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Order of Service, Jan. 29, 2017 "Longing & Belonging"
January 29, 2017
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*Gathering Hymn Bind Us Together
Bind us together, oh bind us together
with cords that cannot be broken.
Bind us together, oh bind us together,
oh bind us together with love.
Prelude Searching for More Daniel Gledhill
Welcome
Chalice Lighting Amy & Bruno Lacombe
*Opening Hymn #360 Here We Have Gathered
*Covenant Love is the doctrine of this church.
The quest for truth is its sacrament,
And service is its prayer.
To dwell together in peace,
To seek knowledge in freedom,
To serve humankind in fellowship,
Thus do we covenant with each other.
*Hymn of Praise From all that dwell below the skies
Let songs of hope and faith arise
Let peace, goodwill on earth be sung
Through every land, by every tongue.
Offering for the Westside Food Bank
Time for All Ages
Song of Blessing #414 As We Leave This Friendly Place
As we leave this friendly place, love give light to every face;
May the kindness which we learn, light our hearts till we return.
Life Together
Offering La Lune Blanche (9am) Gabriel Faure
Elijah Rock (11am) Jester Hairston
Devotional Time
Silence
Sung Response #1031 Filled With Loving Kindness
May I be filled with loving kindness
May I be well.
May I be filled with loving kindness
May I be well.
May I be peaceful and at ease.
May I be whole.
Verse 2: May you be filled with loving kindness...
Verse 3: May we be filled with loving kindness...
Responsive Reading #657 It Matters What We Believe
Music for the Morning Nocturne op. 29 no. 2 (9am) Frederic Chopin
The Evening Star (11am) Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Sermon Longing & Belonging Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
*Closing Hymn #121 We’ll Build a Land
*Benediction
Musical Response Amen in Bb
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Bryan Cahill, fUUsion ℅ Karen Patterson
Ushers: Tom Early, Tom Foretich, David Goetz & Kit Shaw
Coffee: Rebecca Crawford, Linda Marten, Susan Stahl & Alicia van Ooyen
Welcome Table: Barbara Gibbs
Bookstore: Sarah Harper
Service Notes
Today 40% of our non-pledge offering will go to the 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.
La Lune Blanche by Paul Verlaine
The moon, white,
Shines in the trees:
From each bright
Branch a voice flees
Beneath leaves that move,
O well-beloved.
The pools reflect
A mirror’s depth,
The silhouette
Of willows’ wet
Black where the wind weeps...
Let us dream, time sleeps.
It seems a vast, soothing,
Tender balm
Is falling
From heaven’s calm
Empurpled by a star...
It’s the exquisite hour.
(translation: www.babelmatrix.org)
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Order of Service, January 10, 2016 - "First Things"
January 10, 2016
Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how.
The moment you know how, you begin to die a little. The artist never entirely knows.
We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark.
- Agnes de Mille, dancer and choreographer
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*Gathering Hymn We Would Be One Jean Sibelius
We would be one as now we join in singing
our hymn of love, to pledge ourselves anew
to that high cause of greater understanding
of who we are, and what in us is true.
We would be one in living for each other
To show to all a new community.
Prelude Starting Anew (9am) Daniel Gledhill
Ahrirang (11am) arr. Robert DeCormier
Welcome Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
Chalice Lighting Committee on Ministry
Leon Henderson-MacLennan
*Opening Hymn #299 Make Channels for the Streams of 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
Welcoming Religious Education Staff
Time for All Ages The Treasure Uri Shulevitz
Song of Blessing Spirit of Truth, of Life, of Power Lowell Mason
Spirit of truth, of life, of power, we bring ourselves as gifts to thee:
Oh, bind our hearts this sacred hour in faith and hope and charity.
Life Together
Pulpit Message Heart to Heart Circles
Pat Gomez (11am)
Offering Pavane, Op. 50 (9am) Gabriel Fauré
Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life (11am) Robert Clements
Devotional Time
Sung Response Meditation on Breathing Sarah Dan Jones
When I breathe in, I breathe in peace.
When I breathe out, I breathe out love.
Responsive Reading #659 For You Walt Whitman
Music for the Morning Now We’re Starting Over Again (9am) Natalie Cole
The True Knowledge (11am) John Biggs
Sermon First Things Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
*Closing Hymn #295 Sing Out Praises for the Journey
*Benediction
Musical Response There’s Been a Change in Me, Beauty and the Beast (9am) A. Menken
Amen, Alleluia (11am) Bart Bradfield
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Dwight Flowers, Barbara Gibbs & Katie Malich
Ushers: David Goetz, Barbara Kernochan, Dan Paterson & Kit Shaw
Coffee: Jonathan Bijur, Deirdre Dietel & Jila Tayefehnowrooz
Bookstore: Mark Warkentin
Service Notes
Today’s Community Offering will go to the UU Service Committee to advance human rights and
social justice in the United States and around the world. The work of the UU Service Committee is
built on the conviction that all people are entitled to basic human rights, which transcend divisions of
class, race, nationality, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, and gender. We envision a world free
from oppression and injustice, where all can realize their full human rights.
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Order of Service, January 17, 2016 "MLK Sunday"
January 17, 2016 Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday
" Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'"
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
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*Gathering Hymn Ven, Ven Cual Eres Ven Lynn Adair Ungar
Ven, ven cual eres, ven,
Nómada͜ en búsqueda, si͜ amas la vida.
La nuestra͜ es la caravana de͜ amor.
Ven, otra vez ven.
Prelude Widmung, Op. 25, No. 1 (9am) Robert Schumann
Music, Spread Thy Voice Around (11am) George Frideric Handel
with Gabriel Paredes, countertenor
Welcome Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
Chalice Lighting Diana Spears
*Opening Hymn #298 Wake Now, My Senses
*Covenant Love is the doctrine of this church.
The quest for truth is its sacrament,
And service is its prayer.
To dwell together in peace,
To seek knowledge in freedom,
To serve humankind in fellowship,
Thus do we covenant with each other.
*Hymn of Praise 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 We Are Not Afraid Rev. Aaron McEmrys
Song of Blessing 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.
Life Together
Pulpit Messages Congregational Conversations
Committee on Ministry, Sue Stoyanoff
Dining for Dollars Silent Auction Fundraiser
Garland Allen
Offering Changes (9am) David Bowie
Shout Out Loud (11am) arr. DeReau K. Farrar
Devotional Time
Sung Response #199 Precious Lord, Take My Hand
Responsive Reading #584 A Network of Mutuality
Music for the Morning I’ll Know (9am) Daniel Gledhill
One (11am) arr. DeReau K. Farrar
Sermon A Stone of Hope Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
*Closing Hymn #1016 Profetiza, Pueblo Mio
*Benediction
Musical Response There’s Been a Change in Me, Beauty and the Beast (9am) A. Menken
Amen, Alleluia (11am) Bart Bradfield
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Roberta Frye, Wendi Gladstone, Karen Patch & David Olson
Ushers: Bonnie Brae, Rick Rhoads, Ned Wright & Michael Young
Coffee: Sheila Cummins, Alice Hall, Eileen McCormack & Pam Teplitz
Bookstore: Mark Warkentin
Welcome Table: Wendi Gladstone
Service Notes
Today’s Community Offering will go to the UU Service Committee to advance human rights and
social justice in the United States and around the world. The work of the UU Service Committee is
built on the conviction that all people are entitled to basic human rights, which transcend divisions of
class, race, nationality, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, and gender. We envision a world free
from oppression and injustice, where all can realize their full human rights.
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Order of Service, January 25th, 2015 - "Real Enough"
*Gathering Hymn Oh, we give thanks for this precious day.
For all gathered here, and those far away
For this time we share, with love and care.
Oh, we give thanks for this precious day.
Prelude The Things That Matter (9am) Daniel Gledhill
Eternal Light, Shine In My Heart (11am) Eugene Englert
Welcome Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
Chalice Lighting Margot Page
*Opening Hymn #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 From all that dwell below the skies
Let songs of hope and faith arise
Let peace, goodwill on earth be sung
Through every land, by every tongue.
Offering for the Westside Food Bank and Turning Point
Time for All Ages God’s Hat Christopher Buice
Song of Blessing Go Your Way In Peace Jim Scott
Go your way in peace, wander as you may.
Blessed is the path you take, may love guide you on your way.
Comfort find in truth, may your struggles cease.
May the fire within your heart light the way of peace.
Life Together
Pulpit Message from Dining for Dollars Fundraising Team
Vicki Foxworth (9am)
Garland Allen (11am)
Offering Unexpressed (9am) John Bucchino
There Is Sweet Music Here (11am) Jamey Ray
Devotional Time
Silence
Sung Response #123 Spirit of Life
Responsive Reading #657 It Matters What We Believe Sophia Lyon Fahs
Music for the Morning Be Thou My Vision arr. Jason Shelton
Sermon Real Enough Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
*Closing Hymn #126 Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
*Benediction
Musical Response Out There (9am) Alan Menken
Meditation (11am) Mary Goetze & Rev. Bill Breeden
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Dwight Flowers, Glen Howell, Michael Young & Steve Young
Ushers: Tom Foretich, Barbara Kernochan, Peggy Kharraz & Ned Wright
Coffee: Sheila Bjornie, Nancy Howell, Leah Moore & Sylvia Young
Bookstore: Nancy Babbitt
Backyard Bounty: Sue Bickford
Service Notes
This month, 60% of our offering will go to the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) to
advance human rights and social justice in the United States and around the world. The work of the
UU Service Committee is built on the conviction that all people are entitled to basic human rights,
which transcend divisions of class, race, nationality, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, and
gender. We envision a world free from oppression and injustice, where all can realize their full human
rights.
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Order of Service, January 3, 2016 - Song of Our Community
January 3, 2016
“The primary purpose of prayer is not to make requests.
The primary purpose of prayer is to praise, to sing, to chant.
Because the essence of prayer is a song
and people cannot live without a song… ”
- Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
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*Gathering Hymn Lean On Me arr. David Moran
Sometimes in our lives, we all have pain, we all have sorrow.
But, if we are wise, we know that there’s always tomorrow.
Lean on me when you’re not strong
And I’ll be your friend, I’ll help you carry on,
For it won’t be long ‘til I’m gonna need somebody to lean on.
If there is a load you have to bear that you can’t carry,
I’m right up the road - I’ll share your load if you just call me.
Lean on me when you’re not strong
And I’ll be your friend, I’ll help you carry on,
For it won’t be long ‘til I’m gonna need somebody to lean on.
Prelude Hold On Jodie Wilson
with Margaret Best-Collins & Jyvonne Haskin
Welcome Rev. Tera Little
Chalice Lighting Committee on Ministry
*Opening Hymn #1000 Morning Has Come
*Covenant Love is the doctrine of this church.
The quest for truth is its sacrament,
And service is its prayer.
To dwell together in peace,
To seek knowledge in freedom,
To serve humankind in fellowship,
Thus do we covenant with each other.
*Hymn of Praise From all that dwell below the skies
Let songs of hope and faith arise
Let peace, goodwill on earth be sung
Through every land, by every tongue.
Offering for the Westside Food Bank and Turning Point
Time for All Ages You Can’t Stop the Music Rev. Aaron McEmrys
Song of Blessing Over My Head arr. Nolan Williams, Jr.
Over my head, I hear music in the air.
Over my head, I hear music in the air.
Over my head, I hear music in the air.
There must be a god somewhere.
Over my head, I hear singing in the air.
Over my head, I hear singing in the air.
Over my head, I hear singing in the air.
There must be a god somewhere.
Pulpit Message Committee on Ministry
Offering I Need You to Survive Rev. Hezekiah Walker
Life Together
Devotional Time
Silence
Sung Response Find A Stillness arr. Larry Phillips
Find a stillness, hold a stillness, let the stillness carry me.
Find the silence, hold the silence, let the silence carry me.
In the spirit, by the spirit, with the spirit giving power,
I will find true harmony.
Seek the essence, hold the essence, let the essence carry me.
Let me flower, help me flower, watch me flower, carry me.
Lean on me when you’re not strong
And I’ll be your friend, I’ll help you carry on,
For it won’t be long ‘til I’m gonna need somebody to lean on.
Music for the Morning One Voice Ruth Moody
Lisa Dee, Jyvonne Haskin & Margaret Best-Collins
Sermon Song of Our Community Rev. Tera Little
*Closing Hymn #311 Let It Be A Dance
*Benediction
Musical Response Stand Rev. Donnie McClurkin
with Jennifer Young
*Please stand in body or in spirit
Service Notes
Greeters: Denise Helton, Tom Foretich & Jila Tayefehnowrooz
Ushers: Peggy Kharraz, Linda van Ligten, Greg Wood & Ned Wright
Coffee: Deirdre Dietel, Peggy Rhoads, Kit Shaw & Alicia van Ooyen
Bookstore: Mark Warkentin
Welcome back and thank you to our guest musicians this morning, Selah Gospel Choir! To find out
more information about them and their upcoming performances, visit www.selahgospelchoir.com.
Today’s Community Offering will go to the UU Service Committee to advance human rights and
social justice in the United States and around the world. The work of the UU Service Committee is
built on the conviction that all people are entitled to basic human rights, which transcend divisions of
class, race, nationality, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, and gender. We envision a world free
from oppression and injustice, where all can realize their full human rights.
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Order of Service, January 4, 2015 "Bless You!"
*Gathering Hymn We Give Thanks arr. Susan Peck
Oh we give thanks for this precious day.
For all gathered here, and those far away;
For this time we share, with love and care
Oh we give thanks for this precious day.
Prelude We Shall Overcome arr. DeReau K. Farrar
Welcome Nica Eaton-Guinn
Chalice Lighting Paice Van Ooyen, YRUU Youth Group (Young Religious UUs)
*Opening Hymn #347 Gather the Spirit
*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.
Time for All Ages Catherine Farmer-Loya
Song of Blessing Go Your Way In Peace Jim Scott
Go your way in peace, wander as you may.
Blessed is the path you take, may love guide you on your way.
Comfort find in truth, may your struggles cease.
May the fire within your heart light the way of peace.
Life Together
Offering Just As Soon Beverly Crawford
Responsive Reading #728 Blessed are Those Rev. John Buehrens
Devotional Time Nica Eaton-Guinn
Silence
Sung Response Filled With Loving Kindness Ian W. Riddell
May I/you/we be filled with loving kindness.
May I/you/we be well.
May I/you/we be filled with loving kindness.
May I/you/we be well.
May I/you/we be peaceful and at ease.
May I/you/we be whole.
Music for the Morning Let it Rain Michael Farren
Sermon Bless You! Nica Eaton-Guinn
*Closing Hymn #1064 Blue Boat Home
*Benediction Nica Eaton-Guinn
Musical Response You Covered Me Donald Lawrence
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Service Notes
Special thanks and welcome back to our guest musicians, Selah Gospel Choir. Selah Gospel Choir is a
community gospel choir based out of Pasadena. The choir was founded in 2007 with the vision of
creating a space for all people to be able to sing gospel music, regardless of their own faith identities
and backgrounds.
Thank you to our service participants: Nancy Babbitt, Tom Early, Sanna Egan, Tom Foretich, Denise
Helton, Barbara Kernochan, Diane Macunovich, Peggy Rhoads, Kit Shaw, Linda Van Ligten, Alicia
Van Ooyen, Paice Van Ooyen & Greg Wood.
This month, 60% of our offering will go to the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC)
to advance human rights and social justice in the United States and around the world. The work of
the UU Service Committee is built on the conviction that all people are entitled to basic human
rights, which transcend divisions of class, race, nationality, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion,
and gender. We envision a world free from oppression and injustice, where all can realize their full
human rights.
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Order of Service, July 17, 2016 "Humanist Community Building"
July 17, 2016
Reason, Observation, and Experience – the holy trinity of Science –
have taught us that happiness is the only good, that the time to be happy is now,
and that the way to be happy is to make others so.
- Robert Ingersoll
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*Gathering Hymn Bind Us Together Bob Gillman
Bind us together, oh bind us together
With cords that cannot be broken.
Bind us together, oh bind us together
Oh, bind us together with love.
Prelude
Welcome
Chalice Lighting Margot Page
*Opening Hymn #355 We Lift Our Hearts in Thanks
*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 Found Salina Yoon
Song of Blessing As You Leave This Friendly Place Johann Sebastian Bach
As you leave this friendly place, love give light to every face;
May the kindness which you learn light your hearts ‘til you return.
Life Together
Pulpit Message Director of Religious Education Search Committee
Leon Henderson-MacLennan, Co-Chair
Offering
Meditation
Silence
Sung Response #6 Just As Long as I Have Breath
Music for the Morning
Sermon How I Got My Vision for Humanist Community Building
Bart Campolo
*Closing Hymn #331 Life is the Greatest Gift of All
*Benediction
Musical Response
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Roberta Frye, Wendi Gladstone & David Olson
Ushers: Dan Patterson & Kit Shaw
Coffee: Sheila Cummins, Alice Hall & Pam Teplitz
Welcome Table: Wendi Gladstone
Bookstore: Mark Warkentin
Service Notes
Today 40% of our non-pledge offering will go to UCLArts and Healing, transforming lives by
amplifying the innate benefits of the arts with mental health practices. Through partnerships such as
the Creative Minds Projects (CMP), UCLArts and Healing brings together volunteers and clients at
local homeless agencies in West LA and Venice, PATH West LA, and Safe Place for Youth. UCLArts
and Healing also offers a Social Emotional Arts Certificate Program in interactive and experiential
training in maximizing the social-emotional benefits of art, dance/movement, drumming, music,
poetry, theater, and more.
Bart Campolo is a secular minister, speaker, and writer who currently volunteers as the Humanist
Chaplain at the University of Southern California (USC). Born and raised in suburban Philadelphia,
Bart became an evangelical Christian as a teenager and was immediately attracted to urban ministry.
As he became an influential evangelical leader, however, Bart increasingly questioned his own faith.
In 2005 he returned to street-level community building in inner-city Cincinnati, where he eventually
completed his gradual transition from Christianity to secular humanism. Since moving to Los
Angeles, Bart’s work has been focused on inspiring and equipping people to make the most of their
lives by actively pursuing loving relationships, social justice and a genuine sense of wonder.
Thank you to our guest musician this morning, singer-songwriter and actress Liz Eldridge. She
graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a BA in Writing Seminars and Theatre Arts & Studies.
These days Liz sings the blues at venues such as the Gardenia, Cafe Metropol, and the Santa Monica
Bar & Grill, and also performs with her band, Many Distant Cities. Liz grew up in Los Angeles with a
series of great dogs.
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Order of Service, July 23, 2017 "The Secret of Life"
July 23, 2017 The Secret of Life
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*Gathering Hymn (standing) #188 Come, Come, Whoever You Are words by Rumi
Come, come, whoever you are, arr by Lynn Ungar
wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving.
Ours is no caravan of despair.
Come, yet again come.
Prelude (seated) Secrets Amy Beach
Welcome
Chalice Lighting
*Opening Hymn (standing) #347 Gather the Spirit
*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
Time for All Ages (seated)
Song of Blessing #413 Go Now in Peace
Go now in peace
Go now in peace
May the spirit of Love surround you as you go
As you go, on your way
Life Together
Offering The Thorn Birds Theme Henry Mancini
Devotional Time Universal Spirit of love,
O God within each one of us by Rev. Dr. Dorothy May Emerson
Silence
Sung Response #1009 Meditation on Breathing by Sarah Dan Jones
When I breathe in, I breathe in love
When I breathe out, I breathe out peace
Reading An Eternal Verity W. W. Waldemar Argow
Music for the Morning Prelude Op. 28, No. 15 Frederick Chopin
Sermon The Secret of Life Rev. Arvid Straube
*Closing Hymn (standing) #131 Love Will Guide Us Sally Rogers
*Benediction
Postlude (seated) Minute Waltz Frederick Chopin
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Wendi Gladstone, Michael Young & Steve Young
Ushers: Kit Shaw & Jila Tayefehnowrooz
Coffee: Sylvia Young
Welcome Table: Carol Ring
Bookstore: Sarah Harper
Service Notes
Today, 40% of our offering will go to Step Up On Second. Step Up delivers compassionate support
to people experiencing serious mental illness to help them recover, stabilize, and integrate into the
community. With 100 permanent supportive housing units at six locations in Santa Monica and on
the Westside of Los Angeles, Step Up now serves over 1,800 individuals each year with a focus on
offering help, hope, and home. More information available at www.StepUpOnSecond.org.
Rev. Dr. Arvid Straube was in UU parish ministry for 33 years before beginning a ministry of spiritual
direction, spiritual coaching and teaching. He has served congregations in Washington State, North
Carolina, and, most recently as Lead Minister of the First UU Church of San Diego. He earned a Master
of Arts in Divinity at the University of Chicago and a Doctor of Ministry degree at Meadville Lombard
Theological School in Chicago, where he now teaches. In 2013 Meadville Lombard awarded him with
an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree.
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Order of Service, July 24, 2016 "Heartland: Where Faiths Connect"
July 24, 2016
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*Gathering Hymn Come, Come, Whoever You Are Lynn Adair Ungar
Come, come, whoever you are,
Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving.
Ours is no caravan of despair.
Come, yet again come.
Ven, ven, cual eres, ven,
Nómada͜ en búsqueda, si͜ amas la vida.
La nuestra͜ es la caravana de͜ amor.
Ven, otra vez ven.
Prelude Cloud 8 Maxwell DeVita
Welcome
Chalice Lighting Roberta Frye
*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 A Longer Lasting Light Janeen K. Grohsmeyer
Song of Blessing As You Leave This Friendly Place Johann Sebastian Bach
As you leave this friendly place, love give light to every face;
May the kindness which you learn light your hearts ‘til you return.
Life Together
Speaker Ping Ho, Founding Director, UCLArts and Healing
Offering Winter’s Wounds Maxwell DeVita
Devotional Time #440 From the Fragmented World Phillip Hewett
Silence
Sung Response #123 Spirit of Life
Reflection Cathie Gentile
Music for the Morning Follaton Wood Ben Howard
Reflection Peggy Rhoads
Musical Response Typeface @ Maxwell DeVita
Reflection Rick Rhoads
Song Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans? Alter & DeLange
Leslie Beauvais
*Benediction Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Glen Howell, Kris Langabeer, Michael Young & Steve Young
Ushers: Linda van Ligten & Greg Wood
Coffee: Peggy Rhoads & Sylvia Young
Welcome Table: Kris Langabeer
Bookstore: Mark Warkentin
Service Notes
Today 40% of our non-pledge offering will go to UCLArts and Healing to transform lives through
creative expression by amplifying the innate benefits of the arts with mental health practices.
Through partnerships such as the Creative Minds Projects (CMP) UCLArts and Healing brings together
volunteers and clients through creative expression and the arts at local homeless agencies in West LA
and Venice, PATH West LA, and Safe Place for Youth.
Welcome home to our musical guest, Maxwell DeVita , a 19-year-old musician and graduate of our
YRUU (Young Religious Unitarian Universalists) Youth Group who is currently attending Santa
Monica College. Music is a hobby for him right now, but he is considering pursuing it professional
among other career options. He also enjoys hiking, surfing, and cycling.
Thank you also to church member, singer-songwriter and New Orleans native Leslie Beauvais for the
gift of her music today.
Planning has begun for General Assembly 2017 , to be held June 21-15, 2017, at the Ernest N. Morial
Convention Center, 900 Convention Center Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70130. New Orleans is one of the
world's most fascinating cities – it's home to a truly unique melting pot of culture, food and music.
Come down and experience New Orleans, one of America's most culturally and historically-rich
destinations. The General Assembly Planning Team is committed to the goal of making GA accessible to
the maximum number of attendees possible, including providing limited scholarships and financial aid. You
can find out more at www.uua.org/ga
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Order of Service, July 3, 2016 "The Promise of America"
July 3, 2016 Vision: The Practice of Seeing Clearly
We made you different nations and tribes
that you may come to know one another.
- from the Qu’ran I-hujurat, 49:13
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*Gathering Hymn Morning Has Broken Eleanor Farjeon
Morning has broken like the first morning,
Blackbird has spoken like the first bird.
Praise for the singing! Praise for the morning!
Praise for them, springing fresh from the word!
Prelude Ave Maria Charles Gounod
Welcome
Chalice Lighting Jila Tayfehnowrooz
*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 As You Leave This Friendly Place Johann Sebastian Bach
As you leave this friendly place, love give light to every face;
May the kindness which you learn light your hearts ‘til you return.
Life Together
Offering Lieder ohne Worte Felix Mendelssohn
Devotional Time
Silence
Sung Response Peace Salaam Shalom Pat Humphries & Sandy Opatow
Peace, salaam, shalom…
We believe in peace…
We will work for peace…
We can live in peace…
Peace, salaam, shalom...
Responsive Reading #586 The Idea of Democracy Abraham Lincoln
Music for the Morning Le Cygne Camille Saint-Saens
Sermon The Promise of America Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
*Closing Hymn #148 Let Freedom Span Both East and West
*Benediction
Musical Response Chant sans Paroles Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Tom Foretich & Denise Helton
Ushers: Peggy Kharraz & Ned Wright
Coffee: Deirdra Dietel, Peggy Rhoads, Kit Shaw & Alicia Van Ooyen
Welcome Table: Linda Van Ligten
Bookstore: Mark Warkentin
Service Notes
John Phillips lives in Riverside and is a graduate of California Baptist University. He is a cellist with
the Corona Symphony Orchestra, plays in a cello quartet, and will be joining a string quartet soon.
Michael Antaramian is a musical director and plays for a churches of many faiths throughout
Southern California. Both John Phillips and Michael Antaramian are friends of the UU and have
played in Santa Monica before.
Today 40% of our non-pledge offering will go to UCLArts and Healing to transform lives through
creative expression by amplifying the innate benefits of the arts with mental health practices.
Through partnerships such as the Creative Minds Projects (CMP) UCLArts and Healing brings together
volunteers and clients through creative expression and the arts at local homeless agencies in West LA
and Venice, PATH West LA, and Safe Place for Youth. UCLArts and Healing also offers a Social
Emotional Arts Certificate Program in interactive and experiential training in maximizing the
social-emotional benefits of art, dance/movement, drumming, music, poetry, theater, and more.
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Order of Service, July 30, 2017 Comfort in Difficult Times
July 30, 2017 Comfort in Difficult Times
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*Gathering Hymn (standing) #1010 We Give Thanks
Prelude (seated) Hineh Mah Tov Psalm 133 “How Good and Pleasant”
Youth Summer Choir
Welcome
Chalice Lighting
*Opening Hymn (standing) #168 One More Step
*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
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 Sonata III in G major for Flute and Piano G. F. Handel
Devotional Time
Silence
Music For the Morning Sonata V in E minor for Flute and Piano J. S. Bach
Sermon Comfort in Difficult Times Rabbi Neil Comess-Daniels
*Closing Hymn (standing) #1002 Comfort Me
*Benediction and Dismissal
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Bryan Cahill & Barbara Gibbs
Ushers: Bonnie Brae & David Goetz
Coffee: Rebecca Crawford, Linda Marten, Susan Stahl & Alicia van Ooyen
Welcome Table: Barbara Gibbs
Bookstore: Sarah Harper
Service Notes
Today, 40% of our offering will go to Step Up On Second. Step Up delivers compassionate support
to people experiencing serious mental illness to help them recover, stabilize, and integrate into the
community. With 100 permanent supportive housing units at six locations in Santa Monica and on
the Westside of Los Angeles, Step Up now serves over 1,800 individuals each year with a focus on
offering help, hope, and home. More information available at www.StepUpOnSecond.org.
Rabbi Neil Comess-Daniels was the founding rabbi of Temple Shir Shalom, one of the two temples
that have come together to become Beth Shir Shalom in Santa Monica. A graduate of UCLA, Rabbi
Comess-Daniels was ordained in 1979 at the Hebrew Union College and is often asked to mentor
young rabbinic students. He brings his passionate expression of Judaism and his strong sense of
social justice to the pulpit. Rabbi Daniels’ personal commitment is to organizations that deal with
interracial and interfaith relations and homelessness issues. He has chaired the Martin Luther King,
Jr. Westside Coalition and the Interfaith Holocaust Service and also serves on the boards of the
Western Region of the Jewish Federation Council and the Westside Interfaith Council.
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.
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Order of Service, June 12, 2016 "L.A. Pride Sunday"
June 12, 2016 L.A. Pride Sunday
The queer art of failure turns on the impossible,
the improbable, the unlikely, and the unremarkable.
It quietly loses, and in losing it imagines other goals for life,
for love, for art, and for being.
- Judith Halberstam
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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 in G major Johann Sebastian Bach
Welcome
Chalice Lighting Nalani and Kim Santiago-Kalmanson
*Opening Hymn #130 O Liberating Rose
*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 As You Leave This Friendly Place Johann Sebastian Bach
As you leave this friendly place, love give light to every face;
May the kindness which you learn light your hearts ‘til you return.
Life Together
Pulpit Message Adult Religious Education
Bill Blake and Dave Watson
Offering Amazing Grace arr. Jay Althouse
Jeremiah Davis, tenor
Devotional Time
Silence
Sung Response Comfort Me Mimi Bornstein
Comfort me, comfort me, comfort me, oh my soul.
Comfort me, comfort me, comfort me, oh my soul.
Sing with me…
Speak for me…
Dance with me…
Comfort me...
Responsive Reading #576 A Litany of Restoration Marjorie Bowens-Wheatley
Music for the Morning Misunderstood Daniel Gledhill
Jeremiah Davis, tenor
Sermon The Queer Art of Failure Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
*Closing Hymn #151 I Wish I Knew How
*Benediction
Musical Response Over the Rainbow Harold Arlen
*Please stand in body or in spirit
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Greeters: Dwight Flowers, Katie Malich & Jila Tayefehnowrooz
Ushers: Steve DePaul & Tom Early
Coffee: Jila Tayefehnowrooz & Linda van Ligten
Welcome Table: Carol Ring
Bookstore: Mark Warkentin
Service Notes
Welcome and thank you to our guest musician this morning, Jeremiah Davis. Jeremiah is a classically
trained singer and flutist with a long history in choirs, on opera and musical theater stages, and in
symphonic and pit orchestras throughout the country. He was invited this morning to premiere
Daniel Gledhill’s Misunderstood . According to the composer, it is a song “ about the feelings that [he]
had growing up in a church where you can't really fit in and [you] feel this really intense guilt for
something you can't change.”
Today 60% of our non-pledge offering will go to Common Ground: the Westside HIV Community
Center, now housed at Venice Family Clinic. Common Ground is the only HIV agency on the Westside
of Los Angeles. 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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