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       September 25, 2016
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*Gathering Hymn                                    #188 Come, Come, Whoever You Are
                                                                   Come, come, whoever you are
                                                                   Wanderer, worshipper, lover of leaving
                                                                   Ours is no caravan of despair
                                                                   Come, yet again come.
 
                                                                   Ven, ven, cual eres, ven,
                                                                   Nomada en busqueda, si amas la vida
                                                                   La nuestra es la caravana de amour
                                                                   Ven, otra vez ven.
 
Prelude                                                    Simple Gifts                                                                              arr. Daniel Gledhill
 
Welcome
 
Chalice Lighting                                    Director of Music Interview and Audition Panel
                                                                  Kim Miller & Karen Shu Patterson
 
*Opening Hymn                                    #347 Gather the Spirit
 
*Covenant                                              Love is the doctrine of this church.
                                                                 The quest for truth is its sacrament,
                                                                 And service is its prayer.
                                                                To dwell together in peace,
                                                                To seek knowledge in freedom,
                                                                To serve humankind in fellowship,
                                                                Thus do we covenant with each other.
 
*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, Director of Religious Education
 
Song of Blessing                                 #413 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                                   UUCCSM Children’s Choir
                                                               Delaney Hutchinson
 
Offering                                                 Zion’s Walls                                                                                  Copland/Koponen
 
Devotional Time                                  #505 Let Us Be at Peace                                                           Thich Nhat Hanh
 
Silence
 
Sung Response                                  #1011 Return Again
                                                               Return again, return again, return to the home of your soul.
                                                               Return again, return again, return to the home of your soul.
                                                               Return to who you are, return to what you are, return to where you are
                                                               Born and reborn again.
                                                               Return to who you are, return to what you are, return to where you are
                                                               Born and reborn again.
                                                               Return again, return again, return to the home of your soul.
 
Music for the Morning                        Wonfa Nyem                                                                Abraham Kobina Adzenyah
 
Sermon                                                 Beginning Again                                                        Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
 
*Closing Hymn                                   #1017 We Are Building A New Way
 
*Benediction
 
Musical Response                             Umoja (Unity)                                                                                    Zanaida Robles
 
*Please stand in body or in spirit
 
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Greeters:                                      Glen Howell, Kris Langabeer, Michael Young & Steve Young
Ushers:                                         Tom Foretich, David Goetz, Dan Patterson & Kit Shaw
Coffee:                                          Nancy Howell, Leah Moore & Sylvia Young
Welcome Table:                          Kris Langabeer & Carol Ring
Bookstore:                                   Sarah Harper
 
Service Notes
 
Today 40% of our non-pledge offering will go to LA GOAL. LA GOAL is a bold and courageous
community that empowers adults with developmental disabilities to live healthy, productive,
independent lives. LA GOAL unlocks the full potential of every person and offers society a new
perspective on inclusion – one that demonstrates life is simply better when people with
developmental disabilities are a part of it. LA GOAL is based in Culver City and is currently recruiting
volunteers to build meaningful reciprocal relationships with clients in arts, sewing, and ceramics, and
as tutors in adult education.
 
Welcome back, UU Santa Monica Choir Members! (*denotes section leader):
SOPRANO: Becky Erskine, Diane Fletcher-Hoppe, *Colleen Keene, Cindy Kelly, Kim Miller. ALTO: Sue
Bickford, Janet Goodwin, *Jyvonne Haskin, Karen Hsu Patterson, Rima Snyder. TENOR: Karlton
Bontrager, Leonard Cachola, Lars Kjeseth, Liam Mina, *Gabriel Paredes. BASS: Norb Gallery, *James
Hayden, Larry Howard & Kevin Smith.
 
Order of Service cover image by this month’s Art Wall artist: Jose Ramirez, Angeles, (2016).
 
                    September 18, 2016
When e’re you make a promise,
Consider well its importance.
And when made, engrave it upon your heart.
-- Traditional Girl Scout Song
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*Gathering Hymn                                          #318 We Would Be One
                                                                         We would be one as now we join in singing
                                                                         our hymn of love, to pledge ourselves anew
                                                                         to that high cause of greater understanding
                                                                         of who we are, and what in us is true.
                                                                         We would be one in living for each other
                                                                         to show to all a new community.
 
Prelude                                                           Welcome                                                                                   Daniel Gledhill
 
Welcome
 
Chalice Lighting
 
*Opening Hymn                                            #360 Here We Have Gathered
 
*Covenant                                                      Love is the doctrine of this church.
                                                                         The quest for truth is its sacrament,
                                                                          And service is its prayer.
                                                                         To dwell together in peace,
                                                                         To seek knowledge in freedom,
                                                                         To serve humankind in fellowship,
                                                                         Thus do we covenant with each other.
 
*Hymn of Praise                                             From all that dwell below the skies
                                                                          Let songs of hope and faith arise
                                                                          Let peace, goodwill on earth be sung
                                                                          Through every land, by every tongue.
 
Offering for the Westside Food Bank
 
Time for All Ages                                          Making Promises
 
Song of Blessing                                          #413 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                                             Director of Religious Education Search Committee
 
Speaker                                                          Peggy Kharraz
 
Offering                                                          Lean On Me                                                                                      Bill Withers
 
Devotional Time
 
Silence
 
Sung Response                                          #123 Spirit of Life
 
Responsive Reading
 
Music for the Morning                                Tradition Held Fast                                                                               Jim Scott
 
Sermon                                                         When E’er You Make a Promise                    Rev. Kikanza J. Nuri-Robins
 
*Closing Hymn                                          #1028 The Fire of Commitment
 
*Benediction
 
Musical Response                                    Star of the County Down                                                          Irish Traditional
 
*Please stand in body or in spirit
 
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Greeters:                                                     Wendi Gladstone, Audrey Lyness & David Olson
Ushers:                                                        Nina Emerson, Peggy Kharaz, Kit Shaw & Ned Wright
Coffee:                                                         Rebecca Crawford, Sheila Cummins, Eileen & Michael McCormack
Welcome Table:                                         Wendi Gladstone
Bookstore:                                                  Sarah Harper
 
Service Notes
 
Today 40% of our non-pledge offering will go to LA GOAL. LA GOAL is a bold and courageous
community that empowers adults with developmental disabilities to live healthy, productive,
independent lives. LA GOAL unlocks the full potential of every person and offers society a new
perspective on inclusion – one that demonstrates life is simply better when people with
developmental disabilities are a part of it. LA GOAL is based in Culver City and is currently recruiting
volunteers to build meaningful reciprocal relationships with clients in arts, sewing, and ceramics, and
as tutors in adult education.
 
Our congregant and board member, the Reverend Dr. Kikanza Nuri-Robins, is an organization
development consultant. Ordained by the Presbyterian Church, she is a trans-traditional minister who
serves pastors, congregations and spiritual organizations, including metaphysical, atheist, and the
national UUA offices. She has studied UU history and culture at Starr King School for Ministry and
helped design our Heart and Soul evening services.
 
 
                 September 11, 2016
 
*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                                                     Welcome                                                                                        Daniel Gledhill
 
Welcome
 
Chalice Lighting                                     John Zinner
 
*Opening Hymn                                      #113 Where is Our Holy Church?
 
*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                                  #413 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
 
Community Speakers                         LA GOAL
                                                                Petite Constantine and Brad Silverman
 
Offering                                                 Alleluia                                                                          Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
 
Devotional Time
 
Silence
 
Sung Response                                  Peace, Salaam, Shalom                              Pat Humphries and Sandy Opatow
                                                               Peace, salaam, shalom...
                                                               We believe in peace...
                                                               We will work for peace...
                                                               We can live in peace...
                                                                Peace, salaam, shalom...
 
Reading                                              #580 The Task of the Religious Community                    Mark Morrison-Reed
 
Music for the Morning                       People                                                                                               Merrill and Styne
 
Sermon                                               Memory and Hope                                                      Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
 
*Closing Hymn                                   #1054 Let This Be A House of Peace
 
*Benediction
 
Musical Response                         Star of the County Down                                                                     Irish Traditional
 
*Please stand in body or in spirit
 
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Service Participants: Tom Early, Dwight Flowers, Barbara Gibbs, Sarah Harper, Phyllis Kory, Katie
Malich, Rick Rhoads, Jila Tayefehnowrooz, Linda van Ligten & Michael Young
 
Service Notes
 
Today 40% of our non-pledge offering will go to LA GOAL. LA GOAL is a bold and courageous
community that empowers adults with developmental disabilities to live healthy, productive,
independent lives. LA GOAL unlocks the full potential of every person and offers society a new
perspective on inclusion – one that demonstrates life is simply better when people with
developmental disabilities are a part of it. LA GOAL is based in Culver City and is currently recruiting
volunteers to build meaningful reciprocal relationships with clients in arts, sewing, and ceramics, and
as tutors in adult education.
 
 
                  September 4, 2016
 
*Gathering Hymn                                  #318 We Would Be One
                                                                  We would be one as now we join in …singing
                                                                  We would be one in living for eac…h other
                                                                  We would be one in building for to…morrow
                                                                  We would be one in searching for that… meaning
 
Prelude                                                   Prelude in C Major, Op. 28, No. 1                                              Frederic Chopin
 
Welcome                                                 Jacki Weber
 
Chalice Lighting
 
*Opening Hymn                                  #109 As We Come Marching, Marching
 
*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                                “Heaven & Hell”
 
Song of Blessing                                #413 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
 
Offering                                                Profetiza, Pueblo Mio Rosa                                                Martha Zarate Macias
 
Devotional Time
 
Silence
 
Sung Response                               #392 Hineh Mah Tov                                                                                Psalm 133:1
 
Responsive Reading                     #567 To Be of Use                                                                                   Marge Piercy
 
Music for the Morning                     Lift Every Voice and Sing                                               John Rosamond Johnson
 
Sermon                                              A Story of Egypt: A Meditation on Labor Day,                                 Rev. James
                                                            Black Lives Matter, & the Great Work of Our Lives                    Ishmael Ford
 
*Closing Hymn                               #121 We’ll Build a Land
 
*Benediction
 
Musical Response                        Star of the County Down                                                                     Irish Traditional
 
*Please stand in body or in spirit
 
❦ ❦ ❦ ❦
 
Greeters:                                  Tom Foretich. Barbara Gibbs & Denise Helton
Ushers:                                     Bonnie Brae, Barbara Kernochan, Linda van Ligten & Greg Wood
Coffee:                                      Deirdre Dietel, Peggy Rhoads, Kit Shaw & Alicia van Ooyen
Welcome Table:                      Barbara Gibbs & Linda van Ligten
Bookstore:                               Mark Warkentin
 
Service Notes
 
Today 40% of our non-pledge offering will go to Camp De Benneville Pines. DeBenneville Pines is a
UU camp in the San Bernardino National Forest, about 90 miles east of Los Angeles. Since 1962,
Unitarian Universalists have gathered in the pines to experience the wonder of the natural world
while deepening their connections to their faith and one another. This year the all-church camp
weekend will be September 16-18, and registration is now open. Please register with our Camp Dean,
Jacki Weber. As with all church programs, if the registration fee is a barrier to your participation, please let
Jacki or the minister kno w, as scholarships are available, jacki.weber@gmail.com.
 
The Reverend James Ishmael Ford is the minister-emeritus of the First Unitarian Church of
Providence, in Rhode Island. He was recently invited to affiliate as community minister at the
Unitarian Universalist Church of Long Beach, where he and his spouse are members. Reverend James
is also a Zen Buddhist priest, and the guiding teacher at the Blue Cliff Zen Sangha, which meets at the
Long Beach Church. He is the author and co-author of an assortment of UU pamphlets, an online
columnist for the UU World, and is the author of several books, the most recent "If You're Lucky, Your
Heart Will Break."
 
 
                August 28, 2016                                                                                                                        Surrender
Not everything that is faced can be changed,
but nothing can be changed until it is faced.
- James Baldwin
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*Gathering Hymn                                     #155 Circle ‘Round for Freedom                                         Linda Hirschhorn
                                                                    Circle ‘round for freedom, circle ‘round for peace,
                                                                     For all of us imprisoned, circle for release.
                                                                    Circle for the planet, circle for each soul,
                                                                     For the children of our children
                                                                     Keep the circle whole.
 
Prelude                                                      Prelude                                                                                            Daniel Gledhill
 
Call to Worship                                        We Bid You Welcome                                                           Richard S. Gilbert
 
Chalice Lighting                                       Liza Cranis (9am)
 
*Opening Hymn                                       #1064 Blue Boat Home
 
*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                                      #413 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                                       Board of Directors
                                                                   Jacki Weber, Vice President
 
Offering                                                     The Call                                                                          Ralph Vaughan-Williams
 
Devotional Time
 
Silence
 
Sung Response                                     #1009 Meditation on Breathing                                              Sarah Dan Jones
                                                                   When I breathe in, I breathe in peace.
                                                                   When I breathe out, I breathe out love.
 
Reading                                                   #483 When Despair Grows in Me                                                Wendell Berry
 
Music for the Morning                            Lean on Me                                                                                            Bill Withers
 
Sermon                                                    Never Give Up                                                        Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
 
*Closing Hymn                                      #112 Do You Hear?
 
*Benediction
 
Musical Response                              Star of the Country Down                                                               Daniel Gledhill
 
*Please stand in body or in spirit
 
❦ ❦ ❦ ❦
 
Greeters:                                               Glen Howell, Kris Langabeer, Michael Young & Steve Young
Ushers:                                                  Tom Early, Tom Foretich, Barbara Kernochan & Rick Rhoads
Coffee:                                                   Nancy Howell, Alicia van Ooyen & Sylvia Young
Welcome Table:                                    Barbara Gibbs & Kris Langabeer
Bookstore:                                             Mark Warkentin
 
Service Notes
 
Today 40% of our non-pledge offering will go to Camp De Benneville Pines. DeBenneville Pines is a
UU camp in the San Bernardino National Forest, about 90 miles east of Los Angeles. Since 1962,
Unitarian Universalists have gathered in the pines to experience the wonder of the natural world
while deepening their connections to their faith and one another. This year the all-church camp
weekend will be September 16-18, and registration is now open. Please register with our Camp Dean,
Jacki Weber. As with all church programs, if the registration fee is a barrier to your participation, please let
Jacki or the minister know, as scholarships are available, jacki.weber@gmail.com.
 
 
                  August 21, 2016                                                                                                                           Ingathering
 
At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person.
Each of us has cause to think with great gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.
- Albert Schweitzer
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*Gathering Hymn                                        Gather the Spirit                                                                                Jim Scott
                                                                       Gather the spirit, harvest the power
                                                                       Our sep’rate fires will kindle one flame
                                                                       Witness the mystery of this hour
                                                                       Our trials in this light appear all the same.
                                                                       Gather in peace, gather in thanks, gather in sympathy now and then
                                                                       Gather in hope, compassion and strength
                                                                       Gather to celebrate once again.
 
Welcome
 
Chalice Lighting                                          The Brownlie-Oakes Family
 
*Opening Hymn                                           Foundations                                                                           Cynthia Cottam
                                                                        Like a chalice burning bright,
                                                                        Many years of sunlight
                                                                        Shining down on clay and sand
                                                                        Warm our feet, our souls, our hands.
 
                                                                        Nestled in this special place,
                                                                        Sharing thoughts and songs
                                                                        We can feel this building’s grace -
                                                                        Our church home where all belong.
 
                                                                        Families both far and near,
                                                                        Friends who’ve stayed and friends who’ve gone
                                                                        All who’ve known a welcome here
                                                                        Are with us in our song.
 
                                                                        Here we feel the earth around
                                                                        And see the sky above
                                                                        Here we’ve known our heart’s true hope,
                                                                        Here we’ve shared our true heart’s 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
 
Introductions                                               Dr. Zanaida Robles, Director of Music
                                                                      Colleen Keen, Jyvonne Haskin,
                                                                      Gabriel Paredes, and James Hayden, Section Leaders
 
Story                                                             A Lamp in Every Corner                                          Janeen K. Grohsmeyer
 
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
 
Offering                                                      Peace on Earth                                                                          Rachelle Ferrell
 
Reflection                                                                                                                                   Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
 
Candle Lighting                                      Rise Up, O Flame                                                               Christoph Praetorius
                                                                   Rise up, O flame, by thy light glowing,
                                                                   Show to us beauty, vision, and joy.
 
Silence
 
*Closing Hymn                                      #410 Surprised by Joy
 
*Benediction
 
Musical Response                              Ubi Caritas                                                                                                 Ola Gjielo
 
*Please stand in body or in spirit
 
❦ ❦ ❦ ❦
 
Greeters:                                            Barbara Gibbs, Wendi Gladstone, Karen Patch & David Olson
Ushers:                                               Nina Emerson, Peggy Kharraz, Dan Patterson & Kit Shaw
Coffee:                                               Sheila Cummins, Alice Hall, Eileen McCormack & Pam Teplitz
Welcome Table:                                Wendi Gladstone
Bookstore:                                         Mark Warkentin
 
Service Notes
 
Today 40% of our non-pledge offering will go to Camp De Benneville Pines. DeBenneville Pines is a
UU camp in the San Bernardino National Forest, about 90 miles east of Los Angeles. Since 1962,
Unitarian Universalists have gathered in the pines to experience the wonder of the natural world
while deepening their connections to their faith and one another. This year the all-church camp
weekend will be September 16-18, and registration is now open. Please register with our Camp Dean,
Jacki Weber. As with all church programs, if the registration fee is a barrier to your participation, please let
Jacki or the minister know, as scholarships are available, jacki.weber@gmail.com.
 
 
                  August 14, 2016
The temple bell stops
But the sound keeps coming
Out of the flowers ~ Basho
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*Gathering Hymn                                Find A Stillness
                                                               Find a stillness, hold a stillness, let the stillness carry me.
                                                               Find the silence, hold the silence, let the silence carry me.
                                                               In the spirit, by the spirit, with the spirit giving power,
                                                               I will find true harmony.
 
                                                              Seek the essence, hold the essence, let the essence carry me.
                                                              Let me flower, help me flower, watch me flower, carry me.
                                                              In the spirit, by the spirit, with the spirit giving power,
                                                              I will find true harmony.
 
Welcome                                             Rima Snyder
 
Prelude                                               An die Musik (To Music)                                                                   Franz Schubert
                                                             Lynn Angebranndt, cello
 
                                                             You lovely art, in how many grey hours,
                                                             When life’s mad whirl beset me,
                                                             Have you kindled my heart to warm love,
                                                             Have you transported me into a better world!
                                                             Oft has a sigh flowing out from your harp,
                                                             A sweet, divine harmony from you
                                                            Unlocked to me the heaven of better times,
                                                            You lovely Art, I thank you for it!!
 
Chalice Lighting                              Katie Malich
 
*Opening Hymn                              #66 When the Summer Sun is Shining
                                                           (We will sing verses 1 and 3)
 
*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                             Ours be the poems of all tongues
                                                          All things of loveliness and worth.
                                                          All arts, all ages and all songs,
                                                          One life, one beauty on the earth.
 
Offering for the Westside Food Bank
 
Poems for All Ages                        My Paradise, I Remember That Summer                                     Jacqueline Melgar
                                                          Two “Where I’m From” poems                                                         Nick, Rima Snyder
 
Song of Blessing                            Go Now in Peace
                                                          Go now in peace, go now in peace,
                                                          May the spirit of love surround you
                                                           As you go, as you go on your way.
 
Community News
 
Pulpit Message                               Right Relations Committee
                                                           826 LA                                                                                                      Danielle Perez
 
Offertory                                           Song Without Words, Op. 109                                                       Felix Mendelssohn
 
Reading                                          Ode To Silence                                                                                            Mark Belletini
 
Silent Meditation
 
Responsive Reading                  #646 The Larger Circle                                                                            Wendell Berry
                                                       
                                                      Music and Poetry, the Language of Spirit                                               Rima Snyder
 
The Meadow Doesn’t Know About the Stock Market                                                                        Elizabeth Alexander
                 text by George Ella Lyon
 
Come Soon                                                                                                                                               Elizabeth Alexander
                 text by Lilian Moore
 
*Closing Hymn                            #330 The Arching Sky of Morning Grows
 
*Benediction
 
Postlude                                        The Poet’s Harp                                                                                 Felix Mendelssohn
                                                        From Songs Without Words, Op. 38, No. 3
 
Extinguishing the Chalice
 
*Please stand in body or in spirit
 
❦ ❦ ❦ ❦
 
Greeters:                                        Dwight Flowers, Katie Malich & Jila Tayefehnowrooz
Ushers:                                           Bonnie Brae & Michael Young
Coffee:                                            Linda van Ligten & Jila Tayefehnowrooz
Welcome Table:                            Carol Ring
Bookstore:                                     Mark Warkentin
 
Service Notes
 
Today 40% of our non-pledge offering will go to 826 LA: The Writing Center, a non-profit
organization dedicated to helping children and young adults develop writing skills and to helping
teachers inspire their students to write.
 
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Letter To a Friend
by Lillian Moore
 
Everything is lusting
for light,
thrusting
up
up
splitting the earth,
opening flaring fading,
seed
into shoot
bud
into flower
nothing
beyond its hour.
Come soon.
The apple blossom has melted
like
spring snow.
The lilac
changed the air
surprising
every breath.
Now
low in the field
wild strawberries fatten.
Come soon.
It's a matter of
life.
And Death.
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The Meadow Does Not Know
by George Ella Lyon
 
The meadow does not know
about the stock market.
Today she is worth
exactly what she was worth
yesterday, a year ago, at creation.
I don’t mean property value,
taxable assets. I mean
milkweed and copper moths
honeybees, cow vetch,
king snakes. Meadow life
is not money. What rises
and falls here are stems
and flowers, leaves and fruit.
No zigzag line of profit and panic
but the great wheel turning.
Here God gives of her
extravagance and here, like
flicker, viceroy, dragonfly
we come into our inheritance.
 
http://www.georgeellalyon.com
 
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       August 7, 2016
God enjoins justice, kindness and generosity
toward one’s fellow humankind.
— Quran 16:90
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*Gathering Hymn                              Morning Has Broken                                                                       Eleanor Farjeon
                                                             Morning has broken like the first morning,
                                                             Blackbird has spoken like the first bird.
                                                             Praise for the singing! Praise for the morning!
                                                             Praise for them, springing fresh from the word!
 
Prelude                                               III. Allegro from Sonata in A Major for Flute and Piano                            J.S. Bach
 
Welcome
 
Chalice Lighting
 
*Opening Hymn                                 #360 Here We Have Gathered
 
*Covenant                                          Love is the doctrine of this church.
                                                             The quest for truth is its sacrament,
                                                             And service is its prayer.
                                                             To dwell together in peace,
                                                             To seek knowledge in freedom,
                                                             To serve humankind in fellowship,
                                                             Thus do we covenant with each other.
 
*Hymn of Praise                                From all that dwell below the skies
                                                             Let songs of hope and faith arise
                                                             Let peace, goodwill on earth be sung
                                                             Through every land, by every tongue.
 
Offering for the Westside Food Bank
 
Time for All Ages
 
Song of Blessing                              As You Leave This Friendly Place                                   Johann Sebastian Bach
                                                             As you leave this friendly place, love give light to every face;
                                                             May the kindness which you learn light your hearts ‘til you return.
 
Life Together
 
Offering                                              I. Moderato from Suite Modale for Flute and Piano                             Ernest Bloch
 
Devotional Time
 
Silence
 
Sung Response                              #83 Winds Be Still
 
Responsive Reading                     #610 The Journey of Love                                                               Mohammed Iqbal
 
Music for the Morning                    Jade                                                                                              Pierre Octave Ferroud
 
Talk                                                    Countering the Theology of Hate and Radicalism                         Ani Zonneveld
 
*Closing Hymn                               #1008 When Our Heart Is In a Holy Place
 
*Benediction
 
Musical Response                                                                                                                                             Danny Gledhill
 
*Please stand in body or in spirit
 
❦ ❦ ❦ ❦
 
Greeters:                                           Tom Foretich, Roberta Frye & Denise Helton
Ushers:                                              Linda van Ligten & Greg Wood
Coffee:                                               Deirdre Dietel, Kit Shaw & Alicia van Ooyen
Welcome Table:                                Linda van Ligten
Bookstore:                                         Mark Warkentin
 
Service Notes
 
Today 40% of our non-pledge offering will go to Camp De Benneville Pines. DeBenneville Pines is a
UU camp in the San Bernardino National Forest, about 90 miles east of Los Angeles. Since 1962,
Unitarian Universalists have gathered in the pines to experience the wonder of the natural world
while deepening their connections to their faith and one another. This year the all-church camp
weekend will be September 16-18, and registration is now open. Please register with our Camp Dean,
Jacki Weber. As with all church programs, if the registration fee is a barrier to your participation, please let
Jacki or the minister kno w, as scholarships are available, jacki.weber@gmail.com.
 
Ken Alexander, a native of Seattle, lives in Culver City with his wife and son. He is a mathematics
professor at USC, a UUSM member, and, when those other obligations allow, a flutist. He is principal
flute of the Los Angeles Doctors Symphony Orchestra.
 
Born and raised as Muslim from Malaysia, Ani Zonneveld is an unconventional bridge-builder who
speaks-sings her message of social justice and peace from a progressive Muslim woman’s perspective.
Since its inception in 2007, Ani has lead the progressive movement in establishing chapters in Los
Angeles, Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, New York, Columbus (OH), Canada, Chile, France,
Germany, Australia and Malaysia. She is Founder and President of Muslims for Progressive Values,
a faith-based international grassroots organization advocating for an inclusive and egalitarian
expressions of Islam. She is also the Executive Producer of the lecture series “LGBTQ Rights in Islam”,
performs Islamic wedding services for mixed faith and gay couples, and is on Planned Parenthood’s
Clergy Advocacy Board.
 
 
         July 31, 2016                                                                                               Vision: The Practice of Seeing Clearly
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*Gathering Hymn                                  Come, Come, Whoever You Are                                           Lynn Adair Ungar
                                                                 Come, come, whoever you are,
                                                                 Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving.
                                                                 Ours is no caravan of despair.
                                                                 Come, yet again come.
 
                                                                 Ven, ven, cual eres, ven,
                                                                 Nómada͜ en búsqueda, si͜ amas la vida.
                                                                 La nuestra͜ es la caravana de͜ amor.
                                                                 Ven, otra vez ven.
 
Prelude                                                   Shalom Chaverim                                                    Traditional Hebrew Melody
                                                                                                                                                                    arr. Susan Geschke
Welcome
 
Chalice Lighting                                   Leon Henderson-MacLennan
 
*Opening Hymn                                    #128 For All That Is Our Life
 
*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 Story From the Sioux
 
Song of Blessing                                 As You Leave This Friendly Place                               Johann Sebastian Bach
                                                                As you leave this friendly place, love give light to every face;
                                                                May the kindness which you learn light your hearts ‘til you return.
 
Reading                                               From “Mutant Message Down Under”                                              Marlo Morgan
 
Life Together
 
Pulpit Message                                   Religious Education Committee
                                                               Jo An Peters
 
Pulpit Message                                   DRE Search Committee
                                                               Leon Henderson-MacLennan
 
Offering                                                 The Rose                                                                                     Amanda McBroom
 
Devotional Time                                 Words by Black Elk
 
Silence
 
Sung Response                                  Comfort Me                                                                                         Mimi Bornstein
                                                               Comfort me, comfort me, comfort me, oh my soul.
                                                               Comfort me, comfort me, comfort me, oh my soul.
 
                                                               Sing with me…
                                                               Speak for me…
                                                               Dance with me…
                                                               Comfort me...
 
Reading                                               From “The Lakota Way”                                                          Joseph M. Marshall III
 
Music for the Morning                       Little David, Play on your Harp                                                    arr. Patricia Cota
 
Sermon                                               Native Vision: Wisdom of Indigenous Peoples                    Rev. Hannah Petrie
 
*Closing Hymn                                  #163 For the Earth Forever Turning
 
*Benediction                                                                                                                                                Rev. Hannah Petrie
 
Musical Response                           Allegro Maestoso                                                                                      G. F. Handel
                                                                                                                                                                            arr. Patricia Cota
 
*Please stand in body or in spirit
 
❦ ❦ ❦ ❦
 
Greeters:                                            Bryan Cahill & Karen Patterson ℅ fUUsion
Ushers:                                               Tom Foretich & Rick Rhoads
Coffee:                                                Resa Foreman, Jila Tayefehnowrooz, Alicia Van ooyen & Jennifer Westbay
Welcome Table:                                Carol Ring
Bookstore:                                         Mark Warkentin
 
Service Notes
 
Today 40% of our non-pledge offering will go to UCLArts and Healing to transform lives through
creative expression by amplifying the innate benefits of the arts with mental health practices.
Through partnerships such as the Creative Minds Projects (CMP) UCLArts and Healing brings together
volunteers and clients through creative expression and the arts at local homeless agencies in West LA
and Venice, PATH West LA, and Safe Place for Youth. UCLArts and Healing also offers a Social
Emotional Arts Certificate Program in interactive and experiential training in maximizing the
social-emotional benefits of art, dance/movement, drumming, music, poetry, theater, and more.
 
The Rev. Hannah Petrie, a life-long UU, was affirmed and ordained at North Shore Unitarian Church
in Deerfield, IL. She graduated from Starr King School for the Ministry in its centennial year 2004,
and has served UU congregations in Texas, Michigan, Florida, and most recently, Pasadena, CA. She is also creator of the blog, the JusticeHustle.org.
 
 
 
             July 24, 2016
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*Gathering Hymn                              Come, Come, Whoever You Are                                              Lynn Adair Ungar
                                                             Come, come, whoever you are,
                                                             Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving.
                                                             Ours is no caravan of despair.
                                                             Come, yet again come.
 
                                                            Ven, ven, cual eres, ven,
                                                            Nómada͜ en búsqueda, si͜ amas la vida.
                                                            La nuestra͜ es la caravana de͜ amor.
                                                            Ven, otra vez ven.
 
Prelude                                              Cloud 8                                                                                                 Maxwell DeVita
 
Welcome
 
Chalice Lighting                              Roberta Frye
 
*Opening Hymn                              #1000 Morning Has Come
 
*Covenant                                        Love is the doctrine of this church.
                                                           The quest for truth is its sacrament,
                                                          And service is its prayer.
                                                          To dwell together in peace,
                                                          To seek knowledge in freedom,
                                                          To serve humankind in fellowship,
                                                          Thus do we covenant with each other.
 
*Hymn of Praise                             From all that dwell below the skies
                                                           Let songs of hope and faith arise
                                                           Let peace, goodwill on earth be sung
                                                          Through every land, by every tongue.
 
Offering for the Westside Food Bank
 
Time for All Ages                            A Longer Lasting Light                                                           Janeen K. Grohsmeyer
 
Song of Blessing                           As You Leave This Friendly Place                                      Johann Sebastian Bach
                                                         As you leave this friendly place, love give light to every face;
                                                        May the kindness which you learn light your hearts ‘til you return.
 
Life Together
 
Speaker                                          Ping Ho, Founding Director, UCLArts and Healing
 
Offering                                           Winter’s Wounds                                                                                    Maxwell DeVita
 
Devotional Time                            #440 From the Fragmented World                                                       Phillip Hewett
 
Silence
 
Sung Response                            #123 Spirit of Life
 
Reflection                                       Cathie Gentile
 
Music for the Morning                  Follaton Wood                                                                                               Ben Howard
 
Reflection                                       Peggy Rhoads
 
Musical Response                       Typeface @                                                                                              Maxwell DeVita
 
Reflection                                      Rick Rhoads
 
Song                                               Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans?                    Alter & DeLange
                                                         Leslie Beauvais
 
*Benediction                                 Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
 
*Please stand in body or in spirit
 
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Greeters:                                             Glen Howell, Kris Langabeer, Michael Young & Steve Young
Ushers:                                                Linda van Ligten & Greg Wood
Coffee:                                                 Peggy Rhoads & Sylvia Young
Welcome Table:                                  Kris Langabeer
Bookstore:                                           Mark Warkentin
 
Service Notes
 
Today 40% of our non-pledge offering will go to UCLArts and Healing to transform lives through
creative expression by amplifying the innate benefits of the arts with mental health practices.
Through partnerships such as the Creative Minds Projects (CMP) UCLArts and Healing brings together
volunteers and clients through creative expression and the arts at local homeless agencies in West LA
and Venice, PATH West LA, and Safe Place for Youth.
 
Welcome home to our musical guest, Maxwell DeVita , a 19-year-old musician and graduate of our
YRUU (Young Religious Unitarian Universalists) Youth Group who is currently attending Santa
Monica College. Music is a hobby for him right now, but he is considering pursuing it professional
among other career options. He also enjoys hiking, surfing, and cycling.
 
Thank you also to church member, singer-songwriter and New Orleans native Leslie Beauvais for the
gift of her music today.
 
Planning has begun for General Assembly 2017 , to be held June 21-15, 2017, at the Ernest N. Morial
Convention Center, 900 Convention Center Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70130. New Orleans is one of the
world's most fascinating cities – it's home to a truly unique melting pot of culture, food and music.
Come down and experience New Orleans, one of America's most culturally and historically-rich
destinations. The General Assembly Planning Team is committed to the goal of making GA accessible to
the maximum number of attendees possible, including providing limited scholarships and financial aid. You
can find out more at www.uua.org/ga