Order of Service

September 16, 2012

 

Gathering Hymn

Come, come, whoever you are Wanderer, worshipper, lover of leaving Ours is no caravan of despair Come, yet again come.

Welcome

Prelude (9:00) Choral Prelude (11:00)

Meditation                                                                    Tchaikovsky Come Into the Circle                                   Betsy Jo Angebranndt

Chalice Lighting

Natalie Kahn (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

Time for All Ages

Commissioning Our Religious Education Volunteers

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

Appreciation and Invitation to Ushers                                                    Ned Wright, Head Usher

Offertory

Interlude (9:00)                                                             Mark Hayes Oh, Freedom!  (11:00)             traditional, arr. DeReau K. Farrar

Devotional Time   Pastoral Prayer   Sung Meditation #6   Silence

Just As Long As I Have Breath

Responsive Reading #637

We Begin Again in Love                                 Robert Eller-Isaacs

Music for the Morning (9:00) Choral Anthem (11:00)

He Hideth my Soul                                        William Kirkpatrick Hold Not Our Sins Up Against Us                        Samuel Barber

Sermon

“On Apology”                                    Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

Closing Hymn #1017

Building A New Way

Benediction

Postlude (9:00) Choral Postlude (11:00)

Etude in G-flat major, Op. 10 #5                                        Chopin Shalom                                                                              traditional

Extinguishing the Chalice

Greeters:	Dwight Flowers & Kris Langabeer (9:00) David Olson & Wendi Gladstone (11:00)
Ushers:	Barbara Kernochan & Ned Wright (9:00) Michael Young & Ned Wright (11:00)
Coffee:	Bethany Garbowski, Alice Hall, Karen Canady & Alicia Van Ooyen (9:00) Amy Lacombe & Sheila Cummins (11:00)
Office:	Sheila Cummins (9:00) Peggy Rhoads (11:00)
Book Table:	Nancy Babbitt

Service Notes

This month, our Generous Congregation offering will go to the Venice Family Clinic. The Clinic’s mission is to provide free, quality health care to people in need. Since its founding in 1970, it has grown from a small storefront operation into the largest free clinic in the country, with eight sites in Venice, Santa Monica, Mar Vista, and Culver City, serving more than 24,400 men, women, children, teens, and seniors annually. Ninety-seven percent are low-income and nearly three-quarters are uninsured.

Order of Service

September 2, 2012

 

"Work and pray, live on hay, you'll get pie in the sky when you die."

 ~ The Preacher and the Slave, by Joe Hill

 Gathering Hymn

Come, come, whoever you are.

Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving.

Ours is no caravan of despair.

Come, yet again come.

 

Ven, ven, cual eres, ven

Nómada enbúsqueda, si amas la vida.

La nuestra es la caravana de amor.

Ven, otra vez, ven.

 

Welcome

Patrick Meighan, pulpit host                                  

 

Prelude

 I need thee every hour                                             Robert Lowry

 

Chalice Lighting

 

 

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

 

Let those who live in every land

declare that fear and war are done --

joined by the labor of their hands,

in love and understanding, one.                               ~ Kenneth Patton

 

Offering for the Westside Food Bank

 

Story for All Ages

Si Se Puede: Yes We Can!                                        Diana Cohn

 

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

 

 

Aria, from the Goldberg Variations                             J.S. Bach                                               

  Prayer and Meditation

 

Imagine the Angels of Bread                              Martin Espada

(Imagina los Angeles de Pan)

 

Reading

The Union Prayer Book

 

Music for the Morning

Shall We Gather At the River?                                  traditional                                    

 

Sermon

“Labor in the Pulpit”                               Rabbi Jonathan Klein                                                          

 

Closing Hymn # 121

We’ll Build a Land

 

Benediction

 

 

Postlude

Higher Ground                                                   Charles Gabriel

 

Extinguishing the Chalice

 

Flowers:

From Marguerite and Diana Spears in loving memory of Robert Runk, Marguerite’s brother and Diana’s uncle, on the occasion of his birthday.

Greeters:

Patricia Wright, Kris Langabeer & Tom Foretich

Ushers:

Greg Wood & Linda van Ligten

Coffee: 

Peggy Rhoads, Dennis Gorman & Sylvia Young

Book Table:

Nancy Babbitt

 

We celebrate Unitarian Universalism this month with support for UU-affiliated ministries and service organizations. This week, our Generous Congregation offering will go to CLUE-LA, Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice. CLUE LA, founded in 1996, is one of the oldest interfaith worker justice organizations in the country. Their mission is to bring together clergy and lay leaders of all faiths to join low-wage workers in their struggles for justice.

 

Order of Service - August 5, 2012

I know for myself that to listen to anything, even silence,
I have to know what I am listening to.  
~ Sara Maitland, author of A Book of Silence

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.

Please stand in body or spirit

Call To Worship - #441 Jacob Trapp

Prelude  - Roy Zimmerman, singer/songwriter

Chalice Lighting - Sam Polk

Opening Hymn - #347 Gather the 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

Offering for the Westside Food Bank

Spiritual Practice for All Ages

Inside an Egg                       Laura Wilkerson Spencer (adapted)                                                                  

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                                                                         

Devotional Time

Joys and Sorrows

Pastoral Prayer

Music for the Morning                                                                        

Reading from the World Religions - 1 Kings 19:11-13

Hymn - #83 Winds Be Still

Modern Reading - First Sounds                                                                     Ellen Roth

Sermon - “Somebody’s Calling My Name”   Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

A Time of Silence

Closing Song - #1040 Hush

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

Benediction

Please be seated for the postlude.

Postlude                                                                        

Extinguishing the Chalice

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Greeters: Denise Helton, Roberta Frye & Tom Foretich
Ushers: Barbara Kernochan & Peggy Kharraz
Coffee:   Patrick Meighan & Karen Patterson
Book Table: Nancy Babbitt

Service Notes

In the month of August, we celebrate Unitarian Universalism with support for UU-affiliated ministries and service organizations. This week, our Generous Congregation offering will benefit the UU Trauma Response Ministry.  UU Trauma Response Ministry provides spiritual care, education, support and direct aid to congregations in the wake of mass disaster and other significant trauma, and partners with disaster relief organizations to integrate spiritual counseling and care into onsite disaster response.

 

You tell them anything you want. Just tell them if it's true. If it's true, you tell them.

 

~ Maurice Sendak, 1928-2012

 

 

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 enbúsqueda, si amas la vida. La nuestra es la caravana de amor. Ven, otra vez, ven.

 

 

Please stand in body or spirit

 

Welcome

 

Prelude

What a Wonderful World     George David Weiss & Bob Thiele Alice Jankowiak, soprano  Rob Briner, tenor

 

Chalice Lighting

 

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

Celebrating the Life of Maurice Sendak

 

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

 

Offertory

You'll Never Walk Alone                                   Richard Rodgers Alice Jankowiak

 

Devotional Time   Joys and Sorrows   Sung Meditation #86   Pastoral Prayer   Silent Meditation

Blessed Spirit of My Life

 

Music for the Morning

Widmung                                                                     Robert Franz Alice Jankowiak

 

Responsive Reading #490

Wild Geese                                                                    Mary Oliver

 

Sermon

“Wild Things”                                    Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur

 

Closing Song #1007

There’s a River Flowin’ in My Soul

 

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

 

Closing Words

 

Please be seated for the postlude.

 

Postlude

Don't Fence Me In                                                         Cole Porter Rob Briner

 

Extinguishing the Chalice

 

–—˜™

 

Greeters:	Phyllis Gabriel, Barbara Gibbs, Steve Young & Michael Young
Ushers:	Ned Wright & Dan Patterson
Coffee:	Nancy Howell & Sylvia Young
Book Table:	Nancy Babbitt

 

 

Service Notes

 

Today’s Generous Congregation of 40% of the non pledge offering will go to The Didi Hirsch Community Center.  The center provides mental health and substance abuse treatment services throughout Los Angeles county and operates the only free, accredited, 24 hour seven days a week suicide prevention crisis line from Orange County to Santa Barbara.  Hotline phone: (877) 7-CRISIS or (877) 727-4747.