January 8, 2017 A Community of Prophecy
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*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
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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.