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
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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.