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Sunday, July 17, 2016
 
                July 17, 2016
Reason, Observation, and Experience – the holy trinity of Science –
have taught us that happiness is the only good, that the time to be happy is now,
and that the way to be happy is to make others so.
- Robert Ingersoll
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*Gathering Hymn                                       Bind Us Together                                                                          Bob Gillman
                                                                      Bind us together, oh bind us together
                                                                      With cords that cannot be broken.
                                                                      Bind us together, oh bind us together
                                                                      Oh, bind us together with love.
 
Prelude
 
Welcome
 
Chalice Lighting                                        Margot Page
 
*Opening Hymn                                        #355 We Lift Our Hearts in Thanks
 
*Covenant                                                  Love is the doctrine of this church.
                                                                     The quest for truth is its sacrament,
                                                                     And service is its prayer.
                                                                     To dwell together in peace,
                                                                     To seek knowledge in freedom,
                                                                     To serve humankind in fellowship,
                                                                     Thus do we covenant with each other.
 
*Hymn of Praise                                         From all that dwell below the skies
                                                                      Let songs of hope and faith arise
                                                                      Let peace, goodwill on earth be sung
                                                                      Through every land, by every tongue.
 
Offering for the Westside Food Bank
 
Time for All Ages                                        Found                                                                                                Salina Yoon
 
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
 
Pulpit Message                                           Director of Religious Education Search Committee
                                                                       Leon Henderson-MacLennan, Co-Chair
 
Offering
 
Meditation
 
Silence
 
Sung Response                                         #6 Just As Long as I Have Breath
 
Music for the Morning
 
Sermon                                                        How I Got My Vision for Humanist Community Building
                                                                      Bart Campolo
 
*Closing Hymn                                           #331 Life is the Greatest Gift of All
 
*Benediction

Musical Response
 
*Please stand in body or in spirit
 
❦ ❦ ❦ ❦
 
Greeters:                                                      Roberta Frye, Wendi Gladstone & David Olson
Ushers:                                                         Dan Patterson & Kit Shaw
Coffee:                                                          Sheila Cummins, Alice Hall & Pam Teplitz
Welcome Table:                                          Wendi Gladstone
Bookstore:                                                   Mark Warkentin
 
Service Notes
 
Today 40% of our non-pledge offering will go to UCLArts and Healing, transforming lives 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 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.
 
Bart Campolo is a secular minister, speaker, and writer who currently volunteers as the Humanist
Chaplain at the University of Southern California (USC). Born and raised in suburban Philadelphia,
Bart became an evangelical Christian as a teenager and was immediately attracted to urban ministry.
As he became an influential evangelical leader, however, Bart increasingly questioned his own faith.
In 2005 he returned to street-level community building in inner-city Cincinnati, where he eventually
completed his gradual transition from Christianity to secular humanism. Since moving to Los
Angeles, Bart’s work has been focused on inspiring and equipping people to make the most of their
lives by actively pursuing loving relationships, social justice and a genuine sense of wonder.
 
Thank you to our guest musician this morning, singer-songwriter and actress Liz Eldridge. She
graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a BA in Writing Seminars and Theatre Arts & Studies.
These days Liz sings the blues at venues such as the Gardenia, Cafe Metropol, and the Santa Monica
Bar & Grill, and also performs with her band, Many Distant Cities. Liz grew up in Los Angeles with a
series of great dogs.
 
Sunday, July 10, 2016
 
           July 10, 2016                                                                                                                                  Choose Love
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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
 
Welcome
 
Chalice Lighting                                     Paice van Ooyen
 
*Opening Hymn                                     #121 We’ll Build A Land
 
*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                                    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
 
Appreciation                                           Religious Education Committee
                                                                  Liza Cranis
 
Offering
 
Devotional Time
 
Silence
 
Sung Response                                    #6 Just As Long As I Have Breath
 
Responsive Reading                          #657 It Matters What We Believe                                           Sophia Lyon Fahs
 
Music for the Morning
 
Conversation                                        Catherine Farmer Loya & Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
 
*Closing Hymn                                    #131 Love Will Guide Us
 
*Benediction
 
Musical Response
 
*Please stand in body or in spirit
 
❦ ❦ ❦ ❦
 
Greeters:                                                Dwight Flowers, Katie Malich & Jila Tayefehnowrooz
Ushers:                                                   David Goetz & Barbara Kernochan
Coffee:                                                    Phyllis Kory, Jila Tayefehnowrooz & Linda van Ligten
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.
 
Thank you to our guest musician, McCartney Hutchinson. McCartney is a longtime participant in
UUSM’s Children’s RE program, and has been playing trumpet for four years. This fall he will enter
eighth grade at Paul Revere Middle School where he plays in the Revere Advanced Band and in the
Jazz Band. He is excited to begin his second season with the prestigious Los Angeles Youth Orchestra.
LAYO concert dates in the winter and spring will extend into a tour of Italy next summer. You can
catch McCartney and his trumpet at the Camp de Benneville Pines Talent Show or busking, most
afternoons, at Palisades Park. He likes to entertain with the music he plays, and at the same time likes
how it entertains him.
 
Sunday, July 3, 2016
 
            July 3, 2016                                                                                                   Vision: The Practice of Seeing Clearly
 
We made you different nations and tribes
that you may come to know one another.
- from the Qu’ran I-hujurat, 49:13
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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                                                   Ave Maria                                                                                      Charles Gounod
 
Welcome
 
Chalice Lighting                                   Jila Tayfehnowrooz
 
*Opening Hymn                                    #112 Do You Hear?
 
*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                                                  Lieder ohne Worte                                                                     Felix Mendelssohn
 
Devotional Time
 
Silence
 
Sung Response                                  Peace Salaam Shalom                                      Pat Humphries & Sandy Opatow
                                                               Peace, salaam, shalom…
                                                               We believe in peace…
                                                               We will work for peace…
                                                               We can live in peace…
                                                               Peace, salaam, shalom...
 
Responsive Reading                        #586 The Idea of Democracy                                                      Abraham Lincoln
 
Music for the Morning                        Le Cygne                                                                                    Camille Saint-Saens
 
Sermon                                                The Promise of America                                           Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
 
*Closing Hymn                                   #148 Let Freedom Span Both East and West
 
*Benediction
 
Musical Response                            Chant sans Paroles                                                             Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
 
*Please stand in body or in spirit
 
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Greeters:                                               Tom Foretich & Denise Helton
Ushers:                                                  Peggy Kharraz & Ned Wright
Coffee:                                                   Deirdra Dietel, Peggy Rhoads, Kit Shaw & Alicia Van Ooyen
Welcome Table:                                   Linda Van Ligten
Bookstore:                                             Mark Warkentin
 
Service Notes
 
John Phillips lives in Riverside and is a graduate of California Baptist University. He is a cellist with
the Corona Symphony Orchestra, plays in a cello quartet, and will be joining a string quartet soon.
Michael Antaramian is a musical director and plays for a churches of many faiths throughout
Southern California. Both John Phillips and Michael Antaramian are friends of the UU and have
played in Santa Monica before.
 
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.
 
Sunday, June 26, 2016
 
               June 26, 2016                                                                                                                        Summer Solstice
 
The living tradition we share draws from many sources… [including]
Spiritual teachings of Earth-centered traditions
which celebrate the sacred circle of life
and instruct us to live in harmony with the rhythms of nature.
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*Gathering Hymn                                  Gracias por el amor                                                        arr. William James Ross
                                                                 Gracias por el amor del cielo, gracias por el inmenso mar,
                                                                 Gracias por el cantar del bosque. ¡Aleluya!
                                                                 Gracias por este nuevo día, gracias por nuestra gran unión,
                                                                 Gracias por todas las bondades. ¡Aleluya!
 
Prelude
 
Call to Worship
 
Chalice Lighting                                   Julia Jonathan
 
*Opening Hymn                                   #51 Lady of the Seasons’ Laughter
 
*Covenant                                             Love is the doctrine of this church.
                                                                The quest for truth is its sacrament,
                                                                And service is its prayer.
                                                                To dwell together in peace,
                                                                To seek knowledge in freedom,
                                                                To serve humankind in fellowship,
                                                                Thus do we covenant with each other.
 
*Hymn of Praise                                   From all that dwell below the skies
                                                                Let songs of hope and faith arise
                                                                Let peace, goodwill on earth be sung
                                                                Through every land, by every tongue.
 
Offering for the Westside Food Bank
 
Time for All Ages                                  The Listening Walk                                                                           Paul Showers
 
Song of Blessing                                  From You I Receive                                                         Joseph & Nathan Segal
                                                                 From you I receive, to you I give,
                                                                 Together we share, and from this, we live.
 
Life Together
 
Pulpit Message                                      Board of Directors
                                                                  Ron Crane
 
Offering
 
Responsive Reading                           #614 The Sacred Hoop                                                                            Black Elk
 
Devotional Time
 
Silence

Sung Response                                     Meditation on Breathing                                                          Sarah Dan Jones
                                                                  When I breathe in, I breathe in peace.
                                                                  When I breathe out, I breathe out love.
 
Music for the Morning
 
Sermon                                                   The Longest Day                                                     Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
 
*Closing Hymn                                      #301 Touch the Earth, Reach the Sky!
 
*Benediction
 
Musical Response
 
*Please stand in body or in spirit
 
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Greeters:                                                Glen Howell, Kris Langabeer, Michael Young & Steve Young
Ushers:                                                  Tom Foretich & Kit Shaw
Coffee:                                                   Sheila Bjornlie & Sylvia Young
Welcome Table:                                    Kris Langabeer
Bookstore:                                             Mark Warkentin
 
Service Notes
 
Today 60% of our non-pledge offering will go to Common Ground: the Westside HIV Community
Center, now housed at Venice Family Clinic. Common Ground is the only HIV agency on the Westside
of Los Angeles. Common Ground is committed to helping everyone know their HIV status and making
sure that people living with the virus find – and stay connected to – medical care.
 
Thank you to Dan Patterson for chalking our Summer Solstice Labyrinth in the courtyard. Walking the
labyrinth puts contemporary people in touch with a ritual that dates back thousands of years. It's an
ancient spiritual pathway used for meditation, relaxation and insight. Many versions of the pathway
have appeared in diverse cultures across the globe from Crete to native America. This labyrinth
pattern is similar to the Labyrinth pattern on the floor of the Chartres Cathedral in France, circa 1220.
Today, we invite you to walk the labyrinth slowly and mindfully, in three stages:
 
          1. Moving towards the center, gently release cares and concerns you are carrying with you today.
          2. In the center, pause to be present in the moment for three deep breaths in and out. You may also
               want to listen to the world around you during this time.
          3. On the way out, you may experience a shift in your cares and concerns.
 
Thank you to the Labyrinth Project of the UU Church of Arlington, VA, for this labyrinth meditation.
 
Sunday, June 19, 2016
 
June 19, 2016
 
Reproductive freedom is the bedrock of women’s freedom.
And a society of free women is the only kind in which there can be true justice.
~ Rev. Bill Sinkford, UUA President 2002
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*Gathering Hymn                                     Gracias por el amor                                                 arr. William James Ross
                                                                    Gracias por el amor del cielo, gracias por el inmenso mar,
                                                                    Gracias por el cantar del bosque. ¡Aleluya!
                                                                    Gracias por este nuevo día, gracias por nuestra gran unión,
                                                                    Gracias por todas las bondades. ¡Aleluya!
 
Prelude                                                      Just Keep On Singin’                                                  arr. Jacqueline Hairston
                                                                    SpíríTríō
 
Welcome
 
Chalice Lighting                                       Leon Henderson-MacLennan
 
*Opening Hymn                                        #352 Find a Stillness
 
*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
 
Pulpit Message                                       Religious Education Committee
                                                                   Tom Peters & Ellie Peters
 
Offering                                                     I Don't Noways Feel Tired                                           arr. Jacqueline Hairston
                                                                   Yolanda Mitchell West, soprano
 
Responsive Reading                             #464 And Then Judy Chicago
 
Guided Meditation                                  Rev. Lee Marie Sanchez
 
Music for the Morning                            Give Me Jesus                                                                           arr. Hall Johnson
                                                                   Gertrude Bradley, soprano
 
Sermon                                                     Faithful Freedoms, Responsible Choices             Rev. Lee Marie Sanchez
 
*Closing Hymn                                        #1021 Lean on Me
 
*Benediction                                             Rev. Lee Marie Sanchez
 
Musical Response                                  The Prayer                                                  Carol Bayer Sager & David Foster
                                                                    SpíríTríō
 
*Please stand in body or in spirit
 
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Greeters:                                                  Roberta Frye & David Olson
Ushers:                                                    Ned Wright & Michael Young
Coffee:                                                     Sheila Cummins, Alice Hall & Pam Teplitz
Bookstore:                                               Mark Warkentin
 
Service Notes
 
Today 60% of our non-pledge offering will go to Common Ground: the Westside HIV Community
Center, now housed at Venice Family Clinic. Common Ground is the only HIV agency on the Westside
of Los Angeles. Common Ground is committed to helping everyone know their HIV status and making
sure that people living with the virus find – and stay connected to – medical care.
 
Rev. Lee Marie Sanchez is currently serving the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Laguna Beach
as their Developmental Minister. She has been a religious professional for twenty-four years; she
began as a DRE in Washington State, worked as a Hospital/Hospice Chaplain for two years and served
as a Student/Consulting Minister for both the Anaheim UU Church and the Sepulveda UU Society. She
has preached in over three dozen UU congregations.
 
We are grateful to have with us this morning, SpíríTríō. SpíríTríō is a vocal ensemble dedicated to the
preservation and performance of the Negro Spiritual as musical art. They also deliver skill to
contemporary Gospel, and poise to classical opera. This dynamic group formed by artistic director,
Gertrude Bradley, was inspired by the music of opera great, Florence Quivar. Each singer is uniquely
gifted and skillful. All have performed in concerts locally and internationally with prestigious credits
and accomplishments too numerous to list. The name, SpíríTríō is derived from the words “spirit” or
Godly, “Spirituals” the inspiration, and “trio” three singing as one.
 
Sunday, June 12, 2016
 
                   June 12, 2016                                                                                                              L.A. Pride Sunday
 
The queer art of failure turns on the impossible,
the improbable, the unlikely, and the unremarkable.
It quietly loses, and in losing it imagines other goals for life,
for love, for art, and for being.
- Judith Halberstam
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*Gathering Hymn                                       Gracias por el amor                                              arr. William James Ross
                                                                      Gracias por el amor del cielo, gracias por el inmenso mar,
                                                                      Gracias por el cantar del bosque. ¡Aleluya!
                                                                      Gracias por este nuevo día, gracias por nuestra gran unión,
                                                                      Gracias por todas las bondades. ¡Aleluya!
 
Prelude                                                         Prelude in G major                                                   Johann Sebastian Bach
 
Welcome
 
Chalice Lighting                                         Nalani and Kim Santiago-Kalmanson
 
*Opening Hymn                                          #130 O Liberating Rose
 
*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
 
Pulpit Message                                          Adult Religious Education
                                                                     Bill Blake and Dave Watson
 
Offering                                                       Amazing Grace                                                                         arr. Jay Althouse
                                                                     Jeremiah Davis, tenor
 
Devotional Time
 
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...
 
Responsive Reading                              #576 A Litany of Restoration                               Marjorie Bowens-Wheatley
 
Music for the Morning                             Misunderstood                                                                               Daniel Gledhill
                                                                    Jeremiah Davis, tenor
 
Sermon                                                     The Queer Art of Failure                                      Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
 
*Closing Hymn                                         #151 I Wish I Knew How
 
*Benediction
 
Musical Response                                  Over the Rainbow                                                                             Harold Arlen
 
*Please stand in body or in spirit
 
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Greeters:                                                    Dwight Flowers, Katie Malich & Jila Tayefehnowrooz
Ushers:                                                       Steve DePaul & Tom Early
Coffee:                                                        Jila Tayefehnowrooz & Linda van Ligten
Welcome Table:                                        Carol Ring
Bookstore:                                                 Mark Warkentin
 
Service Notes
 
Welcome and thank you to our guest musician this morning, Jeremiah Davis. Jeremiah is a classically
trained singer and flutist with a long history in choirs, on opera and musical theater stages, and in
symphonic and pit orchestras throughout the country. He was invited this morning to premiere
Daniel Gledhill’s Misunderstood . According to the composer, it is a song “ about the feelings that [he]
had growing up in a church where you can't really fit in and [you] feel this really intense guilt for
something you can't change.”
 
Today 60% of our non-pledge offering will go to Common Ground: the Westside HIV Community
Center, now housed at Venice Family Clinic. Common Ground is the only HIV agency on the Westside
of Los Angeles. Common Ground is committed to helping everyone know their HIV status and making
sure that people living with the virus find – and stay connected to – medical care.
 
Sunday, June 5, 2016
 
                        June 5, 2016                                                                                                             Celebration Sunday
 
I think us here to wonder, myself. To wonder. To ask. And that in wondering ‘bout the big things
and asking ‘bout the big things, you learn about the little ones, almost by accident.
But you never know nothing more about the big things than you start out with.
The more I wonder, the more I love.
-Alice Walker, The Color Purple
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*Gathering Hymn                                     Gracias por el amor                                                   arr. William James Ross
                                                                    Gracias por el amor del cielo, gracias por el inmenso mar,
                                                                    Gracias por el cantar del bosque. ¡Aleluya!
                                                                    Gracias por este nuevo día, gracias por nuestra gran unión,
                                                                    Gracias por todas las bondades. ¡Aleluya!
 
Prelude                                                     Come Home                                                                                   Daniel Gledhill
 
Welcome
 
Chalice Lighting
 
*Opening Hymn                                      #130 O Liberating Rose
 
*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
 
Story                                                         Miss Rumphius, Part I                                                               Barbara Cooney
 
Song of Blessing                                   Love Will Guide Us                                                                  arr. Betty A. Wylder
                                                                  Love will guide us, peace has tried us.
                                                                  Hope inside us will lead the way
                                                                  On the road from greed to giving.
                                                                  Love will guide us through the hard night.
 
Life Together
 
Appreciations
 
Pulpit Message                                      Interweave LGBTQI and Allies
                                                                  Janet Goodwin
 
Offering                                                    Don’t Be Afraid                                                                   arr. Jennifer McMillan
 
Story                                                         Miss Rumphius, Part II
 
Quiet Listening
 
Making the World More Beautiful
 
Sung Response                                    I Know This Rose Will Open                                                       Mary E. Grigolia
                                                                 Sé que ̮abrirá esta rosa,
                                                                 Y sé que mi temor se irá.
                                                                 Sus alas mi amor desplegará.
                                                                 Sé que ̮abrirá esta rosa.
 
                                                                  I know this rose will open.
                                                                  I know my fear will burn away.
                                                                  I know my soul will unfurl its wings.
                                                                  I know this rose will open.
 
Music for the Morning                           Casida/These Roses                                                                         Rima Snyder
 
Flower Ritual
 
*Closing Hymn                                       Life Calls Us On
 
*Benediction
 
Musical Response                                 Drinkin’ of the Wine                                                               Rosephanye Powell
 
*Please stand in body or in spirit
 
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Greeters:                                                   Tom Foretich, Barbara Gibbs & Denise Helton
Ushers:                                                      Bonnie Brae, Dan Patterson, Rick Rhoads & Jila Tayefenhnowrooz
Coffee:                                                       Deirdre Dietel, Peggy Rhoads, Kit Shaw & Alicia van Ooyen
Welcome Table:                                       Linda van Ligten
Bookstore:                                                Mark Warkentin
 
Service Notes
 
Today’s flowers are given by the UUSM Choir in honor of DeReau Farrar, in appreciation of four
wonderful years singing together. We wish you all the best!
 
This month, 60% of our offering will go to to Common Ground: The Westside HIV Community
Center, now part of the Venice Family Clinic. Common Ground is the only HIV agency on the
Westside of Los Angeles. Common Ground is committed to helping everyone know their HIV status
and making sure that people living with the virus find – and stay connected to – medical care.
 
Sunday, May 29, 2016
 
             May 29, 2016                                                                                                Confessions of a Grasshopper
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*Gathering Hymn                                       ‘Tis a gift to be simple, ‘tis a gift to be free
                                                                      ‘Tis a gift to come down where we ought to be
                                                                       And when we find ourselves in the place just right
                                                                      ‘Twill be in the valley of love and delight.
 
                                                                       When true simplicity is gained,
                                                                       to bow and to bend we shan’t be ashamed
                                                                       To turn, turn will be our delight
                                                                       ‘Till by turning, turning we come ‘round right.
 
Prelude                                                        Consolation, Op. 30, No. 3                                                Felix Mendelssohn
 
Welcome
 
Chalice Lighting
 
*Opening Hymn                                           #22 Dear Weaver of Our Lives’ Design
 
*Covenant                                                     Love is the doctrine of this church.
                                                                        The quest for truth is its sacrament,
                                                                        And service is its prayer.
                                                                       To dwell together in peace,
                                                                       To seek knowledge in freedom,
                                                                        To serve humankind in fellowship,
                                                                        Thus do we covenant with each other.
 
*Hymn of Praise                                           From all that dwell below the skies
                                                                        Let songs of hope and faith arise
                                                                        Let peace, goodwill on earth be sung
                                                                        Through every land, by every tongue.
 
Offering for the Westside Food Bank
 
Time for All Ages                                           The Ant and the Grasshopper                                                            Aesop
 
Song of Blessing                                           Go Now in Peace                                                                      Natalie Sleeth
                                                                         Go now in peace. Go now in peace.
                                                                         May the spirit of love surround you
                                                                          As you go, as you go on your way.
 
Life Together
 
Pulpit Message                                              Nominating Committee
                                                                          Wendi Gladstone
 
Offering                                                          Sister Kate                                                                        arr. Eugene Platman
 
Devotional Time
 
Sung Response                                           #83 Winds Be Still
 
Responsive Reading                                  #461 We Must Be Saved                                                   Reinhold Niebuhr
 
Music for the Morning                                  What If…?                                                                                  Daniel Gledhill
 
Sermon                                                          Confessions of a Grasshopper                                     Rev. Silvio Nardoni
 
*Closing Hymn                                             #65 The Sweet June Days
 
*Benediction
 
Musical Response                                      You’ve Got a Friend                                                                      Carole King
                                                                        When you're down and troubled,
                                                                        And you need some love and care,
                                                                         And nothing, nothing is going right
                                                                        Close your eyes and think of me,
                                                                        And soon I will be there
                                                                        To brighten up even your darkest night.
 
                                                                        If the sky above you grows dark and full of clouds
                                                                        And that old north wind begins to blow
                                                                        Keep your head together and call my name out loud
                                                                        Soon you'll hear me knocking at your door
 
                                                                       Now, ain't it good to know that you've got a friend
                                                                       When people can be so cold?
                                                                       They'll hurt you, yes, and desert you
                                                                      And take your soul if you let them,
                                                                      Oh, but don't you let them
 
                                                                      You just call out my name
                                                                      And you know wherever I am
                                                                      I'll come running to see you again
                                                                      Winter, spring, summer or fall
                                                                      All you have to do is call
                                                                      And I'll be there
                                                                      You've got a friend
 
*Please stand in body or in spirit
 
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Greeters:                                      Bryan Cahill, fUUsion ℅ Karen Patterson
Ushers:                                         Tom Foretich, Kit Shaw, Jila Tayefehnowrooz & Ned Wright
Coffee:                                          Resa Foreman, Jila Tayefehnowrooz , Alicia Van Ooyen & Jennifer Westbay
Bookstore:                                   Mark Warkentin
 
Service Notes
 
Silvio Nardoni is a former affiliate minister of this congregation. He continues to practice law in
Glendale and counts that as part of his ministry. He lives in Silver Lake with his wife, Wanda, and an
assortment of feathered and furry friends. His hobbies include watching movies and gardening, where
he on occasion can see grasshoppers at play.
 
Today, 60% of our non-pledge offering will go to the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, a
nonsectarian organization that advances human rights and social justice in the United States and
around the world. Through a combination of advocacy, education, and partnerships with grassroots
organizations, UUSC promotes economic rights, advances environmental justice, defends civil
liberties, and preserves the rights of people in times of humanitarian crisis.
 
 
Sunday, May 22, 2016
 
                     May 22, 2016                                                                                                               What Binds Us
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*Gathering Hymn                                               Bind Us Together                                                                   Bob Gillman
                                                                              Bind us together, oh bind us together
                                                                              With cords that cannot be broken.
                                                                              Bind us together, oh bind us together
                                                                              Oh, bind us together with love.
 
Prelude                                                                For Good, Wicked (9am)                                            Stephen Schwartz
                                                                              i carry your heart with me (11am)                Rachael DeVore Fogarty
 
Welcome
 
Chalice Lighting                                                 Barbara Kernochan (9am)
                                                                              Olga Felton (11am)
 
*Opening Hymn                                                 #1 May Nothing Evil Cross This Door
 
*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                                                 Old Joe and the Carpenter               att. Margaret Read MacDonald
 
Song of Blessing                                                 Building Bridges                                                                      Traditional
                                                                                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
 
Pulpit Message                                                     Board of Directors
                                                                                 Emily Hero
 
Offering Speaker                                                  UU Service Committee
                                                                                 Pam Sparr
 
Offering                                                                   In My House                                                                        Patrick Gandy
 
Devotional Time
 
Sung Response                                                   Meditation on Breathing                                             Sarah Dan Jones
                                                                                When I breathe in, I breathe in peace.
                                                                                When I breathe out, I breathe out love.
 
Responsive Reading                                        #183 There is Only One Reason to Join a UU Church   John B. Wolf
 
Music for the Morning                                       Reverie (9am)                                                                    Claude Debussy
                                                                              Make Our Garden Grow, Candide (11am)               Leonard Bernstein
 
Sermon                                                                Caught in the Web                                       Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
 
*Closing Hymn                                                  #145 As Tranquil Streams
 
*Benediction
 
Musical Response                                           You’ve Got a Friend (9am)                                                        Carole King
                                                                             Love Is... (11am)                                                                Marjorie Herman
 
*Please stand in body or in spirit
 
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Greeters:                                              Barbara Gibbs, Glen Howell, Kris Langabeer & James Whitmore
Ushers:                                                 Barbara Kernochan, Rick Rhoads & Ned Wright
Coffee:                                                  Sheila Bjornlie, Deirdre Dietel & Peggy Rhoads
Welcome Table:                                  Kris Langabeer
Bookstore:                                           Mark Warkentin
 
Service Notes
 
Today, 60% of our non-pledge offering will go to the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
(UUSC), a nonsectarian organization that advances human rights and social justice in the United
States and around the world. Through a combination of advocacy, education, and partnerships with
grassroots organizations, UUSC promotes economic rights, advances environmental justice, defends
civil liberties, and preserves the rights of people in times of humanitarian crisis.
 
Thank you to Pam Sparr, Associate Director for Justice-Building at the UUSC, for joining us today.
Pam leads the staff team responsible for UUSC’s advocacy and campaigning efforts, for developing
new social justice and human rights programs and projects, and galvanizing networks of activists,
volunteers, and ministers to advance justice and human rights. She has worked as an economist and
activist in a wide range of settings in the U.S. and internationally. Pam is a long-time UU whose home
congregation is All Souls in Washington, D.C.
 
 
Sunday, May 15, 2016
 
              May 15, 2016, 9:00am                                                                                                        Coming of Age
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*Gathering Hymn                                        Bind Us Together                                                                         Bob Gillman
                                                                       Bind us together, oh bind us together
                                                                       With cords that cannot be broken.
                                                                       Bind us together, oh bind us together
                                                                      Oh, bind us together with love.
 
Prelude                                                        Prelude                                                                                        Daniel Gledhill
 
Welcome & Introduction
 
Chalice Lighting                                         Andrea Steffan & JoAn Peters
                                                                      Coming of Age Advisors
 
*Opening Hymn                                         #6 Just as Long as I Have Breath
 
*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                                         Rejoice in youth that grows and thrives,
                                                                       In the support that forms these lives;
                                                                       Rejoice in love that frees us all
                                                                       And helps us up, so we stand tall.        Haley Weaver, former UUSM youth
 
Offering for the Westside Food Bank
 
Time for All Ages                                       Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!                                    Theodor Seuss Geisel
 
Song of Blessing                                      Go Now in Peace                                                                           Natalie Sleeth
                                                                    Go now in peace. Go now in peace.
                                                                    May the spirit of love surround you
                                                                    As you go, as you go on your way.
 
Life Together
 
Nap Time (Meditation)
 
Reflection                                                 Letting Go and Holding Tight                                       Catherine Farmer Loya
 
Offering                                                     Vocalise                                                                               Sergei Rachmaninov
 
Credo                                                        Mitchell Watson
 
Credo                                                       Spencer Michaelson
 
Music for the Morning                            Allegro in D Major                                                                               James Hook
                                                                   Mitchell Watson
 
Declaration of Coming of Age              Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur & Catherine Farmer Loya
 
Welcome to YRUU
 
Special Thanks
 
*Closing Hymn                                     #1021 Lean on Me
 
*Benediction
 
Musical Response                              You’ve Got a Friend                                                                               Carole King
 
*Please stand in body or in spirit
 
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Greeters:                                                Karen Patch
Ushers:                                                   Tom Early & Peggy Kharraz
Coffee:                                                    Alice Hall & Eileen McCormack
Bookstore:                                             Mark Warkentin
 
Service Notes
 
Today, 60% of our non-pledge offering will go to the Unitarian Universalist Association. In our covenant as member congregations of the UUA, it is written that we pledge one another our mutual trust and support. This church’s support for the UUA through this offering, as well as through contributing 89% of our Fair Share contribution in our 2015-16 budget, enables us to embody our pledge of trust and support. Among many other expressions of our faith in the world, the UUA supports Standing on the Side of Love, the Our Whole Lives sexuality education curricula, and Tapestry of Faith religious education resources. This year’s UUA General Assembly is June 22-26 in Columbus, Ohio. Are you interested in attending and representing our congregation as a delegate at the largest annual gathering of UUs in the world? Please contact the church office for more information at office@uusm.org.