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Order of Service - November 9, 2014 "What We Talk About When We Talk About Money"
You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.
-Buckminster Fuller
*Gathering Hymn For all that is our life, we give our thanks and praise.
For all life is a gift, which we are called to use
To build the common good and make our own days glad.
Prelude Remembrance (9am) Daniel Gledhill
Come in Peace (11am) Brian Tate
Welcome
Chalice Lighting Nica Eaton-Guinn (9am)
Mike Monte (11am)
*Opening Hymn #1028 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 Higgins: A Drop With a Dream Christopher Buice
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.
Life Together
Pulpit Message from the 2015 Commitment Campaign Emily Linnemeier and Jamie Duckman
Offering Send in the Clowns, A Little Night Music (9am) Stephen Sondheim
If I Can Sing, I Still Am Free (11am) Rich Campbell
Devotional Time
Sung Response Come and find the quiet center in the crowded life we lead,
Find the room for hope to enter, find the frame where we are freed:
Clear the chaos and the clutter, clear our eyes that we can see
All the things that really matter, be at peace and simply be.
Music for the Morning Somewhere, West Side Story Leonard Bernstein
Colleen Keene, soprano
Sermon What We Talk About When We Talk About Money
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
*Closing Hymn #151 I Wish I Knew How
*Benediction
Musical Response Autumn Leaves (9am) arr. Ralph Vaughn Williams
How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place (11am) Anton Bruckner
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Service Notes
Today’s floral arrangement is from Rima Snyder, “In memory of my mother, Ione Snyder.”
Service participants: Nancy Babbitt, Sanna Egan, Barbara Gibbs, David Goetz, Phyllis Kory, Robert
Kory, Kris Langabeer, Carrie Lauer, Katie Malich, Kit Shaw, Rima Snyder, Linda van Ligten and Ned
Wright.
Thank you for your generous gifts of $766.23 for Our House Grief Support Center.
Today’s Community 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.
Are you ready to Step Up? For the past 15 years, our church has served a meal to residents at Step Up
on Second once a month without fail. Our next volunteer day is Saturday, Nov 15th, and we need 4
more volunteers to help! Please sign up at hunger@uusm.org.
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Order of Service - Oct. 1, 2017 "Break Not the Circle"
October 1, 2017 Break Not the Circle
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*Gathering Hymn #217 O Sing Hallelujah
Call to Worship
Chalice Lighting Come, let us kindle the chalice that,
by the brightness of community,
we will find a path forward,
generously forgiving ourselves and each other .
Music for the Morning Gabriel Parades, tenor
Avinu Malkenu Janowski, arr. Paredes
Welcome
*Opening Hymn #323 Break Not the Circle
*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 #414 As We Leave this Friendly Place
As we leave this friendly place
Love give light to every face
May the kindness which we learn
Light our hearts ‘till we return
Life Together
Pulpit Message Right Relations Task Force
Offering
Offertory Anthem Gabriel Parades
L’dor Vador Finkelstein, arr. Paredes
Devotional Time
Reading
Pastoral Prayer
Silence
Sung Response Narrow Bridge trad. Jewish Chant
All the world is… just a narrow bridge
Just a narrow bridge
Just a narrow bridge (2x)
And above all… and above all
Is to have no fear, have no fear at all
And above all… and above all
Is to have no fear at all
Sermon Break Not the Circle Rev. Greg Ward
Going Deeper
*Closing Hymn #1037 We Begin Again in Love
*Benediction
Musical or Choral Benediction
Invitation to Fellowship
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Barbara & Kim Andres, Tom Foretich & Karen Patch
Ushers: Barbara Kernochan, David Goetz, Linda van Ligten & Greg Wood
Coffee: Barbara & Kim Andres, Pam Teplitz & Alicia van Ooyen
Welcome Table: Barbara Gibbs & Linda van Ligten
Bookstore: Sarah Harper
Service Notes
Today, 40% of our offering will go to to Hurricane Disaster Relief Fund through UU Service Committee, specifically for Puerto Rico. It is expected that the cleanup efforts will be long, and many have been displaced. Please give what you can to help out those in the path of the recent storms. Thank you!
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Order of Service - Oct. 8, 2017 "Getting to the Heart of the Matter"
October 8, 2017 Getting to the Heart of the Matter
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*Gathering Hymn #368 Now Let Us Sing
Call to Worship Abby Arnold, Worship Associate
Chalice Lighting We have all known the long loneliness,
and we have learned
that the only solution is love,
and that love comes with community. Dorothy Day
Music for the Morning Caro Mio Ben by Giuseppe Giordani (9am)
Amor Vittorios by Giovanni Gastoldi (11am)
Welcome
*Opening Hymn #1015 I Know I Can
*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 #118 This Little Light of Mine
This little light of mine...
Everywhere I go...
All around the world...
Life Together
Offering
Offertory Anthem We Are the Movers and Shakers by Bettie Ross
Devotional Time
Reading The Dance Oriah Mountain Dreamer
Pastoral Prayer
Silence
Musical Response
Sermon Getting to the Heart of the Matter Rev. Greg Ward
Going Deeper
*Closing Hymn #1028 Fire of Commitment
*Benediction
Musical or Choral Benediction
Invitation to Fellowship
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: [9am: Dwight Flowers] [11am: Barbara Gibbs & Patricia Wright]
Ushers: [9am: Tom Early & Jila Tayefehnowrooz] [11am: Nina Emerson & Ned Wright]
Coffee: [9am: Phyllis Kory] [11am: Alice Hall & Linda van Ligten]
Welcome Table: [9am: Barbara Gibbs] [11am: Sheila Cummins]
Bookstore: [9am & 11am: Sarah Harper]
Service Notes
Today, 40% of our offering will go to to UCLA Cancer Center, to support those who are learning to live with - and beyond - cancer. Those who face these challenges often feel frightened and alone but, with help, often find a special courage and wisdom to inspire those around them. Please give what you can to bring more courage and wisdom into our world. Thank you!
“Caro Mio Ben” (My Sweet Beloved)
My Sweet Beloved,
Believe me on this:
Without you,
My heart languishes
I, your faithful one,
Can’t catch my breath!
Cease, cruel one,
So much torment!
“Amor Vittorioso” (Victorious Love)
Come ye all armed,
O my strong soldiers, Fa, la, la
I am unconquered love,
The sure archer.
Fear not at all,
But in fine ranks united
Follow me courageously, Fa, la, la
They seem great heroes,
Those who are against you. Fa, La, la
But before them who know how to strike
They cannot defend themselves.
Fear not at all
But courageous and strong,
Be lively and fight. Fa, la, la
~ translation, Zanaida Robles
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Order of Service - October 12, 2014 "Coming Out"
October 12, 2014 Coming Out Day
It is not our differences that divide us.
It is our inability to recognize, accept,
and celebrate those differences. -- Audre Lorde
*Gathering Hymn Oh, we give thanks for this special day
For all gathered here, and those far away
For this time we share, with love and care
Oh, we give thanks for this special day.
Prelude Feels Like Home Randy Newman
Jennifer Leitham Trio
Welcome
Chalice Lighting
*Opening Hymn #145 As Tranquil Streams
*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
Story for All Ages The Adventures of Tulip, Birthday Wish Fairy
S. Bear Bergmann, read by Janet Goodwin
Song of Blessing Vision for humanity, all around the child.
Loving as one family, all around the child.
Life passages well understood, known and felt around the earth;
Light of love and joy extend all around the child.
Life Together
Offering Future Christmas Jennifer Leitham
Jennifer Leitham Trio
Devotional Time
Silence
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.
Music for the Morning The Altered Blues Jennifer Leitham
Jennifer Leitham Trio
Conversation Being Transgender Janet Goodwin and Liam Mina
*Closing Hymn #1014 Standing on the Side of Love
*Benediction
Musical Response Split Brain Jennifer Leitham
Jennifer Leitham Trio
*Please stand in body or in spirit
Service Notes
Thank you to our service participants: Nancy Babbitt, Steve DePaul, Roberta Frye,
Wendi Gladstone, Kris Langabeer, Katie Malich, Kit Shaw, Pam Teplitz, Linda van
Ligten, Jennifer Westbay.
Many thanks to Janet Goodwin, Liam Mina, and Interweave (LGBTQ and Allies) for their
leadership of our annual Coming Out Day service. To lend your support and join the
Interweave email list, please contact Janet at goodwin@ucla.edu.
Jennifer Leitham is considered by many to be be one of the finest Jazz bassists in the
world. She began life as John Leitham. In her professional life, she had played with
Woody Herman, George Shearing, Bob Cooper, Benny Carter, Bill Watrous, and Peggy Lee.
After many years of painful struggle, she transitioned publicly to her true self in 2001
while touring with Doc Severinsen. She has maintained a vigorous career and has
achieved much acclaim and acceptance in the years following her transition, including
completion of her premier trio CD, The Real Me (2006). Jennifer is also the subject of a
new documentary by filmmaker Andrea Meyerson, I Stand Corrected, winner of many film
festival Audience Choice and Jury Awards for best film. She is joined today by Andy
Langham on piano and Randy Drake on drums. More information at jenniferleitham.com.
Our Community Offering today will go to Camp Aranu’tiq for gender-variant and
transgender youth. Camp Aranu’tiq was founded in 2009 to build confidence, resilience,
and community for transgender and gender-variant youth and their families through camp experiences in New England and California: camparanutiq.org.
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Order of Service - October 19, 2014 "Under Every Grief"
Joy and woe are woven fine, clothing for the soul divine.
Under every grief and pine, runs a joy with silken twine.
- William Blake (1757-1827)
Gathering Hymn 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 Come Back (9am) Daniel Gledhill
I Will Remember You (11am) arr. DeReau K. Farrar
Welcome
Chalice Lighting Leon Henderson-MacLennan
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
Story for All Ages
Song of Blessing Vision for humanity, all around the child.
Loving as one family, all around the child.
Life passages well understood, known and felt around the earth;
Light of love and joy extend all around the child.
Life Together
Pulpit Message Ernest D. Pipes Distinguished Lecture Committee
Pat McGwire (9am), Diana Spears (11am)
Offering Intermezzo sinfonico, Cavalleria Rusticana Pietro Mascagni
Devotional Time
Sung Response When I breathe in, I breathe in peace.
When I breathe out, I breathe out love.
Music for the Morning Clair de lune (9am) Claude Debussy
I Promise Nothing (11am) Jacob Avshalomoff
Sermon Under Every Grief Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
Closing Hymn #17 Every Night and Every Morn
Benediction
Musical Response When She Loved Me (9am) Randy Newman
The paper reeds by the brooks (11am) Randall Thompson
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Service Notes
Service participants: Kirk Attebury, Nancy Babbitt, Sheila Cummins, Sanna Egan,
Dwight Flowers, Barbara Gibbs, Wendi Gladstone, Dave Goetz, Alice Hall, Michael
Monte, David Olsen, Sue Stoyanoff, Ned Wright, Michael Young.
Thank you for your Community Offering last week of $335.37 to benefit Camp Aranu’tiq
for transgender and gender-variant children.
Today’s Community Offering will go to Our House Grief Support Center. Grief is a
natural reaction after the death of someone close. Yet in our society few people are
prepared for the intensity and duration of the grief process. Our House was founded on
the premise that grievers need understanding, support, and connection. If you or
someone you care about is grieving, we are here to help. For support: 1.888.417.1444.
http://www.ourhouse-grief.org.
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Order of Service - October 2, 2016 "Stitches, Staples & Glue"
*Gathering Hymn Bind Us Together
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 Improvisation on Avinu Malkeinu Danny Gledhill
Welcome
Chalice Lighting James Witker
*Opening Hymn #163 For Earth Forever Turning
*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 Broken Flute Aaron McEmrys
Song of Blessing #118 This Little Light of Mine Traditional
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine...
Ev’rywhere I go, I’m gonna let it shine...
Life Together
Pulpit Message Lifespan Religious Education Committee
Sabina Mayo-Smith
Offering Danny (9am) Thomas Dorsey
Communio (11am) Antonio Lotti
Devotional Time Pale Blue Dot Carl Sagan
Silence
Sung Response #1001 Comfort Me
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 Kindness Naomi Shihab Nye
Music for the Morning Precious Lord (9am) Thomas Dorsey
Lead Me Home (11am) Eric William Barnum
Sermon Stitches, Staples, Glue Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
*Closing Hymn #1008 When Our Heart is in a Holy Place
*Benediction
Musical Response Umoja Zanaida Robles
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Denise Helton, Tom Foretich & Barbara Gibbs
Ushers: Steve DePaul, Peggy Kharraz, Greg Wood & Michael Young
Coffee: Deirdre Dietel, Peggy Rhoads, Kit Shaw & Alicia Van Ooyen
Welcome Table: Barbara Gibbs & Linda Van Ligten
Bookstore: Sarah Harper
Service Notes
Today 40% of our non-pledge offering will go to Our House Grief Support Center. Grief is a natural
reaction after the death of someone close. Yet in our society few people are prepared for the intensity
and duration of the grief process. Our House was founded on the premise that grievers need
understanding, support, and connection. For over twenty years, Our House has helped thousands of
grieving children, teens, and adults as they embark upon their journeys to hope and healing. For
support: 1.888.417.1444 or www.ourhouse-grief.org.
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Order of Service - October 26, 2014 "Living on the Edge"
In being with dying, we arrive at a natural crucible of what it means to love and be loved.
And we can ask ourselves this: Knowing that death is inevitable, what is most precious
today?
- Roshi Joan Halifax
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 The Water is Wide (9am) Traditional
In Paradisum, Requiem in D minor (11am) Gabriel Fauré
Call to Worship Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
Chalice Lighting Christine Suarez
Opening Hymn #322 Thanks Be for These
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 Vision for humanity, all around the child.
Loving as one family, all around the child.
Life passages well understood, known and felt around the earth;
Light of love and joy extend all around the child.
Life Together
Pulpit Message from the 2015 Commitment Campaign Rick Rhoads
Offering Looking Back (9am) Daniel Gledhill
Can’t Cry Hard Enough (11am) arr. John Maas
Responsive Reading #660 To Live Deliberately Henry David Thoreau
Devotional Time
Sung Response Open my heart to all that I seek;
Let me be part of the Love You give.
Sermon Living on the Edge Nica Eaton-Guinn
Music for the Morning Being Alive, Company Stephen Sondheim
DeReau K. Farrar, bass-baritone
Closing Hymn #331 Life is the Greatest Gift of All
Benediction We Are All Dying Mark Morrison-Reed
Musical Response When She Loved Me (9am) Randy Newman
The paper reeds by the brooks (11am) Randall Thompson
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There is no need to be afraid of death. It is not the end of the physical body that should
worry us. Rather, our concern must be to live while we’re alive – to release our inner
selves from the spiritual death that comes with living behind a façade designed to
conform to external definitions of who and what we are. Every individual human being
born on this earth has the capacity to become a unique and special person unlike any
who has ever existed before or will ever exist again… When you live as if you’ll live
forever, it becomes too easy to postpone the things you know that you must do. You
live your life in preparation for tomorrow or in remembrance of yesterday, and
meanwhile, each day is lost. In contrast, when you fully understand that each day you
awaken could be the last you have, you take the time that day to grow, to become more
of who you really are, to reach out to other human beings.
- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Service Notes
Service participants: Nancy Babbitt, Sheila Bjornlie, Tom Foretich, Barbara Gibbs, Dave
Hallinan, Glen Howell, Nancy Howell, Carrie Lauer, Leah Moore, Sue Stoyanoff, Ned
Wright, Michael Young, Steve Young, Sylvia Young.
Our Community Offering will go to Our House Grief Support Center. Grief is a natural
reaction after the death of someone close. Yet in our society few people are prepared
for the intensity and duration of the grief process. Our House was founded on the
premise that grievers need understanding, support, and connection. If you or someone
you care about is grieving, we are here to help.
For support:1.888.417.1444. http://www.ourhouse-grief.org.
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Order of Service - October 5, 2014 - "Heaven on Earth"
October 5, 2014
Gathering Hymn #208 Every Time I Feel the Spirit
Call to Worship #419 Look to this day! attributed to Kalidasa
Chalice Lighting Eric Huang
Prelude Heaven’s Here On Earth Tracy Chapman
James Hayden, bass
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 and Turning Point
Story for All Ages Now and Not Yet Rev. Rick Hoyt-McDaniels
Song of Blessing Vision for humanity, all around the child.
Loving as one family, all around the child.
Life passages well understood, known and felt around the earth;
Light of love and joy extend all around the child.
Life Together
Offering Higher Ground (9am) Stevie Wonder
Limitless (11am) Michael Abels
Devotional Time
Sung Response #398 To See The World
Music for the Morning Opening to Serenade to Music (9am) Ralph Vaughan Williams
City Called Heaven (11am) Josephine Poelinitz
Sermon Heaven on Earth Rev. Rick Hoyt-McDaniels
Closing Hymn #312 Here on the Paths of Every Day
Benediction #464 And Then Judy Chicago
Musical Response Abide With Me (9am) arr. Daniel Gledhill
The paper reeds by the brooks (11am) Randall Thompson
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Service Notes
Service participants: Nancy Babbitt, Tom Early, Tom Foretich, Barbara Gibbs, Denise Helton, Barbara
Kernochan, Diane Macunovich, Peggy Rhoads, Rick Rhoads, Kit Shaw, Rima Snyder, Alicia Van Ooyen.
Our Community Offering this month will go to Urban Partners-Los Angeles.
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Order of Service - Sept. 18, 2016 When E'er You Make a Promise
September 18, 2016
When e’re you make a promise,
Consider well its importance.
And when made, engrave it upon your heart.
-- Traditional Girl Scout Song
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*Gathering Hymn #318 We Would Be One
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 Welcome Daniel Gledhill
Welcome
Chalice Lighting
*Opening Hymn #360 Here We Have Gathered
*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 Making Promises
Song of Blessing #413 Go Now In Peace Natalie Sleeth
Go now in peace, go now in peace
May the spirit of love surround you, as you go, as you go
On your way.
Life Together
Pulpit Message Director of Religious Education Search Committee
Speaker Peggy Kharraz
Offering Lean On Me Bill Withers
Devotional Time
Silence
Sung Response #123 Spirit of Life
Responsive Reading
Music for the Morning Tradition Held Fast Jim Scott
Sermon When E’er You Make a Promise Rev. Kikanza J. Nuri-Robins
*Closing Hymn #1028 The Fire of Commitment
*Benediction
Musical Response Star of the County Down Irish Traditional
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Wendi Gladstone, Audrey Lyness & David Olson
Ushers: Nina Emerson, Peggy Kharaz, Kit Shaw & Ned Wright
Coffee: Rebecca Crawford, Sheila Cummins, Eileen & Michael McCormack
Welcome Table: Wendi Gladstone
Bookstore: Sarah Harper
Service Notes
Today 40% of our non-pledge offering will go to LA GOAL. LA GOAL is a bold and courageous
community that empowers adults with developmental disabilities to live healthy, productive,
independent lives. LA GOAL unlocks the full potential of every person and offers society a new
perspective on inclusion – one that demonstrates life is simply better when people with
developmental disabilities are a part of it. LA GOAL is based in Culver City and is currently recruiting
volunteers to build meaningful reciprocal relationships with clients in arts, sewing, and ceramics, and
as tutors in adult education.
Our congregant and board member, the Reverend Dr. Kikanza Nuri-Robins, is an organization
development consultant. Ordained by the Presbyterian Church, she is a trans-traditional minister who
serves pastors, congregations and spiritual organizations, including metaphysical, atheist, and the
national UUA offices. She has studied UU history and culture at Starr King School for Ministry and
helped design our Heart and Soul evening services.
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Order of Service - Sept. 2, 1018 "Labor Day Service" September 2, 2018 Labor Day Service --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Gathering Hymn #109 As We Come Marching, Marching Call to Worship Abby Arnold, Worship Associate Chalice Lighting Music for the Morning Zion’s Walls Aaron Copeland Welcome *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 Time for All Ages "Rachel Fister’s Blister" by Amy MacDonald *Song of Blessing #395 Sing and Rejoice Sing and rejoice, sing and rejoice. Let all things living now sing and rejoice. Life Together Offering Offertory Anthem Laudate Dominum from Solemn Vespers by W.A. Mozart Devotional Time Reading / Reflection Pastoral Prayer Sermon Our Struggle will be Our Freedom Rev. Rae Huang Going Deeper 1) If “struggle is a school,” what have you learned? 2) What are you being called to or invited to change today? *Closing Hymn #301 Touch the Earth, Reach the Sky! *Benediction Musical Response Invitation to Fellowship *Please stand in body or in spirit ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ Greeters: Kim and Barbara Andres, Denise Helton Ushers: Linda van Ligten & Greg Wood Coffee: Hugo Contreras, Deirdre Dietel, Kit Shaw & Alicia van Ooyen Bookstore: Sarah Harper Service Notes Today, 40% of our offering will go to CLUE, Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice. CLUE brings together clergy and lay leaders of all faiths with laborers, immigrants and low-income families in the cause of a just economy that works for all who live in Southern California. Clue cultivates a region-wide network of more than 600 religious leaders who partner with unions and community organizations to negotiate with employers for better working conditions, with lawmakers for policies that improve the lives of workers and immigrants, and with developers for contracts that require local hiring and other community benefits. The Reverend Rae Huang, a faith-rooted organizer for Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE), is an ordained pastor in the Presbyterian Church (USA). She has a Masters of Divinity from Boston University-School of Theology and a Masters of Theology from Duke Divinity. She has more than 13 years of experience working in nonprofit, ecumenical, and interfaith contexts domestically and abroad, ranging from organizing youth and families on healthcare and street violence issues to her chaplaincy work in street, university, and hospital settings. She also works with Kaleidoscope Institute, training faith leaders and clergy in anti-racism work and leadership, and provides mediation support for communities and schools. |
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Order of Service - Sept. 6, 2015 "A Fighting Chance"
*Gathering Hymn Step by Step the Longest March Waldemar Hille
Step by step the longest march can be won, can be won.
Many stones can form an arch, singly none, singly none.
And by union, what we will can be accomplished still;
Drops of water turn a mill, singly none, singly none.
Prelude Aqvavebula Traditional Georgian
Welcome Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
Chalice Lighting Paice Van Ooyen, YRUU Youth Group
*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
Time for All Ages
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
Life Together
Pulpit Message Faith in Action
Offering Dragana I Slaveja Traditional Bulgarian
Devotional Time
Silence
Musical Response Pecen Za Angel Traditional Bulgarian
Responsive Reading #567 To Be Of Use Marge Piercy
Music for the Morning Rasodi Se Tanka Neda Traditional Bulgarian
Sermon A Fighting Chance Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
*Closing Hymn #168 One More Step
*Benediction
Musical Response Dushko Moja Traditional Ukrainian Romani
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Tom Foretich, Denise Helton & Jila Tayefehnowrooz
Ushers: Linda Van Ligten & Greg Wood
Coffee: Peggy Rhoads & Alicia Van Ooyen
Bookstore: Nancy Babbitt
Service Notes
We are delighted to welcome Nevenka as our guest musicians, this morning. Nevenka is a Los
Angeles-based women's folk chorus performing songs from Bulgaria, Macedonia, Croatia, Albania,
Russia, Greece, and Georgia, as well as Ladino Sephardic and Romani songs. The group was formed in
1976 by women who shared a common interest in the complex harmonies and compelling rhythms
typical of Balkan music. Very much in the Eastern European tradition, Nevenka includes women of all
ages making music together. www.nevenka.org.
Today, 60% of our offering will go to Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice of Los Angeles
(CLUE-LA). 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. Please join Faith in Action, CLUE, and community
leaders to learn more about raising the minimum wage and continuing the movement for higher standards
right here in Santa Monica at 5:30pm on Wed, Sept 9 in the Sanctuary. RSVP to fia@uusm.org.
Nevenka: The Meaning Behind the Songs
Aqvavebula: Georgian (traditional instruments), A young man professes his love to his honey-eyed
sweetheart. He says, “Come, I will be part of you and together we will conquer the mountains”.
Dragana I Slaveya: Bulgarian (choral), A young woman has a singing contest with a nightingale. If
Dragana wins, she can clip the bird’s wings and keep it for a pet. If the bird wins, Dragana will have to
cut off her beautiful braid. Dragana wins the contest, but she lets the bird have its freedom.
Pecen Za Angel: Bulgarian (choral), A mother says to her son, “Don’t go off to war – instead take a
wife and have children.” He replies that he must go to protect his country.
Dushko Moja: Ukrainian, Romany (guitar, mandolin, violin & drum), The man singing this song is
ending his affair with his lover because he can no longer split his love between two women!
Rasodi Se Tenka Neda: Bulgarian (choral), Young Neda goes to the well for water and there she has a
flirtatious encounter with a young man.
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Order of Service - Sept. 9, 2018 "Y'all Come Back Now, Y'hear?" September 9, 2018 “Y’all Come Back Now, Y’hear?” ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Gathering Hymn #407 We're Gonna Sit at the Welcome Table Call to Worship Rev. Kikanza Nuri-Robins, Worship Associate Chalice Lighting Music for the Morning At Times My Thoughts Come Drifting by Johannes Brahms Welcome *Opening Hymn #1024 Do When the Spirit Says Do *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 #395 Sing and Rejoice Sing and rejoice, sing and rejoice. Let all things living now sing and rejoice. Announcements Offering Offertory Anthem One of Us by Joan Osborne (Jyvonne) Reading From “Travelling Mercies” Anne Lamott Prayer Silence Musical Response Sermon “Y’all Come Back Now, Y’hear?” Rev. Greg Going Deeper *Closing Hymn #131 Love Will Guide Us *Benediction Musical Response Invitation to Fellowship *Please stand in body or in spirit ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ Greeters: Kim and Barbara Andres, Denise Helton Ushers: Linda van Ligten & Greg Wood Coffee: Hugo Contreras, Deirdre Dietel, Kit Shaw & Alicia van Ooyen Bookstore: Sarah Harper Service Notes Today, 40% of our offering will go to CLUE, Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice. CLUE brings together clergy and lay leaders of all faiths with laborers, immigrants and low-income families in the cause of a just economy that works for all who live in Southern California. Clue cultivates a region-wide network of more than 600 religious leaders who partner with unions and community organizations to negotiate with employers for better working conditions, with lawmakers for policies that improve the lives of workers and immigrants, and with developers for contracts that require local hiring and other community benefits. |