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Sunday, May 15, 2016
 
                   May 15, 2016, 11:00am                                                                                                   Bridging Service
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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
 
Chalice Lighting
 
*Opening Hymn                                              #118 This Little Light of Mine ( as in 2012 COA service)
 
*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                                              The Gift of Nothing                                                        Patrick McDonnell
                                                                             Laura Carlson-Weiner & Larry Weiner
 
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
 
Devotional Time
 
Reflection                                                        Jake Brunell
 
Reflection                                                        Mari Nunan
 
Offering                                                            Vocalise                                                                         Sergei Rachmaninov
 
Reflection                                                        Paice Van Ooyen
 
Reflection                                                        Jacob Weiner
 
Music for the Morning                                    The Circle Game                                                                       Joni Mitchell
 
Sending Forth                                                  YRUU Youth and Advisors
 
Ritual of Bridging                                            Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur & Catherine Farmer Loya
 
Gathering In
 
*Closing Hymn                                                #1053 How Could Anyone ( as in 2012 COA service)

*Benediction

Musical Response                                          You’ve Got a Friend                                                                   Carole King
 
*Please stand in body or in spirit
 
❦ ❦ ❦ ❦
 
Greeters:                                                         David Olson & Jila Tayefehnowrooz
Ushers:                                                           David Goetz & Michael Young
Coffee:                                                            Rebecca Crawford & Sheila Cummins
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.
Sunday, May 15, 2016
 
                   May 15, 2016, 11:00am                                                                                           Bridging Service
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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
 
Chalice Lighting
 
*Opening Hymn                                             #118 This Little Light of Mine (as in 2012 COA service)
 
*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                                          The Gift of Nothing                                                             Patrick McDonnell
                                                                         Laura Carlson-Weiner & Larry Weiner 
 
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
 
Devotional Time
 
Reflection                                                      Jake Brunell
 
Reflection                                                      Mari Nunan
 
Offering                                                          Vocalise                                                                           Sergei Rachmaninov
 
Reflection                                                      Paice Van Ooyen
 
Reflection                                                      Jacob Weiner
 
Music for the Morning                                 The Circle Game                                                                           Joni Mitchell
 
Sending Forth                                              YRUU Youth and Advisors
 
Ritual of Bridging                                         Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur & Catherine Farmer Loya
 
Gathering In
 
*Closing Hymn                                             #1053 How Could Anyone (as in 2012 COA service)
 
*Benediction
 
Musical Response                                      You’ve Got a Friend                                                                        Carole King
 
*Please stand in body or in spirit
 
❦ ❦ ❦ ❦
 
Greeters:                                             David Olson & Jila Tayefehnowrooz
Ushers:                                               David Goetz & Michael Young
Coffee:                                                Rebecca Crawford & Sheila Cummins
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.
 
Sunday, May 8, 2016
 
               May 8, 2016                                                                                                                            What Binds Us
They drew a circle that shut me out —
Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But Love and I had the wit to win:
We drew a circle that took them in.
- Edwin Markam, adapted
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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                                                         Overture, Le Nozze di Figaro                          Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
 
Welcome
 
Chalice Lighting                                          Emma Stashin
 
*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                                          Westside Food Bank
                                                                         Bruce Rankin
 
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
 
Offering                                                          A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief (9am)                          arr. Daniel Gledhill
                                                                        Heilig (11am)                                                                      Felix Mendelssohn
 
Devotional Time
 
Sung Response                                           #315 This Old World
 
Responsive Reading                                  #591 I Call That Church Free                                    James Luther Adams
 
Music for the Morning                                  This I Promise You (9am)                                                        Richard Marx
                                                                         Tewa Prayer (11am)                                                                      John Maas
 
Sermon                                                           Rev. Rick Hoyt-McDaniels & Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
 
*Closing Hymn                                              Life Calls Us On
 
*Benediction
 
Musical Response                                       You’ve Got a Friend (9am)                                                           Carole King
                                                                         Love Is... (11am)                                                                   Marjorie Herman
 
*Please stand in body or in spirit
 
❦ ❦ ❦ ❦
 
Greeters:                                                        Dwight Flowers, Wendi Gladstone & Katie Malich
Ushers:                                                          Bonnie Brae, Dan Patterson, Rick Rhoads & Kit Shaw
Coffee:                                                           Robert & Phyllis Kory, Jila Tayefehnowrooz & Sylvia Young
Welcome Table:                                           Wendi Gladstone
Bookstore:                                                    Mark Warkentin
 
Service Notes
 
Welcome back to Rev. Rick Hoyt-McDaniels and thank you to the Chalice Choir from First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles for joining with our choir at the 11am service, today. To complete our choral exchange, our choir will join the Chalice Choir at First Church for their worship service at 11am next Sunday, May 15.
 
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.
 
Sunday, May 1, 2016
 
           May 1, 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                                                        Nocturne, No. 2, Op. 9 (9am)                                                Frédéric Chopin
                                                                      Man in the Mirror (11am)                                              arr. DeReau K. Farrar
 
Welcome
 
Chalice Lighting                                        Lifespan Religious Education
 
*Opening Hymn                                         Life Calls Us On
 
*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                                      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
 
Offering                                                     Marching in the Light                                                             Melissa Sky-Eagle
 
Devotional Time
 
Sung Response                                     Spirit of Life                                                                                Carolyn McDade
                                                                  Spirit of life, come unto me.
                                                                  Sing in my heart all the stirrings of compassion.
                                                                  Blow in the wind, rise in the sea;
                                                                  Move in the hand, giving life the shape of justice.
                                                                  Roots hold me close, wings set me free;
                                                                  Spirit of life, come to me, come to me.
 
Unison Reading                                    This is the Mission of Our Faith                                             William F. Schultz
                                                                  This is the mission of our faith:
                                                                  To teach the fragile art of hospitality;
                                                                  To revere both the critical mind and the generous heart;
                                                                  To prove that diversity need not mean divisiveness;
                                                                   And to witness to all that we must hold the whole world in our hands.
 
Music for the Morning                             I Will (9am)                                                                                     Daniel Gledhill
                                                                    I Believe (11am)                                                                              Mark A. Miller
 
Sermon                                                     Guidelines and Ground Rules                           Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
 
*Closing Hymn                                         #1015 I Know I Can
 
*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:                                                    Tom Foretich & Denise Helton
Ushers:                                                       Steve DePaul, Barbara Kernochan, Jila Tayefehnowrooz & Greg Wood
Coffee:                                                        Deirdre Dietel, Peggy Rhoads, Kit Shaw & Alicia Van Ooyen
Welcome Table:                                        Carol Ring
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 45% of our Fair Share contribution in our annual 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.
 
Sunday, April 24, 2016
 
           April 24, 2016                                                                                                                                         Earth Sunday
When we try to pick out anything by itself,
we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.
- John Muir
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*Gathering Hymn                                     For the Beauty of the Earth                                                       Conrad Kocher
                                                                    For the beauty of the earth, for the splendor of the skies
                                                                    For the love which from our birth over and around us lies:
                                                                   Source of all, to thee we raise this, our hymn of grateful praise.
 
                                                                   For the wonder of each hour of the day and of the night
                                                                   Hill and vale and tree and flower, sun and moon and stars of light:
                                                                   Source of all, to thee we raise this, our hymn of grateful praise.
 
Prelude                                                     To a Wild Rose (9am)                                                          Edward MacDowell
                                                                    O Beautiful Gaia (11am)                                                         Carolyn McDade
 
Welcome
 
Chalice Lighting                                      John Zinner (9am)
                                                                   Mark Christiansen (11am)
 
*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                                    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 Speaker                                    Community Services United (CSU) of South Los Angeles
                                                                   Neelam Sharma
 
Offering                                                    Adventures on Planet Earth, E.T.                                                John Williams
 
Devotional Time
 
Sung Response                                    Rising Green                                                                                Carolyn McDade
                                                                 My blood doth rise in the roots of yon oak,
                                                                 Her sap doth run in my veins.
                                                                 Boundless my soul like the open sky
                                                                 Where the stars forever have lain.
                                                                 Where the stars, where the stars,
                                                                 Where the stars forever have lain.
 
Reading                                                 #632 Passover Remembered                                             Alla Renee Bozarth
 
Music for the Morning                          Lead, Kindly Light (9am)                                                                    John Dykes
                                                                 Sunshine (11am)                                                                        Michael McGlynn
 
Reflection                                               Alison Kendall
 
Sung Response                                   I feel the tides as they answer the moon,
                                                                Rushing on a far distant sand.
                                                                Winging my song is the wind of my breast
                                                                And my love blows over the land.
                                                                 And my love, and my love,
                                                                And my love blows over the land.
 
Reflection                                              James Witker (9am)
                                                                Beth Brownlie (11am)
 
Sung Response                                   My foot carries days of the old into new,
                                                                Our dreaming shows us the way.
                                                                Wondrous our faith settles deep in the earth,
                                                                Rising green to bring a new day.
                                                                Rising green, rising green,
                                                                Rising green to bring a new day.
 
Reflection                                               Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
 
*Closing Hymn                                    #163 For the Earth Forever Turning
 
*Benediction
 
Musical Response                                So Close, Enchanted (9am)                                                       Jon McLaughlin
                                                                  Have I Not Known (11am)                                Keith Getty & Stuart Townsend
 
*Please stand in body or in spirit
 
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Service Participants: Sheila Bjornlie, Tom Early, Tom Fortich, Glen Howell, Nancy Howell, Barbara
Kernochan, Kris Langabeer, Leah Moore, Rick Rhoads, Mark Warkentin, Michael Young, Steve Young
& Sylvia Young
 
Service Notes
 
Today, 60% of our non-pledge offering will go to Community Services Unlimited, (CSU) of South Central Los Angeles to support programs such as Growing Healthy, which engages youth in urban farming and food based learning as a tool to help them adopt a healthier lifestyle and develop an awareness to the food access and environmental justice issues impacting their communities.
 
 
Sunday, April 17, 2016
 
        April 17, 2016                                                                                                                                        SUUper Heroes
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Prelude                                              Traumerei, Kinderszenen, Op. 15, No. 7                                   Robert Schumann
 
Welcome                                            Annalivia Martin-Straw
 
Chalice Lighting                               We Can All Be SUUper Heroes
                                                             Chey Mason
 
*Opening Hymn                               #1010 We Give 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 and Turning Point
 
Story for All Ages                             The Adventures of Captain UU &                                                                   YRUU
                                                            the Seven Principles of Super Heroes
                                                            Annalivia Martin-Straw & Katie Mayo-Smith
 
Hymn                                                 #1000 Morning Has Come
 
Life Together                                    Gryffin Maurer
 
Meditation                                         Annalivia Martin-Straw
 
Morning Offering                             Paice Van Ooyen
 
Offertory                                             What Lies Ahead?                                                                              Daniel Gledhill
 
Sermonette                                       Phases                                                                                              Paice Van Ooyen
 
Hymn                                                 #1028 The Fire of Commitment
 
Sermonette                                       The Way We Change                                                              Annalivia Martin-Straw
 
Sermonette                                       Look at Where You Are,                                                                        Sanna Legan
                                                            Look at Where You Started
 
*Closing Hymn                                #95 There is More Love Somewhere
 
*Benediction                                     Alex Michaelson
 
Postlude                                            So Close, Enchanted (9am)                                                             Jon McLaughlin
 
*Please stand in body or in spirit
 
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Greeters:                                             Roberta Frye, Wendi Gladstone & David Olson
Ushers:                                                Bonnie Brae, David Goetz, Ned Wright & Michael Young
Coffee:                                                 Rebecca Crawford, Sheila Cummins, Alice Hall & Eileen McCormack
Welcome Table:                                 Wendi Gladstone
Bookstore:                                           Mark Warkentin
 
Service Notes
 
Today, 60% of our non-pledge offering will go to Community Services Unlimited (CSU) of South Central Los Angeles to support programs such as Growing Healthy, which engages youth in urban farming and food based learning as a tool to help them adopt a healthier lifestyle and develop an awareness and political consciousness to the food access and environmental justice issues impacting their communities. The program currently operates at Normandie Avenue Elementary School and the Expo Center, and has a history at John Muir Middle School.
 
Sunday, April 10, 2016
         
            April 10, 2016                                                                                                                     Seeds of Change
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*Gathering Hymn                                     For the Earth Forever Turning                                                             Kim Oler
                                                                    For the earth, forever turning;
                                                                    For the skies, for every sea;
                                                                    For our lives, for all we cherish,
                                                                    Sing we our joyful song of peace.
 
                                                                   Por la tierra sempiterna,
                                                                   Por el cielo͜ y alto mar,
                                                                   Por la vida que gozamos,
                                                                   Cantamos hoy canción de paz.
 
Prelude                                                     Heal the World (9am)                                                               Michael Jackson
                                                                   I Sing the Body Electric, Fame (11am)                                      Michael Gore
 
Welcome
 
Chalice Lighting                                        Tom Peters
 
*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                                   Catherine Farmer Loya (9am)
                                                                  Welcome and Celebration of Commitment (11am)
 
Song of Blessing                                  This Little Light of Mine                                                                         Traditional
                                                                 This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine…
                                                                 Everywhere I go, I’m gonna let it shine...
 
Life Together
 
Pulpit Message                                     Green Living / Green Sanctuary Committee
                                                                 Rick Teplitz (9am)
                                                                 Beth Brownlie (11am)
 
Offering                                                   Corner of the Sky, Pippin (9am)                                         Stephen Schwartz
                                                                 Walk in Jerusalem (11am)                                                    arr. Rollo Dilworth
 
Devotional Time
 
Sung Response                                   Rising Green                                                                                       arr. Jim Scott
                                                                My foot carries days of the old into new,
                                                                Our dreaming shows us the way.
                                                                Wondrous our faith settles deep in the earth,
                                                                Rising green to bring a new day.
                                                                Rising green, rising green, rising green to bring a new day.
 
Responsive Reading                           #570 Prayer for the Earth                                                          Barbara Deming
 
Music for the Morning                          Do Nothin’ ‘Til You Hear From Me                                              Duke Ellington
 
Sermon                                                   Don’t Even Think About It                                   Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
 
*Closing Hymn                                     #309 Earth is Our Homeland
 
*Benediction
 
Musical Response                               So Close, Enchanted (9am)                                                      Jon McLaughlin
                                                                 Have I Not Known (11am)                                  Keith Getty & Stuart Townsend
 
*Please stand in body or in spirit
 
❦ ❦ ❦ ❦
 
Greeters:                                                  Dwight Flowers, Katie Malich & Jila Tayefehnowrooz
Ushers:                                                     Steve DePaul, Dan Paterson, Kit Shaw & Jila Tayefehnowrooz
Coffee:                                                      Jonathan Bijur, Jila Tayefehnowrooz & Linda van Ligten
Bookstore:                                                Mark Warkentin
 
Service Notes
Today, 60% of our non-pledge offering will go to Community Services Unlimited (CSU) of South
Central Los Angeles to support programs such as Growing Healthy, which engages youth in urban
farming and food based learning as a tool to help them adopt a healthier lifestyle and develop an
awareness and political consciousness to the food access and environmental justice issues impacting
their communities. The program currently operates at Normandie Avenue Elementary School and the
Expo Center, and has a history at John Muir Middle School. Please join us tonight (April 10) for a special
Healthy Food, Healthy Planet Second Sunday Supper at 6pm, when we will also host guests from CSU to
learn more about their programs in promoting healthy eating in South LA.
 
Sunday, April 10, 2016
 
     Heart and Soul Service                                                                                                                        April 10, 2016
 
“Transformation”
Nothing happens until the pain of remaining the same outweighs the pain of
change.
~ Arthur Burt
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Gathering In                                                  Come, Come Whoever You Are                                           Rumi, Ungar
                                                                        Come, come, whoever you are
                                                                        Wanderer, worshiper
                                                                        Lover of leaving
                                                                       Ours is no caravan of despair
                                                                       Come, yet again, come.
 
Welcome and Chalice Lighting
 
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is Book Five of the “Chronicles of Narnia,” a collection of fantasy tales by CS Lewis. In it Eustace, a fairly nasty little boy awakes to find, “He had turned into a dragon while he was asleep. Sleeping on a dragon’s treasure with greedy, dragonish thoughts in his heart, he had become a dragon himself.” His scales were built with his every nasty and naughty act. Eustace tries to shed his skin, but finds, as do most reptiles, that each time he throws off one layer, there is another layer of scales underneath. Aslan, the great
Lion who saves the children from their misadventures, must remove the scales for him. Eustace relates in the story, “…he peeled the beastly stuff right off, just as I thought I’d done it myself the other three times…there it was lying on the grass…and there I was as smooth and soft as a peeled switch…” Aslan then places Eustace in a pool of water, from which he emerges stinging a bit, but clean and new and transformed.
 
Spirit of Life
Spirit of Life, come unto me.
Sing in my heart all the stirrings of compassion.
Blow in the wind, rise in the sea,
move in the hand, giving life the shape of justice.
Roots hold me close, wings set me free,
Spirit of Life, come to me, come to me.
 
Change or Transformation                                                                                                                   Kikanza Nuri-Robins
 
A Transformation Story                                                                                                                                        Jacki Weber
 
Small daily improvements are the key to staggering long-term results.
 
Group Sharing: tell us your transformation stories
 
The only way to get what you really want is to let go of what you don’t want.
 
Sacred Silence
Perhaps you know what you must release in order to make the change or transformation you seek. On the special paper you have been given, write what you are willing to release. When you are ready, place the paper in the bowl of water and watch what happens.
 
Transformation comes from deep within.
But sometimes starting at the surface is the only way to get there.
 
Comfort Me                                                                                                                                           Mimi Bornstein-Doble
                   Comfort me, Comfort me
                   Comfort me, oh my soul
                    2. Sing with me…
                    3. Walk with me…
                    4. Change with me…
                   Comfort me, Oh my soul
 
Offering
 
Benediction
 
Nothing changes if nothing changes.
 
Please stay and chat and then join us for Second Sunday Supper.
 
 
Sunday, April 3, 2016
 
     April 3, 2016                                                                                                                                       Seeds of Change
 
Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever.
-- Audre Lorde
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*Gathering Hymn                                     Come, Come, Whoever You Are                               Rev. 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                                                      Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There is a Season)              Pete Seeger
 
Welcome                                                   James Witker
 
Chalice Lighting                                     Young Religious Unitarian Universalists
 
*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                                  Jessica Clay
 
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                                                 #1015 I Know I Can
 
Devotional Time
 
Sung Response                                   Rising Green                                                                                         arr. Jim Scott
                                                                My foot carries days of the old into new,
                                                                Our dreaming shows us the way.
                                                                Wondrous our faith settles deep in the earth,
                                                                Rising green to bring a new day.
                                                                Rising green, rising green, rising green to bring a new day.
 
Responsive Reading                        #587 A Litany for Survival Audre Lord
 
Music for the Morning                       Transformation                                                                                  Daniel Gledhill
 
Sermon                                                Growing with Conflict                                                                           Jessica Clay
 
*Closing Hymn                                   #1020 Woyaya
 
*Benediction
 
Musical Response                             So Close, Enchanted                                                                       Jon McLaughlin
 
*Please stand in body or in spirit
 
❦ ❦ ❦ ❦
 
Greeters:                                              Denise Helton, Tom Foretich & Barbara Gibbs
Ushers:                                                 Barbara Kernochan, Peggy Kharraz, Linda van Ligten & Greg Wood
Coffee:                                                  Deirdre Dietel, Peggy Rhoads, Kit Shaw & Alicia van ooyen
Bookstore:                                            Mark Warkentin
 
Service Notes
 
Thank you to our worship leaders this Sunday! Jessica Clay, preaching, is currently making her way
through her final year of divinity school at Starr King, (our UU seminary up in Berkeley), after many
years of volunteer leadership as a member here in Santa Monica. She is looking forward to future
opportunities, “ to support people, to nurture community, to do social justice work, and to encourage
spiritual growth.” Today’s pulpit host, James Witker, is active with our AAHS group for atheists,
agnostics, humanists, and secularists and enjoys organizing periodic workshops concerning Unitarian
Universalism and how we interact with society and the world around us. We’re very thankful to have
these two leading our worship services this weekend.
 
Beginning this Sunday and concluding on April 24 with a special celebration for the Earth, our
congregation will be exploring issues of Climate Justice and ways to live out our 7th principle of
respect for the interdependent web of all existence. Accordingly, this month 60% of our non-pledge
offering will go to Community Services Unlimited, (CSU) of South Central Los Angeles to support
programs such as Growing Healthy, which engages youth in urban farming and food based learning as
a tool to help them adopt a healthier lifestyle and develop an awareness and political consciousness to
the food access and environmental justice issues impacting their communities. The program currently
operates at Normandie Avenue Elementary School and the Expo Center, and has a history at John
Muir Middle School. Please mark your calendars for our special Healthy Food, Healthy Planet Second
Sunday Supper at 6pm on April 10, when we will also host guests from CSU to learn more about their
programs in promoting healthy eating in South LA.
 
Sunday, March 27, 2016
 
       March 27, 2016                                                                                                                                   Easter Sunday
 
Alleluia!
For the circle, the spiral, the web, the egg, the orbit, the center,
the seed, the flower, the fruit, the opening, the death, the release, the seed.
- Barbara Pescan
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Prelude                                                 Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140                          Johann S. Bach
 
Call to Worship
 
Chalice Lighting
 
*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                                  Nowruz: The Persian New Year                                        Jila Tayefehnowrooz
 
Song of Blessing                                  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!
 
Life Together
 
Offering Speaker                                    Jacki Weber
 
Offering                                                   Alléluia Festif                                                                              Frédéric Debons
 
Easter Prayer
 
Silence
 
Sung Response                                   There’s a Wideness in Your Mercy                                          Calvin Hampton
                                                                There’s a wideness in your mercy like the wideness of the sea;
                                                                There’s a kindness in your justice, which is more than liberty.
                                                                 And the love we serve is broader than the measures of our minds,
                                                                 And the heart of the eternal is most wonderfully kind.
 
Selection                                                Angel Israfel: Whose Heart-Strings Are a Lute               Dominick Argento
 
Reflection                                               Kit Shaw
 
Selection                                                Alleluja, Regina Coeli , K. 108                              Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
 
Easter Message                                                                                                                      Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
 
*Closing Hymn                                    #1068 Rising Green
 
*Benediction
 
Musical Response                             Halle, Halle, Halle                                                                            arr. John L. Bell
 
*Please stand in body or in spirit
 
❦ ❦ ❦ ❦
 
Greeters:                                           Glen Howell, Kris Langabeer, Michael Young & Steve Young
Ushers:                                              Bonnie Brae, Tom Foretich, Jila Tayefehnowrooz & Ned Wright
Coffee:                                               Sheila Bjornlie, Nancy Howell, Leah Moore & Sylvia Young
Bookstore:                                         Mark Warkentin
 
Service Notes
 
Thank you to our guest harpists, Alison Bjorkedal and Allison Allport.
 
Alison Bjorkedal is a GRAMMY award-winning musician who teaches and performs in the Los Angeles
area. She has performed with the San Diego Symphony, Pasadena Symphony/Pops Orchestra, Long
Beach Symphony and Long Beach Opera. Named "excellent player" and "enterprising young harpist" by
the Los Angeles Times, Alison's notable chamber music performances include the world premieres of
works by William Kraft, Anne LeBaron, and Wadada Leo Smith. She is active in the television and
motion picture recording industry. Alison teaches at Pasadena City College and CalARTS.
 
Allison Allport’s harp music is heard on many albums including Muppets: The Green Album . Allison’s
other recording credits include soundtracks such as Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D and Star Wars: The Force
Awakens . Allison has performed many times with the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra, including their
production of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen . Allison has also performed with the Los Angeles
Chamber Orchestra, San Diego Symphony and Pasadena Symphony. Allison is on faculty at California
State University, Northridge and Idyllwild Arts Summer Program; she also maintains a private studio.
Current projects include recording on John Williams’s upcoming film score for The B.F.G. Allison also
serves as president of the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Harp Society.
 
Today, 60% of our offering will go to Homeboy Industries. Homeboy Industries provides hope,
training and support to formerly gang-involved and previously incarcerated men and women in Los
Angeles, offering an “exit ramp” from the cycle of violence, incarceration, and despair, empowering
them to develop the strength and skills to transform their lives and become contributing members of
our community.