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Order of Service - September 14, 2014 "Kin, Kindred, Kindness"
September 14, 2014
Gathering Hymn Surprised by joy no song can tell, no thought can compass, here we stand
to celebrate eternal love, to reach for one another’s hand.
When we are lonely and afraid, in need of kindness, here we stand
to celebrate eternal love, to reach for one another’s hand.
Call to Worship #437 Let Us Worship
Chalice Lighting Emily Hero
Prelude On My Own from Les Miserables Claude-Michel Schoenberg
Opening Hymn #209 O Come You Longing, Thirsty Souls
Covenant Love is the doctrine of this church.
The quest for truth is its sacrament,
And service is its prayer.
To dwell together in peace,
To seek knowledge in freedom,
To serve humankind in fellowship,
Thus do we covenant with each other.
Hymn of Praise From all that dwell below the skies
Let songs of hope and faith arise
Let peace, goodwill on earth be sung
Through every land, by every tongue.
Offering for the Westside Food Bank and Turning Point
Story for All Ages
Song of Blessing As you leave this friendly place, love give light to ev’ry face.
May the kindness which you learn, light your hearts ‘til you return.
Life Together
Community Speaker (11am) Angela Sanbrano, Central American Resource Center (CARECEN)
Offering I Can’t Make You Love Me Mike Reid & Allen Shamblin
Devotional Time
Sung Response #123 Spirit of Life
Music for the Morning Loving You Daniel Gledhill
Sermon Kin, Kinship, Kindness Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
Closing Hymn #1064 Blue Boat Home
Benediction
Postlude Theme from Somewhere in Time John Barry
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Service Notes
Service participants: Nancy Babbitt, Bonnie Brae, Tom Early, Sanna Egan, Melina Ewen, Kris Langabeer,
Carrie Lauer, Rick Rhoads, Kit Shaw, Jila Tayefehnowrooz
Our Community Offering this month will go to the Central American Resource Center (CARECEN).
CARECEN is a community organization which provides legal assistance, advocacy and organizational skills,
and educational programs for Central Americans and the larger community in Los Angeles. Its work on
behalf of the children refugees includes legal representation, counseling in coordination with mental
health services to help them cope with the violence many of them have experienced in their home
countries and during their migration, and advocacy to keep in place existing protections for unaccompanied children migrants.
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Order of Service - September 28, 2014 "Welcoming the Stranger"
September 28, 2014
Gathering Hymn 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, nómada_en búsqueda, si_amas la vida.
La nuestra_es la caravana de_amor. Ven, otra vez ven.
Call to Worship
Chalice Lighting Bani Adam Saadi
Jila Tayefehnowrooz & Parsa Arjomandinezhad
Prelude Welcome, Welcome! Clif Hardin
Opening Hymn #1008 When Our Heart Is in a Holy Place
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 Name Jar Yangsook Choi
Song of Blessing As you leave this friendly place, love give light to every face;
May the kindness which you learn light your hearts till you return.
Life Together
Offering Loving You (9am) Daniel Gledhill
Ubi Caritas (11am) Dominic Fox
Reading This is the mission of our faith:
To teach the fragile art of hospitality;
To revere both the critical mind and the generous heart;
To prove that diversity need not mean divisiveness;
And to witness to all that we must hold the whole world in our hands.
William F. Schultz
Devotional Time
Sung Response #1031 Filled With Loving Kindness
Sermon Welcoming the Stranger Nica Eaton-Guinn
Music for the Morning There’s Got to Be a Way Mariah Carey & Ric Wake
Jyvonne Haskin, mezzo soprano
Closing Hymn #1053 How Could Anyone
Benediction
Musical Response Theme from Somewhere in Time (9am) John Barry
Love is... (11am) Marjorie Herman
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How do you feel about difference? How might you welcome the stranger?
We invite you to discuss this and the reading below with someone during coffee hour
or during the patio chat after the 9 am service.
What if we were to be together and listen to each other's comments with a willingness to expose rather
than to confirm our own beliefs and opinions? What if we were to willingly listen to one another with the
awareness that we each see the world in unique ways? And with the expectation that I could learn
something new if I listen for the differences rather than the similarities? We have this opportunity many
times in a day, every day. What might we see, what might we learn, what might we create together, if we
become this kind of listener, one who enjoys the differences and welcomes in disturbance? I know we
would be delightfully startled by how much difference there is. And then we would be wonderfully
comforted by how much closer we became, because every time we listen well, we move towards each
other. From our new thoughts and our new companions, we would all become wiser.
(Margaret Wheatley, mid-20th century)
Service Notes
Service participants: Nancy Babbitt, Steve DePaul, Tom Foretich, Glen Howell, Diane Macunovich, Dan
Patterson, Kit Shaw, Sue Stoyanoff, Alicia Van Ooyen, Michael Young, Steve Young, Sylvia Young
Our Community Offering this month will go to the Central American Resource Center (CARECEN).
CARECEN is a community organization which provides legal assistance, advocacy and organizational
skills, and educational programs for Central Americans and the larger community in Los Angeles. Its
work on behalf of the children refugees includes legal representation, counseling in coordination with
mental health services to help them cope with the violence many of them have experienced in their home
countries and during their migration, and advocacy, including lobbying members of congress to inform
them of the situation and to urge them to keep in place existing protections for unaccompanied children migrants.
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Order of Service - September 4, 2016 "Bread & Roses"
September 4, 2016
*Gathering Hymn #318 We Would Be One
We would be one as now we join in …singing
We would be one in living for eac…h other
We would be one in building for to…morrow
We would be one in searching for that… meaning
Prelude Prelude in C Major, Op. 28, No. 1 Frederic Chopin
Welcome Jacki Weber
Chalice Lighting
*Opening Hymn #109 As We Come Marching, Marching
*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 “Heaven & Hell”
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
Offering Profetiza, Pueblo Mio Rosa Martha Zarate Macias
Devotional Time
Silence
Sung Response #392 Hineh Mah Tov Psalm 133:1
Responsive Reading #567 To Be of Use Marge Piercy
Music for the Morning Lift Every Voice and Sing John Rosamond Johnson
Sermon A Story of Egypt: A Meditation on Labor Day, Rev. James
Black Lives Matter, & the Great Work of Our Lives Ishmael Ford
*Closing Hymn #121 We’ll Build a Land
*Benediction
Musical Response Star of the County Down Irish Traditional
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Tom Foretich. Barbara Gibbs & Denise Helton
Ushers: Bonnie Brae, Barbara Kernochan, Linda van Ligten & Greg Wood
Coffee: Deirdre Dietel, Peggy Rhoads, Kit Shaw & Alicia van Ooyen
Welcome Table: Barbara Gibbs & Linda van Ligten
Bookstore: Mark Warkentin
Service Notes
Today 40% of our non-pledge offering will go to Camp De Benneville Pines. DeBenneville Pines is a
UU camp in the San Bernardino National Forest, about 90 miles east of Los Angeles. Since 1962,
Unitarian Universalists have gathered in the pines to experience the wonder of the natural world
while deepening their connections to their faith and one another. This year the all-church camp
weekend will be September 16-18, and registration is now open. Please register with our Camp Dean,
Jacki Weber. As with all church programs, if the registration fee is a barrier to your participation, please let
Jacki or the minister kno w, as scholarships are available, jacki.weber@gmail.com.
The Reverend James Ishmael Ford is the minister-emeritus of the First Unitarian Church of
Providence, in Rhode Island. He was recently invited to affiliate as community minister at the
Unitarian Universalist Church of Long Beach, where he and his spouse are members. Reverend James
is also a Zen Buddhist priest, and the guiding teacher at the Blue Cliff Zen Sangha, which meets at the
Long Beach Church. He is the author and co-author of an assortment of UU pamphlets, an online
columnist for the UU World, and is the author of several books, the most recent "If You're Lucky, Your
Heart Will Break."
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Order of Service - September 7, 2014 "Love Reaches Out"
September 7, 2014
Gathering Hymn Surprised by joy no song can tell, no thought can compass, here we stand
to celebrate eternal love, to reach for one another’s hand.
When we are lonely and afraid, in need of kindness, here we stand
to celebrate eternal love, to reach for one another’s hand.
Call to Worship #437 Let Us Worship
Chalice Lighting Patricia Wright
Prelude Introduction from Porgy and Bess George Gershwin
Opening Hymn Foundations (words below)
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 Brave Raven by Aaron McEmrys
told by Catherine Farmer Loya, Director of Religious Education
Song of Blessing As you leave this friendly place, love give light to ev’ry face.
May the kindness which you learn, light your hearts ‘til you return.
Life Together
Offertory I Will Be Earth Gwyneth Walker
Devotional Time
Anthem Love from Four Sacred Songs Dominick DiOrio
Message Love Reaches Out Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
Closing Hymn #1015 I Know I Can
Benediction
Musical Response Love is… Marjorie Herman
Service Notes
Foundations
by Cynthia Cottam
Like a chalice burning bright,
Many years of sunlight
Shining down on clay and sand
Warm our feet, our souls, our hands.
Nestled in this special place
Sharing thoughts and songs
We can feel this building’s grace
Our church home where all belong.
Families both far and near
Friends who’ve stayed and friends who’ve gone
All who’ve known a welcome here
Are with us in our song.
Here we feel the earth around
And see the sky above
Here we’ve known our heart’s true hope
Here we’ve shared our true heart’s love.
Service participants: Denise Helton, Sanna Egan, Tom Foretich, Dave Hallinan, Patrick Meighan, Greg
Wood, Linda van Ligten, Robert Kory, Phyllis Kory, Alicia van Ooyen, Karen Patterson, Peggy Rhoads,
Nancy Babbitt, Rima Snyder
Today’s floral dedication is in honor of Robert Runk, beloved brother of Marguerite Spears and uncle of
Diana Spears.
Choir: Soprano - Lauren Callendar, Rebecca Crawford, Diane Fletcher-Hoppe, Tonya Hylton, Cindy
Kelly, Kim Miller; Alto - Sue Bickford, Shelly Blaisdell, Teri Bond, Janet Goodwin, Jyvonne Haskin, Karen
Hsu Patterson, Rima Snyder; Tenor - Eric Huang, Liam Mina, Gabriel Paredes, Richard Scher; Bass - Tom
Ahern, Norb Gallery, James Hayden, Larry Howard, Brigham Johnson.
Our Community Offering this month will go to the Central American Resource Center (CARECEN).
Founded by a group of Salvadoran refugees whose mission was to secure legal status for the thousands of
Central Americans fleeing civil war, CARECEN received 501C(3) status in 1983. Over the past 30 years,
CARECEN has transformed itself from a small grassroots group to the largest Central American
organization in the country. A current focus of CARECEN’s work is to support unaccompanied immigrant
children with legal representation, health and counseling services, and advocacy.
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Order of Service - Sun, Dec 10, 2017
December 10, 2017 “Why the Right Get it Wrong and the Left Just Don’t Get It”
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*Gathering Hymn #116 I’m On My Way
Call to Worship James Witker, Worship Associate
Chalice Lighting
Music for the Morning O Come Emmanuel (9am) with Becky Erskine, flute
A Hope Carol (11am) by David Dickau
Welcome
*Opening Hymn #287 Faith of the Larger Liberty
*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 Is There Really a Human Race? by Jamie Lee Curtis & Laura Cornell
Song of Blessing #395 Sing & Rejoice
Sing and rejoice. Sing and rejoice.
Let all things living now sing and rejoice.
Life Together
Pulpit Message
Offering
Offertory Anthem Wachet Auf (9am) with Becky Erskine, flute
Gloria (11am) by Antonio Vivaldi
Devotional Time
Reflection
Pastoral Prayer
Silence
Musical Response
Sermon “Why the Right Get it Wrong and the Left Just Don’t Get It” Rev. Greg
Going Deeper
*Closing Hymn #121 We’ll Build a Land
*Benediction
Musical Benediction
Invitation to Fellowship
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Dwight Flowers (9am); Barbara Gibbs & Katie Malich (11am)
Ushers: Bonnie Brae & Tom Early (9am); Hugo Contreras & Nina Emerson (11am)
Coffee: Phyllis Kory (9am); Linda van Ligten (11am)
Welcome Table: Barbara Gibbs (am); Sheila Cummins (11am)
Bookstore: Sarah Harper (9am & 11am)
Service Notes
40% of this morning’s (12/10) – and next week’s (12/17) – offering is for the UUA’s Disaster Relief fund and will go directly to those UUs and the surrounding community most affected by the fires in Ventura, Santa Paula, Santa Clarita and Sepulveda. 30,000 people have been displaced and countless structures have been destroyed. Your generosity will bring immediate hope to those facing heartbreaking loss of life, landscape and property.
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Order of Service - Sun, Dec 17, 2017 "Holiday Wars"
December 17, 2017 “Holiday Wars”
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*Gathering Hymn #224 Let Christmas Come
Call to Worship Abby Arnold, Worship Associate
Chalice Lighting Why I Say Happy Holidays John Pavlovitz
Music for the Morning Rorate Caeli Desuper
"Drop Down Ye Heavens from Above" Ancient Advent Hymn
Welcome
*Opening Hymn #221 Light One Candle
*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 Elijah’s Angel
Song of Blessing #395 Sing and Rejoice
Sing and rejoice. Sing and rejoice.
Let all living things now sing and rejoice.
Life Together
Pulpit Message Right Relations
Offering
Offertory Anthem In the Darkness of Winter Ruben Piirainen
Devotional Time
Reflection
Pastoral Prayer
Silence
Musical Response
Sermon Holiday Wars Rev. Greg
Going Deeper Let Christmas Come (reprise)
*Closing Hymn Merry Christmas/War Is Over John Lennon & Yoko Ono
*Benediction
Musical Benediction Merry Christmas (reprise)
Invitation to Fellowship
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Audrey Lyness (9am); Roberta Frye, Wendi Gladstone & David Olson (11am)
Ushers: Tom Early & Peggy Kharraz (9am); Hugo Contreras & David Goetz
Coffee: Alice Hall & Eileen McCormack (9am); Sheila Cummins & Pam Teplitz (11am)
Welcome Table: Barbara Gibbs (9am & 11am)
Bookstore: Sarah Mae Harper
Service Notes
40% of this morning’s offering is for the UUA’s Disaster Relief fund, and will go directly to those
UUs and the surrounding community most affected by the fires in Ventura, Santa Paula, Santa
Clarita and Sepulveda. 240,000 people have been displaced and countless structures have been
destroyed. Your generosity will bring immediate hope to those facing heartbreaking loss of life,
landscape and property.
Guest Accompanist Travis Reynolds is a composer, pianist, and educator recently based out of Los
Angeles. He has held positions as staff accompanist at The Boston Conservatory, pianist for St.
Anthony Shrine in downtown Boston, teacher at Belmont Music School, and co-artistic director for
SoundWave Milwaukee and Soundry; he currently teaches out of his studio in Inglewood and at
West Hollywood Academy of Music. His music has been performed by the Milwaukee Youth
Symphony Orchestra, St. Luke’s Chamber Series, Calliope, and others. Travis is a graduate of The
Boston Conservatory, where he studied with Jan Swafford and Dalit Warshaw.
UUCCSM Bass Section Leader James Hayden was born in Grapevine, TX. He is an operatic bass who
loves exploring avant-garde vocal repertoire. Mr. Hayden's voice can be heard on many movie
soundtracks including Star Wars: Episode VII, Godzilla, Minions, Jurassic World, and League of
Legends. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California and sings with the Los Angeles
Master Chorale.
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Order of Service - Sun, Jan 22, 2017
January 22, 2017
Our faith community is the bedrock upon which we stand
to face the challenges that confront us in our rapidly changing world.
- Elizabeth Jones, retired Director of Religious Education
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*Gathering Hymn #34 Though I May Speak With Bravest Fire verses 1&2
Though I may speak with bravest fire and have the gift to all inspire
But have not love, my words are vain, as sounding brass, and hopeless gain.
Though I may give all I possess, and striving so my love profess
But not be given by love within, the profit soon turns strangely thin.
Prelude Advent Dr. Zanaida Robles, arr. Daniel Gledhill
Welcome
Chalice Lighting Laura Matthews
*Opening Hymn #109 As We Come Marching, Marching
*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
Welcoming Our Preschool/Multi-Age Teacher, Lisbeth (Liz) Rivera
Time for All Ages Dedicating Ourselves to Lifespan Religious Exploration
Song of Blessing #118 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 Message Right Relations Task Force
Offering I Found Myself a True Love Harold Arlen
Devotional Time
Silence
Sung Response #123 Spirit of Life/Fuente de Amor
Fuente de Amor, ven hacia mí.
Y_al corazón, cántale tu compasión.
Sopla_al volar, sube_en la mar,
hasta moldear la justicia de la vida.
Arráigame, libérame,
Fuente de Amor, ven a mí, ven a mí.
Responsive Reading #652 The Great End in Religious Instruction W. E. Channing
Music for the Morning
Reflection Religious Education For Times Such as These
Rev. Diane Dowgiert
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
*Closing Hymn #298 Wake, Now, My Senses
*Benediction
Musical Response Amen in Bb
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Wendi Gladstone, Kris Langabeer, Michael Young & Steve Young
Ushers: Hugo Contreras, Steve DePaul, Jila Tayefehnowrooz & Ned Wright
Coffee: Kim Andres, Sheila & Harvey Bjornlie, Nancy Howell & Sylvia Young
Welcome Table: Barbara Gibbs & Kris Langabeer
Bookstore: Sarah Harper
Service Notes
Today 40% of our non-pledge offering will go to UUSC, (Unitarian Universalist 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.
Rev. Diane Dowgiert serves as interim minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Greensboro,
NC. She previously served as minister at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Tucson, AZ for ten years
and at the First Unitarian Universalist Society of Marietta, OH for five years. Diane is a graduate of
Starr King School for the Ministry. With a background in social work, Diane has a passion for
responding to the needs of the local community, and for bringing Unitarian Universalist principles
and values to social justice issues. Outside of church, she enjoys hiking and quilting. She has been
married to her husband AJ for 42 years. Their family includes two adult sons, one wonderful
daughter-in-law, one grand dog, and two adorable cats.
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Order of Service - Sun, June 18, 2017 "Change Matters"
June 18, 2017 Change Matters
“Come to the edge of the cliff,” he said. “We’re afraid,” they said.
“Come to the edge of the cliff,” he said. “We’re afraid,” they said.
“Come to the edge of the cliff,” he said.
They came. He pushed. They flew.
~ Guillaume Appollinaire
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*Gathering Hymn #361 Enter, Rejoice, and Come In
Prelude Sonata #1 in B Minor for Flute & Piano J.S. Bach
Welcome
Chalice Lighting
*Opening Hymn #359 When We Are 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
Offering for the Westside Food Bank
Time for All Ages
Song of Blessing #118 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 Message
Offering Romance #2 for Flute & Piano Robert Schumann
Devotional Time
Responsive Reading
Silence
Sung Response #196 Singer of Life
Music for the Morning Far and Away John Williams
Sermon Change Matters Rev. Dr. Kikanza Nuri-Robins
*Closing Hymn #1021 Lean on Me
Extinguishing the Chalice
*Benediction
Musical Response Amen in Bb
*Please rise in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Roberta Frye, Wendi Gladstone, Audrey Lyness & David Olson
Ushers: Tom Early & Kit Shaw
Coffee: Sheila Cummins & Pam Teplitz
Welcome Table: Barbara Gibbs & Wendi Gladstone
Bookstore: Sarah Harper
Service Notes
Today, 40% of our offering will go to Common Ground: the Westside HIV Center, now housed at the Venice Family Clinic. 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 organizational development consultant based in Los Angeles. She is a consultant to pastors of many faith traditions, and specializes in people and organizations in transition. She is a member of our congregation and represents us on the Board of Directors. With Joyce Holmen and Karen Hsu Patterson, she leads the Heart and Soul Contemplative service held on Second Sundays at 5pm.
We are thrilled to have our very own Kenneth Alexander offering music for today’s service. Thank you, Ken! Ken Alexander is a mathematics professor at USC, a UUSM member, and, when those other obligations allow, a flutist. He is principal flute of the Los Angeles Doctors Symphony Orchestra.
Responsive Reading
After a while we learn the subtle difference between
holding a hand and chaining a soul.
And we learn that love doesn't mean leaning and
company doesn't mean security.
And we begin to learn that kisses aren't compromises and presents aren't promises.
And we begin to accept our defeats
with our head up and our eyes ahead,
with the grace of an adult, not the grief of a child.
And we learn to build all our roads on today because
tomorrow's ground is too uncertain,
and plans and futures have a way of falling down in mid-flight.
After a while we learn that
even sunshine burns if we ask too much.
So we plant our own garden and decorate our own soul,
instead of waiting for someone to buy us flowers.
And we learn that we really can endure,
that we really are strong, and we really do have worth.
And we learn. And we learn. And we learn.
— Adapted from Veronica A. Shoffstall
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Order of Service - Sun, June 4, 2017 "Celebration Sunday"
June 4, 2017 Celebration Sunday
We enter the story in the middle.
~ Paul Elie
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*Gathering Hymn Gracias por el amor arr. William James Ross
Gracias por el amor del cielo, gracias por el inmenso mar,
Gracias por el cantar del bosque. ¡Aleluya!
Gracias por este nuevo día, gracias por nuestra gran unión,
Gracias por todas las bondades. ¡Aleluya!
Prelude Daniel Gledhill
Call to Worship (Responsive) #437 Let Us Worship
Chalice Lighting Cassie Winters
*Opening Hymn #126 Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
*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 Flower Ceremony
Song of Blessing #1053 How Could Anyone
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 Faith In Action
Roberta Frye
Offering Montana arr. DeReau Farrar
Devotional Time #723 Flower Communion Prayer
Silence
Sung Response #1002 Comfort Me
Comfort me, comfort me, comfort me oh my soul.
Comfort me, comfort me, comfort me oh my soul.
Walk with me...
Dance with me...
Hold my hand...
Comfort me...
Music for the Morning Gratitude Rima Snyder
Message Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
*Closing Hymn #1064 Blue Boat Home
*Benediction
*Musical Response
Chalice Extinguishing
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Barbara & Kim Andres, Denise Helton
Ushers: Hugo Contreras & Peggy Kharraz
Coffee: Deirdre Dietel & Kit Shaw
Welcome Table: Barbara Gibbs & Linda van Ligten
Bookstore: Mark Warkentin
Service Notes
Today’s flowers are given by the Farewell Committee in appreciation of Rev. Rebecca. We wish you all the best!
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.
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Order of Service - Sun, May 28, 2017 "Living in the Future"
May 28, 2017
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*Gathering Hymn Gracias por el amor arr. William James Ross
Gracias por el amor del cielo, gracias por el inmenso mar,
Gracias por el cantar del bosque. ¡Aleluya!
Gracias por este nuevo día, gracias por nuestra gran unión,
Gracias por todas las bondades. ¡Aleluya!
Prelude Prelude Op. 28, No. 4 Frederic Chopin
Welcome
Chalice Lighting Jila Tayefehnowrooz (9am)
Tom Peters (11am)
*Opening Hymn #112 Do You Hear?
*Covenant Love is the doctrine of this church.
The quest for truth is its sacrament,
And service is its prayer.
To dwell together in peace,
To seek knowledge in freedom,
To serve humankind in fellowship,
Thus do we covenant with each other.
*Hymn of Praise From all that dwell below the skies
Let songs of hope and faith arise
Let peace, goodwill on earth be sung
Through every land, by every tongue.
Offering for the Westside Food Bank
Time for All Ages
Song of Blessing #1053 How Could Anyone
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 Messages Farewell Committee
Gretchen Goetz (9am)
Cathie Gentile (11am)
Faith in Action
Peggy Rhoads (11am)
Offering It’s A Life (9am) Burkhard Dallwitz
Dahil Sa Iyo (11am) Miguel Velarde, arr. Fabian Obispo Jr.
Devotional Time
Silence
Sung Response #1037 We Begin Again in Love
We forgive ourselves and each other.
We begin again in love.
Music for the Morning Goodbye My Love (9am) Stephen Flaherty
I Will Be Earth (11am) Gwenyth Walker
Sermon Living in the Future Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
*Closing Hymn #1028 The Fire of Commitment
*Benediction
Musical Response Amen in Bb
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Glen Howell, Kris Langabeer, Michael Young & Steve Young
Ushers: Tom Foretich, David Goetz, Jila Tayefehnowrooz & Ned Wright
Coffee: Sheila Bjornlie, Nancy Howell, Leah Moore & Sylvia Young
Welcome Table: Barbara Gibbs & Carol Ring
Bookstore: Sarah Harper
Service Notes
Today 40% of our non-pledge offering will go to Unitarian Universalism beyond our congregation. Today we send our gifts to our Unitarian Universalist Association to promote social justice and liberal religion through public advocacy, leadership development, faith formation, and support for over 1,000 Unitarian Universalist congregations in the United States and around the world.
About Our Guest Accompanist
Travis Reynolds is a composer, pianist, and educator recently based out of Los Angeles. He has held positions as staff accompanist at The Boston Conservatory, pianist for St. Anthony Shrine in downtown Boston, teacher at Belmont Music School, and co-artistic director for SoundWave Milwaukee and Soundry; he currently teaches out of his studio in Inglewood and at West Hollywood Academy of Music. His music has been performed by the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra, St. Luke’s Chamber Series, Calliope, and others. Travis is a graduate of The Boston Conservatory, where he studied with Jan Swafford and Dalit Warshaw.
“Dahil Sa Iyo” Translation
My life has been full of hardship and suffering.
Because of you, I want to live.
You alone, my love, are my hope.
I became happy.
All this is because of you.
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