘til you return. Reading From “Mutant Message Down Under” Marlo Morgan Life Together Pulpit Message Religious Education Committee Jo An Peters Pulpit Message DRE Search Committee Leon Henderson-MacLennan Offering The Rose Amanda McBroom Devotional Time Words by Black Elk Silence Sung Response Comfort Me Mimi Bornstein Comfort me, comfort me, comfort me, oh my soul. Comfort me, comfort me, comfort me, oh my soul. Sing with me… Speak for me… Dance with me… Comfort me... Reading From “The Lakota Way” Joseph M. Marshall III Music for the Morning Little David, Play on your Harp arr. Patricia Cota Sermon Native Vision: Wisdom of Indigenous Peoples Rev. Hannah Petrie Closing Hymn #163 For the Earth Forever Turning Benediction Rev. Hannah Petrie Musical Response Allegro Maestoso G. F. Handel arr. Patricia Cota Please stand in body or in spirit ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ Greeters: Bryan Cahill & Karen Patterson ℅ fUUsion Ushers: Tom Foretich & Rick Rhoads Coffee: Resa Foreman, Jila Tayefehnowrooz, Alicia Van ooyen & Jennifer Westbay Welcome Table: Carol Ring Bookstore: Mark Warkentin Service Notes* Today 40% of our non-pledge offering will go to UCLArts and Healing to transform lives through creative expression by amplifying the innate benefits of the arts with mental health practices. Through partnerships such as the Creative Minds Projects (CMP) UCLArts and Healing brings together volunteers and clients through creative expression and the arts at local homeless agencies in West LA and Venice, PATH West LA, and Safe Place for Youth. UCLArts and Healing also offers a Social Emotional Arts Certificate Program in interactive and experiential training in maximizing the social-emotional benefits of art, dance/movement, drumming, music, poetry, theater, and more. The Rev. Hannah Petrie, a life-long UU, was affirmed and ordained at North Shore Unitarian Church in Deerfield, IL. She graduated from Starr King School for the Ministry in its centennial year 2004, and has served UU congregations in Texas, Michigan, Florida, and most recently, Pasadena, CA. She is also creator of the blog, the JusticeHustle.org.
	Order of Service - July 6, 2014 "Who Ate California?" Order of Service - July 6, 2014 *** Gathering Hymn Enter, rejoice, and come in. Enter, rejoice, and come in. Today will be a joyful day, Enter, rejoice, and come in. * Please stand in body or spirit. Welcome Jeremy Arnold, Worship Associate Prelude “Shell” Ronald O’Hannon Chalice Lighting Angela Lisovsky Opening Hymn #305 De Colores Latecomers will be seated. * 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 “The Little Horse” by Viginia Lee Burton read by Jeremy Arnold **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, adapted A Time for Community Offertory “Free Falling” Ronald O’Hannon Devotional Time Pastoral Prayer “Title Poem” by Rilke Reading “Hard Rain” By Tony Hoagland Silence Responsive Reading #642 Psalm 23 Music for the Morning “Better” Ronald O’Hannon Sermon “Who Ate California?” Rev. Jim Conn Please remain standing in body or spirit and hold hands for the benediction. * Closing Hymn #168 One More Step * Benediction #698 Your Are Not Alone Extinguishing the Chalice *** Postlude “Fix You” arr. DeReau K. Farrar ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ Greeters: Denise Helton, Sanna Egan & Tom Foretich Ushers: Rick Rhoads & Ned Wright Coffee: Pam Teplitz Bookstore: Nancy Babbit Backyard Bounty: Sue Stoyanoff Service Notes As you may know, as of July 1 the congregation has approved an increase to the community gift we make each Sunday to an organization outside the church. This has been 50%, and will now increase to 60%. For the week of July 6th, 60% of the non-pledge offering will go to CLUE-LA, (Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice). CLUE-LA was founded in 1996 to bring together clergy and lay leaders of all faiths to join low-wage workers in their struggles for justice. Rev. Jim Conn is the founding minister of the Church in Ocean Park. He also helped found the Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice, Los Angeles (CLUE-LA) as well as the Santa Monica renter’s rights campaign. Rev. Conn is also affiliated with Capital & Main as a writer and the Asset Based Community Development Institute. Layered background vocals coupled with textured melodies make up the Ohannon sound. The band focuses on creating mood through vocalization while delivering a message that is identifiable and positive for its listeners. The music can be described as a hodgepodge of sounds and genres- influenced greatly by Old Soul and Folk music. Ohannon’s band has performed throughout the Los Angeles area promoting the recently released EP, “Art Over Accolade”. Many of the EP’s songs center around some form of faith, and the doubt and struggle that accompanies the human experience. The EP has been featured on many blogs and websites, one of which describes Ohannon as, “one of the most talented individuals many of us have never heard”. With the release of “Art Over Accolade”, Ohannon hopes that the listener will take the time to feel and enjoy, and really “listen”. For more information visit: Ohannonmusic.com
	Order of Service - June 11, 2017 "Hopes & Wishes & Dreams" June 11, 2017 Hopes & Wishes & Dreams The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - - and therefore never scrutinize or question. ~ Stephen Jay Gould ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gathering Hymn #188 Come, Come, Whoever you Are* Come, come, whoever you are, Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving Ours is no caravan of despair. Come, yet again come. Prelude Hope on the Horizon Jack Walker Welcome Chalice Lighting Rev. Dr. Kikanza Nuri-Robins Opening Hymn #1060 As We Sing of Hope & Joy* 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 Offering for the Westside Food Bank Time for All Ages Song of Blessing #118 This Little Light of Mine* This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine... Everywhere I go, I’m gonna let it shine... Life Together Pulpit Message Offering TaReKiTa Reena Esmail Devotional Time Responsive Reading #600 The Space Within Silence Sung Response #1009 Meditation on Breathing Music for the Morning Open Up Your Heart Jack Walker Sermon You Gotta Have Hope Rev. Dr. Kikanza Nuri-Robins Closing Hymn #1057 Go Lifted Up* Benediction Musical Response Amen in Bb* Please stand in body or in spirit ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ Greeters: Dwight Flowers, Katie Malich & Jila Tayefehnowrooz Ushers: Dan Patterson & Ned Wright Coffee: Phyllis Kory, Jila Tayefehnowrooz & Linda van Ligten Welcome Table: Sheila Cummins Bookstore: Sarah Harper Service Notes* Today, 40% of our offering will go to Common Ground: the Westside HIV Center, now housed at Venice Family Clinic. Venice Family Clinic’s mission is to provide quality primary health care to people in need. Venice Family Clinic is the first choice in free and affordable healthcare for low-income, uninsured and homeless families and individuals on the Westside and from across Los Angeles County. Common Ground is committed to helping everyone know their HIV status and making sure that people living with the virus find – and stay connected to – medical care. More information is available at: http://commongroundhiv.org. The Rev. Dr. Kikanza Nuri-Robins is an organization development consultant who works with faith-based organizations, non-profits, and university faculty who are in transition - or ought to be. She is a trans-traditional Presbyterian minister and a member of our congregation. More information is available at: www.KikanzaNuriRobins.com. We welcome musician Jack Walker , who has written over 1,000 songs, scored over 100 films, and written many commercial jingles including “Switch to Ralphs,” [Supermarket]. His work includes anthems and songs for church, and two musical productions. From 1975 to 2003 he was Minister of Worship and Music at Brentwood Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles. Jack’s most recent work is a CD of children’s songs, “Singing with Grandpa.” Jack lives in Santa Monica. More information is available at: www.spiritunes.com.

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