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Sunday, July 6, 2014
                                                  Order of Service -  July 6, 2014
 
 
 
*** Gathering Hymn                                         Enter, rejoice, and come in.
                                                                             Enter, rejoice, and come in.
                                                                            Today will be a joyful day,
                                                                             Enter, rejoice, and come in.
 
*** Please stand in body or spirit.
 
Welcome                                                          Jeremy Arnold, Worship Associate
 
Prelude                                                             “Shell”                                                                              Ronald O’Hannon
 
Chalice Lighting                                              Angela Lisovsky
 
Opening Hymn                                                #305 De Colores
Latecomers will be seated.
 
*** 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 For All Ages                                           “The Little Horse”                                                    by Viginia Lee Burton
                                                                                read by Jeremy Arnold
 
***Song of Blessing                                     Go now in peace, go now in peace.
                                                                          May the spirit of love surround you
                                                                          As you go, as you go, on your way.                  - Natalie Sleeth, adapted
 
A Time for Community
 
Offertory                                                            “Free Falling”                                                                 Ronald O’Hannon
 
Devotional Time
Pastoral Prayer                                                “Title Poem”                                                                                   by Rilke
Reading                                                             “Hard Rain”                                                                By Tony Hoagland
Silence
Responsive Reading                                      #642 Psalm 23
 
Music for the Morning                                      “Better”                                                                         Ronald O’Hannon
 
                             Sermon     “Who Ate California?”        Rev. Jim Conn
 
Please remain standing in body or spirit and hold hands for the benediction.
 
*** Closing Hymn                                            #168 One More Step
 
*** Benediction                                                 #698 Your Are Not Alone
 
Extinguishing the Chalice
 
*** Postlude                                                       “Fix You”                                                                arr. DeReau K. Farrar
 
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Greeters: Denise Helton, Sanna Egan & Tom Foretich
Ushers: Rick Rhoads & Ned Wright
Coffee: Pam Teplitz
Bookstore: Nancy Babbit
Backyard Bounty: Sue Stoyanoff
 
 
Service Notes
 
As you may know, as of July 1 the congregation has approved an increase to the community gift we make
each Sunday to an organization outside the church. This has been 50%, and will now increase to 60%. For
the week of July 6th, 60% of the non-pledge offering will go to CLUE-LA, (Clergy and Laity United for
Economic Justice). CLUE-LA was founded in 1996 to bring together clergy and lay leaders of all faiths to
join low-wage workers in their struggles for justice.
 
Rev. Jim Conn is the founding minister of the Church in Ocean Park. He also helped found the Clergy and
Laity United for Economic Justice, Los Angeles (CLUE-LA) as well as the Santa Monica renter’s rights
campaign. Rev. Conn is also affiliated with Capital & Main as a writer and the Asset Based Community
Development Institute.
 
Layered background vocals coupled with textured melodies make up the Ohannon sound. The band
focuses on creating mood through vocalization while delivering a message that is identifiable and positive
for its listeners. The music can be described as a hodgepodge of sounds and genres- influenced greatly by
Old Soul and Folk music. Ohannon’s band has performed throughout the Los Angeles area promoting
the recently released EP, “Art Over Accolade”. Many of the EP’s songs center around some form of faith,
and the doubt and struggle that accompanies the human experience. The EP has been featured on many
blogs and websites, one of which describes Ohannon as, “one of the most talented individuals many of us
have never heard”. With the release of “Art Over Accolade”, Ohannon hopes that the listener will take the
time to feel and enjoy, and really “listen”.
 
For more information visit: Ohannonmusic.com
Sunday, June 29, 2014
Order of Service  - June 29, 2014
 
"The foregoing generations beheld God and nature face to face; we, through their eyes. Why should
not we also enjoy an original relation to the Universe?" ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
 
*** Gathering Hymn                                  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.
*** Please stand in body or spirit.
 
Welcome                                                     Rima Snyder, pulpit host
 
Prelude                                                       “Dream of Peace”                                                                Debra Penberthy
 
Chalice Lighting
 
Opening Hymn                                            #315 This Old World
Latecomers will be seated.
 
*** 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                                         Hidden Treasures                                                                Catherine Loya
 
***Song of Blessing                                     Go now in peace, go now in peace.
                                                                          May the spirit of love surround you
                                                                          As you go, as you go, on your way.                      Natalie Sleeth, adapted
 
A Time for Community
 
Offertory                                                        “I Believe I Can Fly”                                                              arr. Tony Esposito
 
Devotional Time
Pastoral Prayer                                            Children                                                                                         Kahlil Gibran
Silence
Sung Response #1031                              May I be filled with loving kindness, may I be well.
                                                                         May I be filled with loving kindness, may I be well.
                                                                         May I be peaceful and at ease, may I be whole.
 
Responsive Reading #657                        It Matters What we Believe                                                Sophia Lyon Fahs
 
Music for the Morning                                  “Half the Sky”                                                                         Debra Penberthy
 
Sermon “Just Us” Rev. Carrie Lauer
 
Please remain standing in body or spirit and hold hands for the benediction.
 
*** Closing Hymn #295                              Sing Out Praises For the Journey
 
*** Benediction and Extinguishing the Chalice
 
*** Postlude                                                 “Youkali”                                                                                             Kurt Weill
 
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Greeters: Bryan Cahill, Glen Howell & Karen Hsu Patterson
Ushers: Tom Foretich & Peggy Kharraz
Coffee: Patrick Meighan, Resa Foreman & Jila Tayefehnowrooz
Bookstore: Nancy Babbit
Backyard Bounty: Rima Snyder
 
 
Service Notes
 
This month, 50% of the non-pledge offering will go to Common Ground: The Westside HIV Community Center.
Now housed within the Venice Family Clinic, Common Ground is the only HIV agency on the Westside of Los
Angeles and 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.
 
Welcome to our guest musician this morning, Debra Penberthy. Debra is a wonderful local singer-songwriter
who has been involved in social justice and activating human potential her entire career. She has been
performing and writing since the mid-90s, and is now putting her work out on a wider scale—recording her first
professional EP, which includes "Half the Sky," written as a theme song for the Half the Sky Movement
(www.halftheskymovement.org). There will be an event to help fund the EP on July 17th at 8:00pm at Throop
Memorial Church. The event will include performances by Ty Fance, Nicole Starrett, Debra, and others. There is
a $10 suggested donation or $15 to reserve a copy of the EP. More info and music at www.debrapenberthy.com
and soundcloud.com/debra-penberthy.
 
Also, a big welcome back to Michael Antaramian, who is filling in this morning for Daniel Gledhill, while he is
away on vacation.
 
Sunday, June 22, 2014
Order of Service - June 22, 2014
 
*** Gathering Hymn                                            Fuente de_Amor, ven hacia mí.
                                                                                Y_al corazón, cántale tu compasión.
                                                                                Sopla_al volar, sube_en la mar,
                                                                                Hasta_al moldear la justicia de la vida.
                                                                                Arráigame, libérame,
                                                                                Fuente de_Amor, ven a mí, ven a mí.
                                                                                                                                    - Carloyn McDade, trans. Ervin Barrios
 
*** Please stand in body or spirit.
 
Welcome                                                               Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
 
Prelude                                                                  “Andante Religioso” from Sonata IV                       Felix Mendelssohn
 
Chalice Lighting
 
*** Opening Hymn                                                #207 Earth Was Given as a Garden
 
*** 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.
                                                                                                                                                        - from the Genevan Psalter
 
Offering for the Westside Food Bank
 
Story for All Ages
 
Song of Blessing                                                   This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine...
                                                                                   Everywhere I go, I’m gonna let it shine…
 
A Time for Community
 
Offertory                                                                  "Toccata all'Offertorio"                                                  Zipoli, Dominico
 
Devotional Time
              Pastoral Prayer
              Silence
              Sung Response                                       Come and find the quiet center in the crowded life we lead.
                                                                                   Find the room for hope to enter,
                                                                                   Find the frame where we are freed.
                                                                                   Clear the chaos and the clutter, clear our eyes that we can see
                                                                                   All the things that really matter, be at peace, and simply be.
                                                                                                                                        - Shirley Erena Murray, attr. BF White
 
Responsive Reading                                            #659 For You                                                                     Walt Whitman
 
Music for the Morning                                           “Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier”, BWV 731      Johann Sebastian Bach
 
Sermon “Transcendence: Virtue in Virtual Reality” Rev. Silvio Nardoni
 
*** Closing Hymn                                                   #295 Sing Out Praises for the Journey
 
Please remain standing in body or spirit and hold hands for the benediction.
 
*** Benediction
 
Please be seated for the postlude.
 
Postlude                                                                 “Allegro con brio” from Sonata IV                           Felix Mendelssohn
 
Extinguishing the Chalice
 
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Greeters:                                                                 Glen Howell, Steve Young & Elaine Gordon
Ushers:                                                                    Bonnie Brae & Carie Lauer
Coffee:                                                                     Nancy Howell & Sylvia Young
Bookstore:                                                              Nancy Babbitt
Backyard Bounty:                                                   Roberta Frye
 
Service Notes
 
We are so honored to have, as our guest musician this morning, Dr. Paul D. Meier. Paul is Associate
Organist of St. James’ Church (Episcopal), Los Angeles. His recent performance highlights include
appearances as a featured organist with the Los Angeles Master Chorale at Walt Disney Concert
Hall and with the Pacific Symphony at Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. He has also
played services at Westminster Abbey, St. George’s Chapel, Windsor and the Anglican cathedrals of
Canterbury, Oxford, and Wells. He holds a DMA and MM from the USC Thornton School of Music
and BM from Rice University.
 
This month, 50% of the non-pledge offering will go to Common Ground: The Westside HIV
Community Center. Now housed within the Venice Family Clinic, Common Ground is the only HIV
agency on the Westside of Los Angeles and 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 15, 2014
 
                       Order of Service                           June 15, 2014
 
 
*** Gathering Hymn                                  Oh, I woke up this morning with my mind stayed on freedom…
                                                                      Hallelu, hallelelu, halleluia.
                                                                      I was walking and talking with my mind stayed on freedom…
                                                                      Hallelu, hallelelu, halleluia.
 
*** Please stand in body or spirit.
 
Call to Worship                                           Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
 
Prelude                                                        “Lord, How Come Me Here?”                                        arr. Sylvia Olden Lee
 
Chalice Lighting                                         Mark Christiansen
 
*** Opening Hymn                                     #1045 There is a Balm in Gilead
 
*** 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.                   – based on Isaac Watts
 
Offering for the Westside Food Bank
 
Story for All Ages                                          All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom
                                                                                                                         by Angela Johnson, illustrated by E.B. Lewis
 
Song of Blessing                                        Go now in peace, go now in peace,
                                                                       May the spirit of love surround you
                                                                       As you go, as you go
                                                                       On your way.                                                                               – Natalie Sleeth
 
A Time for Community
 
Offertory                                                        “Roun’ About de Mountain”                                                  arr. Roland Hayes
 
Devotional Time
        Pastoral Prayer
        Silence
        Sung Response                                   #1015 I Know I Can
 
Responsive Reading                                  #586 The Idea of Democracy Abraham Lincoln
 
Music for the Morning                                   “I Am Seeking for a City”                                         arr. Jacqueline Hairston
 
Sermon       “Forever Free”       Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
 
*** Closing Hymn                                          #156 Oh, Freedom
 
Please remain standing in body or spirit and hold hands for the benediction.
 
*** Benediction
 
Please be seated for the postlude.
 
Postlude                                                        “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”                                                arr. H.T. Burleigh
 
Extinguishing the Chalice
 
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Greeters:                                                        Dwight Flowers & David Olson
Ushers:                                                           Ned Wright & Dan Patterson
Coffee:                                                            Alicia Van Ooyen & Kirk Attebury
Bookstore:                                                      Nancy Babbitt
Backyard Bounty:                                          Sue Bickford
 
 
Service Notes
 
This morning's flowers are dedicated to Annaliva Martin-Straw and Sophia Martin-Straw by their very
proud mother. Annalivia has graduated from 8th grade, and Sophia has graduated from 5th grade, and
they will be moving up to high school and middle school in September. I celebrate your successes, and I
love you more than words can ever say.
 
Our guest musician this morning, Gertrude Bradley, is a lyrico-spinto soprano with an extensive
background in the performance of opera (particularly Puccini), musical theater, art song, and spirituals.
She has appeared in concerts in premiere venues throughout The United States, Taiwan, Spain, Israel,
Switzerland, Germany, and elsewhere. She is a featured soloist at Crenshaw Christian Center in Los
Angeles, has sung numerous recitals for African Americans for Los Angeles Opera, and is a former
member of the world-renowned Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers.
 
This month, 50% of the non-pledge offering will go to Common Ground: The Westside HIV Community
Center. Now housed within the Venice Family Clinic, Common Ground is the only HIV agency on the
Westside of Los Angeles and 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 8, 2014
                         
                          Order of Service                      June 8, 2014
 
“A diversity of love is what supports the ecosystem of kindness.”
                                                                                                                   - Andrew Solomon
 
*** Gathering Hymn                                         We are a gentle, angry people.
                                                                             And we are singing, singing for our lives.
                                                                             We are a gentle, angry people.
                                                                             And we are singing, singing for our lives.                           - Holly Near
 
*** Please stand in body or spirit.
 
Welcome                                                             Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
 
Prelude                                                                Preludium, KV624                                          Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
 
Chalice Lighting
 
Opening Hymn                                                  #298 Wake, Now, My Senses
 
Latecomers will be seated.
 
*** 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.         – based on Isaac Watts
 
Offering for the Westside Food Bank
 
Time For All Ages                                                  Tim the Tiger                                                                by Rev. Rick Hoyt
                                                                                          retold by Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
 
Song of Blessing                                                    Go now in peace, go now in peace.
                                                                                    May the spirit of love surround you
                                                                                    As you go, as you go, on your way.          - Natalie Sleeth, adapted
 
A Time for Community
 
Offertory                                                                     The Way it Is                                                                    Daniel Gledhill
 
Devotional Time
        Pastoral Prayer
        Silence
        Sung Response                                              #123 Spirit of Life
 
Responsive Reading                                             #657 It Matters What We Believe                           Sophia Lyon Fahs
 
Music for the Morning                                              Prelude No. 9 in E minor                                               Gabriel Faure
 
Sermon           “Why We March”              Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
 
Please remain standing in body or spirit and hold hands for the benediction.
 
*** Benediction and Extinguishing the Chalice
 
*** Recessional                                                   Siyahamb’__ e-ku-kha-nyen’ kwen-khos’
                                                                                siyahamb’__ e-ku-kha-nyen’ kwen-khos’. (repeat)
                                                                                Siyahamba, hamba, siyahamba, hamba,
                                                                                siyahamb’__ e-ku-kha-nyen’ kwen-khos’. (repeat)
                                                                                We are marching in the light of God…    
                                                                                                                                                               - South Africa, 20th cent.
 
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Greeter:                                                                  Kris Langabeer
Ushers:                                                                  Kit Shaw & Tom Early
Coffee:                                                                    Robert & Phyllis Kory
Bookstore:                                                             Nancy Babbitt
Backyard Bounty:                                                  Melinda Ewen
 
Service Notes
 
This month, 50% of the non-pledge offering will go to Common Ground: The Westside HIV
Community Center. Now housed within the Venice Family Clinic, Common Ground is the only HIV
agency on the Westside of Los Angeles and is committed to helping everyone know their HIV status and making sure that people that live with the virus find - and stay connected to - medical care.
Sunday, January 12, 2014

 Gathering Hymn:

Oh, we give thanks for this precious day,

For all gathered here, and those far away;

For this time we share with love and care,

Oh, we give thanks for this precious day.

Please stand in body or spirit

 

Welcome                                                             Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

Prelude                                                                 The Face We Wear                                                  Daniel Gledhill

Choral Prelude                                                   The Blue Bird                                                  Charles V.  Stanford

 

Chalice Lighting                                        Jo An Gaines (11:00)

Opening Hymn #126                                 Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing

Covenant

 Love is the doctrine of this church.     

The quest of 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, good will on earth be sung

Through every land, by every tongue.                 

~ based on Isaac Watts

 

Offering for the Westside Food Bank

Story for All Ages                               Celebrating 50 Years Together: An Interview with Edna and Phil Bonacich

 

Song of Blessing              

Go now in peace,

Go now in peace,

May the spirit of love surround you

As you go, as you go

On your way.                                                                  

~ Natalie Sleeth

 

A Time for Community

Pulpit Message                                                      Fundraising Committee

Offertory                                                                   Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing           arr. Daniel Gledhill

Devotional Time

    Pastoral Prayer

    Silence

    Sung Meditation                                                 Comfort Me

Responsive Reading #489                                  When Love is Felt or Fear is Known                          Max A. Coots

Music for the Morning                                         Continuing On                                                           Daniel Gledhill

Choral Anthem                                                      Shaker Gifts                                           Dorothy Lamb Crawford

 

Sermon                “In the Beginning”                            Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

 

Closing Song #1017                                       We are Building A New Way                                                                            

Please remain standing in body or spirit and hold hands for the benediction.

Benediction

Please be seated for the postlude.

Postlude (9:00)                                                       Clair de lune                                                          Claude Debussy

Choral Response (11:00)                                     Consider the Lilies                                                  Gordon Young

Extinguishing the Chalice

 

Service Notes

Today’s Generous Congregation of 50% of the non pledge offering will go to the UU 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, January 5, 2014

Order of Service

January 5, 2014

                                         "Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence." — Lin Yutang

Gathering Hymn

 

Come, come, whoever you are.

Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving.

Ours is no caravan of despair.

Come, yet again come.

Please stand in body or spirit

Welcome

Worship Associate

Prelude (9:00)

 

Chalice Lighting

  

 

Opening Hymn #95

There is More Love Somewhere

Covenant

 

Love is the doctrine of this church.     

The quest of 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, good will on earth be sung

Through every land, by every tongue.                  ~ based on Isaac Watts

Offering for the Westside Food Bank

Story for All Ages

 Pandora’s Jar                                                      Gail Forsyth-Vail

 

Song of Blessing

Go now in peace,

Go now in peace,

May the spirit of love surround you

As you go, as you go

On your way.                                                                   ~ Natalie Sleeth

 A Time for Community

Pulpit Message 

Offertory 

 

Devotional Time

    Pastoral Prayer

    Silence

    Sung Meditation

 

Jason Cook

 

#title

Reading 

“Living in Terror”                      Vivian Salama (Adapted From)

Music for the Morning

                                             

 

Sermon

“The Hope Jar” Jason Cook

Closing Hymn #1020

Woyaya                                                                                         

Please remain standing in body or spirit and hold hands for the benediction.

 Benediction

Please be seated for the postlude.

Postlude (9:00)

Choral Postlude (11:00)

  

Extinguishing the Chalice–—˜™

Flowers:

 

Greeters:

(9:00)

(11:00)

Ushers:

(9:00)

(11:00)

Coffee: 

(9:00)

(11:00)

Office:

 

Bookstore :

 

Service Notes

Today’s Generous Congregation of 50% of the non pledge offering will go to organization name and brief description. 

Sunday, October 13, 2013

Gathering Hymn

 

We would be one, as now we join in singing

Our hymn of love, to pledge ourselves anew

To that high cause of greater understanding

Of who we are, and what in us is true.

We would be one in living for each other

To show to all a new community.

 

Welcome

                                                              Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

Prelude

There is a Balm in Gilead                                            John Turner                                                                              

Chalice Lighting

                                                                         James Witker (11:00)

Opening Hymn #40

The Morning Hangs a Signal

 Covenant

 

Love is the doctrine of this church.     

The quest of 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, good will on earth be sung

Through every land, by every tongue.                  ~ based on Isaac Watts

Offering for the Westside Food Bank

Time for All Ages

 

Song of Blessing

As we leave this friendly place,

Love give light to every face;

May the kindness which we learn

Light our hearts till we return.

A Time for Community

Offertory                         (9:00)

                                       (11:00)

                                

Variations                                                                  Pierre Gallant

Up Where We Belong                                      Buffy Sainte-Marie

                             Jyvonne Haskin and Gabriel Paredes, soloists

Devotional Time

    Pastoral Prayer

    Silence

    Sung Response #15

 

                                                      William Sloan Coffin (adapted)                                                                                                                                                 

 

The Lone, Wild Bird

Responsive Reading #642

Psalm 23                              Congregation Beth El, Sudbury, MA

Music for the Morning (9:00)

 

Choral Anthem (11:00)

Up Where We Belong                                      Buffy Sainte-Marie

                              Jyvonne Haskin and Gabriel Paredes, soloists

I Believe                                                                         Mark Miller

Sermon

"Fluent In Faith"                                 Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

 

Closing Song  

Come and Go With Me

Benediction

 

Postlude (9:00)

Choral Postlude (11:00)

I'll Fly Away                                     traditional, arr. Mark Hayes

The Falling Star (from Constellation)                       Frank Ticheli

Extinguishing the Chalice

 

Sunday, October 6, 2013

 Gathering Hymn

 

This is my song, O God of all the nations,

A song of peace for lands afar and mine.

This is my home, the country where my heart is;

Here are my hopes, my dreams, my holy shrine;

But other hearts in other lands are beating

With hopes and dreams as true and high as mine.

Welcome

                                                              Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

Prelude

"Everything Must Change"                                      James Ingram

Jay Roberts, soloist

Chalice Lighting

Janet Goodwin, Interweave LGBTQ Community

Opening Hymn #1014

Standing On the Side of Love

Covenant

 

Love is the doctrine of this church.     

The quest of 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, good will on earth be sung

Through every land, by every tongue.                  ~ based on Isaac Watts

Offering for the Westside Food Bank

Time for All Ages

Marching in the 2013 Pride Parade (slideshow)

Song of Blessing

We are a gentle, angry people,

And we are singing, singing for our lives.

We are young and old together…

A Time for Community

Pulpit Message

Our Whole Lives, Sexuality Education for Adults

Devotional Time

    Pastoral Prayer

    Silence

    Sung Response #6

 

                                                                                                                                                

 

Just As Long As I Have Breath

Generous Congregation Speaker

                                   Liam Mina, The Trevor Project

Offertory                                                         

Take Me As I Am (from Jekyll and Hyde)           Frank Wildhorn

             Babatunde Akinboboye and VanNessa Hulme, soloists

Responsive Reading #576

A Litany of Restoration                    Marjorie Bowens-Wheatley

Music for the Morning (9:00)

Choral Anthem (11:00)

Sicilian Blue                                                                           Hiromi

You're Still You                                                    Ennio Morricone

Introduction to Westside Bi-Social Chat 

                                                                   Geoff Lee

Message

Coming Out Day: Bisexuals, the Queer Majority

                                               Ian Lawrence & Kate Harlan, amBi;

                                                             L.A.'s Bi Social Community                                                               

Closing Hymn 

Keep On Moving Forward                                    Pat Humphries

Benediction

 

Postlude (9:00)

Choral Postlude (11:00)

Song Without Words                                       Felix Mendelssohn

The Falling Star (from Constellation)                       Frank Ticheli

Extinguishing the Chalice

 

Sunday, September 29, 2013

Gathering Hymn

 

Gathered here in the mystery of the hour,

Gathered here in one strong body.

Gathered here, in the struggle and the power,

Spirit, draw near.

Call To Worship #441

                                                                                         Jacob Trapp

Prelude

Kiss Lonely Goodbye                                              Stevie Wonder

Jyvonne Haskin, alto soloist

Chalice Lighting

Nalani Santiago-Kalmanson (11:00)

Opening Hymn #1

May Nothing Evil Cross This Door

Covenant

 

Love is the doctrine of this church.     

The quest of 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, good will on earth be sung

Through every land, by every tongue.                  ~ based on Isaac Watts

Offering for the Westside Food Bank

Time for All Ages

John 6:5 -15                        retold by Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

Song of Blessing

This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine…

Everywhere I go, I’m gonna let it shine...

A Time for Community

Pulpit Message

                      Patricia Wright, Long Range Planning Committee

Community Speakers

                         Martine Singer and Nieves Rico, Para los Niños

Offertory                        (9:00)  

                                       (11:00)   

Come Just as You Are                                           Joseph Sabolick

Would You Harbor Me?                            Ysaye Maria Barnwell

Devotional Time

    Pastoral Prayer

    Silence

    Sung Response #17

 

                                                                      Janet Morley, adapted                                                                                

 

Every Night and Every Morn

Reading

from Sleeping with Bread: Holding What Gives You Life

           by Dennis Linn, Sheila Fabricant Linn, & Matthew Linn

Music for the Morning (9:00)

Choral Anthem (11:00)

Prelude, Op. 23 #4                                        Sergei Rachmaninoff                                                                           

Festival Introit                                                               Greg Knauf                                                 

Sermon

“Loaves and Fishes"                          Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

Closing Hymn  

There Is More Love Somewhere

 Benediction

 

Postlude (9:00)

Choral Postlude (11:00)

True Colors                                       Billy Steinberg & Tom Kelly

Lebenslust (Love of Life)                                       Franz Schubert

Extinguishing the Chalice