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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.

 

Welcome

                                                              Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

Prelude (9:00)

Choral Prelude (11:00)

Ruach Elochim                                                               Lisa Levine

Go Down, Moses                                            Adolphus Hailstork

Chalice Lighting

Karen Canady (9:00)

Nalani & Kim Santiago-Kalmanson (11:00)

Opening Hymn

I'm On My Way

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

Commissioning our Religious Exploration Volunteers

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

                                                      Nora Hamilton, Faith in Action

Offertory                        (9:00)  

                                       (11:00)   

Create in Me a Clean Heart                                       Anonymous

Hiney ma Tov                                                    Maurice Goldman

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.

Responsive Reading #465 

The Wisdom to Survive                                          Wendell Berry

Music for the Morning

Free                                                                              Ginny Owens

                                                  VanNessa Hulme, soprano soloist

Sermon

“No Limits"                                        Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

 Closing Hymn #1008

When Our Heart Is in a Holy Place

 Benediction

 

Postlude (9:00)

Choral Postlude (11:00)

Go Down, Moses                                                arr. Calvin Taylor                                                              

Lebenslust (Love of Life)                                       Franz Schubert

Extinguishing the Chalice

 

 Gathering Hymn

 

Come, come, whoever you are.

Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving.

Ours is no caravan of despair.

Come, yet again come.

Welcome

Sue Bickford, Pulpit Host

Prelude (9:00)

Choral Prelude (11:00)

Sonatina, second movement                                 Robert Fleming

Deep Peace                                                                    Bill Douglas

Chalice Lighting

Bronwen Jones (9:00)

Opening Hymn #298

Wake Now My Senses

 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

 

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                        

                                      

We’re In This Love Together                                         Al Jarreau

                                                          Gabriel Paredes, tenor soloist                                      

Devotional Time

    Pastoral Prayer

    Silence

    Sung Meditation #34

 

                                                                                     Christina Shu

 

Though I May Speak with Bravest Fire

Reading 

Excerpt from Prayers for a Thousand Years

                                                                                   Pema Chödrön                                                                                      

Music for the Morning (9:00)

Choral Anthem (11:00)

Breathe On Me                                                         Robert Jackson

Who Will Remember?                                    David Stanley York

Sermon

“The Journey Down the Mountain”                       Christina Shu

Closing Hymn #168

One More Step                                                                                         

Benediction

 

Postlude (9:00)

Choral Postlude (11:00)

Hommage                                                                 Maurice Dela  

Lebenslust (Love of Life)                                     Franz Schubert

Extinguishing the Chalice

 

Gathering Hymn

 

Come, come whoever you are,

Wanderer, worshipper, lover of leaving.

Ours is no caravan of despair,

Come, yet again come.

 

Ven, ven, cual eres, ven,

Nómada_en búsqueda, si_amas la vida.

La nuestra­_es la caravana de_amor,

Ven, otra vez ven.

Welcome

                                                              Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

Choral Prelude

All Things Are Ready                         William Augustine Ogden

Chalice Lighting

 

Opening Hymn #209

O Come, You Longing Thirsty Souls

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

Part I

What Will You Bring to the Feast?

                from Story, Song and Spirit by Erika Hewitt (adapted)

Song of Blessing

From you I receive, to you I give,

Together we share, and from this we live.

 A Time for Community

Offertory 

Come Home                                                             Peter Eldridge

Part II

The Common Pot

Sung Response #1010

We Give Thanks

Part III

The Lesson

Sung Response

How our garden grows; how we harvest love:

We plant seeds that blossom; the fruit grows forth thereof.

How our garden grows: with stewardship and care.

Hearts and souls become strong from gifts freely shared.

(tune: Cranham by Gustav Holst)

Sharing Gifts

 

Choral Anthem

Tewa (Indigenous) Prayer                                       John M. Maas

Message

                                                              Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

Joining Hands

 

Closing Hymn #1064

Blue Boat Home

 

Benediction

 

Choral Postlude

Lebenslust                                                                Franz Schubert

Extinguishing the Chalice

 

 Gathering Hymn

 

Come, come whoever you are,

Wanderer, worshipper, lover of leaving.

Ours is no caravan of despair,

Come, yet again come.

 

Ven, ven, cual eres, ven,

Nómada_en búsqueda, si_amas la vida.

La nuestra­_es la caravana de_amor,

Ven, otra vez ven.

 

Welcome

                                                              Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

Prelude

The Preacher                                                               Horace Silver

                                                            Scott Roewe, guest musician

Chalice Lighting

 

 Opening Hymn #1028

The Fire of Commitment

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

Bee Strike                                                               Aaron McEmrys

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 

Calling All Angels                                                       Scott Roewe

Devotional Time

    Pastoral Prayer

    Silence

    Hymn

 

Danos un Corazon                   Juan Antonio Espinosa, adapted

 

When I breathe in, I'll breathe in peace,

When I breathe out, I'll breathe out love.

Music for the Morning

Greater Love                                                                Scott Roewe                                            

Message

Gabriella Roscoe and Arturo Hueso

        Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE-LA)

Closing Hymn #1017

We Are Building a New Way

 

Benediction

 

Postlude

Glory, Glory, Hallelujah                                               Traditional

Extinguishing the Chalice

 

Gathering Hymn

My life flows on in endless song

Above earth's lamentation.

I hear the real though far off hymn

That hails a new creation.

Through all the tumult and the strife

I hear the music ringing.

It sounds an echo in my soul.

How can I keep from singing?

 

Welcome             Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

 

Prelude in Spoken Word "I am not Siddhartha"       Pandora Scooter, spoken word artist

 

Chalice Lighting

 

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

 

Time 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             Consolation                                                       Felix Mendelssohn

 

Devotional Time

    Pastoral Prayer

    Silence

    Hymn #271     

                                                                                              

Come Down O Love Divine

 

Spoken Word      "MLK"                                                                    Pandora Scooter          

 

Sermon                "Surrender"                                         Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

 

Closing Hymn     Comfort Me                                                                                       

 

Benediction

 

Postlude in Spoken Word               "Other"                                                                   Pandora Scooter          

 

Extinguishing the Chalice

Order of Service

August 18, 2013

Prelude

This Is Your Life      -     Karl Lisovsky

 Karl Lisovsky, piano; Joe Engleman, clarinet

Welcome

    Angela Lisovsky

Chalice Lighting

  Clelia Davis del Piccolo

¬¬¬ Opening Song #1018

   Come and Go With Me

¬¬¬ Please stand in body or spirit

¬¬¬ 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

Food Offering and a Reflection

                                                                            Liza Cranis

Story for All Ages

The Biggest Liar on the Bayou      

                                  Cajun folktale, told by Jake Brunell

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

Reflections on New Orleans

             Rick Rhoads, Ava Walderman, Maddy Gordon

Offertory 

Inner Inner Ear                                            Karl Lisovsky

                       Karl Lisovsky, piano; Joe Engleman, flute

 

Pulpit Message

                                                                                 Rachel Fleischer

Community News and a Reflection

                                                     Parsa Arjomandinezhad

Meditation

                                                                               Paice van Ooyen

When I breathe in, I'll breathe in peace,

When I breathe out, I'll breathe out love.

Reflections

                         Jacob Weiner (read by Clelia Davis del Piccolo),

                                                 Maxwell de Vita, Angela Lisovsky

Music for the Morning

Way Back Home                                                       Karl Lisovsky

                         Karl Lisovsky, piano; Joe Engleman, saxophone

 

Reflections

                                      Mari Nunan, Jake Brunell, Zane Michael

¬¬¬ Closing Hymn #121

We'll Build a Land

Greeting and Welcome to Guests, and to One Another

                            Dan Patterson

Closing Words and Thanks

                                                                                Paice van Ooyen

Please be seated for the postlude.

Postlude

Golden Slumbers                                           Lennon/McCartney

  –—˜™

Greeters:

Dwight Flowers & David Olson

Ushers:

Tom Early & Phil Bonacich

Coffee: 

Kirk Attebury & Pam Teplitz

Office:

Sheila Cummins

Bookstore :

Alice Koga

Service Notes

Our Generous Congregation offering of 50% of the non pledge offering this month goes to Camp deBenneville Pines. DeBenneville Pines is a UU camp in the San Bernardino National Forest, about 90 miles east of Los Angeles. Since 1962, Unitarian Universalists have gathered in the pines to experience the wonder of the natural world while deepening their connections to their faith and one another. DeBenneville Pines is open year-round to host inspiring and unforgettable programs in liberal religion, nature, music, women's and men's spirituality, as well as popular camp-style experiences for children, youth, young adults, adults, families, and elders. Register for your time in the pines with the all-church weekend Sept 13-15 by emailing Jacki Weber at jacki.weber@gmail.com. Details at www.uucamp.org/

Gathering Hymn

 

Come, come, whoever you are.

Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving.

Ours is no caravan of despair.

Come, yet again come.

Welcome

Rob Briner, Worship Associate

Prelude

Arabesque No. 1                                                                 Debussy                                     

Chalice Lighting

 

Opening Hymn #298

Wake Now, My Senses

 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

Coyote and the River                      told by Emmalinda MacLean

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 

Everybody (is Everybody Else)                        Roy Zimmerman

Devotional Time

    Pastoral Prayer

    Silence

 

Into the Silence

 

Pulpit Message

Congregational Covenant                                             Rob Briner

Music for the Morning

 I’m Fired                                                              Roy Zimmerman       

Sermon

"How Well-Rounded Are You?"                        Rev. Ernie Pipes

 Closing Hymn #315

This Old World                                                                                         

 Benediction

Postlude

  Defender of Marriage                                       Roy Zimmerman

Extinguishing the Chalice

 

Let us rejoice in the light of this day, in the glory and warmth of the summer sun, and in the blooming and bursting of new life. Let us rejoice in the earth with its grass and trees, its weeds and flowers, its many fruits and hidden treasures. Let us rejoice together this day.

 ~ Connie Sternberg

 

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.

Welcome

Leonard Cachola, Worship Associate

Prelude

 

Ungaresca                                                        Medieval folk dance

Lynn Angebranndt, cello

Chalice Lighting

Bettye Barclay

Opening Hymn #83

Winds Be Still

 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

Poems for All Ages 

from "Where the Sidewalk Ends"                         Shel Silverstein

read by Bettye Barclay

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

Sabbath Prayer (from "Fiddler on the Roof")        Jerry Bock

Introduction & Meditation

Let This House Be Quiet                                       Jacob Trapp

read by Rima Snyder

Pray for Peace, If You Knew

 

                                                                                      Ellen Bass

read by Bettye Barclay

Responsive Reading #557

A Common Destiny                                         David H. Eaton

Music for the Morning

Im frühling                                                        Franz Schubert

Dusk Was Falling        

Inevitable Move                                                                 

                                                                                  Dick Barnes

                                                                            Aliki Barnstone

read by Rima Snyder

A Wasp Woman Visits a Black Junkie in Prison, Haiku

                                                                      

                                                                         Etheridge Knight

read by Carrie Lauer

 Closing Hymn #17

Every Night and Every Morn

Benediction

 

Postlude

Intermezzo in A major                                 Johannes Brahms

Extinguishing the Chalice

 

 

 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.

 

Welcome

Vilma Ortiz, Worship Associate

Prelude

 

Danny Gledhill, piano

 

Chalice Lighting

 

 

 Opening Hymn #116

I'm On My Way

 

 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

 

 

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 

Adagio ma non troppo                                                       J.S.Bach

Lorene Boisvert & Kay Min, guest musicians

 

Devotional Time

    Pastoral Prayer

    Silence

    Sung Meditation (#1009 )

 

 

 

When I breathe in, I'll breathe in peace.

When I breathe out, I'll breathe out love.

 

Music for the Morning

Oblivion                                                                    Astor Piazzola

 

Sermon

"Justice for Immigrants"                                                       

                               Kent Wong, Director of UCLA Labor Center

                               Carlos Avila, DREAM Activist

 

 Closing Hymn #1064

Blue Boat Home                                                                                         

 

 Benediction

 

 

Postlude

Libertango                                                                Astor Piazzola                                                             

 

Extinguishing the Chalice

 

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.

                                                                                                   

 

Welcome

Amelia Monteiro, Worship Associate

 

Prelude

Wandering Ones                                                     Danny Gledhill

Danny Gledhill, piano

Chalice Lighting

 

 

 Opening Hymn #170

We Are A Gentle, Angry People

 

 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

The First Drum                                                                                          told by Geno Monteiro

 

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

Step Up on Second                                               Rhonda Peacock

 

Offertory 

Prelude in G Major                                    Johann Sebastian Bach

 

Devotional Time

    Pastoral Prayer

    Silence

    Sung Meditation (#1009 )

 

Councils                                                                      Marge Piercy

 

When I breathe in, I'll breathe in peace.

When I breathe out, I'll breathe out love.

 

Responsive Reading #591  

I Call That Church Free                               James Luther Adams                                                                                  

 

Music for the Morning

A Comforting Embrace                                        Danny Gledhill                                             

 

Sermon

"The Good Work"                                                         Jessica Clay

 

Closing Hymn #1064

Blue Boat Home                                                                                        

 

Benediction

 

Postlude

I Know You                                                           Danny Gledhill  

 

Extinguishing the Chalice