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	Order of Service: April 10, 2016 "Heart & Soul" Service Heart and Soul Service April 10, 2016 “Transformation” Nothing happens until the pain of remaining the same outweighs the pain of change. ~ Arthur Burt ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gathering In Come, Come Whoever You Are Rumi, Ungar Come, come, whoever you are Wanderer, worshiper Lover of leaving Ours is no caravan of despair Come, yet again, come. Welcome and Chalice Lighting The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is Book Five of the “Chronicles of Narnia,” a collection of fantasy tales by CS Lewis. In it Eustace, a fairly nasty little boy awakes to find, “He had turned into a dragon while he was asleep. Sleeping on a dragon’s treasure with greedy, dragonish thoughts in his heart, he had become a dragon himself.” His scales were built with his every nasty and naughty act. Eustace tries to shed his skin, but finds, as do most reptiles, that each time he throws off one layer, there is another layer of scales underneath. Aslan, the great Lion who saves the children from their misadventures, must remove the scales for him. Eustace relates in the story, “…he peeled the beastly stuff right off, just as I thought I’d done it myself the other three times…there it was lying on the grass…and there I was as smooth and soft as a peeled switch…” Aslan then places Eustace in a pool of water, from which he emerges stinging a bit, but clean and new and transformed. Spirit of Life Spirit of Life, come unto me. Sing in my heart all the stirrings of compassion. Blow in the wind, rise in the sea, move in the hand, giving life the shape of justice. Roots hold me close, wings set me free, Spirit of Life, come to me, come to me. Change or Transformation Kikanza Nuri-Robins A Transformation Story Jacki Weber Small daily improvements are the key to staggering long-term results. Group Sharing: tell us your transformation stories The only way to get what you really want is to let go of what you don’t want. Sacred Silence Perhaps you know what you must release in order to make the change or transformation you seek. On the special paper you have been given, write what you are willing to release. When you are ready, place the paper in the bowl of water and watch what happens. Transformation comes from deep within. But sometimes starting at the surface is the only way to get there. Comfort Me Mimi Bornstein-Doble Comfort me, Comfort me Comfort me, oh my soul 2. Sing with me… 3. Walk with me… 4. Change with me… Comfort me, Oh my soul Offering Benediction Nothing changes if nothing changes. Please stay and chat and then join us for Second Sunday Supper.
	Order of Service: April 16, 2017 Easter Sunday April 16, 2017 Easter Sunday Alleluia! For the circle, the spiral, the web, the egg, the orbit, the center, the seed, the flower, the fruit, the opening, the death, the release, the seed. ~ Barbara Pescan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prelude Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140 Johann S. Bach Call to Worship Chalice Lighting 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 The Wonder of the Easter Story Kathleen Hogue Song of Blessing #38 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! Life Together Pulpit Messages Developmental Ministry Task Force of the Board of Directors Jacki Weber Communications Team Bob Dietz (9am) Lois Hutchinson (11am) Voices of Community Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services Liam Mina Offering Jazz Alleluia Thomas Benjamin; arr. Z. Robles Reflection Kevin Squire (11am) Easter Message Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur Quiet Time Decorating the Renewal Tree Selection Easter Chorale Samuel Barber Sharing Seeds Closing Hymn #1068 Rising Green* Benediction Musical Response Sing and Rejoice (canon ad lib.) Traditional Sing and rejoice! Sing and rejoice! Let all thing living now sing and rejoice! Please stand in body or in spirit ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ Greeters: Roberta Frye, Wendi Gladstone, Audrey Lyness & David Olson Ushers: Nina Emerson, Peggy Kharraz, Kit Shaw & Ned Wright Coffee: Barbara & Kim Andres, Sheila Cummins, Deirdre Dietel, Alice Hall & Eileen McCormack Welcome Table: Wendi Gladstone Bookstore: Sarah Harper Service Notes* Today 40% of our non-pledge offering will go to Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services. With locations in Culver City and throughout Los Angeles, Didi Hirsch transforms lives by providing quality mental health care and substance abuse disorder services in communities where stigma or poverty limit access. Its Suicide Prevention Center was the first in the nation to provide 24/7 crisis counseling and receives over 55,000 calls each year at 877-7-CRISIS, or 877-727-4747. Last week, we launched the Undy Sunday Challenge! Help us reach our goal of donating 100 pairs of new, in-package socks and underwear to clients of Didi Hirsch by bringing a donation to the collection box on Sunday mornings in April during coffee hour, or by ordering online from wherever you buy your undies for delivery to Didi Hirsch- Excelsior House 1007 Myrtle Ave. Inglewood, CA 90301. We also welcome cash donations to go towards the purchase of undies and socks. All donations received (or ordered, if you let us know that you have done so) by April 30 will be included in our total. Thank you for your support!
	Order of Service: April 17, 2016 "sUUper Heroes" April 17, 2016 SUUper Heroes ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prelude *Traumerei, Kinderszenen, Op. 15, No. 7* Robert Schumann Welcome Annalivia Martin-Straw Chalice Lighting We Can All Be SUUper Heroes Chey Mason Opening Hymn #1010 We Give 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 and Turning Point Story for All Ages The Adventures of Captain UU & YRUU the Seven Principles of Super Heroes Annalivia Martin-Straw & Katie Mayo-Smith Hymn #1000 Morning Has Come Life Together Gryffin Maurer Meditation Annalivia Martin-Straw Morning Offering Paice Van Ooyen Offertory What Lies Ahead? Daniel Gledhill Sermonette Phases Paice Van Ooyen Hymn #1028 The Fire of Commitment Sermonette The Way We Change Annalivia Martin-Straw Sermonette Look at Where You Are, Sanna Legan Look at Where You Started Closing Hymn #95 There is More Love Somewhere* Benediction Alex Michaelson Postlude So Close, Enchanted* (9am) Jon McLaughlin Please stand in body or in spirit ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ Greeters: Roberta Frye, Wendi Gladstone & David Olson Ushers: Bonnie Brae, David Goetz, Ned Wright & Michael Young Coffee: Rebecca Crawford, Sheila Cummins, Alice Hall & Eileen McCormack Welcome Table: Wendi Gladstone Bookstore: Mark Warkentin Service Notes* Today, 60% of our non-pledge offering will go to Community Services Unlimited (CSU) of South Central Los Angeles to support programs such as Growing Healthy, which engages youth in urban farming and food based learning as a tool to help them adopt a healthier lifestyle and develop an awareness and political consciousness to the food access and environmental justice issues impacting their communities. The program currently operates at Normandie Avenue Elementary School and the Expo Center, and has a history at John Muir Middle School.
	Order of Service: April 2, 2017 "Still We Rise" April 2, 2017 A Community of Transformation ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 A Light in the Piazza Adam Gautel Welcome Chalice Lighting Greg Wood Opening Hymn #163 For the Earth Forever Turning* Covenant Love is the doctrine of this church.* The quest for truth is its sacrament, And service is its prayer. To dwell together in peace, To seek knowledge in freedom, To serve humankind in fellowship, Thus do we covenant with each other. Hymn of Praise From all that dwell below the skies* Let songs of hope and faith arise Let peace, goodwill on earth be sung Through every land, by every tongue. Offering for the Westside Food Bank Time for All Ages Song of Blessing #414 As We Leave This Friendly Place As you leave this friendly place, love give light to every face; May the kindness which you learn, light your hearts till you return. Life Together Voices of Community Joel Wyatt, Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services Offering Winds Be Still Devotional Time Silence Reading The Growing Edge Howard Thurman Music for the Morning Dear Friends (9am) Daniel Gledhill Acceptance (11am) Daniel Gledhill Sermon Still We Rise Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur Closing Hymn I Am Willing* Holly Near I am open and I am willing, For to be hopeless would seem so strange. It dishonors those who go before us, So lift me up to the light of change. There is hurting in my family, There is sorrow in my town. There is panic in the nation, There is wailing the whole world ‘round. I am open and I am willing... May the children see more clearly, May the elders be more wise. May the winds of change caress us Even though they burn our eyes. I am open and I am willing... Give me a mighty oak to hold my confusion, Give me a desert to hold my fears. Give me a sunset to hold my wonder, Give me an ocean to hold my tears. I am open and I am willing... Benediction Musical Response Sacred Trust Nancy Nordlie Please stand in body or in spirit ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ Service Participants : Barbara & Kim Andres, Tom Early, Tom Foretich, Barbara Gibbs, David Goetz, Denise Helton, Peggy Rhoads, Linda van Ligten, Alicia van Ooyen & Greg Wood. Service Notes* Today 40% of our non-pledge offering will go to Didi Hirsh Mental Health Services. With locations in Culver City and throughout LA, Didi Hirsch transforms lives by providing quality mental health care and substance abuse disorder services. Its Suicide Prevention Center was the first in the nation to provide 24/7 crisis counseling and receives over 55,000 calls each year at 877-727-4747.
	Order of Service: December 31, 2018 "All These Words Mean Happy Kwanzaa" December 31, 2017 All These Words Mean Happy Kwanzaa ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gathering Hymn #1030 Siyahamba* Call to Worship Abby Arnold, Worship Associate Chalice Lighting Love is Not Concerned Music for the Morning It Takes a Village by Joan Szymko Welcome Opening Hymn #1000 Morning Has Come* Covenant Love is the doctrine of this church.* The quest for truth is its sacrament, And service is its prayer. To dwell together in peace, To seek knowledge in freedom, To serve humankind in fellowship, Thus do we covenant with each other. Hymn of Praise From all that dwell below the skies* Let songs of hope and faith arise Let peace, goodwill on earth be sung Through every land, by every tongue. Offering for the Westside Food Bank Time for All Ages Song of Blessing #118 This Little Light of Mine This little light of mine... Everywhere I go... All around the world... Life Together Offering Offertory Anthem Kujichagulia by Sonjia Hubert Harper Devotional Time Reading The Story of Black People Michael Green & Bryan Fuller Pastoral Prayer Silence Musical Response Kuumba by Z. Robles Sermon All These Words Mean Happy Kwanzaa Gregory C. Carrow-Boyd Going Deeper Closing Hymn #407 We're Gonna Sit at the Welcome Table* Benediction Musical Benediction Umoja* by Z. Robles Invitation to Fellowship Please stand in body or in spirit ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ Greeters: Barbara Gibbs Ushers: Tom Foretich & Michael Young Coffee: Rebecca Crawford & Linda Marten Welcome Table: Barbara Gibbs Bookstore: Sarah Harper Service Notes* Gregory C. Carrow-Boyd is a religious educator and seminarian who studies at Claremont School of Theology. He serves on the Board of Trustees of our Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA). Originally from Central Pennsylvania, Greg enjoys how his spirit is growing here on the West Coast. Greg also works as the Coordinator for More Than Sex-Ed, a Greater LA-based sexuality education collective that brings the UUA- and United Church of Christ comprehensive sexuality education curriculum, Our Whole Lives, to schools, home school groups and the greater community. Today 40% of our non-pledge offering will go to The People Concern, a new joint collaboration effort between OPCC (Ocean Park Community Center), and the Lamp Community, “because everybody should be housed, healthy and safe.” This new collaboration, “united under one mission and one aim,” helps to empower people to rebuild their lives. This community-supported organization made up of 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.
	Order of Service: Feb. 11, 2018 "What to Know About Good & Evil While Being Trumped" February 11, 2018 “What to Know about Good and Evil While Being Trumped” ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gathering Hymn #1 May Nothing Evil Cross this Door* Call to Worship Margot Page, Worship Associate Chalice Lighting Music for the Morning “The Don” - Roy Zimmerman Zimmerman / Harby Welcome Opening Hymn “Hope, Struggle and Change”* Zimmerman / Harby arr. by Buckles 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 #210 Wade in the Water* Wade in the water, wade in the water children Wade in the water, God’s gonna trouble the water Life Together Pulpit Message Offering Offertory Anthem “When a Child is Born” (9am) Zimmerman / Harby “Church of the Earth” (11am) Peter Meyer Roy Zimmerman and the UUSM Choir Devotional Time Reflection Pastoral Prayer Silence Musical Response Sermon “What to Know about Good and Evil While Being Trumped” Rev. Greg Going Deeper Closing Hymn “Someday (We Shall Overcome)” Zimmerman / Harby Benediction Musical Benediction Invitation to Fellowship Please stand in body or in spirit ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ Greeters: Dwight Flowers (9am); Barbara Gibbs & Katie Malich (11am) Ushers: Bonnie Brae & David Goetz (9am); Hugo Contreras & Steve DePaul Coffee: Kit Shaw (9am); Hugo Contreras (11am) Welcome Table: Barbara Gibbs (9am); Sheila Cummins (11am) Bookstore: Sarah Harper Service Notes* Today, 40% of our offering will go to to the Entrepreneurial Ministry Project. This is a new idea for us. Our offering generally goes to agencies. We try to balance between local, national and global agencies so that we engage in immediate, extended and far reaching ways. We give to agencies both within and beyond UU - so that we support and value our own purpose but also become valuable part of a purpose larger than us. But we live in a world today where Truth of Love and Justice doesn’t just come from agencies or Non-profits. More and more, prophetic truth is coming from inspired individuals following an entrepreneurial call to cast vision, call out shared values, wake people up and get people involved in changing the world. So, our first recipient for the Entrepreneurial Ministry Project - while he’s with us - is Roy Zimmerman. 40% of our collection today will go to helping him get the word out - in his unique, humorous and inspiring way. We want to help him inspire positive change - bend the moral arc toward justice. Part of this offering will be helping his concert tonight be possible. But, also we’d like to help him beyond this place spread some good news as far and wide as possible. We’d love your help. We will now gratefully receive this morning’s offering.
	Order of Service: Feb. 12, 2017 - "Blessing of the Animals" February 12, 2017 Blessing of the Animals --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gathering Hymn #203 All Creatures of the Earth and Sky Verse 1 only All creatures of the earth and sky,* Come, kindred, lift your voices high Alleluia, Alleluia! Bright burning sun with golden beam, Soft shining moon with silver gleam: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia! Prelude Devotion arr. Gledhill; from Missouri Harmony, 1820 Welcome Chalice Lighting Johnson Family (9am) Jo An Peters (11am) Opening Hymn #149 Lift Every Voice and Sing* 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 Or barked or meowed, by every tongue. Offering for the Westside Food Bank Time for All Ages A Stormy Tale Kathleen Hogue 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 Pulpit Messages Dining for Dollars Heart & Soul Offering Speaker Amy & Bruno Lacombe (11am) Offering The Monk and His Cat (9am) Samuel Barber Duetto Buffo di due Gatti (11am) Gioachino Rossini Our Pet Stories Cassandra Christenson & Delaney Hutchinson, Makino Family (9am) Ellie Peters & Nalani Santiago-Kalmanson (11am) Responsive Reading A Prayer for the Animals Albert Schweitzer Hear our humble prayer, O Spirit, for our friends the animals, especially for animals who are suffering; for animals that are overworked, underfed and cruelly treated; for all wistful creatures in captivity that beat their wings against bars; for any that are hunted or lost or deserted or frightened or hungry; for all that must be put to death. We entreat for them all mercy and pity, and for those who deal with them we ask a heart of compassion and gentle hands and kindly words. Make us, ourselves, to be true friends to animals, and so to share the blessings of the merciful. Devotional Time Sung Response #15 The Lone, Wild Bird Introduction to the Blessing Blessing of the Animals Congregational Blessing: “[Name of pet] ” We love you, We bless you, We appreciate you. We behold the loving spirit within you. Closing Hymn #1064 Blue Boat Home Benediction Musical Response Colours in the Dunes Bongani Ndodan-Breen Please stand in body or in spirit ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ Service Participants : Bonnie Brae, Hugo Contreras, Dwight Flowers, Sarah Harper, Barbara Kernochan, Phyllis Kory, Katie Malich, Jila Tayefehnowrooz, Linda van Ligten & Michael Young. Service Notes* To honor African American Heritage Month, in February our opening hymn will be Lift Every Voice and Sing. Often called the Black National Anthem, this hymn is a setting of a poem that was originally written to honor President Lincoln in 1899. It is a text that calls us toward the pursuit of liberty for all, while rejoicing in the progress we have made and honoring those lives that have been and will be lost to the struggle. Today, 60% of our offering will go to the UU Animal Ministry. The Unitarian Universalist Animal Ministry serves as a source of education for UUs by relating the religious and spiritual aspects of our tradition to justice and ethical issues, and by promoting and supporting justice making efforts for animals within our UU congregations and in the world. Black History Month Composer Spotlight: Bongani Ndodana-Breen . Please see flyer section.
	Order of Service: Feb. 19, 2017 "All in the Family" February 19, 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gathering Hymn #16 ‘Tis a Gift to Be Simple* ‘Tis a gift to be simple, ‘tis a gift to be free, ‘Tis a gift to come down where we ought to be, ‘And when we find ourselves in the place just right, ‘Twill be in the valley of love and delight When true simplicity is gained, To bow and to bend we shan’t be ashamed To turn, turn will be our delight, ‘Till by turning, turning we come ‘round right Prelude Daniel Gledhill Welcome Chalice Lighting Joyce Holmen Opening Hymn #149 Lift Every Voice and Sing* 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 You Leave This Friendly Place As you leave this friendly place, love give light to every face; May the kindness which you learn, light your hearts till you return. Life Together Pulpit Messages Faith in Action Dining for Dollars Fundraising Auction Offering Del Cabello Mas Sutil (9am) Fernando Obradors Negro Bembon (11am) Electo Silva Devotional Time Silence Sung Response #1009 Meditation on Breathing When I breathe in, I breathe in peace When I breathe out, I breathe out love. Responsive Reading Each of Us Has A Name Zelda, translated by Marcia Falk Music for the Morning Prelude from Prelude and Caprice George Walker Sermon All in the Family Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur Closing Hymn #277 As We Wend Homeward* Benediction Musical Response Ubi Caritas Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est. Please stand in body or in spirit ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ Greeters: Roberta Frye, Glen Howell, Audrey Lyness & David Olson Ushers: Steve DePaul, Nina Emerson, Kit Shaw & Ned Wright Coffee: Sheila Cummins, Rebecca Crawford, Alice Hall & Eileen McCormack Bookstore: Sarah Harper Service Notes* Today 40% of our non-pledge offering will go to Turning Point , a program of OPCC. In addition to food, shelter and clothing, Turning Point provides intensive counseling and support groups, money management, health education and independent living skills. If you are homeless and would like to be considered for residency at Turning Point, please contact OPCC at (310) 450-4050. To honor African American Heritage Month, in February our opening hymn will be Lift Every Voice and Sing. Often called the Black National Anthem, this hymn is a setting of a poem that was originally written to honor President Lincoln in 1899. It is a text that calls us toward the pursuit of liberty for all, while rejoicing in the progress we have made and honoring those lives that have been and will be lost to the struggle. About the Offering Music: Negro Bembon The poem “Negro Bembon” by Nicolas Guillen was translated from Spanish into English in 1948 by Langston Hughes. Using African American dialect, Hughes translated it as, “Thick Lipped Cullud Boy,” a cynical criticism of a wealthy young person of color for whom all the blessings in the world cannot erase his dismay over being identified as “cullud.” With a catchy tune and a Cuban groove, this song is a celebration of our identity, self-worth, and belovedness, no matter how we look. ~ Zanaida Robles Del Cabello Mas Sutil, Translation: Of the softest hair Which you have in your braid I would make a chain, So that I might bring you to my side. A jug in your home, Little one, I would like to be, So that I might kiss you Every time you took a drink.
	Order of Service: Feb. 21, 2016 'Till Earth & Heaven Ring February 21, 2016 The Voice of Vocation --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gathering Hymn Come, Come, Whoever You Are* Rev. 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. Come, come, whoever you are, Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving. Ours is no caravan of despair. Come, yet again come. Prelude Sonata No. 12 in F Major, Mvmt. 3, K. 332 (9am) Wolfgang A. Mozart Keep Your Lamps (11am) André J. Thomas Welcome Chalice Lighting Joanna Woods-Marsden Opening Hymn #149 Lift Every Voice and Sing* Covenant Love is the doctrine of this church.* The quest for truth is its sacrament, And service is its prayer. To dwell together in peace, To seek knowledge in freedom, To serve humankind in fellowship, Thus do we covenant with each other. Hymn of Praise From all that dwell below the skies* Let songs of hope and faith arise Let peace, goodwill on earth be sung Through every land, by every tongue. Offering for the Westside Food Bank Time for All Ages Song of Blessing Go Now in Peace 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 Congregational Conversations Committee on Ministry Offering Miss Celie’s Blues, The Color Purple (9am) Quincy Jones Barter (11am) Tom Baehr Devotional Time Sung Response Voice Still and Small John Corrado Voice still and small, deep inside all, I hear you call, singing. In storm and rain, sorrow and pain, still we’ll remain singing. Calming my fears, quenching my tears, through all the years, singing. Responsive Reading #568 Connections Are Made Slowly Marge Piercy Music for the Morning Liberi Fatali, Final Fantasy VIII Nobou Uematsu Sermon ‘Til Earth and Heaven Ring Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur Closing Hymn I Am Willing* Holly Near I am open and I am willing, For to be hopeless would seem so strange. It dishonors those who go before us, So lift me up to the light of change. There is hurting in my family, There is sorrow in my town. There is panic in the nation, There is wailing the whole world ‘round. I am open and I am willing... May the children see more clearly, May the elders be more wise. May the winds of change caress us Even though they burn our eyes. I am open and I am willing... Give me a mighty oak to hold my confusion, Give me a desert to hold my fears. Give me a sunset to hold my wonder, Give me an ocean to hold my tears. I am open and I am willing... Benediction Musical Response Somewhere in Time* (9am) John Barry I Want to Be a Worker (11am) Isaiah Baltzell Please stand in body or in spirit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Service Participants: Rebecca Crawford, Sheila Cummins, Tom Early, Roberta Frye, Wendi Gladstone, Alice Hall, Barbara Kernochan, Eileen McCormack, David Olson, Rick Rhoads, Mark Warkentin, Michael Young Service Notes* To honor African American Heritage Month, in February our opening hymn is Lift Every Voice and Sing. It is a text that calls us toward the pursuit of liberty for all, while rejoicing in the progress we have made and honoring those lives that have been and will be lost to the struggle. Today, 60% of our non-pledge offering goes to the Westside Food Bank. As food bank for the Westside since 1981, they annually distribute 4.5 million pounds of food to over 70 local agencies.
	Order of Service: Feb. 26, 2017 "Hearing the Call of Wild Geese" February 26, 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gathering Hymn #188 Come, Come, Whoever You Are* Come, come, whoever you are, Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving Ours is no caravan of despair Come, yet again, come Prelude Dickinson College Lee Hastings Bristol, Jr.; arr. Gledhill Welcome Chalice Lighting James Witker Opening Hymn #149 Lift Every Voice and Sing* 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 Kathleen Hogue Song of Blessing #414 As We Leave This Friendly Place As we leave this friendly place, love give light to every face; May the kindness which we learn, light our hearts till we return. Life Together Pulpit Messages Melinda Ewen, Dining for Dollars Silent Auction Fundraiser Kikanza J. Nuri-Robins, Board of Directors Gift for OPCC Kit Shaw, Stewardship Committee & John Maceri, OPCC Offering Deep River Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (9am) Alexander Blake (11am) Devotional Time Fragile and Rooted Rev. Carolyn Owen-Towle Silence Sung Response #1007 There’s a River Flowin’ in My Soul Responsive Reading #490 Wild Geese Music for the Morning Witness Hall Johnson Sermon Hearing the Call of Wild Geese Rev. Anne Felton Hines Closing Hymn #346 Come, Sing a Song with Me* Benediction Musical Response Ubi Caritas Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est. Please stand in body or in spirit ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ Greeters: Wendi Gladstone, Kris Langabeer, Michael Young & Steve Young Ushers: Tom Early, Tom Foretich, David Goetz & Rick Rhoads Coffee: Barbara Andres, Kim Andres, Sheila Bjornlie, Leah Moore & Sylvia Young Welcome Table: Barbara Gibbs Bookstore: Sarah Harper Service Notes* Today 40% of our non-pledge offering will go to Turning Point, a program of OPCC. Turning Point Transitional Housing was established in 1983 as a 55-bed shelter for homeless men and women in Santa Monica. In addition to an individual sleeping area, three meals a day and clothing, Turning Point provides intensive case management, counseling and support groups, specialized programs such as job counseling, money management, health education, computer classes and independent living skills. If you are homeless and would like to be considered for residency at Turning Point, please contact OPCC at (310) 450-4050. To honor African American Heritage Month, in February our opening hymn will be Lift Every Voice and Sing. Often called the Black National Anthem, this hymn is a setting of a poem that was originally written to honor President Lincoln in 1899. There is something profound about reciting this text anytime topics such as oppression, justice, or activism enter the conversation. It is a text that calls us toward the pursuit of liberty for all, while rejoicing in the progress we have made and honoring those lives that have been and will be lost to the struggle. Rev. Anne Hines retired last summer (for the second time!) after more than 30 years of parish ministry, all within our Pacific Southwest District. In 2015, Emerson UU Church in Canoga Park bestowed on her the honor of Minister Emerita. She now serves as one of the UUA Pacific Western Region’s Ministerial Transition Coaches. At home, she enjoys playing piano and spending time with her family. Ubi Caritas translation: Where charity and love are, There is God.
	Order of Service: Feb. 5, 2017 "Where is the Good in Goodbye?" February 5, 2017 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gathering Hymn #1010 We Give Thanks Wendy Luella Perkins 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 Prelude in C Major J. S. Bach Welcome Chalice Lighting Margot Page Opening Hymn #149 Lift Every Voice and Sing* Covenant Love is the doctrine of this church.* The quest for truth is its sacrament, And service is its prayer. To dwell together in peace, To seek knowledge in freedom, To serve humankind in fellowship, Thus do we covenant with each other. Hymn of Praise From all that dwell below the skies* Let songs of hope and faith arise Let peace, goodwill on earth be sung Through every land, by every tongue. Offering for the Westside Food Bank Time for All Ages Song of Blessing #414 As We Leave This Friendly Place As we leave this friendly place, love give light to every face; May the kindness which we learn, light our hearts till we return. Life Together Pulpit Message Right Relations Task Force Offering Make Them Hear You from Ragtime Stephen Flaherty Thomas Ahern, bass-baritone Devotional Time Silence Sung Response #1002 Comfort Me Comfort me, comfort me, comfort me, oh my soul. Comfort me, comfort me, comfort me, oh my soul. Sing with me... Speak for me... Dance with me... Comfort me... Responsive Reading #521 May I Be No One’s Enemy Music for the Morning Goodbye, My Love from Ragtime Stephen Flaherty Sermon Where is the Good in Goodbye? Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur Closing Hymn #168 One More Step Benediction Musical Response Amen in Bb Please stand in body or in spirit ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ Greeters: Barbara & Kim Andres, Tom Foretich, Barbara Gibbs & Denise Helton Ushers: Peggy Kharraz, Jila Tayefehnowrooz, Linda van Ligten & Greg Wood Coffee: Deirdre Dietel, Jimmy Hogue, Kit Shaw & ALicia van Ooyen Welcome Table: Barbara Gibbs Bookstore: Sarah Harper Service Notes* Today, 40% of our non-pledge offering will go to Turning Point, a program of OPCC. Turning Point Transitional Housing was established in 1983 as a 55-bed shelter for homeless men and women in Santa Monica. In addition to an individual sleeping area, three meals a day and clothing, Turning Point provides intensive case management, counseling and support groups, specialized programs such as job counseling, money management, health education, computer classes and independent living skills. If you or someone you know is homeless and would like to be considered for residency at Turning Point, please contact OPCC at (310) 450-4050. To honor African American Heritage Month, in February our opening hymn will be Lift Every Voice and Sing. Often called the Black National Anthem, this hymn is a setting of a poem that was originally written to honor President Lincoln in 1899. There is something profound about reciting this text anytime topics such as oppression, justice, or activism enter the conversation. It is a text that calls us toward the pursuit of liberty for all, while rejoicing in the progress we have made and honoring those lives that have been and will be lost to the struggle.
	Order of Service: Heart and Soul, January 10, 2016 January 10th, 2016 Heart & Soul Service --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gathering Music by Karen Hsu Patterson Welcome Bettye Barclay Chalice Lighting Honesty is not the revealing of some foundational truth that gives us power over life or another or even the self, but a robust incarnation into the unknown unfolding vulnerability of existence, where we acknowledge how powerless we feel, how little we actually know, how afraid we are of not knowing and how astonished we are by the generous measure of loss that is conferred upon even the most average life. ~ David Whyte First reading Andrea Steffan And so life pulls us and we swing from Truth to truths, from cosmos to self, from mystery to clarity, from out to in. It is our state to swing and to be drawn ever into another swing. This is the motion that makes ours a human life. May the great gravity of life which pulls us along an unknown, holy axis never let the pendulums we are cease swinging until the Truth we seek and the truths we are one. ~ Don W. Vaughn-Foerster Silence Second Reading Paice Van Ooyen My head knocks against the stars. My feet are on the hilltops. My finger-tips are in the valleys and shores of universal life. Down in the sounding foam of primal things I reach my hands and play with pebbles of destiny. I have been to hell and back many times. I know all about heaven, for I have talked with God. I dabble in the blood and guts of the terrible. I know the passionate seizure of beauty and the marvelous rebellion of man at all signs reading "Keep Off." My name is Truth and I am the most elusive captive in the universe. ~ Carl Sandburg Silence Reflection on Truth Rev. Kikanza Nuri Robins Truth in your Heart and Soul What have you learned about the truths in your life? Share from own experience. Share from your heart, not your head. Leave space for others to share. Ritual On the back of this program, write something you would like to remember about the truth in your life. For example: Write a truth that guides your life. Write a truth that is a secret known only to you. Write a truth that holds you prisoner. Write a truth that sets you free. Silence What will you do with the truths of your life? Silence -- Light candle on altar Benediction Bettye Barclay Tell all the truth but tell it slant, success in circuit lies, Too bright for our infirm delight the truth's superb surprise; As lightning to the children eased with explanation kind, The truth must dazzle gradually or every one be blind. ~ Emily Dickenson

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