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	Order of Service: Jan 1, 2017 - Kwanzaa January 1, 2017 Kwanzaa ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gathering Hymn #1010 We Give Thanks 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 Hymn to Joy* Beethoven; arr. Dr. Zanaida Robles Welcome Rev. Dr. Kikanza Nuri-Robins Chalice Lighting In the spirit of our 1st Principle: The inherent worth and dignity of every person And Kujichagulia* - Self Determination* Opening Hymn #1022 Open the Window* 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 In the spirit of our 7th Principle: Respect for the interdependence web of all existence of which we are a part. And Ujima* - Collective Work and Responsibility* Time for All Ages What is your job? Rev. Dr. Kikanza Nuri Robins In the spirit of our 2nd Principle: Justice, equity and compassion in human relations And Nia* - Purpose* Song of Blessing #118 This Little Light of Mine This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine. (x3) Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine. Everywhere I go, I’m gonna let it shine. (x3) Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine. Life To gether In the spirit of Umoja* - Unity* Offering Kuumba (Creativity) Dr. Zanaida Robles In the spirit of Ujamaa - Cooperative Economics Devotional Time In the spirit of our 4th Principle: A free and responsible search for truth and meaning #600 The Space Within Lao-Tse Thirty spokes share the wheel’s hub; it is the center hole that makes it useful. Shape clay into a vessel; it is the space within that makes it useful. Cut doors and windows for a room; it is the holes that make it useful. Therefore profit comes from what is there; Usefulness from what is not there. Question What do the symbols in your home say about you & what you believe? Silence Sung Response #1013 Open My Heart Open my heart to all that I seek Let me be part of the love you give. Music for the Morning Toccata Aram Khachaturian Homily Lessons of Kwanzaa Rev. Dr. Kikanza Nuri-Robins, Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur In the spirit of our Covenant and Imani - Faith Closing Hymn #318 We Would Be One* Benediction Musical Response Umoja* (Unity) In the spirit of our 6th Principle: The goal of world community with peace liberty and justice for all And Umoja - Unity Please rise in body or in spirit ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ Greeters: Tom Foretich, Barbara Gibbs & Denise Helton Ushers: Tom Early, Peggy Kharraz, Dan Patterson & Ned Wright Coffee: Deirdre Dietel, Peggy Rhoads & Alicia van Ooyen Welcome Table: Linda van Ligten Bookstore: Sarah Harper Service Notes* Today 40% of our non-pledge 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. The Seven Principles of Kwanzaa are: ● Umoja – Unity To strive for and maintain unity in the family, community, and culture ● Kujichagulia – Self Determination To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves and speak for ourselves. ● Ujima – Collective Work and Responsibility: To build and maintain our community together and to Make our brothers and sisters problems our problems and solve them together ● Ujamaa – Cooperative Economics: To build and maintain business and relationships and profit from them together ● Nia – Purpose: To make our collective vocation the building and development of our communities ● Kuumba – Creativity: To do as much as we can to leave our community more beautiful and valuable than we inherited it. ● Imani – Faith: To believe with all our heart in our people our parents our teachers and our leaders and our work together to improve all.
	Order of Service: Jan. 7, 2018 - "Torda 451" January 7, 2018 “Torda 451” ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gathering Hymn #103 For All the Saints* Call to Worship James Witker, Worship Associate Chalice Lighting Music for the Morning Piano Solo J.S. Bach Welcome Opening Hymn #304 A Fierce Unrest* 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... Building up a world... Life Together Pulpit Message Offering Offertory Anthem Morgengesang Johannes Brahms Devotional Time Reading For a New Beginning John O’Donohue Pastoral Prayer Silence Musical Response Sermon Torda 451 Rev. Greg Ward Going Deeper Closing Hymn #287 Faith in the Larger Liberty* Benediction Musical Benediction Invitation to Fellowship Please stand in body or in spirit ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ Greeters: Denise Helton (9am); Barbara & Kim Andres and Tom Foretich (11am) Ushers: Tom Early & Barbara Kernochan (9am); Linda van Ligten & Greg Wood (11am) Coffee: Kit Shaw & Alicia van Ooyen (9am); Deirdre Dietel (11am) Welcome Table: Barbara Gibbs (9am & 11am) Bookstore: Sarah Harper Service Notes Today, 40% of our offering will go to to the Institute for Religious Tolerance, Peace and Justice. By promoting interfaith dialogue and universal respect for different faiths, The Institute for Religious Tolerance seek to minimize the conflicts that are shaped by religion and that employ religion as their excuse. It seeks to disarm the religious intolerance that is often the cause and underlying root of oppression and warfare. The Institute for Religious Tolerance seeks to have far reaching and long lasting effects in helping the world to mature to a more peaceable, tolerant and just place ... Please give what you can to help out those struggling in our larger community. Thank you!
	Order of Service: Jan. 8, 2017 "A Community of Prophecy" January 8, 2017 A Community of Prophecy ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gathering Hymn #318 We Would Be One* verses 1 & 2 only Prelude Bashanah Nurit Hirsch, arr. Daniel Gledhill Welcome Chalice Lighting James Witker Opening Hymn #108 My Life Flows On In Endless Song 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 Home Base Song of Blessing #414 As We Leave This Friendly Place Life Together Pulpit Message Right Relations Task Force Offering New Year Carol Benjamin Britten Devotional Time James Witker Silence Sung Response #391 Voice Still and Small Reading Excerpt from “The Prophethood of All Believers” Maggie Potthoff By James Luther Adams Music for the Morning Ring out, Wild Bells (9am) Gounod, arr. Daniel Gledhill Kujichagulia (11am) Dr. Zanaida Robles Sermon The Prophethood of All Believers Maggie Potthoff Closing Hymn #170 We are a Gentle, Angry People Benediction Maggie Potthoff Musical Response Please stand in body or in spirit ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ Greeters: Dwight Flowers, Katie Malich & Jila Tayefehnowrooz Ushers: Bonnie Brae, Dan Patterson, Linda van Ligten & Greg Wood Coffee: Kit Shaw, Jila Tayefehnowrooz & Linda van Ligten Welcome Table: Barbara Gibbs Bookstore: Sarah Harper Service Notes* Today 40% of our non-pledge offering will go to 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. Maggie Potthoff is a candidate for the Unitarian Universalist community ministry, and is interested in working at the intersection of faith and public life. She and her husband moved to Los Angeles last year after her graduation from the University of Chicago's dual master's program in divinity and public policy. She currently works as a policy analyst at the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority and serves on the board of our new UU regional justice group, JUUstice-LA. As a fairly recent midwest transplant, she is energized by all that she's learned about justice-making, community-building, and farmers markets in her short time in the LA area. She is grateful to be with you at UUSM today.
	Order of Service: July 1, 2018 "Nonviolence as a Spiritual Practice" July 1, 2018 Nonviolence as a Spiritual Practice ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gathering Hymn #1018 Come And Go With Me* Call to Worship Margot Page, Worship Associate Chalice Lighting Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble. ~ Rep. John Lewis Music for the Morning There is a Balm in Gilead with Zanaida Robles Welcome Opening Hymn #199 Precious Lord, Take My Hand* 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 Enemies Story by Christopher Buice read by Kathleen Hogue Song of Blessing #1007 There's a River Flowin' in My Soul* Life Together Pulpit Message Offering Offertory Anthem Eli Eli with Ryan Humphrey Devotional Time Reading / Reflection “Integrated Bus Suggestions” Montgomery Improvement Association flyer, December 19, 1956 Pastoral Prayer Silence Musical Response Sermon Nonviolence as a Spiritual Practice Abby Arnold Going Deeper Can you imagine a Beloved Community that includes people whose beliefs and experiences are different from yours? Can we truly love our enemy? How can we harness the power of our anger and convert it to love? Our culture focuses on winners and losers. How can you change that dynamic in your daily life? Closing Hymn #169 We Shall Overcome* Benediction Musical Benediction Invitation to Fellowship Please stand in body or in spirit ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ Greeters: Barbara & Kim Andres Ushers: Linda van Ligten & Greg Wood Coffee: Hugo Contreras, Deirdre Dietel, Kit Shaw, Alicia van Ooyen, Welcome Table: Linda van Ligten Bookstore: Sarah Robson Service Notes Today, 40% of our offering will go to Voices4Freedom. Contrary to popular belief, slavery is not a thing of the past. Although it is not legal anywhere on the planet, there are more slaves today than at any time in human history. 45.8 million men, women and children enslaved today. Ignorance, racial and cultural bias, governments refusing to enforce laws and the people who are enslaved not realizing that their situation is illegal. Voices4Freedom.org is an LA based non-profit which uses education and media and reporting of corporate corruption to shine a light on labor abuses worldwide. Please support this important application of our principles … Please give what you can to help out those struggling in our larger community. Thank you!
	Order of Service: July 15, 2018 "Darwin, Natural Faith & the New Story' July 15, 2018 “Darwin, Natural Faith and the New Story” ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gathering Hymn #126 Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing* Gray Hymnal Call to Worship Dorothy Steinicke Chalice Lighting Thomas Lowe Fleischner & Simone Weil Music for the Morning I Wish I Knew How Nina Simone Welcome Opening Hymn #1035 Freedom is Coming* Teal Hymnal 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 #1007 There’s a River Flowin’ in My Soul* Teal Hymnal Life Together Pulpit Message de Benneville Pines Camping Weekend Karl Lisovsky Offering Offertory Anthem Hymn to Freedom Oscar Peterson Devotional Time Responsive Reading #530 Out of the Stars Robert T. Weston Pastoral Prayer Silence Musical Response Sermon Darwin, Natural Faith, and The New Story James Witker Going Deeper Closing Hymn #298 Wake Now My Senses* Gray Hymnal Benediction Musical Benediction Invitation to Fellowship Please stand in body or in spirit ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ Greeters: Roberta Frye, Wendi Gladstone, Audrey Lyness & David Olson Ushers: Erik Paesel & David Goetz Coffee: Sheila Cummins, Alice Hall, Eileen McCormack & Pam Teplitz Welcome Table: Barbara Gibbs & Wendi Gladstone Bookstore: Sarah Harper Service Notes Today, 40% of our offering will go to Voices4Freedom.org. Contrary to popular belief, slavery is not a thing of the past. Although it is not legal anywhere on the planet, there are more slaves today than at any time in human history. 45.8 million men, women and children enslaved today. Voices4Freedom.org is an LA based non-profit which uses education and media and reporting of corporate corruption to shine a light on labor abuses worldwide. Please support this important application of our principles. Please give what you can to help out those struggling in our larger community. Thank you!
	Order of Service: July 19, 2015 "Creating Our Own Theology" 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 Mr. C Pete Snell Welcome Nica Eaton-Guinn Chalice Lighting Natalie Kahn 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 and Turning Point Time for All Ages The Three Questions Jon J. Muth Song of Blessing I Seek the Spirit of a Child Traditional I seek the spirit of a child, the child who meets life naturally, The child who sings the world alive, and greets the morning sun with glee. Children are real beyond all art. May I see: Joy’s a gift to our heart. I seek the wonder of a child, a child who sees delightfully, Now clowns in cloud, now gold in sun - imaginations true and free. Children are real beyond all lies. May I see: Faith’s a gift to our eyes. Life Together Offering Wandering Daniel Gledhill Devotional Time Silence Sung Response Building Bridges Building Bridges between our divisions, I reach out to you, will you reach out to me, With all of our voices and all of our visions, Friends, we could make such sweet harmony. Music for the Morning Lydia Pete Snell Sermon Creating our Own Theologies Nica Eaton-Guinn with Jo An Peters, Clayton Fossett, Andrea Steffan, Sarah Robson, Natalie Kahn & Mark Warkentin Closing Hymn #1054 Let This Be a House of Peace* Jim Scott Benediction Nica Eaton-Guinn Musical Response Colin’s Dream* Pete Snell Please stand in body or in spirit ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ Greeters: Roberta Frye, David Olson & Rhonda Peacock Ushers: Rick Rhoads & Michael Young Coffee: Kit Shaw & Alicia Van Ooyen Bookstore: Nancy Babbitt Service Notes* Thank you to our guest musician this morning, UUSM member, Pete Snell. Pete grew up on the East Coast playing in clubs in the tri-state area. He studied with Linc Chamberland, Pat Martino, Joe Pass, and at The Manhattan School of Music before heading to Los Angeles in the 1980's. There he signed with Capitol Records and Bruce Lundvall to do two albums with his band, In Vitro. Next, he toured with Lyle Lovett and his Large Band, Sam Phillips, and many others while doing session work in Los Angeles for many television shows, films, and solo artists. Currently, Pete is producing artists, composing for film and television, doing session work and playing in Los Angeles area jazz clubs. This month, 60% of our 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.
	Order of Service: July 22, 2018 "What Do I Stand For"? July 22, 2018 “What Do I Stand For?” ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gathering Hymn #153 Oh, I Woke Up This Morning Call to Worship Catherine Grasso, Worship Associate* Chalice Lighting #447 by Albert Schweitzer (Congregation in unison) At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us. Music for the Morning Variations on God Save the King by L. Beethoven with Jyvonne Haskin Welcome Opening Hymn #1014 Standing on the Side 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 Time for All Ages Three Wishes by Lucille Clifton Song of Blessing #1007 There’s a River Flowin’ in My Soul Life Together Offering Today’s offering will go to the Unitarian Universalist College of Social Justice Offertory Anthem A Day in the Life of a Gambler by N. Uematsu, arr. J. Titterington Reading / Reflection Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes by Gordon B. Hinckley Guided Meditation Leon Henderson-MacLennan Silence Musical Response Sermon What Do I Stand For? Leon Henderson-MacLennan Going Deeper Our church community is precious. How can you tap into our community and create A Sunday Kind of Love to sustain you throughout your week? Ideas: Think about the message of the sermon, read poetry, go to a meeting, join a class, call a church friend, get involved in some way. Closing Hymn #1021 Lean on Me Benediction Leon Henderson-MacLennan Invitation to Fellowship Please stand in body or in spirit ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ Greeters: Michael Young & Steve Young Ushers: Bonnie Brae & Michael Young Coffee: Cathy Wolfson & Sylvia Young Welcome Table: Barbara Gibbs & Carolm Ring Bookstore: Sarah Harper Service Notes* Today, 40% of our offering will go to the Unitarian Universalist College of Social Justice. The UUCSJ creates valuable, experiential learning opportunities that use multiple learning modalities: books, lectures, classes, movies, conversations — and, of course, by direct experience with people from other cultures. In this moment of rising xenophobia and threats against basic human rights, UUCSJ trips to the border build experiential learning relationships with immigrants and grassroots partners to reveal the depth of the immigration crisis firsthand. These stories give a firsthand account of the challenges that exist across race, class, power, and privilege. This offering goes to scholarships – perhaps for someone in this community – to learn how UU principles are being employed to change lives. Please give generously. In the Pulpit: Leon Henderson-MacLennan is a second year Worship Associate at UUSM. At the church, he facilitates “Build Your Own Theology - Ethics,” Our Whole Lives, and “Lessons of Loss” courses. Dr. Henderson-MacLennan has been a member of the Right Relations, Pulpit, and Religious Exploration Committees, and has facilitated the Soul Works course. His wife, Nicole, a lifetime UU, introduced him to Unitarian Universalism in 2003. Their daughters, Maribel and Gabriela were dedicated to the Church in 2007 and 2010, respectively. He is a physician-geneticist now in private practice, having been a Cedars-Sinai and UCLA faculty member serving the uninsured and underinsured from 1993-2013. He is also president and co-founder of an international biomedical consulting firm.
	Order of Service: July 26, 2015 "Tree & Root: Poems About Family" Close trees shelter each other as a family holds tight in harsh times light conquering darkness Grove of trees shading each other, swaying as one, intertwined and bending toward a beautiful future. ~ Eric Martinez _______________________________________________________ Gathering Hymn Come, come, whoever you are,* Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving. Ours is no caravan of despair. Come, yet again, come. Welcome Rima Snyder, pulpit host Prelude Songs My Mother Taught Me Antonin Dvorak Lynn Angebranndt, cello Chalice Lighting Diana Spears Opening Hymn #326 Let All the Beauty We Have Known* 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 Poems for All Ages My Family's Fond of Gadgets by Kenn Nesbitt read by Carrie Lauer My Mom's Spaghetti by Kenn Nesbitt & Donna Lee Murphy Song of Blessing Go now in peace, go now in peace, May the spirit of love surround you As you go, as you go, on your way ~ Natalie Sleeth, adapted Pulpit Message UU Justice Ministry scholarship Cathie Gentile A Time for Community Offertory Dido’s Lament, from Dido and Aenaes Henry Purcell When I am laid in earth, may my wrongs create no trouble in thy breast. Remember me, but, ah, forget my fate! Reading The Guest House Rumi Silent Meditation Responsive Reading #661 The Heart Knoweth Ralph Waldo Emerson Introduction Tree & Root: Poems About Family Rima Snyder Emmy Cresciman Nan Burton, by Vincent Cresciman Bettye Barclay My Dad Music for the Morning Found My Way Back Home Karl Lisovsky, arr. by Rima Snyder Cassandra Christenson Community Is Family Jessica Fant-Chapin Generations Closing Hymn #342 O Slowly, Slowly, They Return,* verses 1-3 Benediction Postlude Feldeinsamkeit* Johannes Brahms Extinguishing the Chalice Please stand in body or in spirit ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ Greeters: Dwight Flowers, Glen Howell, Michael & Steve Young Ushers: Tom Foretich & Dan Patterson Coffee: Nancy Howell & Alicia Van Ooyen Bookstore: Nancy Babbitt Service Notes* Huge thanks and a warm welcome back to our guest musician this morning, Lynn Angebranndt. Ms. Angebranndt received her Bachelor of Music in applied cello from The Catholic University of America and a Master of Fine Arts from the California Institute of the Arts. Since 2008, she has been a member of the Kadima String Quartet, a group with an extensive mission to both perform and educate. Through the Kadima Conservatory of Music, Ms. Angebranndt teaches cello lessons, leads a cello choir and introductory group violin classes, and coaches youth orchestra and chamber music. Ms. Angebranndt also maintains her own private teaching studio, is a board member of the Los Angeles Cello Society and sits principal cello for the West Chester Symphony and Lancaster Philharmonic. This month, 60% 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.
	Order of Service: July 29, 2018 "Freedom Through Commitment" July 29, 2018 “Freedom Through Commitment” ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gathering Hymn #1018 Come and Go with Me* Call to Worship Margot Page, Worship Associate Chalice Lighting Chalice Lighting Christine Robinson We gather this hour as people of faith With joys and sorrows, gifts and needs. We light this beacon of hope, sign of our quest For truth and meaning, In celebration of the life we share together. Music for the Morning If You’re Out There Harris, Stephen, Prather, Bryant Gabriel Paredes Welcome Opening Hymn #1015 I Know I Can* 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 “Miss Bridie Chose a Shovel” by Leslie Connor Kathleen Hogue Song of Blessing #1007 There’s A River Flowing in My Soul* Life Together Pulpit Message Offering Offertory Anthem Old Red Hills of Home Jason Robert Brown Gabriel Paredes Devotional Time Reading / Reflection Yes and No Richard Berengarten Pastoral Prayer Silence Musical Response Sermon Freedom Through Commitment Ian Dodd Going Deeper What have you chosen that truly matters to you? What do you belong to? What is your purpose? What is the story you tell? How do you experience transcendence? Closing Hymn #1028 The Fire of Commitment* Benediction Musical Benediction Invitation to Fellowship Please stand in body or in spirit ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ Greeters: Bryan Cahill & Barbara Gibbs Ushers: Hugo Contreras & Kit Shaw Coffee: Rebecca Crawford, Linda Marten & Alicia Van Ooyen Welcome Table: Barbara & Kim Andres Bookstore: Sarah Harper Service Notes Today, 40% of our offering will go to the Unitarian Universalist College of Social Justice which creates valuable, experiential learning opportunities that use multiple learning modalities: books, lectures, classes, movies, conversations — and, of course, by direct experience with people from other cultures. In this moment of rising xenophobia and threats against basic human rights, UUCSJ trips to the border build experiential learning relationships with immigrants and grassroots partners to reveal the depth of the immigration crisis firsthand. These stories give a firsthand account of the challenges that exist across race, class, power, and privilege. This offering goes to scholarships – perhaps for someone in this community – to learn how UU principles are being employed to change lives. Please give generously. Thank you! In the pulpit today: Ian Dodd joined UUCCSM in 2004. Over the next several years, he taught the 8th grade RE class Coming of Age and co-developed and co-taught with his wife, Margot Page, the 3rd grade RE class, the UUniverse Story. In 2008-2010, he served on the Ministerial Search Committee. In 2010 he co-founded AAHS: Atheists, Agnostics, Humanists and Secularists, a discussion group for non-believers in the UUCCSM community. He later went on to found another secular community group outside the church and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the American Humanist Association. Professionally, Ian works as a cinematographer in television production. Today, we welcome our guest accompanist Emily Cohn. Thank you for sharing your musical talents!
	Order of Service: July 8, 2018 "A Path Appears" July 8, 2018 “A Path Appears” -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gathering Hymn #148 Let Freedom Span Both East and West* Call to Worship Abby Arnold, Worship Associate Chalice Lighting Traveler, Your Footprints Antonio Machado Music for the Morning On The Wings Of Song F. Mendelssohn; arr. W.F. Ambrosio Becky Erskine, Violin Welcome Opening Hymn #18 What Wondrous 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 Time for All Ages “Henry Hikes to Fitchburg” by D.B Johnson Song of Blessing #1007 There’s a River Flowing in My Soul* Life Together Offering Offertory Anthem Alleluia, from "Exultate Jubilate" W.A. Mozart; arr. Latham Devotional Time Reading “The Path” by Rachel Naomi Remen from “My Grandfather’s Blessings: Stories of Strength, Refuge and Belonging” Silence Musical Response Sermon A Path Appears Catie Grasso Going Deeper Does the involvement of others make it easier for you to deal with the insecurity of not knowing how to do something? Is there someone in your family or friend group that you have lost connection with due to social media? Has social media made you closer? Is allowing a path to appear meditative or goal-oriented, or both? Closing Hymn #151 I Wish I Knew How Benediction Musical Benediction Invitation to Fellowship Please stand in body or in spirit ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ Greeters: Dwight Flowers, Barbara Gibbs & Katie Malich Ushers: Tom Early & Nina Emerson Coffee: Barbara & Kim Andres, Phyllis Kory and Linda van Ligten Welcome Table: Barbara Gibbs Bookstore: Sarah Harper Service Notes* Today, 40% of our offering will go to Voices4 Freedom.org. Contrary to popular belief, slavery is not a thing of the past. Although it is not legal anywhere on the planet, there are more slaves today than at any time in human history. 45.8 million men, women and children enslaved today. Ignorance, racial and cultural bias, governments refusing to enforce laws and the people who are enslaved not realizing that their situation is illegal. Voices4Freedom.org is an LA based non-profit which uses education and media and reporting of corporate corruption to shine a light on labor abuses worldwide. Please support this important application of our principles.
	Order of Service: July 9, 2017 Sunday July 9, 2017 Voices Lifted: Singing as Direct Action Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us. ~ James Weldon Johnson --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gathering Hymn #123 Spirit of Life* Prelude We Shall Overcome Traditional Protest Song Welcome Chalice Lighting Opening Hymn #1068 Rising Green 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 Horace, Boris, and Dolores Join the Chorus* Song of Blessing #413 Go Now in Peace (canon) Life Together Pulpit Message Vilma Ortiz Dorothy Steinicke Offering De Colores Traditional Mexican Folksong Devotional Time Silence Sung Response Umoja Dr. Zanaida Robles Sermon Voices Lifted: Singing as Direct Action Dr. Zanaida Robles Closing Hymn #1021 Lean on Me Benediction Postlude Go the Distance Alan Menken Dismissal Please stand in body or in spirit ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ Greeters: Dwight Flowers & Jila Tayefehnowrooz Ushers: Steve DePaul & Michael Young Coffee: Phyllis Kory, Jila Tayefehnowrooz & Linda van Ligten Welcome Table: Sheila Cummins 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.
	Order of Service: June 10, 2018 "Marlon Bundo..." June 10, 2018 “Marlon Bundo and Other Modern Adaptations of Pride and Prejudice” -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gathering Hymn #121 We’ll Build a Land* Call to Worship Cassie Winters, Worship Associate Chalice Lighting Blessed Are We Andrea Hawkins-Kamper Music for the Morning “I’ll Be There” Barry Gordy Welcome 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 “A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo” Marlon Bundo & Jill Twiss Song of Blessing #1048 Ubi Caritas* Ubi caritas et amor Ubi caritas Deus ibi est. Life Together Pulpit Message Offering Offertory Anthem “What the World Needs Now” Bacharach / David Arr. Colleen Keane Devotional Time Reflection Pastoral Prayer Silence Musical Response Homily “Marlon Bundo and Other Modern Adaptations of Pride and Prejudice” Rev. Greg New Member Ceremony Closing Hymn #1014 Answering the Call to Love Benediction Musical Benediction Invitation to Fellowship *Please stand in body or in spirit ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ Greeters: Dwight Flowers, Barbara Gibbs & Katie Malich Ushers: David Goetz & Ned Wright Coffee: Barbara & Kim Andres, Phyllis Kory and Linda van Ligten Welcome Table: Sheila Cummins & Barbara Gibbs Bookstore: Sarah Harper Service Notes Today, 40% of our offering will go to The Boys and Girls Club’s LGBTQ Inclusion Initiative, which provides a safe and welcoming environment for youth of all sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions in all affiliated Youth Centers. By exploring gender and sexuality issues, introducing inclusive language, and equipping Club staff with training and teaching tools, BGCA strives to create a safe and supportive, progressive atmosphere.

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