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Sunday, July 14, 2013

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

Abby Arnold, Worship Associate

Prelude

Clap Your Hands                                                           John P. Kee

The Selah Gospel Choir

Chalice Lighting

Jeremy Arnold

 Opening Hymn #113

Where Is Our Holy Church?             

 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

Stone Soup                                                                    Jon J. Muth

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

Jessica Fant-Chapin

Offertory

My Life, My Love, My All                                       Kirk Franklin

Devotional Time

    Pastoral Prayer

    Silence

    Hymn #123

 

                                                                            Howard Thurman

 

Spirit of Life

 

Reading

At the Galleria                                                        Tony Hoagland

from "Unincorporated persons in the Late Honda Dynasty"                    

Music for the Morning

Healing                                                            Richard Smallwood           

Sermon

“Plantation Capitalism- The Financialization of Life”            

                                                                                    Rev. Jim Conn                                

 

 Closing Hymn #131

Love Will Guide Us

 Benediction

Postlude

The Best is Yet to Come                                    Donald Lawrence

Extinguishing the Chalice

 

Sunday, July 7, 2013

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

Simple Gifts                                                             Aaron Copland

Thomas S. Ahern, bass-baritone            Ryan Humphrey, piano

 

Chalice Lighting

Laura Matthews

 

Opening Hymn #305

De Colores               

 

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

 

Dedicating Ourselves to Our Children

 

Mingus Daly Thompson

Born May 17, 2012

14 months old

son of Katrina Daly Thompson, brother of Coltrane Thompson

Congregational Welcome

 

We welcome Mingus Daly Thompson.

We rejoice with his family in the promise he brings.

We will try to live our lives as models of pride and integrity to the young.

We take upon ourselves the privilege and responsibility of helping to nurture

the character and spirit of our children.

On behalf of the greater community of Unitarian Universalism, we pledge to him and his family the love and support of our churches as warm and caring places for religious growth.

 

Song of Blessing

Sleep, my child, and peace attend you,

All through the night.

I who love you shall be near you,

All through the night.

Soft the drowsy hours are creeping,

Hill and vale in slumber sleeping,

I my loving vigil keeping,

All through the night.

 

 A Time for Community

 

Generous Congregation Speaker                                            Janet Goodwin, Hunger Task Force

 

Offertory

To Lost Epochs                                                    Ryan Humphrey

 

Devotional Time

    Pastoral Prayer

    Silence

    Hymn #20

 

 

 

Be Thou My Vision

 

 

Music for the Morning

All You Need Is Love               John Lennon & Paul McCartney

 

Sermon

"Seeing More Clearly"                       Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

 

Closing Hymn #1017

Building a New Way

 

Benediction

 

 

Postlude

A Simple Song                                                   Leonard Bernstein

 

Extinguishing the Chalice

 

Sunday, June 30, 2013

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.

 

Call To Worship

Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

 

Prelude

Gymnopedie #1                                                                 Eric Satie

Andrew Abaria, piano

 

Chalice Lighting

Judith Martin-Straw

 

Opening Hymn #317                            

We Are Not Our Own

 

 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

Triangle Town

 

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           

Boulevard of Broken Hearts                                Andrew Abaria

 

Devotional Time

    Pastoral Prayer

    Silence

    Hymn  

 

 

 

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

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

 

Responsive Reading #530

Out of the Stars                                                   Robert T. Weston

 

Music for the Morning

Silent Tonight                                                         Andrew Abaria

 

Sermon

"Interdependence Day"                     Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur                                 

 

Closing Hymn #1064

Blue Boat Home

 

 

Benediction

 

Postlude

We Are the Underdogs                                         Andrew Abaria

 

Extinguishing the Chalice

 

Sunday, June 23, 2013

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.

Welcome

Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

Prelude

Go Wake A Heart                                                           John Flynn

Chalice Lighting

Sue Bickford

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

 

Song For All Ages

The Giving Stone                                                           John Flynn

 

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

Only One                                                                         John Flynn

 

Devotional Time

    Pastoral Prayer

    Silence

    Hymn

 

 

 

Fuente de_Amor, ven hacia mí.

Y_al corazón, cántale tu compasión.

Sopla_al volar, sube_en la mar,

Hasta moldear la justicia de la vida.

Arráigame, libérame,

Fuente de_Amor, ven a mi, ven a mi.

 

Reading

The Unbroken                                                              Rashani Rea

 

Music for the Morning

Arabesque No. 1                                                   Claude Debussy

 

Reflection

"Kintsugi, Finding Beauty in Brokenness"                 John Flynn        

 

Closing Hymn #6

Just as Long as I Have Breath

 

Benediction

 

Postlude

Benediction                                                                     John Flynn        

 

Extinguishing the Chalice

 

Sunday, June 16, 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.

 

Welcome

Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

 

Prelude

Pave a New Road                                                      Eric Roberson 

Pia Simone

 

Chalice Lighting

 

 

Opening Hymn                             

Woke Up This Morning               

 

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

Emmalinda MacLean, Acting Director of Religious Exploration

 

Song of Blessing #414

As we leave this friendly place,

Love give light to ev'ry face;

May the kindness which we learn

Light our hearts till we return.

 

 A Time for Community

 

Offertory           

Strength, Courage and Wisdom                            India Simpson

Margaret Best - Collins

 

Devotional Time

    Pastoral Prayer

    Silence

    Hymn #86 

 

 

 

Blessed Spirit of My Life

 

 

Reading

Looking Beneath the Surface                                             Rick M.

 

Music for the Morning

Better                                                                  Ronald O’Hannon

Ronald O’Hannon 

 

Sermon

"Dad's In Prison"                                                     Bronwen Jones

 

Closing Hymn #205

Amazing Grace

 

Benediction

 

Please be seated for the postlude.

 

Postlude

I’ll Be There                                                                  Berry Gordy 

 

Extinguishing the Chalice

 

Sunday, June 9, 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 (9:00)

Choral Prelude (11:00)

Song Without Words, op. 102 no. 4               Felix Mendelssohn

Thula Sizwe              South African folksong, arr. Carolyn Lynn                      

 

Chalice Lighting

 

 

Opening Hymn (9:00)

                                  (11:00)

#309 Earth Is Our Homeland

Woke Up This Morning               

 

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 #414

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)

Sicilian Blue                                                                           Hiromi

Dirait-on                                                             Morten Lauridsen

 

Devotional Time

    Pastoral Prayer

    Silence

    Hymn #1002 

 

 

 

Comfort Me

 

 

Responsive Reading #658

To Risk

 

Music for the Morning (9:00)

Choral Anthem (11:00)

Shall We Gather at the River                                       Traditional

I'm Gonna Live So God Can Use Me               arr. Roger Wesby

 

Sermon

"Daring Greatly"                                Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

 

Closing Hymn #121

We'll Build a Land

 

Benediction

 

Postlude

Prelude in C# minor, op. 32 #12                Sergei Rachmaninoff

 

Extinguishing the Chalice

 

Sunday, June 2, 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.

 

Welcome

Nalani Santiago-Kalmanson, Youth RE Programs

 

Prelude (9:00)

Choral Prelude (11:00)

Precious Memories                                                      John Turner                                                               

Thula Sizwe           South African folk song, arr. Caroline Lyon

 

Chalice Lighting

Pre-K/Kindergarten Class (Chalice Children Class)

 

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                  Nicole Henderson-MacLennan, Children’s RE

 

Bridging Ceremony

UUCCSM High School Class of 2013

 

Hymn #1023

Building Bridges

 

A Time for Community

Carol-Jean Teuffel, Adult RE Programs

 

Story for All Ages

Stone Soup

Sabina Mayo-Smith, Children’s RE &the Spirit Seekers Class

 

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                                                          

 

Sung Response

Sung to the tune of
“We Are Climbing Jacob’s Ladder”

On and on the circle’s moving (3x), sisters, brothers, all.

Every round a generation (3x), brightening our world.

If I stumble, will you help me? (3x) We are climbing on.

Strong is what we make each other (3x), sisters, brothers, all.                                                          

 

Children’s LRE Reflection

Kim Santiago-Kalmanson, Children’s RE       UUniverse Story

 

Children’s LRE Reflection

Kim Santiago-Kalmanson, Children’s RE       Compass Points

 

Offertory

McCartney Hutchinson, UUniverse Story (9:00)

Nicole Henderson-MacLennan, Children’s RE (11:00)

 

Offertory Music

Interlude(9:00)                                                              Mark Hayes

Felices Ter (11:00)                                            Randall Thompson

 

Adult LRE Reflection

Emmy Cresciman, Adult RE                           James Witker, Adult RE

 

Music for the Morning (9:00)

Choral Anthem (11:00)

 Poor Wayfaring Stranger                                  Hugh Livingston

i carry your heart with me                      Rachel DeVore Fogarty                                                   

 

Adult LRE Reflection

Emmy Cresciman, Adult RE Programs                             

 

Seventh Inning Stretch

Nicole Henderson-MacLennan, Children’s RE

 

LRE Volunteer Recognition

Sabina Mayo-Smith, Children’s RE

 

 

Pulpit Message

Liza Cranis         , Youth RE Programs                             Olivia Legan

 

LRE Invitation

Emmy Cresciman, Adult RE

 

Closing Hymn #131

Love Will Guide Us

 

Benediction

 

Postlude

Prelude, from Suite Bergamasque                     Claude Debussy                                                      

 

Extinguishing the Chalice

 

Sunday, May 26, 2013

Gathering Hymn

Love will guide us, peace has tried us,

Hope inside us will lead the way

On the way from greed to giving.

Love will guide us through the hard night.

 

Welcome

Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

 

Prelude (9:00)

Choral Prelude (11:00)

El Pueblo Unido, jamas sera vencido               Frederic Rzewski                                                           

Make Channels for the Streams of Love               Lowell Mason                      

 

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

 

Time For All Ages

We Are Not Afraid                                              Aaron McEmrys

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                                                          

 

 A Time for Community

 

Offertory

Mutya ng Pasig                                                  Nicanor Abelardo

Jyvonne Haskin, alto soloist

 

Devotional Time

    Pastoral Prayer

    Silence

    Hymn #169

 

 

 

We Shall Overcome

 

 

Music for the Morning (9:00)

 

Choral Anthem (11:00)

Imagine                                                                        John Lennon

Gabriel Paredes, tenor soloist

Imagine                                                                        John Lennon

 

Message

"Music and Its Power”                         Dr. Irene Gregorio-Stoup              

 

Closing Hymn #1030

Siyahamba

 

Benediction

 

Postlude (9:00)

 

Choral Postlude (11:00)

Te Quiero                                                                 Alberto Favero

Gabriel Paredes, Babatunde Akinboboye, DeReau Farrar

Te Quiero                                                                 Alberto Favero

 

Extinguishing the Chalice

 

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Entrance Music

Same Love                                                       Macklemore

Eye of the Tiger                                                     Survivor

                                                                       

Ringing of the Bell

Freddy Kafka

 

Welcome & Introduction

Amalia delPiccolo

 

Chalice Lighting

Talia Walderman

 

Opening Hymn #123

Spirit of Life                                        Thomas Macartney

 

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  

Thomas Macartney

 

Story for All Ages

The Story of WUUnsticka     written by the CoA Class

read by Amalia delPiccolo                                      

 

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:

 News and Announcements

Freddy Kafka

 

Welcoming Emmalinda McLean, Acting Director of Religious Exploration

Credo #1

Freddy Kafka

 

Credo #2

Valentina Alhambra

 

Credo #3

Justin Mayo-Smith

 

Offertory 

Justin Mayo-Smith

We’re Going to be Friends                     The White Stripes

performed by DeReau K. Farrar

 

Credo #4

Talia Walderman

 

Credo #5

Amalia delPiccolo

 

Credo #6

Thomas Macartney

 

Music for the Morning

Welcome                                                              Phil Collins

Justin Mayo-Smith with DeReau K. Farrar, bass-baritone; Babatunde Akinboboye, baritone; Gabriel Paredes, tenor and Dr. Irene Gregorio-Stoup, piano                                                      

 

Declaration of Coming of Age

Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur & Emmalinda McLean,
Acting Director of Religious Exploration

 

Welcome to YRUU

UUCCSM Young Religious Unitarian Universalists

 

Special Thanks

Talia Walderman

 

Invitation to Fellowship

Amalia delPiccolo

 

Closing Song

Blowin’ In the Wind                                          Bob Dylan

with new UUCCSM Member, Leslie Beauvais, on guitar

 

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

 

Benediction

and Extinguishing the Chalice

Valentina Alhambra

 

Please be seated for the postlude.

 

Postlude

Changes                                                             David Bowie

 

Sunday, May 12, 2013

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.

 

Call To Worship

Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

 

Prelude (9:00)

Choral Prelude (11:00)

Prelude in F-sharp Major                                                   J.S. Bach                                                           

Make Channels for the Streams of Love               Lowell Mason                      

 

Chalice Lighting

Rob Briner (9:00)

Karl Lisovsky (11:00)

 

Opening Hymn #299

                                  #23

Make Channels for the Streams of Love (9:00)

Bring Many Names (11:00)              

 

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 #1053

How Could Anyone

 

 A Time for Community

 

Pulpit Message

Lifespan Religious Exploration

 

Offertory (9:00)

                 (11:00)

Child Falling Asleep                                         Robert Schumann

Dona Nobis Pacem                                                    Michael Scott

 

Devotional Time

    Pastoral Prayer

    Silence

    Hymn 

 

 

 

When I breathe in, I breathe in peace.

When I breathe out, I breathe out love.

 

 

Reading

Mother's Day Proclamation                              Julia Ward Howe

 

Music for the Morning (9:00)

Choral Anthem (11:00)

As the Deer                                                            Martin Nystrom

Turn Back                                                                    Gustav Holst

 

Sermon

"Are the Children Well?"                  Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

 

Closing Hymn

Keep On Moving Forward

 

Benediction

 

Postlude (9:00)

Choral Postlude (11:00)

Satin Doll                                                                 Duke Ellington

What is it like when you die?

(Song # 4 from Children's Letters to God)             C.M. Shearer

 

Extinguishing the Chalice