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Order of Service, August 13, 2017 "The Intersection of Faith and Social Justice"
Sunday August 13, 2017 The Intersection of Faith & Social Justice
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*Gathering Hymn #1007 There’s a River Flowin’ in My Soul
Prelude
Welcome
Chalice Lighting
*Opening Hymn #1021 Lean on Me
*Covenant Love is the doctrine of this church.
The quest for truth is its sacrament,
And service is its prayer.
To dwell together in peace,
To seek knowledge in freedom,
To serve humankind in fellowship,
Thus do we covenant with each other.
*Hymn of Praise
Offering for the Westside Food Bank
Time for All Ages
Song of Blessing #118 This Little Light of Mine
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine...
Everywhere I go, I’m gonna let it shine...
Life Together
Pulpit Message
Offering Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I’m Yours Stevie Wonder
Devotional Time
Silence
Music for the Morning Our Children Stephen Flaherty
Sermon The Intersection of Faith & Social Justice Janis Spire
*Closing Hymn (standing) #1014 Standing on the Side of Love
*Benediction
*Sung Response
Chalice Extinguishing and Dismissal
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Dwight Flowers
Ushers: Bonnie Brae & Hugo Contreras
Coffee: Alice Hall & Jila Tayefehnowrooz
Welcome Table: Sheila Cummins & Barbara Gibbs
Bookstore: Sarah Harper
Service Notes
Today, 40% of our offering will go to The Alliance for Children's Rights. The Alliance is a
nonprofit that advocates and works to protect the more than 35,000 kids in foster care in Los
Angeles and throughout California. The Alliance focuses on free legal services and advocacy for
children in foster care, training and education for those who work with or care for these children
and system-wide reform to change policies to improve children’s lives. This weekend, there is a
matching anonymous donation for every dollar donated up to $250.00. More information is
available at http://kids-alliance.org/.
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Order of Service, August 21, 2016 "Ingathering"
August 21, 2016 Ingathering
At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person.
Each of us has cause to think with great gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.
- Albert Schweitzer
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*Gathering Hymn Gather the Spirit Jim Scott
Gather the spirit, harvest the power
Our sep’rate fires will kindle one flame
Witness the mystery of this hour
Our trials in this light appear all the same.
Gather in peace, gather in thanks, gather in sympathy now and then
Gather in hope, compassion and strength
Gather to celebrate once again.
Welcome
Chalice Lighting The Brownlie-Oakes Family
*Opening Hymn Foundations 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.
*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
Introductions Dr. Zanaida Robles, Director of Music
Colleen Keen, Jyvonne Haskin,
Gabriel Paredes, and James Hayden, Section Leaders
Story A Lamp in Every Corner Janeen K. Grohsmeyer
Song of Blessing This Little Light of Mine Traditional
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine...
Everywhere I go, I’m gonna let it shine...
Life Together
Offering Peace on Earth Rachelle Ferrell
Reflection Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
Candle Lighting Rise Up, O Flame Christoph Praetorius
Rise up, O flame, by thy light glowing,
Show to us beauty, vision, and joy.
Silence
*Closing Hymn #410 Surprised by Joy
*Benediction
Musical Response Ubi Caritas Ola Gjielo
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Barbara Gibbs, Wendi Gladstone, Karen Patch & David Olson
Ushers: Nina Emerson, Peggy Kharraz, Dan Patterson & Kit Shaw
Coffee: Sheila Cummins, Alice Hall, Eileen McCormack & Pam Teplitz
Welcome Table: Wendi Gladstone
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 know, as scholarships are available, jacki.weber@gmail.com.
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Order of Service, August 28, 2016 "Never Give Up"
August 28, 2016 Surrender
Not everything that is faced can be changed,
but nothing can be changed until it is faced.
- James Baldwin
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*Gathering Hymn #155 Circle ‘Round for Freedom Linda Hirschhorn
Circle ‘round for freedom, circle ‘round for peace,
For all of us imprisoned, circle for release.
Circle for the planet, circle for each soul,
For the children of our children
Keep the circle whole.
Prelude Prelude Daniel Gledhill
Call to Worship We Bid You Welcome Richard S. Gilbert
Chalice Lighting Liza Cranis (9am)
*Opening Hymn #1064 Blue Boat Home
*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 #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 Board of Directors
Jacki Weber, Vice President
Offering The Call Ralph Vaughan-Williams
Devotional Time
Silence
Sung Response #1009 Meditation on Breathing Sarah Dan Jones
When I breathe in, I breathe in peace.
When I breathe out, I breathe out love.
Reading #483 When Despair Grows in Me Wendell Berry
Music for the Morning Lean on Me Bill Withers
Sermon Never Give Up Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
*Closing Hymn #112 Do You Hear?
*Benediction
Musical Response Star of the Country Down Daniel Gledhill
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Glen Howell, Kris Langabeer, Michael Young & Steve Young
Ushers: Tom Early, Tom Foretich, Barbara Kernochan & Rick Rhoads
Coffee: Nancy Howell, Alicia van Ooyen & Sylvia Young
Welcome Table: Barbara Gibbs & Kris Langabeer
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 know, as scholarships are available, jacki.weber@gmail.com.
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Order of Service, August 6, 2017 "A Fine Juggling Act"
Sunday August 6, 2017 A Fine Juggling Act
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*Gathering Hymn (standing) #188 Come, Come, Whoever You Are
Prelude (seated) The Swan Camille Saint Saens
Welcome Abby Arnold, Pulpit Host
Chalice Lighting Abby Arnold
*Opening Hymn (standing) #1 May Nothing Evil Cross This Door
*Covenant Love is the doctrine of this church.
The quest for truth is its sacrament,
And service is its prayer.
To dwell together in peace,
To seek knowledge in freedom,
To serve humankind in fellowship,
Thus do we covenant with each other.
*Hymn of Praise
Offering for the Westside Food Bank (seated)
Time for All Ages Pushing Up the Sky, A Snoqualmie Story Grey Eagle
Song of Blessing #413 Go Now in Peace
Life Together
Pulpit Message
Offering Allemanda, from Partita I BWV 1002 J. S. Bach
Reading The Low Road Marge Piercy
Devotional Time
Silence
Music for the Morning You’ve Got a Friend James Taylor
Sermon A Fine Juggling Act Reverend Silvio Nardoni
*Closing Hymn (standing) #1010 We Give Thanks
*Benediction (join hands)
*Musical Response
*Extinguish Chalice and Dismissal
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Barbara & Kim Andres
Ushers: Linda van Ligten & Greg Wood
Coffee: Deirdre Dietel, Kit Shaw & Alicia van Ooyen
Welcome Table: Barbara Gibbs & Linda van Ligten
Bookstore: Sarah Harper
Service Notes
Today, 40% of our offering will go to Camp de Benneville Pines. Camp de Benneville 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 15-17, 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 know, as scholarships are available, jacki.weber@gmail.com.
Rev. Silvio Nardoni is a former affiliate minister of this congregation. He continues to practice law
in Glendale and counts that as part of his ministry. He lives in Silver Lake with his wife, Wanda, and
an assortment of feathered and furry friends. His passions include watching movies and his hobbies
include gardening and playing billiards.
Our guest musician today is violinist Denise Ayers. Native to Los Angeles, Denise returns after
nearly 40 years, having performed and taught music from New York, Italian and Australian
residences. She worked as a film and TV studio musician and member of the LA Chamber Orchestra
before gaining global exposure while a member of the NY Philharmonic.
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Order of Service, Dec. 20th, 2017 "Winter Solstice"
Winter Solstice Service December 20, 2017, 7pm
"The eternal now...is the timeless background against which all serial instants
of time are figured. It is the space between each heartbeat,
the doorway to eternity"
~ William Irwin Thompson
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Gathering Chant Round and Round
Round and round the earth is turning,
turning always round to darkness,
and from darkness round to light.
Welcome Rima Snyder
Opening Song The Holly and the Ivy Traditional
Lynn Angebranndt
Chalice Lighting Starhawk
Calling the Directions Joan Goodwin
Presentation: Earth, Air, Fire and Water
Kathleen Hogue, Judith Martin-Straw,
Joyce Holmen, Rima Snyder
Silence
Candle Lighting
Music for the Evening Reverie Claude Debussy
Lynn Angebranndt & Karen Hsu Patterson
Poem Her Longest Hours Cassandra Christenson
Closing Chant
Light is returning, even though this is the darkest hour.
No one can hold back the dawn.
Let's keep it burning, let's keep the light of hope alive.
Make safe our journey through the storm.
One planet is turning, circling in her path around the sun.
Earth Mother is calling her children home.
Dismissing the Directions
Response Thank you for your protection and guidance.
Hail and farewell.
Closing Words Kathleen McTigue
May the light around us guide our footsteps,
and hold us fast to the best and most righteous that we
seek.
May the darkness around us nurture our dreams,
and give us rest so that we may give ourselves to the work
of our world.
Let us seek to remember the wholeness of our lives,
the weaving of light and shadow
in this great and astonishing dance in which we move.
Extinguishing the Chalice
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Order of Service, Dec. 24, 2015 - 4pm Family Service
December 24, 2015 Christmas Eve
4pm Family Service
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*Gathering Hymn Joy to the World! Lowell Mason
Joy to the world! the Lord is come: let earth receive her King
Let every heart prepare him room, and heaven and nature sing,
And heaven and nature sing, and heaven, and heaven and nature sing.
Joy to the world! the Savior reigns; let us our songs employ
While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains, repeat the sounding joy
Repeat the sounding joy, repeat, repeat the sounding joy.
No more let sins and sorrows grow, nor thorns infest the ground
He comes to make his blessings flow, far as the curse is found,
far as the curse is found, far as, far as the curse is found.
He rules the world with truth and grace, and makes the nations prove
The glories of his righteousness, and wonders of his love,
And wonders of his love, and wonders, wonders of his love.
Welcome
*Carol Jingle Bells James Lord Pierpont
Dashing through the snow in a one-horse open sleigh
O'er the fields we go, laughing all the way.
Bells on bobtail ring, making spirits bright.
What fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song tonight!
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way.
Oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh.
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way.
Oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh.
A day or two ago, I thought I'd take a ride
And soon, Miss Fanny Bright was seated by my side,
The horse was lean and lank, misfortune seemed his lot,
He got into a drifted bank and then we got upsot.
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way.
Oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh.
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way.
Oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh.
Now the ground is white, go it while you're young,
Take the girls tonight and sing this sleighing song;
Just get a bobtailed bay, two-forty as his speed,
Hitch him to an open sleigh and crack! you'll take the lead.
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way.
Oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh.
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way.
Oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh.
Chalice Lighting
Christmas Tree Traditions
Blessing the Ornaments
*Carol The Little Drummer Boy Katherine Kennicott Davis
Come they told me, pa rum pum pum pum
A new born king to see, pa rum pum pum pum
Our finest gifts we bring, pa rum pum pum pum
To lay before the king, pa rum pum pum pum,
rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum,
So to honor him, pa rum pum pum pum, when we come.
Little baby, pa rum pum pum pum
I am a poor boy too, pa rum pum pum pum
I have no gift to bring, pa rum pum pum pum
That's fit to give the king, pa rum pum pum pum,
rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum,
Shall I play for you, pa rum pum pum pum, on my drum?
Mary nodded, pa rum pum pum pum
The ox and lamb kept time, pa rum pum pum pum
I played my drum for him, pa rum pum pum pum
I played my best for him, pa rum pum pum pum,
rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum,
Then he smiled at me, pa rum pum pum pum, me and my drum.
Story The First Christmas Carol Marianne Jordan
Offering O Holy Night Adolphe Adam
Sharing the Light
Carol Silent Night, Holy Night Franz Xaver Gruber
Silent night, holy night.
All is calm, all is bright
Round yon virgin mother and child.
Holy infant, so tender and mild,
Sleep in heavenly peace, sleep in heavenly peace.
Silent night, holy night,
Shepherds quake at the sight,
Glories stream from heaven afar
Heavenly hosts sing, “Alleluia,”
Christ the savior is born, Christ the savior is born.
Silent night, holy night,
Son of god, love’s pure light
Radiant beams from thy holy face
With the dawn of redeeming grace
Jesus, lord at thy birth, Jesus, lord at thy birth.
*Benediction
Extinguishing the Chalice
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Order of Service, Dec. 4, 2016 - "Here & Now"
December 4, 2016 A Community of Presence
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*Gathering Hymn #34 Though I May Speak With Bravest Fire v.1,3 Traditional
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,
Come, Spirit, come, our hearts control, our spirits long to be made whole
Let inward love guide every deed, by this we worship, and are freed.
Prelude Looking Ahead Daniel Gledhill
Welcome
Chalice Lighting Margot Page
*Opening Hymn #225 O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
*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 #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 Right Relations Task Force
Offering Come Unto Her (9am) George Frederic Handel
In December (11am) Jay Althouse
Meditation
Silence
Sung Response Come and Find the Quiet Center Attrib. B. F. White
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 might see
all the things that really matter, be at peace and simply be.
In the Spirit let us travel, open to each other’s pain
Let our loves and fears unravel, celebrate the space we gain
There’s a place for deepest dreaming, there’s a time for heart to care
In the Spirit’s lively scheming there is always room to spare.
Reading #554 Water Flows from the High Mountains Thich N’hat Hanh
Music for the Morning Reverie (9am) Claude Debussy
Halle, Halle, Halle (11am)
Sermon Here and Now Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
*Closing Hymn #301 Touch the Earth, Reach the Sky!
*Benediction
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Tom Foretich, Barbara Gibbs & Denise Helton
Ushers: Bonnie Brae, David Goetz, Linda van Ligten & Greg Wood
Coffee: Rebecca Crawford, Deirdre Dietel, 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 OPCC, (Ocean Park Community Center), to empower people to rebuild their lives. OPCC is an independent, community-supported organization in which staff, volunteers and clients work with mutual respect to address the effects of poverty, abuse, neglect and discrimination. The agency's programs are designed to remove barriers to access the resources individuals need to ensure their survival, end their victimization and improve their quality of life. OPCC’s goal is to end -- not simply manage -- human suffering on the Westside of Los Angeles.
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Order of Service, December 13, 2015
December 13, 2015
Arise then, women of this day!
Arise all women who have hearts,
whether your baptism be that
of water or of fears!
- Julia Ward Howe
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*Gathering Hymn Building A New Way Martha Sandefer, arr. Jim Scott
We are building a new way.
We are building a new way.
We are building a new way, feeling stronger every day,
We are building a new way.
Prelude I Believe in You and Me David Wolfert & Sandy Linzer
Welcome
Chalice Lighting Maggie Potthoff
*Opening Hymn #1026 If Every Woman in the World
*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.
Reflection Faith and Feminism
Sanna Egan (9am)
Paice Van Ooyen (11am)
Song of Hope There’s a River Flowin’ in My Soul Rose Sanders & Kenny Smith
There’s a river flowin’ in my soul.
There’s a river flowin’ in my soul.
And it’s tellin’ me that I’m somebody.
There’s a river flowin’ in my soul.
Reflection Faith and Feminism
Annalivia Martin-Straw (9am)
Cheyenne Mason (11am)
Offering for the Westside Food Bank
Song of Blessing Faith Is A Forest Shelley Jackson Denham & I-to Loh
Seeds of both meek and strong are scattered in the air;
Dignity shines undimmed by bigotry’s glare.
Web of Life, may this thread I weave
Help me bear witness to all I believe.
Justice be my guide as I seek my way,
Lead me into this tender day;
Speak through me in all I do and say.
Pulpit Message Committee on Ministry
Offering Somewhere in My Memory (9am) John Williams
Montaña (11am) arr. DeReau K. Farrar
Life Together
Devotional Time
Sung Response Blessed Spirit of My Life Shelley Jackson Denham
Blessed spirit of my life, give me strength through stress and strife;
Help me live with dignity; let me know serenity.
Fill me with a vision, clear my mind of fear and confusion.
When my thoughts flow restlessly, let peace find a home in me.
Reflection Faith and Feminism
Rev. Tera Little
Music for the Morning The Light in the Piazza, The Light in the Piazza (9am) Adam Guettel
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (11am) arr. Ed Lojeski
Reflection Faith and Feminism
Abby Arnold
*Closing Hymn #1028 Fire of Commitment
*Benediction
Musical Response For the Beauty of the Earth (9am) arr. John Rutter
May You Have Peace (11am) Lynn Fisher McCanne
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Dwight Flowers, Wendi Gladstone & Katie Malich
Ushers: Steve DePaul, David Goetz, Barbara Kernochan & Dan Patterson
Coffee: Sanna Egan, Robert & Phyllis Kory, & Linda van Ligten
Bookstore: Mark Warkentin
Service Notes
Today’s Community Offering will go to the Ocean Park Community Center (OPCC). OPCC is an
independent, community-supported organization in which staff, volunteers and clients work with
mutual respect to address the effects of poverty, abuse, neglect and discrimination.The agency's
programs are designed to remove barriers to access the resources individuals need to ensure their survival, end their victimization and improve their quality of life.
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Order of Service, December 20, 2015
December 20, 2015 Gift from the Heart
Winter Holiday Pageant
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*Gathering Hymn Angels We Have Heard on High Traditional
Angels we have heard on high, sweetly singing o’er the plains
And the mountains in reply echoing their their joyous strains.
Gloria, in excelsis Deo. Gloria, in excelsis Deo.
Prelude Ring Out, Wild Bells Crawford Gates
Welcome Catherine Farmer Loya
Chalice Lighting
*Opening Hymn O Come, All Ye Faithful John Francis Wade
O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant,
O come ye, O come ye, to Bethlehem.
Come and behold him, born the kind of angels;
Venite adoremus, venite adoremus, venite adoremus, Dominum.
Lo, humble shepherds, hasting to his cradle,
Leaving their flocks in the fields, draw near.
We, too, with gladness, thither bend our footsteps;
Venite adoremus, venite adoremus, venite adoremus, Dominum.
*Covenant Love is the doctrine of this church.
The quest for truth is its sacrament,
And service is its prayer.
To dwell together in peace,
To seek knowledge in freedom,
To serve humankind in fellowship,
Thus do we covenant with each other.
Offering for the Westside Food Bank and Turning Point
*Hymn of Praise From all that dwell below the skies
Let songs of hope and faith arise
Let peace, goodwill on earth be sung
Through every land, by every tongue.
Story Part I The Legend of Saint Nicholas
Nalani Santiago-Kalmanson
*Hymn Jolly Old St. Nicholas James Lord Pierpont
Jolly old Saint Nicholas, lean your ear this way!
Don't you tell a single soul what I'm going to say:
Christmas Eve is coming soon; now, you dear old man
Whisper what you'll bring to me - tell me if you can.
When the clock is striking twelve, when I'm fast asleep
Down the chimney, broad and black, with your pack you'll creep
All the stockings you will find hanging in a row
Mine will be the shortest one, you'll be sure to know
Johnny wants a pair of skates, Susy wants a sled,
Nellie wants a picture book, one she hasn’t read.
Now I think I'll leave to you what to give the rest
Choose for me, dear Santa Claus; you will know the best.
Life Together
Story Part II The Legend of the Poinsettia
Offering Santa Baby Philip Springer
Story Part III Upon This Shining Night
Music for the Morning Sleigh Ride Leroy Anderson
Welcoming New Children
Responsive Reading #616 For So the Children Come Sophia Lyon Fahs
Quiet Time
Hymn #259 We Three Kings
The Friendly Beasts
Closing Words
*Sung Response Gloria, in excelsis Deo. Gloria, in excelsis Deo.
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Service Notes
Greeters: Roberta Frye, Barbara Gibbs, David Olson & Rhonda Peacock
Ushers: Bonnie Brae, Tom Early, Rick Rhoads & Ned Wright
Coffee: Sheila Cummins, Alice Hall & Pam Teplitz
Bookstore: Mark Warkentin
Today’s Community Offering will go to the Ocean Park Community Center (OPCC). OPCC
empowers people to rebuild their lives, with the goal of ending-- not simply managing -- human
suffering. OPCC is an independent, community-supported organization in which staff, volunteers
and clients work with mutual respect to address the effects of poverty, abuse, neglect and
discrimination. The agency's programs are designed to remove barriers to access the resources
individuals need to ensure their survival, end their victimization and improve their quality of life.
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Order of Service, December 22, 2015 - Solstice
December 22, 2015 Winter Solstice
Everything the Power of the World does is in a circle. The Sky is round and I have heard that the
Earth is round like a ball and so are all the stars. The Wind, in its greatest power, whirls. Birds make
their nests in circles, the Sun comes forth and goes down again in a circle. The Moon does the same
and both are round. Even the seasons are a great circle in their changing, and always come back to
where they were.
~ Black Elk, from Black Elk Speaks
The turning of the Wheel of time is a circle, as the year is a circular journey we make around the sun.
We begin in the dark of the year, when present, past and future meet.
~ Starhawk, from The Spiral Dance
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*Gathering Chant We are the flow, we are the ebb
We are the weavers
We are the web.
Welcome Rima Snyder
Chalice Lighting Cassandra Christenson
Responsive Reading Spiderweb, The Salvage Men Kay Ryan
From other angles the fibers look fragile,
but not from the spider's,
Always hauling coarse ropes,
hitching lines to the best posts possible.
It's heavy work everyplace,
fighting sag, winching up give.
It isn't ever delicate to live.
It isn't ever delicate to live.
It isn't ever delicate to live.
Musical Interlude Piano Sonata No. 14, Mvmt. I Ludwig van Beethoven
Karen Hsu Patterson
Reflections on the Solstice Rev. Tera Little
Reading Father Earth Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Rev. Carrie Lauer
Silence & Meditation
Lighting of Candles Yemaya Asesu arr. Brian Tate
Karen Hsu Patterson & DeReau K. Farrar
Closing Words The Great Web Denise Levertov
Rev. Tera Little
Closing Chant Light is returning, even though this is the darkest hour
Nothing can hold back the dawn.
Let's keep it burning, let's keep the light of hope alive,
Make safe our journey through the storm.
One planet is turning, circling in her path around the sun
Earth mother is calling her children home.
Extinguishing the Chalice
Service Notes
Many, many thanks to all of you who helped make this celebration possible!
Cassandra Christenson
Emmy Cresciman
DeReau Farrar
Joyce Holmen
Karen Hsu Patterson
Rev. Carrie Lauer
Rev. Tera Little
Katie Malich
Rima Snyder
... and everyone who donated food and drink for the reception.
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Order of Service, December 6, 2015
December 06, 2015
Where is the light?… It's in my skin and in my bones
In my heart and in my soul
That light of life, so bright and golden
Like a summer day
When the sun goes missing in the sky
It is rising in my eyes
Chasing all that winter gloom away… The light’s inside of me.
-Peter Mayer
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*Gathering Hymn When Our Heart Is In A Holy Place Joyce Poley
When our heart is in a holy place, x2
We are blessed with love and amazing grace,
When our heart is in a holy place.
When we trust the wisdom of each of us,
Every color, every creed and kind,
And we feel the power of each other’s faith,
Then our heart is in a holy place.
When our heart is in a holy place, x2
We are blessed with love and amazing grace,
When our heart is in a holy place.
Prelude The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (9am) George Wyle
Hanerot Halalu (11am) arr. Blanche Chass
Welcome Rev. Tera Little
Chalice Lighting Andrea Steffan
*Opening Hymn #225 O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
*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 Sun Goddess of the Heavens adap. Kristin Maier
Song of Blessing Chant for the Seasons: Winter arr. Grace Lewis-McLaren
Autumn cold has turned the starwheel, winter is upon us. x2
Grey the windy storms, cold upon our cheeks the wet rain glistens, glistens.
Autumn cold has turned the starwheel, winter is upon us.
Leaping is the fire, golden in the glass the cider glows like amber.
Autumn cold has turned the starwheel, winter is upon us.
Pulpit Message The Garden of Eternity
Offering Whisked Away (9am) Daniel Gledhill
When Peace Like a River (11am) arr. Dale Grotenhuis
Life Together
Devotional Time
Sung Response Dark of Winter Shelley Jackson Denham
Dark of winter, soft and still, your quiet calm surrounds me.
Let my thoughts go where they will; ease my mind profoundly.
And then my soul will sing a song, a blessed song of love eternal.
Gentle darkness, soft and still, bring your quiet to me.
Darkness, soothe my weary eyes, that I may see more clearly.
When my heart with sorrow cries, comfort and caress me.
And then my soul may hear a voice, a still, small voice of love eternal.
Darkness, when my fears arise, let your peace flow through me.
Responsive Reading #629 Hanukkah Lights
Music for the Morning Rhapsody in Blue George Gershwin
Sermon Where Is the Light? Rev. Tera Little
*Closing Hymn #221 Light One Candle
*Benediction
Musical Response For the Beauty of the Earth (9am) arr. John Rutter
May You Have Peace (11am) Lynn Fisher McCanne
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Tom Foretich, Denise Helton & Jila Tayefehnowrooz
Ushers: Jila Tayefehnowrooz, Linda van Ligten, Greg Wood & Ned Wright
Coffee: Deirdre Dietel, Peggy Rhoads, Kit Shaw & Alicia van Ooyen
Welcome Table: Barbara Gibbs & Linda van Ligten
Bookstore: Mark Warkentin
Service Notes
Today’s Community Offering will go to the Ocean Park Community Center (OPCC). OPCC
empowers people to rebuild their lives, with the goal of ending -- not simply managing -- human
suffering. OPCC is an independent, community-supported organization in which staff, volunteers and
clients work with mutual respect to address the effects of poverty, abuse, neglect and
discrimination.The agency's programs are designed to remove barriers to access the resources
individuals need to ensure their survival, end their victimization and improve their quality of life.
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Order of Service, Jan. 15, 2017 MLK Sunday
January 15, 2017 MLK Sunday
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*Gathering Hymn #188 Come, Come, Whoever You Are Lynn Adair Ungar
Come, come, whoever you are.
Wandering, worshipper, lover of leaving
Ours is no caravan of despair
Come, yet again, come.
Prelude Looking Within Daniel Gledhill
Welcome
Chalice Lighting (Unison) Only Love Can Do That Martin Luther King, Jr.
Returning hate for hate multiplies hate,
adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.
*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 Martin’s Big Words Doreen Rappaport
illustrated by Bryan Collier
Song of Blessing #169 We Shall Overcome Traditional
We shall overcome.
We shall overcome.
We shall overcome, someday.
Deep in my heart, I do believe, we shall overcome someday.
We’ll walk hand in hand...
Life Together
Pulpit Message Heart to Heart Circles
Abby Arnold (9am)
Kirk Attebury (11am)
Community Speaker John Raphling (11am)
Offering Theme from “Somewhere in Time” John Barry
I Dream a World Rosephanye Powell
Devotional Time #732 For Martin Luther King, Jr.
Silence
Sung Response #199 Precious Lord, Take My Hand
Music for the Morning Precious Love Thomas Dorsey
Arr. Arnold Seiver (11am)
Sermon Only Love Can Do That Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
*Closing Hymn #1015 I Know I Can
*Benediction
Musical Response Amen in Bb
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Roberta Frye, Wendi Gladstone, Audrey Lyness & David Olson
Ushers: Nina Emerson, Barbara Kernochan, Peggy Kharraz & Michael Young
Coffee: Sheila Cummins, Alice Hall, Pam Teplitz & Alicia van Ooyen
Welcome Table: Wendi Gladstone
Bookstore: Sarah Harper
Service Notes
Today 40% of our non-pledge offering will go to Los Angeles Community Action Network to help
people dealing with poverty create and discover opportunities, while serving as a vehicle to ensure we
have voice, power and opinion in the decisions that are directly affecting us. Their overarching social
change goals are to:
● Organize and empower community residents to work collectively to change the relationships of
power that affect our community.
● Create an organization and organizing model that eradicate the race, class, gender barriers
that are used to prevent communities from building true power.
● Eliminate the multiple forms of violence used against and within our community to maintain
status quo.
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