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	Order of Service: May 10, 2015 "Arise all Women!" Gathering Hymn Freedom Is Coming* Traditional Oh freedom, oh freedom, oh freedom, freedom is coming! Oh freedom, oh freedom, oh freedom, freedom is coming! Oh yes I know, oh yes I know, oh yes I know, freedom is coming! Oh yes I know, oh yes I know, oh yes I know, freedom is coming! Oh freedom, oh freedom, oh freedom, freedom is coming! Oh freedom, oh freedom, oh freedom, freedom is coming! Prelude If Love Were All (9am) Noël Coward Va, pensiero, Nabucco (11am) Giuseppi Verdi Welcome Nica Eaton-Guinn Chalice Lighting Jeremy Arnold Opening Hymn #131 Love Will Guide Us* 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 Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur 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 Message The Intern Committee Offering A Mother’s Heart William Joseph Devotional Time Silence Sung Response There’s A Wideness In Your Mercy Frederick William Faber There’s a wideness in your mercy like the wideness of the sea. There’s a kindness in your justice which is more than liberty. For the love we serve is broader than the measures of our minds And the heart of the eternal is most wonderfully kind. Music for the Morning Menuetto, Sonata, Op. 31, No. 3 Ludwig van Beethoven Three Chorales *from Tagore, Op. 11, No. 3* Paul Creston Sermon Arise All Women! Nica Eaton-Guinn Closing Hymn #1054 Let This Be a House of Peace* Benediction Musical Response The Sound of Music* (9am) Richard Rodgers Libertad (11am) arr. DeReau K. Farrar Please stand in body or in spirit ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ Greeters: Kris Langabeer (9am) Barbara Gibbs & Katie Malich (11am) Ushers: Peggy Kharraz & Jila Tayefehnowrooz (9am) Rick Rhoads & Ned Wright (11am) Coffee: Phyllis & Robert Kory (9am) Diane Macunovich & Linda van Ligten (11am) Bookstore: Nancy Babbitt Backyard Bounty: Sue Stoyanoff Service Notes* This month, 60% of our offering will go to the the Unitarian Universalist Association . As one of over 1,000 UU congregations in the United States and around the world, UU Santa Monica pledges our mutual trust and support to all other UU congregations. Our support for the UUA through our shared offering, as well as our congregation’s annual gift of $15,000 toward our Fair Share contribution, allows UU congregations to transform their communities, enables religious leaders to innovate and inspire, and amplifies our collective voice to bring more justice and more love to a world so in need of our healing message. We give to support congregations other than our own because investing in and strengthening the presence of Unitarian Universalism is a concrete expression of our interconnectedness. Calling all UUs: Join leaders, volunteers, and the UU Santa Monica YRUU Youth Group and advisors at the largest annual gathering of UUs in the country at General Assembly in Portland, OR, June 24-28 by registering at www.uua.org/ga or speaking with Congregation President Patricia Wright.
	Order of Service: May 13, 2018 "Love You Forever" May 13, 2018 “I’ll Love You Forever” Gathering Hymn #1007 There’s a River Flowin’ in My Soul Call to Worship Rima Snyder, Worship Associate Chalice Lighting Autumn Communion Rima Snyder Music for the Morning Lullaby Billy Joel Colleen Keene, soprano Welcome 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 Time for All Ages Song of Blessing #1023 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. Life Together Musical Interlude Homily “I’ll Love You Forever - Leaving Home” Written by Rev. Greg & Celia Ward Read by Rev. Greg & Amy Brunell Offering Offertory Anthem Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child Black Spiritual Colleen Keene, soprano Pastoral Prayer Silence Homily “I’ll Love You Forever - Returning Home” Written by Rev. Greg & Celia Ward Read by Rev. Greg & Amy Brunell Going Deeper Closing Hymn #1008 When Our Heart Is in a Holy Place Benediction Musical Benediction Invitation to Fellowship Please stand in body or in spirit ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ Greeters: Dwight Flowers (9am); Barbara Gibbs & Kaite Malich (11am) Ushers: Tom Early & Barbara Kernochan (9am); Hugo Contreras & Linda van Ligten (11am) Coffee: Phyllis Kory (9am); Barbara & Kim Andres and Linda van Ligten (11am) Bookstore: Sarah Harper (9am & 11am) Service Notes Today, 40% of our offering will go to to St. John’s Well Child and Family Center. St. John’s Well Child and Family Center serves nearly 100,000 low-income patients in the Los Angeles area. Because funding for low-income community health centers is constantly under attack, 27 million Americans are unsure of when, where or whether they will get health care. The Well Child and Family Center offers services and programs for low-income children, women, homeless, and transgender patients. Since the division between the rich and poor is larger than it's ever been, funding community health centers has become a political issue. But the public, and St. John’s, believes it is a human issue. Partnering with local agencies offering health services to those with greatest need is a moral issue. We invite you to make a difference. Please give what you can to help out those struggling in our larger community. Thank you!
	Order of Service: May 20, 2018 "RE & Bridging" May 20, 2018 Celebrating Religious Education & Our Bridging Ceremony -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gathering Hymn #188 Come, Come, Whoever You Are* Call to Worship And So We Come Kathleen Hogue Chalice Lighting I Want to Be With People Dana E. Worsnop Charley Duckman & Brian Oakes Music for the Morning I’ll Be There for You by The Rembrandts Delaney Hutchinson Welcome Margot Page Opening Hymn #1008 When Our Heart is in a Holy Place* 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 An AAHSome Story: The Lucky Seaweed Sabina and the Sea Creatures Teacher Appreciation Litany Congregation: Thank you teachers and facilitators for taking responsibility as leaders of classes, giving of your time, gifts and energy; we offer you our gratitude. We sincerely appreciate your commitment to sharing the great promise of our common heritage and the unfolding future with our children, youth, and adults. All: We are all part of this one community, children, youth, and adults alike. May we all be enriched by exploring our world and deepening our faiths together. Song of Blessing The UU Principles Song* Written by Katie Covey (After the Principles Song, OWL K/1 children and their teachers may leave) Life Together Margot Page Offering Margot Page Offertory Anthem Heart Song composer: Shakti Deva Religious Exploration Kids Reflection How is it With Your Soul? by Ashley Horan Beverly Shoenberger Pastoral Prayer Rev. Greg Ward Silence Interlude Holiday by Paramore Analivia Martin-Straw Bridging Dagny Stahl, Analivia Martin Straw, Alex Michaelson, Cheyenne Mayson, Sanna Legan Reflection Words from the Bridging Youth & Their Parents Congregational Affirmation Kathleen: We celebrate this new phase of your life's journey. Congregation: We encourage you to continue your own free and responsible search for truth and meaning. Kathleen: With both joy and sorrow, we let you go to spread your wings. Congregation: This church community will always provide a spiritual home for you. Kathleen: Your roots are here. Congregation: Wherever life takes you, may you make a place for yourself in a Unitarian Universalist congregation. Kathleen: It is up to you to show up, get involved, and give something back. Congregation: It is up to us to build a bridge of support for youth and young adults. All: We pledge ourselves to make our congregation a haven for all who are walking the bridge from youth into adulthood. Going Deeper Closing Hymn Circle Game* Joni Mitchell Benediction Kathleen Hogue Musical Benediction Invitation to Fellowship Please stand in body or in spirit ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ Service Participants: Sheila Cummins, Roberta Frye, Barbara Gibbs, Wendi Gladstone, Alice Hall, Sarah Harper, Peggy Kharraz, Audrey Lyness and David Olson, Pam Teplitz, Michael Young Service Notes Today, 40% of our offering will go to St. John’s Well Child and Family Center, which serves nearly 100,000 low-income patients in the Los Angeles area. Well Child and Family Center offers services and programs for low-income children, women, homeless, and transgender patients.
	Order of Service: May 27, 2018 "Tolling of the Bells" May 27, 2018 “Tolling of the Bells” ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gathering Hymn #1040 Hush* Call to Worship Dorothy Steinicke, Worship Associate Chalice Lighting Memorial Day Chalice Lighting Charles F. Flagg In honor of those we have known and loved in the past, In recognition of the gifts and sacrifices they have made on our behalf, And in our sincere hope that we may be worthy of their memory We light our chalice, and we give our thanks Music for the Morning Sing Me To Heaven Daniel Gawthrop Welcome Remembering UUSM Members who’ve Died Opening Hymn #1001 Breaths Pt. I Remembering UUs At Large who’ve Died Opening Hymn #1001 Breaths Pt. II 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 Badger’s Parting Gifts Song of Blessing #1023 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. Life Together Offering Offertory Anthem Love Break Our Hearts Open Wide Jason Shelton Remembering those who’ve died through trauma, enmity or violence Pastoral Prayer Litany of Remembrance Kathleen McTigue Silence Musical Response Homily Tolling of the Bells Rev. Greg Ward Remembering those in our personal lives who’ve died Closing Hymn #1051 We Are...* Benediction Musical Benediction Invitation to Fellowship Please stand in body or in spirit ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ Greeters: Kirk Attebury, Michael Young & Steve Young Ushers: Tom Foretich & Dan Patterson Coffee: Sheila Bjornlie, Leah Moore, Cathy Wolfson & Sylvia Young Welcome Table: Barbara Gibbs & Carol Ring Bookstore: Sarah Harper Service Notes Today, 40% of our offering will go to to The Equal Justice Initiative. Despite the motto of ‘and justice for all…’ people of color face have very different experiences with the law enforcement, judicial and economic systems in place in our country. As a people, we’ve done little to acknowledge the impact of generations of slavery, lynching, and racial segregation. The Equal Justice Initiative seeks ways to restore humanity in the face of prejudicial inequality. Please give generously. Thank you!
	Order of Service: Nov. 1, 2015, Remembrance Vespers November 1, 2015 Remembrance Vespers “Love isn’t about what we did yesterday. It’s about what we do today and tomorrow and the day after.” - Grace Lee Boggs (1915 - 2015) Prelude Introit & Kyrie Chalice Lighting Rev. Rick Hoyt-McDaniels Opening Hymn #101 Abide with Me* Reading The End Mark Strand James Hayden (1934 - 2014) Selection Graduale Silence Responsive Reading We remember them. Kevin Smith Selection Dies Irae Offering Offertorium Colleen Keene, soprano; Jyvonne Haskin, mezzo soprano Gabriel Paredes, tenor; James Hayden, bass Litany You are not forgotten. Candle Lighting Sanctus Silence Devotional Hymn #199 Precious Lord, Take My Hand Reading The Gaffe Charles Kenneth Williams Rima Snyder (1936 - 2015) Selection Pie Jesu Hymn #1002 Comfort Me Benediction Rev. Rick Hoyt-McDaniels Postlude Agnus Dei* Please stand in body or in spirit Service Notes* Our offering tonight will benefit the Music Fund. Service Participants: Dan Patterson, Mike Reivitis. Grief is a natural reaction after the death of someone close. Yet in our society few people are prepared for the intensity and duration of the grief process. Our House Grief Support Center was founded on the premise that grievers need understanding, support, and connection. If you or someone you care about is grieving, Our House is here to help. For support: 1.888.417.1444. www.ourhouse-grief.org. A few thoughts about Luigi Cherubini’s Requiem in C minor Music set for the occasion of loss, requiems being principal among them, usually fit into three distinct categories, in my view. There are the dark and mournful settings, such as in the famous requiems by Brahms and Mozart. There are the light and celestial settings, such as in the requiem by Durufle and in Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna . And, there are the flashy fanfare settings, meant to be honorable and show esteem, such as in Verdi’s requiem setting. In Cherubini’s rather characteristic setting, we clearly see the transition from the reverent, though playful early classical composers like Mozart into the bolder and more charismatic sounds of early romantic composers like Brahms. In this way, he was much like his contemporary colleague and frenemy, Beethoven. Cherubini’s Requiem in C minor is actually the first of two settings he wrote. It was composed to commemorate the 23rd anniversary of the beheading of Louis XVI of France in the French Revolution. It was later censored by the archbishop of Paris for its use of female voices, prompting Cherubini to write a second requiem in D minor for men only. We hope you enjoy this rarely performed work and that it can be meaningful to you and your loved ones in this time of loss. - DeReau K. Farrar, Director of Music
	Order of Service: Nov. 12, 2017 - "Power v. Force" November 12, 2017 Power vs. Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gathering Hymn #357 Bright Morning Stars Call to Worship James Witker,* Worship Associate Chalice Lighting Music for the Morning Gabriel (9am) Limitless (11am) Welcome Opening Hymn #140 Hail the Glorious Golden City* 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 #407 We’re Gonna Sit at the Welcome Table We’re gonna sit at the welcome table We’re gonna sit at the welcome table one of these days, Hallelujah! We’re gonna sit at the welcome table We’re gonna sit at the welcome table one of these days! All kinds of people around that table... Life Together Offering Offertory Anthem Wheels of a Dream from “Ragtime” (9am) Steven Flaherty Brahms ( 11am ) Reflection Rev. Greg Pastoral Prayer Silence Sung Response (optional) Sermon Power vs. Force Rev. Greg Going Deeper Closing Hymn #1074 Turn the World Around* 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 & Nina Emerson (9am); Linda Van Ligten & Greg Wood (11am) Coffee: Kit Shaw (9am); Linda van Ligten & Sylvia Young (11am) Welcome Table: Barbara Gibbs (9am); Sheila Cummins (11am) Bookstore: Sarah Harper Service Notes For the remainder of November, 40% of our offerings will benefit the Guest at Your Table (GAYT) project. GAYT is the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee’s annual intergenerational program to raise support and awareness for world wide human rights. UUSC works in over 25 countries, with over 75 grassroots partners. This year’s theme is ‘Small Change is Big Change’ and it is our opportunity to invite someone from another country without food or water or education to sit at our table. We learn about them and they learn about us. Please take opportunities to start these conversations with your children or other family members about ‘who is our neighbor?' in different parts of the world.
	Order of Service: Nov. 19, 2017 - "There's a Crack in Everything" November 19, 2017 “There’s a Crack in Everything (That’s How the Light Gets In)” ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gathering Hymn #1018 Come & Go With Me* Call to Worship Kikanza Nuri-Robins, Worship Associate Chalice Lighting Let us not rush to the language of healing, before understanding the fullness of the injury and the depth of the wound. Let us not rush to offer a band-aid, when the gaping wound requires surgery and complete reconstruction. Let us not speak of reconciliation without speaking of reparations and restoration, or how we can repair the breach and how we can restore the loss. Let us not be afraid to sit with the ugliness, the messiness, and the pain that is life in community together. Music for the Morning 23rd Psalm (9am) by Bobby McFerrin Welcome Opening Hymn #279 By the Waters of Babylon 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 #407 We're Gonna Sit at the Welcome Table We’re gonna sit at the welcome table We’re gonna sit at the welcome table one of these days, Hallelujah! We’re gonna sit at the welcome table We’re gonna sit at the welcome table one of these days All kinds of people around that table... Life Together Pastoral Prayer Offering Offertory Anthem Wondrous (9am) by Daniel Gledhill Morgengesang (11am) by Johannes Brahms Reflection Silence Sung Response (optional) Sermon “There’s a Crack in Everything (That’s How the Light Gets In)” Rev. Greg Going Deeper Closing Hymn #1007 “There’s a River Flowin’ in My Soul”* Benediction Musical Benediction Invitation to Fellowship Please stand in body or in spirit ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ Greeters: Audrey Lyness (9am); Roberta Frye, Wendi Gladstone & David Olson (11am) Ushers: Dan Patterson & Kit Shaw (9am); David Goetz & Michael Young (11am) Coffee: Alice Hall & Eileen McCormack (9am); Sheila Cummuns & Pam Teplitz (11am) Welcome Table: Wendi Gladstone (9am & 11am) Bookstore: Sarah Harper (9am & 11am) Service Notes Today, 40% of our offering will go to to The Guest At Your Table Program of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee. They help us partner with 75 agencies in 24 countries advancing human rights. This week we partner with Ursula Rakova and the peoples of the Cateret Islands in Papua New Guinea who are among the first peoples displaced from native lands due to the effects of climate change. It’s a living example of how 3rd world people are suffering from 1st world choices. Your generosity directly advances love and justice on a global scale. Thank you!
	Order of Service: Nov. 5, 2017 - Evening Vespers Service November 5, 2017 Remembrance Vespers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prelude Requiem; Kyrie; Dies Irae W. A. Mozart, (1756-1791) “Eternal Rest; Lord Have Mercy; Day of Wrath” Chalice Lighting Opening Hymn #101 Abide with Me Responsive Reading #721 They Are Still With Us* Selection Confutatis and Lacrymosa “Confounded” and “Day of Tears” Silence Responsive Reading #468 We Need One Another Offering Hostias “Oblations” Sung Litany Response: You are not forgotten. Candle Lighting Responsive Reading Response: We Remember Them. Closing Hymn #1002 Comfort Me Benediction and Chalice Extinguishing Postlude Lux Aeterna* “Eternal Light” Dismissal *Please stand in body or in spirit Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s R equiem K. 626 The ancient liturgy of the Roman Requiem Mass deepens the solemnity and grace of our Vespers service, as we turn toward that which is sacred in remembrance of those who have passed from this life to the next. Considered one of the great works of Classical music, the R equiem Mass in D minor K. 626 by W. A. Mozart was left largely unfinished at the composer's death in 1791. Franz Xaver Süssmayr, Mozart’s copyist, is credited with the work’s completion. Despite the controversy over how much of the music is actually Mozart's, the commonly performed Süssmayr version has become the most widely accepted. Mozart composed over 600 works, including many which today are acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, operatic, and choral music. He is among the most esteemed and beloved of classical composers, and his influence on subsequent Western music is profound. - Notes by Melissa Hoagland, San Gabriel Valley Choral Company adapted by Dr. Zanaida Robles, UUCCSM Director of Music Service Notes Our offering tonight will benefit the Music Fund. Grief is a natural reaction after the death of someone close. Yet in our society few people are prepared for the intensity and duration of the grief process. Our House Grief Support Center was founded on the premise that grievers need understanding, support, and connection. If you or someone you care about is grieving, Our House is here to help. For support: 1.888.417.1444. www.ourhouse-grief.org.
	Order of Service: Oct. 15, 2017 "Growing Up & Liking It" 15 October 2017 Growing Up & Liking It --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gathering Hymn #163 For the Earth Forever Turning* Call to Worship Rev. Kikanza Nuri-Robins, worship associate Chalice Lighting Everything must change; nothing stays the same. The young become the old, and mysteries unfold. Winter turns to spring; a wounded heart will heal. There are not many things in life you can be sure of, Except rain comes from the clouds, Sun lights up the sky, and hummingbirds fly. That's the way of time; nothing and no one goes unchanged. (Bernard Ighner) Music for the Morning Change the World (9am) Kennedy, Sims & Kirkpatrick Mood Indigo (11am) by Ellington, arr. Swift Welcome Opening Hymn #210 Wade in the Water* 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 The Giving Tree Shel Silverstein* Song of Blessing #118 This Little Light of Mine This little light of mine... Everywhere I go... All around the world... Life Together Pulpit Message Offering Offertory Anthem Everything Must Change (9am) Quincy Jones Don’t You Let Nobody (11am) arr. Lena McLin Devotional Time Responsive Reading A Litany for Survival Audre Lorde Pastoral Prayer Hebrew Scriptures Ecclesiastes 3:1-11 A message from The Teacher Silence Sung Response Sermon Growing Up and Liking It Rev. Kikanza Nuri-Robins Going Deeper Have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves... Don’t search for the answers, they could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer. (Rainer Maria Rilke) Closing Hymn Lean on Me* Benediction Musical or Choral Benediction Invitation to Fellowship Please stand in body or in spirit ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ Greeters: [9am: Audrey Lyness] [11am: Roberta Frye, Wendi Gladstone & David Olson] Ushers: [9am: Bonnie Brae & Peggy Kharraz] [11am: Nina Emerson & Michael Young] Coffee: [9am: Alice Hall & Kit Shaw] [11am: Sheila Cummins & Pam Teplitz] Welcome Table: [9am & 11am: Wendi Gladstone] Bookstore: [9am & 11am: Sarah Harper] Service Notes Today, 40% of our offering will go to the Napa and Santa Rosa UU Congregation’s Ministerial Discretionary fund to go directly to immediate relief of those most affected by the fires. A Litany for Survival ~ Audre Lorde For those of us who live at the shoreline standing upon the constant edges of decision crucial and alone for those of us who cannot indulge the passing dreams of choice who live in doorways coming and going in the hours between dawns looking inward and outward at once before and after seeking a now that can breed futures like bread in our children's mouths so their dreams will not reflect the death of ours: For those of us who were imprinted with fear like a faint line in the center of our foreheads learning to be afraid with our mother's milk for by this weapon this illusion of some safety to be found the heavy-footed hoped to silence us For all of us this instant and this triumph We were never meant to survive. And when the sun rises we are afraid it might not remain when the sun sets we are afraid it might not rise in the morning when our stomachs are full we are afraid of indigestion when our stomachs are empty we are afraid we may never eat again when we are loved we are afraid love will vanish when we are alone we are afraid love will never return and when we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard nor welcomed but when we are silent we are still afraid So it is better to speak remembering we were never meant to survive. ~ (Responsive Reading, October 15, 2017) Pastoral Prayer from the Hebrew Scriptures A message from The Teacher, (Ecclesiastes 3:1-11) There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing, a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace. I have seen the burden laid on the human race. Everything is made beautiful in its time. ~ (Pastoral Prayer, October 15, 2017)
	Order of Service: Sept. 10, 2017 "Perfect Strangers" Sunday September 10, 2017 Perfect Strangers ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gathering Hymn #1007 There’s a River Flowing in My Soul* Call to Worship The Main Meal is Tenderness Chalice Lighting Music for the Morning Zion’s Walls Aaron Copland Welcome Opening Hymn #151 I Wish I Knew How 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 The Paper Bag Princess Robert Munsch 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 Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now arr. James Hayden Devotional Time Reading Shaky Skaters Rev. Jane Rzepka Pastoral Prayer Silence Sung Response #205 Amazing Grace Sermon Perfect Strangers Rev. Greg Ward Going Deeper Closing Hymn #1053 How Could Anyone* Benediction and Chalice Extinguishing Choral Benediction Amen in Bb Dismissal Please stand in body or in spirit ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ Greeters: Dwight Flowers, Katie Malich & Jila Tayefehnowrooz Ushers: Steve DePaul & Michael Young Coffee: Phyllis Kory, Jila Tayefehnowrooz & Linda van Ligten Welcome Table: Barbara Gibbs Bookstore: Sarah Harper Service Notes Today, 40% of our offering will go towards efforts to help those affected by Hurricane Harvey. It is expected that the cleanup effort will be long, and many have been displaced. Please give what you can to help out those in the path of this storm. Thank you! Rev. Greg Ward* comes to us from a year of healing interim ministry at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Vancouver in Washington. He was raised here in L.A. and has deep roots in the Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church in Pasadena and at Camp de Benneville Pines. With 20 years of parish ministry across the US and Canada, Rev. Greg is looking forward to sharing his passion for our faith and to helping optimize our organizational and spiritual health.
	Order of Service: Sept. 17, 2017 "No Justice, No Peace" Sunday September 17, 2017 No Justice, No Peace “Peace. It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.” ~ Unknown ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gathering Hymn (standing)* #123 Spirit of Life Prelude (seated) Be Still My Soul Daniel Gledhill Welcome Chalice Lighting Opening Hymn (standing) #15 The Lone, Wild Bird* 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 #414 As We Leave this Friendly Place Life Together Pulpit Message Right Relations Offering Marching in the Light* Melissa Sky-Eagle Reading James Finley Devotional Time Silence Sung Response #1009 Meditation on Breathing Sermon No Justice, No Peace Michael Eselun Closing Hymn (standing)* #407 We’re Gonna Sit at the Welcome Table Benediction & Chalice Extinguishing Postlude “Jurassic Park” theme* John Williams Dismissal Please stand in body or in spirit ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ Greeters: Roberta Frye, Wendi Gladstone, Audrey Lyness & David Olson Ushers: Peggy Kharraz & Dan Patterson Coffee: Sheila Cummins, Eileen McCormack & Kit Shaw Welcome Table: Barbara Gibbs Bookstore: Sarah Harper Service Notes* Today, 40% of our offering will go to the UUA towards efforts to help those affected by the recent hurricanes. It is expected that the cleanup effort will be long, and many have been displaced. Please give what you can to help out those in the path of these recent storms. Thank you! Michael Eselun serves as the chaplain for the Simms-Mann/UCLA Center for Integrative Oncology. He has worked extensively in oncology, hospice, palliative care and with acute psychiatric patients. Over the last 20-plus years, Michael and fellow speakers have reached an audience of over 150,000 students, teachers and agencies in the LA area. He has a TED talk available via You Tube, “It’s Magic” and a website, www.michaeleselun.com.
	Order of Service: Sept. 24, 2017 Ingathering September 24, 2017 Ingathering --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gathering Hymn #1064 Blue Boat Home Peter Mayer Story Part I Chalice Lighting Here, together, we lift up our common hope* that the presence of love within each of us is greater than the turmoil around us and that our courage will be a beacon to those searching for a brighter path. Welcome & Announcements Music Walk in Jerusalem Rollo Dillworth 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. Story Part II Hymn #210 Wade in the Water African American Spiritual Story Part III Offering for Hurricane Relief through UU Service Committee Story Part IV Anthem Love is the Doctrine* Steve Wight Covenant of the Ark Water Communion Ceremony Story Epilogue Closing Hymn #210 Wade in the Water* African American Spiritual Benediction Choral Benediction Go in Peace to bring love and build Justice Please rise in body or in spirit ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ Greeters: Barbara Gibbs, Michael Young & Steve Young Ushers: Nina Emerson, Kit Shaw, Jila Tayefehnowrooz & Ned Wright Coffee: Sheila Bjornlie, Deirdre Dietel, Leah Moore & Sylvia Young Welcome Table: Barbara Gibbs & Carol Ring Bookstore: Sarah Harper Service Notes Today, 40% of our offering will go to to Hurricane Relief Fund through UU Service Committee. It is expected that the cleanup effort will be long, and many have been displaced. Please give what you can to help out those in the path of these recent storms. Thank you!

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