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Order of Service for Sunday, February 3, 2013
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Gathering Hymn
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Come, come whoever you are,
Wanderer, worshipper, 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.
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Welcome
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Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
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Prelude (9:00)
Choral Prelude (11:00)
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Es ist ein Ros entsprungen Johannes Brahms
Lift Every Voice and Sing Johnson
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Opening Hymn #298
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Wake, Now, My Senses
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Covenant
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Love is the doctrine of this church.
The quest of 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.
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Hymn of Praise
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From all that dwell below the skies
Let songs of hope and faith arise
Let peace, good will on earth be sung
Through every land, by every tongue. ~ based on Isaac Watts
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Offering for the Westside Food Bank
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Time for All Ages
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When the Wind Stops Charlotte Zolotow
read by Margot Page
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Song of Blessing [1011]
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Return again, return again, return to the home of your soul.
Return to who you are, return to what you are,
Return to where you are born and reborn again.
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Offertory
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Deep River spiritual, arr. Burleigh
Tom Ahern, bass-baritone
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Devotional Time
Pastoral Prayer
Silence
Hymn #123
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Victoria Safford
Spirit of Life
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Responsive Reading #650
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Cherish Your Doubts Robert T. Weston
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Music for the Morning (9:00)
Choral Anthem (11:00)
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Shall We Gather At the River? Traditional hymn
Fix Me, Jesus Hill
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Reflection
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"The Benefit of the Doubt"
Ian Dodd and Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
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Closing Hymn #131
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Love Will Guide Us
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Postlude (9:00)
(11:00)
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I'll Fly Away A. Brumley
My Good Lord’s Done Been Here Cloud
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Extinguishing the Chalice
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Order of Service for Sunday, January 27, 2013
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Gathering Hymn
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Come, come whoever you are,
Wanderer, worshipper, 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.
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Call To Worship
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Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
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Prelude (9:00)
Choral Prelude (11:00)
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Saviour, Like a Shepherd Lead Us arr. Mark Hayes
Truth Be In My Head Nicholson
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Chalice Lighting
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The Weber-Pelayo-Fouts family (9:00)
Edna Bonacich (11:00)
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Opening Hymn #113
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Where Is Our Holy Church?
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Covenant
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Love is the doctrine of this church.
The quest of 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.
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Hymn of Praise
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From all that dwell below the skies
Let songs of hope and faith arise
Let peace, good will on earth be sung
Through every land, by every tongue. ~ based on Isaac Watts
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Offering for the Westside Food Bank
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Song of Blessing [1011]
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Return again, return again, return to the home of your soul.
Return to who you are, return to what you are,
Return to where you are born and reborn again.
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Offertory (9:00)
(11:00)
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Time Remembered Bill Evans
Elijah Rock Hairston
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Devotional Time
Pastoral Prayer
Silence
Hymn #123
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Spirit of Life
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Reading
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from The Tao Te Ching: A New English Version
Stephen Mitchell
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Music for the Morning
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It Aint' Necessarily So (from Porgy and Bess) Gershwin
Babatunde Akinboboye, baritone soloist
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Sermon
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"The Quest of Truth Is Our Sacrament"
Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
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Closing Song [1007]
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There’s A River Flowin’ In My Soul
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Postlude (9:00)
(11:00)
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Be Thou My Vision traditional Irish
Eternal Light, Shine In My Heart Englert
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Extinguishing the Chalice
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Order of Service for Sunday, January 5, 2014
Order of Service
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January 5, 2014
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"Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence." — Lin Yutang
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Gathering Hymn
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Come, come, whoever you are.
Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving.
Ours is no caravan of despair.
Come, yet again come.
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Please stand in body or spirit
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Welcome
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Worship Associate
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Opening Hymn #95
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There is More Love Somewhere
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Covenant
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Love is the doctrine of this church.
The quest of 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.
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Hymn of Praise
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From all that dwell below the skies
Let songs of hope and faith arise
Let peace, good will on earth be sung
Through every land, by every tongue. ~ based on Isaac Watts
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Offering for the Westside Food Bank
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Story for All Ages
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Pandora’s Jar Gail Forsyth-Vail
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Song of Blessing
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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
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Devotional Time
Pastoral Prayer
Silence
Sung Meditation
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Jason Cook
#title
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Reading
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“Living in Terror” Vivian Salama (Adapted From)
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Sermon
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“The Hope Jar” Jason Cook
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Closing Hymn #1020
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Woyaya
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Please remain standing in body or spirit and hold hands for the benediction.
Please be seated for the postlude.
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Postlude (9:00)
Choral Postlude (11:00)
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Extinguishing the Chalice
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Flowers:
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Greeters:
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(9:00)
(11:00)
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Ushers:
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(9:00)
(11:00)
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Coffee:
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(9:00)
(11:00)
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Office:
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Bookstore :
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Service Notes
Today’s Generous Congregation of 50% of the non pledge offering will go to organization name and brief description.
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Order of Service for Sunday, January 6, 2013
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Welcome
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Rob Briner, pulpit host
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Prelude (9:00)
Choral Introit (11:00)
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Vidalia Ginastera
Truth Be In My Head Nicholson
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Opening Hymn #190
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Light of Ages and of Nations
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Covenant
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Love is the doctrine of this church.
The quest of 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.
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Hymn of Praise
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From all that dwell below the skies
Let songs of hope and faith arise
Let peace, good will on earth be sung
Through every land, by every tongue. ~ based on Isaac Watts
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Offering for the Westside Food Bank
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Story for All Ages
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“Owly” Mike Thayer (adapted)
told by Catherine Farmer Loya
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Song of Blessing
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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
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Offertory (9:00)
(11:00)
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Andante Bruckner
Shaker Gifts Crawford
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Music for the Morning (9:00)
Choral Anthem (11:00)
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Reverie Debussy
Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life Vaughn Williams
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Sermon
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“Arbitrage: Lying for the Greater Good”
Rev. Silvio Nardoni
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Closing Hymn #293
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O Star of Truth
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Postlude
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My Dear Acquaintance Spektor
Irene Gregorio-Stoup, piano
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Extinguishing the Chalice
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Order of Service for Sunday, July 1, 2012
Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.
~ Erich Fromm
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Gathering Hymn
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Morning has come,
Night is away
Rise with the sun and welcome the day!
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Please stand in body or spirit
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Opening Hymn #113
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Where Is Our Holy Church?
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Covenant
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Love is the doctrine of this church.
The quest of 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.
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Hymn of Praise
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From all that dwell below the skies
Let songs of hope and faith arise
Let peace, good will on earth be sung
Through every land, by every tongue. ~ based on Isaac Watts
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Offering for the Westside Food Bank
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Time for All Ages
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Ish Peter Reynolds
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Song of Blessing
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This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine,
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine,
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine,
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.
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Devotional Time
Joys and Sorrows
Silent Meditation
Sung Meditation #123
Pastoral Prayer
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Spirit of Life
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Readings
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Hinge Tony Hoagland
excerpt from an interview with Chris Rock
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Sermon
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“Neither Black Nor White” Reverend Jim Conn
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Closing Song #1017
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Building A New Way
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Please remain standing in body or spirit and hold hands for the benediction.
Please be seated for the postlude.
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Extinguishing the Chalice
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Greeters:
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Denise Helton, Barbara Gibbs & Tom Foretich
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Ushers:
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David Goetz & Rick Rhoads
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Coffee:
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Kit Shaw, Karen Patterson & Peggy Rhoads
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Book Table:
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Nancy Babbitt
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Service Notes
Today’s Generous Congregation of 40% of the non pledge offering will go to CLUE-LA, Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice. CLUE LA, founded in 1996, is one of the oldest interfaith worker justice organizations in the country. CLUE LA’s mission is to bring together clergy and lay leaders of all faiths to join low-wage workers in their struggles for justice.
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Order of Service for Sunday, July 14, 2013
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Gathering Hymn
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Come, come whoever you are,
Wanderer, worshipper, 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.
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Welcome
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Abby Arnold, Worship Associate
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Prelude
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Clap Your Hands John P. Kee
The Selah Gospel Choir
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Chalice Lighting
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Jeremy Arnold
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Opening Hymn #113
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Where Is Our Holy Church?
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Covenant
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Love is the doctrine of this church.
The quest of 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.
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Hymn of Praise
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From all that dwell below the skies
Let songs of hope and faith arise
Let peace, good will on earth be sung
Through every land, by every tongue. ~ based on Isaac Watts
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Offering for the Westside Food Bank
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Story for All Ages
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Stone Soup Jon J. Muth
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Song of Blessing
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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
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Pulpit Message
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Jessica Fant-Chapin
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Offertory
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My Life, My Love, My All Kirk Franklin
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Devotional Time
Pastoral Prayer
Silence
Hymn #123
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Howard Thurman
Spirit of Life
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Reading
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At the Galleria Tony Hoagland
from "Unincorporated persons in the Late Honda Dynasty"
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Music for the Morning
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Healing Richard Smallwood
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Sermon
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“Plantation Capitalism- The Financialization of Life”
Rev. Jim Conn
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Closing Hymn #131
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Love Will Guide Us
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Postlude
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The Best is Yet to Come Donald Lawrence
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Extinguishing the Chalice
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Order of Service for Sunday, July 15, 2012
Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illumines it. ~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Gathering Hymn
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Come, come, whoever you are
Wanderer, worshipper, lover of leaving
Ours is no caravan of despair
Come, yet again come.
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Please stand in body or spirit
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Welcome
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Vilma Ortiz, pulpit host
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Prelude
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Place to be Hiromi
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Unison Chalice Lighting
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In our time of grief, we light a flame of sharing,
the flame of ongoing life.
In this time when we search for understanding and serenity
in the face of loss,
we light this sign of quest for truth, meaning, and community.
~ Christine Robinson
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Opening Hymn
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Sing to the power of the faith within,
Sing to the power of the faith within.
Lift up your voice, be not afraid,
Sing to the power of the faith within.
Sing to the power of the hope within…
Sing to the power of the love within…
Sing to the power of the joy within…
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Covenant
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Love is the doctrine of this church.
The quest of 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.
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Hymn of Praise
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From all that dwell below the skies
Let songs of hope and faith arise
Let peace, good will on earth be sung
Through every land, by every tongue. ~ based on Isaac Watts
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Offering for the Westside Food Bank
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Song for All Ages
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"What is the Purpose of my Eyebrows?" Lesley Kernochan
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Song of Blessing
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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
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Offertory
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Opus 9 Anonymous
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Devotional Time
Silent Meditation
Pastoral Prayer
Response
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Music for the Morning
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What's Gonna Happen Today? Lesley Kernochan
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Sermon
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“Countering Hate Crime” Marshall Wong, guest speaker
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Closing Hymn #123
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Spirit of Life
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Please remain standing in body or spirit and hold hands for the benediction.
Please be seated for the postlude.
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Postlude
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Green Tea Farm Hiromi
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Extinguishing the Chalice
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Greeters:
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Barbara Gibbs, Dwight Flowers & David Olson
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Ushers:
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Patrick Meighan & Peggy Kharraz
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Coffee:
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Amy Lacombe & Jennifer Westbay
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Office:
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Sheila Cummins
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Book Table:
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Nancy Babbitt
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Service Notes
Today’s Generous Congregation of 40% of the non pledge offering will go to The Didi Hirsch Community Center. The center provides mental health and substance abuse treatment services throughout Los Angeles county and operates the only free, accredited, 24 hour seven days a week suicide prevention crisis line from Orange County to Santa Barbara. Hotline phone: (877) 7-CRISIS or (877) 727-4747
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Order of Service for Sunday, July 21, 2013
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Gathering Hymn
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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.
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Welcome
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Amelia Monteiro, Worship Associate
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Prelude
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Wandering Ones Danny Gledhill
Danny Gledhill, piano
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Opening Hymn #170
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We Are A Gentle, Angry People
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Covenant
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Love is the doctrine of this church.
The quest of 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.
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Hymn of Praise
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From all that dwell below the skies
Let songs of hope and faith arise
Let peace, good will on earth be sung
Through every land, by every tongue. ~ based on Isaac Watts
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Offering for the Westside Food Bank
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Story for All Ages
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The First Drum told by Geno Monteiro
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Song of Blessing
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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
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Pulpit Message
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Step Up on Second Rhonda Peacock
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Offertory
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Prelude in G Major Johann Sebastian Bach
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Devotional Time
Pastoral Prayer
Silence
Sung Meditation (#1009 )
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Councils Marge Piercy
When I breathe in, I'll breathe in peace.
When I breathe out, I'll breathe out love.
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Responsive Reading #591
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I Call That Church Free James Luther Adams
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Music for the Morning
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A Comforting Embrace Danny Gledhill
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Sermon
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"The Good Work" Jessica Clay
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Closing Hymn #1064
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Blue Boat Home
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Postlude
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I Know You Danny Gledhill
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Extinguishing the Chalice
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Order of Service for Sunday, July 22, 2012
You tell them anything you want. Just tell them if it's true. If it's true, you tell them.
~ Maurice Sendak, 1928-2012
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Gathering Hymn
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Come, come, whoever you are
Wanderer, worshipper, lover of leaving
Ours is no caravan of despair
Come, yet again come.
Ven, ven, cual eres, ven
Nómada enbúsqueda, si amas la vida.
La nuestra es la caravana de amor.
Ven, otra vez, ven.
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Please stand in body or spirit
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Prelude
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What a Wonderful World George David Weiss & Bob Thiele Alice Jankowiak, soprano Rob Briner, tenor
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Opening Hymn #1
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May Nothing Evil Cross This Door
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Covenant
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Love is the doctrine of this church.
The quest of 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.
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Hymn of Praise
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From all that dwell below the skies
Let songs of hope and faith arise
Let peace, good will on earth be sung
Through every land, by every tongue. ~ based on Isaac Watts
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Offering for the Westside Food Bank
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Time for All Ages
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Celebrating the Life of Maurice Sendak
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Song of Blessing
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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
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Offertory
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You'll Never Walk Alone Richard Rodgers
Alice Jankowiak
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Devotional Time
Joys and Sorrows
Sung Meditation #86
Pastoral Prayer
Silent Meditation
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Blessed Spirit of My Life
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Music for the Morning
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Widmung Robert Franz
Alice Jankowiak
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Responsive Reading #490
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Wild Geese Mary Oliver
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Sermon
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“Wild Things” Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
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Closing Song #1007
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There’s a River Flowin’ in My Soul
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Please remain standing in body or spirit and hold hands for the closing words.
Please be seated for the postlude.
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Postlude
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Don't Fence Me In Cole Porter
Rob Briner
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Extinguishing the Chalice
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Greeters:
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Phyllis Gabriel, Barbara Gibbs, Steve Young & Michael Young
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Ushers:
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Ned Wright & Dan Patterson
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Coffee:
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Nancy Howell & Sylvia Young
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Book Table:
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Nancy Babbitt
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Service Notes
Today’s Generous Congregation of 40% of the non pledge offering will go to The Didi Hirsch Community Center. The center provides mental health and substance abuse treatment services throughout Los Angeles county and operates the only free, accredited, 24 hour seven days a week suicide prevention crisis line from Orange County to Santa Barbara. Hotline phone: (877) 7-CRISIS or (877) 727-4747.
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Order of Service for Sunday, July 28, 2013
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Gathering Hymn
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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.
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Welcome
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Vilma Ortiz, Worship Associate
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Prelude
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Danny Gledhill, piano
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Opening Hymn #116
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I'm On My Way
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Covenant
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Love is the doctrine of this church.
The quest of 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.
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Hymn of Praise
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From all that dwell below the skies
Let songs of hope and faith arise
Let peace, good will on earth be sung
Through every land, by every tongue. ~ based on Isaac Watts
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Offering for the Westside Food Bank
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Song of Blessing
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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
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Offertory
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Adagio ma non troppo J.S.Bach
Lorene Boisvert & Kay Min, guest musicians
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Devotional Time
Pastoral Prayer
Silence
Sung Meditation (#1009 )
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When I breathe in, I'll breathe in peace.
When I breathe out, I'll breathe out love.
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Music for the Morning
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Oblivion Astor Piazzola
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Sermon
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"Justice for Immigrants"
Kent Wong, Director of UCLA Labor Center
Carlos Avila, DREAM Activist
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Closing Hymn #1064
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Blue Boat Home
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Postlude
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Libertango Astor Piazzola
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Extinguishing the Chalice
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Order of Service for Sunday, July 29, 2012
I do not know which to prefer, the beauty of inflections or the beauty of innuendoes,
the blackbird whistling or just after.
~ Wallace Stevens, from Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird
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Gathering Hymn
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Come, come, whoever you are.
Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving.
Ours is no caravan of despair.
Come, yet again come.
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Please stand in body or spirit
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Prelude
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from Caprice #24
Niccolo Paganini, arranged by Leopold Auer
Lynn Angebranndt, cello
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Chalice Lighting
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Edna Bonacich
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Opening Hymn #65
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The Sweet June Days
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Covenant
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Love is the doctrine of this church.
The quest of 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.
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Hymn of Praise
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Ours be the poems of all tongues,
all things of loveliness and worth.
All arts, all ages, and all songs,
one life, one beauty on the earth ~ Kenneth L. Patton
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Offering for the Westside Food Bank
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Poems for All Ages
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read by Judith Martin-Straw
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Song of Blessing
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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
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Pulpit Message
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Adriana Garcia and Cherie Harper
Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services
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Offertory
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Menuets from Solo Suite #2 J.S. Bach
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Silence
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Billy Collins
read by Rima Snyder
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Responsive Reading
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Stone Charles Simic
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Duke Ellington
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Gwendolyn Brooks
read by Diana Spears
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Music for the Morning
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Feldeinsamkeit (Solitude in the Fields) Johannes Brahms
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Because These Failures Are My Job
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Alison Luterman
read by Judith Martin-Straw
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Meditation
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Slower and Slower Mark Belletini
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Prayer, What the Living Do
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Marie Howe
read by Edna Bonacich
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Closing Hymn #330
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The Arching Sky of Morning Glows
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Please remain standing in body or spirit and hold hands for the benediction.
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Benediction
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Days to be glad in John Cuno
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Please be seated for the postlude.
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Extinguishing the Chalice
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Greeters:
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Teri Bond & Jessica Clay
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Ushers:
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Tom Foretich & Michael Young
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Coffee:
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Kit Shaw & Resa Foreman
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Office:
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Melanie Sharp
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Bookstore is closed today.
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Service Notes
Today’s Generous Congregation of 40% of the non pledge offering will go to The Didi Hirsch Community Center. The center provides mental health and substance abuse treatment services throughout Los Angeles County and operates the only free, accredited, 24 hour seven days a week suicide prevention crisis line from Orange County to Santa Barbara. Hotline phone: (877) 7-CRISIS or (877) 727-4747
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Order of Service for Sunday, July 7, 2013
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Gathering Hymn
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My life flows on in endless song
Above earth's lamentation.
I hear the real though far off hymn
That hails a new creation.
Through all the tumult and the strife
I hear the music ringing.
It sounds an echo in my soul.
How can I keep from singing!
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Welcome
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Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
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Prelude
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Simple Gifts Aaron Copland
Thomas S. Ahern, bass-baritone Ryan Humphrey, piano
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Chalice Lighting
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Laura Matthews
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Opening Hymn #305
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De Colores
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Covenant
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Love is the doctrine of this church.
The quest of 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.
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Hymn of Praise
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From all that dwell below the skies
Let songs of hope and faith arise
Let peace, good will on earth be sung
Through every land, by every tongue. ~ based on Isaac Watts
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Offering for the Westside Food Bank
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Dedicating Ourselves to Our Children
Mingus Daly Thompson
Born May 17, 2012
14 months old
son of Katrina Daly Thompson, brother of Coltrane Thompson
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Congregational Welcome
We welcome Mingus Daly Thompson.
We rejoice with his family in the promise he brings.
We will try to live our lives as models of pride and integrity to the young.
We take upon ourselves the privilege and responsibility of helping to nurture
the character and spirit of our children.
On behalf of the greater community of Unitarian Universalism, we pledge to him and his family the love and support of our churches as warm and caring places for religious growth.
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Song of Blessing
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Sleep, my child, and peace attend you,
All through the night.
I who love you shall be near you,
All through the night.
Soft the drowsy hours are creeping,
Hill and vale in slumber sleeping,
I my loving vigil keeping,
All through the night.
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Generous Congregation Speaker Janet Goodwin, Hunger Task Force
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Offertory
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To Lost Epochs Ryan Humphrey
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Devotional Time
Pastoral Prayer
Silence
Hymn #20
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Be Thou My Vision
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Music for the Morning
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All You Need Is Love John Lennon & Paul McCartney
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Sermon
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"Seeing More Clearly" Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
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Closing Hymn #1017
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Building a New Way
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Postlude
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A Simple Song Leonard Bernstein
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Extinguishing the Chalice
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