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Sunday, December 10, 2017
 
     December 10, 2017                                                  “Why the Right Get it Wrong and the Left Just Don’t Get It”
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*Gathering Hymn                                                 #116 I’m On My Way
 
Call to Worship                                                    James Witker, Worship Associate
 
Chalice Lighting
 
Music for the Morning                                        O Come Emmanuel (9am)                        with Becky Erskine, flute
                                                                           A Hope Carol (11am)                                             by David Dickau
 
Welcome
 
*Opening Hymn                                                  #287 Faith of the Larger Liberty
 
*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                                            Is There Really a Human Race?  by Jamie Lee Curtis & Laura Cornell
 
Song of Blessing                                            #395 Sing & Rejoice
                                                                       Sing and rejoice. Sing and rejoice.
                                                                       Let all things living now sing and rejoice.
 
Life Together
 
Pulpit Message
 
Offering
 
Offertory Anthem                                            Wachet Auf (9am)                                        with Becky Erskine, flute
                                                                       Gloria (11am)                                                         by Antonio Vivaldi
 
Devotional Time
 
Reflection
 
Pastoral Prayer
 
Silence
 
Musical Response
 
Sermon                                   “Why the Right Get it Wrong and the Left Just Don’t Get It”                 Rev. Greg
 
Going Deeper
 
*Closing Hymn                            #121 We’ll Build a Land
 
*Benediction
 
Musical Benediction
 
Invitation to Fellowship
 
*Please stand in body or in spirit
 
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Greeters:                 Dwight Flowers (9am); Barbara Gibbs & Katie Malich (11am)
Ushers:                   Bonnie Brae & Tom Early (9am); Hugo Contreras & Nina Emerson (11am)
Coffee:                    Phyllis Kory (9am); Linda van Ligten (11am)
Welcome Table:      Barbara Gibbs (am); Sheila Cummins (11am)
Bookstore:              Sarah Harper (9am & 11am)
 
Service Notes
40% of this morning’s (12/10) – and next week’s (12/17) – offering is for the UUA’s Disaster Relief fund and will go directly to those UUs and the surrounding community most affected by the fires in Ventura, Santa Paula, Santa Clarita and Sepulveda. 30,000 people have been displaced and countless structures have been destroyed. Your generosity will bring immediate hope to those facing heartbreaking loss of life, landscape and property.
 
Sunday, December 3, 2017
 
           December 3, 2017                                                                                     “What Are You Waiting For?”
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*Gathering Hymn                                    #188 Come, Come, Whoever You Are
 
Call to Worship                                        Joyce Holmen, Worship Associate
 
Chalice Lighting
 
Music for the Morning                               Prepare the Way (9am)                                           by Zanaida Robles
                                                                  The Lamb (11am)                                                       by Daron Hagan
 
Welcome
 
*Opening Hymn                                       #226 People, Look East
 
*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                                           While You Wait                                                          Kathleen Hogue
 
Song of Blessing                                           #395 Sing and Rejoice
 
Life Together
 
Offering                                                         Today we are donating to the Westside Food Bank.
 
Offertory Anthem                                           Liebe                                                                         by Edvard Grieg
 
Reading                                                                                                                              Rev. Kikanza Nuri-Robins
 
Musical Interlude
 
Guided Meditation                                In the quietness of this place, surrounded by the all pervading
                                                              presence of the Holy, my heart whispers: Keep fresh before me the
                                                              moments of my High Resolve, that in good times or in tempests,
                                                              I may not forget that to which my life is committed. Keep fresh
                                                              before me the moments of my high resolve.
                                                                                                                                                   By Howard Thurman
 
Sermon                                                What Are You Waiting For?                                 Rev. Kikanza Nuri-Robins
 
Going Deeper                                       What are YOU waiting for?
                                                             What will you do while you wait?
 
*Closing Hymn                                     #194 Faith Is a Forest
 
*Extinguishing the Chalice, Benediction                                                                             Rev. Kikanza Nuri-Robins
 
Invitation to Fellowship
 
*Please stand in body or in spirit
 
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Greeters:                       Denise Helton (9am); Kim & Barbara Andres, Tom Foretich (11am);
Ushers:                          David Goetz & Barbara Kernochan (9am); Linda van Ligten & Greg Wood (11am)
Coffee:                           Kit Shaw & Alicia van Ooyen (9am); Deirdre Dietel (11am)
Welcome Table:             Barbara Gibbs (9am); Linda van Ligten (11am)
Bookstore:                      Sarah Harper (9am & 11am)
 
Service Notes
 
Today, 40% of our non-pledge offering will go to the Westside Food Bank . The need for food assistance in our area is up by over 85% since the start of the Great Recession. Westside Food Bank’s mission is to distribute as much food as possible to local agencies with food assistance programs. As the food bank warehouse for the Westside since 1981, they annually distribute 4.5 million pounds of food to over 70 local social service agencies.
 
Rev. Kikanza Nuri-Robins works as an organization development consultant for mission-driven organizations. She is ordained by the Presbyterian Church and has a certificate in UU Studies from Starr King School for the Ministry. She came to UUSM to visit and liked it so much she stayed. She serves us now as a member of the board and as co-leader of the contemplative worship service.
 
Sunday, November 26, 2017
 
         November 26, 2017                                                                                               “A Sunday Kind of Love”
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*Gathering Hymn                                  #361 Enter, Rejoice and Come In
 
Call to Worship                                      Margot Page, Worship Associate
 
Chalice Lighting                                     #447 by Albert Schweitzer                                    (Congregation in unison)
                                                                 At times our own light goes out and is rekindled
                                                                 by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think
                                                                 with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame
                                                                 within us.
 
Music for the Morning                           A Sunday Kind of Love                                                   by Barbara Belle
                                                                    with Jyvonne Haskin
 
Welcome
 
*Opening Hymn                                    #123 Spirit of Life/Fuente de Amor
 
*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                                   “Where The Wild Things Are”                                       by Maurice Sendak
 
Song of Blessing                                    #407 We're Gonna Sit at the Welcome Table
 
Life Together
 
Offering                                                  This November, we are giving thanks by partnering with
                                                               the Guest At Your Table program of the Unitarian
                                                               Universalist Service Committee.
 
Offertory Anthem                                    Come Sunday                                                                 by Duke Ellington
                                                                   with Jyvonne Haskin
 
Reading / Reflection                               Song for the Unsung                                                         Steve J. Crump
 
Guided Meditation                                                                                                                Rev. Lee Marie Sanchez
 
Silence
 
Musical Response                                   #123 Spirit of Life
 
Sermon                                                    A Sunday Kind of Love                                      Rev. Lee Marie Sanchez
 
Going Deeper                                         Our church community is precious. How can you tap into our
                                                                community and create A Sunday Kind of Love
                                                                 to sustain you throughout your week?
                                                               Ideas: Think about the message of the sermon, read poetry, go to a
                                                              meeting, join a class, call a church friend, get involved in some way.
 
*Closing Hymn                                       #34 Though I May Speak with Bravest Fire
 
*Benediction                                                                                                                         Rev. Lee Marie Sanchez
 
Invitation to Fellowship
 
*Please stand in body or in spirit
 
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Greeters:                             James Duckman (9am); Kirk Attebury, Michael Young & Steve Young (11am)
Ushers:                                Bonnie Brae & Peggy Kharraz (9am); Tom Foretich & Ned Wright (11am)
Coffee:                                Sheila Bjornlie & Leah Moore (9am); Katie Malich (11am)
Welcome Table:                   Barbara Gibbs (9am); Carol Ring (11am)
Bookstore:                           Sarah Harper (9am & 11am)
 
Service Notes
 
Today, 40% of our offering will go to the Guest At Your Table program of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee; who partners with 75 grassroots agencies in over 24 countries to encourage and enhance the global march toward human rights for all. Each week, we share a story of one of the groups that our generosity supports. This week’s focus is on Rosemary Dodd, who became aware that Central American migrants have been being treated more like criminals than who they actually are: survivors of trauma pursuing their legal right to seek asylum. The Obama administration opened new family detention centers in 2014; but since then, U.S.
immigration officials have been locking up asylum-seeking families in prison-like conditions (for-profit family detention centers) — despite multiple court rulings documenting inhumane conditions and damaging impacts on mental and emotional health. Please click on the link in the weekly announcements if you would like to know more about Rosemary Dodd and her work with the RAICES (Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services) project. Your generosity translates directly into love and justice. Thank you for giving to the greater good
which brings us all a little closer to global consciousness.
 
Rev. Lee Marie Sanchez is currently serving the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Laguna Beach. She has been a religious professional for twenty-four years; she began as a DRE in Washington State, worked as a Hospital/Hospice Chaplain for two years and served as a Student/Consulting Minister for both the Anaheim UU Church and the Sepulveda UU Society. She has preached in over three dozen UU congregations.
 
Sunday, November 19, 2017
 
           November 19, 2017                                    “There’s a Crack in Everything (That’s How the Light Gets In)”
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*Gathering Hymn                              #1018 Come & Go With Me
 
Call to Worship                                 Kikanza Nuri-Robins, Worship Associate
 
Chalice Lighting                                Let us not rush to the language of healing,
                                                          before understanding the fullness of the injury
                                                          and the depth of the wound.
                                                          Let us not rush to offer a band-aid,
                                                          when the gaping wound requires surgery
                                                          and complete reconstruction.
                                                          Let us not speak of reconciliation
                                                          without speaking of reparations and restoration,
                                                          or how we can repair the breach
                                                          and how we can restore the loss.
                                                          Let us not be afraid to sit
                                                          with the ugliness, the messiness, and the pain
                                                          that is life in community together.
 
Music for the Morning                        23rd Psalm (9am)                                                         by Bobby McFerrin
 
Welcome
 
*Opening Hymn                                   #279 By the Waters of Babylon
 
*Covenant                                            Love is the doctrine of this church.
                                                             The quest for truth is its sacrament,
                                                             And service is its prayer.
                                                             To dwell together in peace,
                                                             To seek knowledge in freedom,
                                                             To serve humankind in fellowship,
                                                             Thus do we covenant with each other.
 
*Hymn of Praise                                    From all that dwell below the skies
                                                              Let songs of hope and faith arise
                                                              Let peace, goodwill on earth be sung
                                                              Through every land, by every tongue.
 
Offering for the Westside Food Bank
 
Time for All Ages
 
Song of Blessing                                   #407 We're Gonna Sit at the Welcome Table
                                                               We’re gonna sit at the welcome table
                                                               We’re gonna sit at the welcome table one of these days, Hallelujah!
                                                               We’re gonna sit at the welcome table
                                                               We’re gonna sit at the welcome table one of these days
                                                               All kinds of people around that table...
 
Life Together
 
Pastoral Prayer
 
Offering
 
Offertory                                                Anthem Wondrous (9am)                                               by Daniel Gledhill
                                                              Morgengesang (11am)                                              by Johannes Brahms
 
Reflection
 
Silence
 
Sung Response (optional)
 
Sermon                                “There’s a Crack in Everything (That’s How the Light Gets In)”             Rev. Greg
 
Going Deeper
 
*Closing Hymn                     #1007 “There’s a River Flowin’ in My Soul”
 
*Benediction
 
Musical Benediction
 
Invitation to Fellowship
 
*Please stand in body or in spirit
 
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Greeters:                      Audrey Lyness (9am); Roberta Frye, Wendi Gladstone & David Olson (11am)
Ushers:                         Dan Patterson & Kit Shaw (9am); David Goetz & Michael Young (11am)
Coffee:                          Alice Hall & Eileen McCormack (9am); Sheila Cummuns & Pam Teplitz (11am)
Welcome Table:           Wendi Gladstone (9am & 11am)
Bookstore:                    Sarah Harper (9am & 11am)
 
Service Notes
 
Today, 40% of our offering will go to to The Guest At Your Table Program of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee. They help us partner with 75 agencies in 24 countries advancing human rights. This week we partner with Ursula Rakova and the peoples of the Cateret Islands in Papua New Guinea who are among the first peoples displaced from native lands due to the effects of climate change. It’s a living example of how 3rd world people are suffering from 1st world choices. Your generosity directly advances love and justice on a global scale. Thank you!
 
Sunday, November 12, 2017
 
           November 12, 2017                                                                                                        Power vs. Force
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*Gathering Hymn                                          #357 Bright Morning Stars
 
Call to Worship                                             James Witker, Worship Associate
 
Chalice Lighting
 
Music for the Morning                                   Gabriel (9am)
                                                                      Limitless (11am)
 
Welcome
 
*Opening Hymn                                            #140 Hail the Glorious Golden City
 
*Covenant                                                     Love is the doctrine of this church.
                                                                      The quest for truth is its sacrament,
                                                                      And service is its prayer.
                                                                      To dwell together in peace,
                                                                      To seek knowledge in freedom,
                                                                      To serve humankind in fellowship,
                                                                      Thus do we covenant with each other.
 
*Hymn of Praise                                             From all that dwell below the skies
                                                                       Let songs of hope and faith arise
                                                                       Let peace, goodwill on earth be sung
                                                                       Through every land, by every tongue.
 
Offering for the Westside Food Bank
 
Time for All Ages
 
Song of Blessing                                             #407 We’re Gonna Sit at the Welcome Table
                                                                       We’re gonna sit at the welcome table
                                                                       We’re gonna sit at the welcome table one of these days, Hallelujah!
                                                                       We’re gonna sit at the welcome table
                                                                       We’re gonna sit at the welcome table one of these days!
                                                                        All kinds of people around that table...
 
Life Together
 
Offering
 
Offertory Anthem                                           Wheels of a Dream from “Ragtime” (9am)             Steven Flaherty
                                                                      Brahms ( 11am )
 
Reflection Rev. Greg
 
Pastoral Prayer
 
Silence
 
Sung Response (optional)
 
Sermon                                                          Power vs. Force                                                                 Rev. Greg
 
Going Deeper
 
*Closing Hymn                                               #1074 Turn the World Around
 
*Benediction
 
Musical Benediction
 
Invitation to Fellowship
 
*Please stand in body or in spirit
 
❦ ❦ ❦ ❦
 
Greeters:                   Dwight Flowers (9am); Barbara Gibbs & Katie Malich (11am)
Ushers:                      Bonnie Brae & Nina Emerson (9am); Linda Van Ligten & Greg Wood (11am)
Coffee:                       Kit Shaw (9am); Linda van Ligten & Sylvia Young (11am)
Welcome Table:         Barbara Gibbs (9am); Sheila Cummins (11am)
Bookstore:                 Sarah Harper
 
Service Notes
 
For the remainder of November, 40% of our offerings will benefit the Guest at Your Table (GAYT) project. GAYT is the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee’s annual intergenerational program to raise support and awareness for world wide human rights. UUSC works in over 25 countries, with over 75 grassroots partners. This year’s theme is ‘Small Change is Big Change’ and it is our opportunity to invite someone from another country without food or water or education to sit at our table. We learn about them and they learn about us. Please take opportunities to start these conversations with your children or other family members about ‘who is our neighbor?' in different parts of the world.
 
Sunday, November 5, 2017
 
      5 November 2017                                                                                                               Day of the Dead
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*Gathering Hymn                                       #360 Here We Have Gathered
 
Call to Worship                                           Vilma Ortiz, worship associate
 
Chalice Lighting                                                                                                                                       Vilma Ortiz
 
Music for the Morning                                 Hallelujah (9am)                                                      by Leonard Cohen
                                                                                performed by Emma deZarn
                                                                   Hostias (11am)                                                            by W. A. Mozart
 
Welcome Kathleen Hogue
 
*Opening Hymn                                        #301 Touch the Earth, Reach the Sky!
 
*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
 
Offering for the Westside Food Bank
 
Time for All Ages                                      Ofrenda                                                                                   Vilma Ortiz
 
Life Together
 
Pulpit Message
 
Story, Part One                                        Uncle Monarch & the Butterflies                                    Kathleen Hogue
 
Offering                                                     Vilma Ortiz
 
Offertory Anthem                                    Over the Rainbow (9am)                                                  by Harold Arlen
                                                                      performed by Emma deZarn
                                                                Lux Aeterna (11am)                                                        by W. A. Mozart
 
Meditation Body Prayer
 
Silence
 
Story, Part Two                                        Uncle Monarch & the Butterflies                                     Kathleen Hogue
 
Invitation                                                  Butterflies
 
Responsive Reading                               #721 They Are With Us Still
 
*Closing Hymn                                        #123 Spirit of Life
 
*Benediction
 
Musical or Choral Benediction
 
Invitation to Fellowship
 
*Please stand in body or in spirit
 
❦ ❦ ❦ ❦
 
Greeters:                     [9am: Denise Helton] [11am: Barbara & Kim Andres, and Tom Foretich]
Ushers:                       [9am: Tom Early & Barbara Kernochan] [11am: Hugo Contreras & Ned Wright]
Coffee:                        [9am:Kit Shaw & Licia van Ooyen] [11am:Deirdre Dietel]
Welcome Table:          [9am: Barbara Gibbs] [11am:Linda van Ligten]
Bookstore:                  [9am & 11am: Sarah Harper]
 
Service Notes
 
Today, 40% of our offering will go to continue to help relieve those affected by hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. With so many recent natural disasters, and relief aid often falling through the cracks, we want to make sure to dedicate ourselves to relief efforts in Puerto Rico and make sure those affected by the recent storms are still not forgotten.
 
Flower Dedication: The flowers today are given by Tim, Janine and Emma deZarn in loving memory of their son and brother, Travis Lucas deZarn, who died in a car accident on November 3, 2007. Travis, even though it has been ten years, we still miss you and think of you every day. You are always with us, carried in our hearts forever.
 
About Guest Artist Emma deZarn: Emma deZarn is a senior at Culver City High School and is singing today in loving memory of her brother, Travis, who was tragically killed in a car accident ten years ago. Travis had just turned 18 and was a freshman in college at Cal State Long Beach. Though Emma was only 7 at the time, she remembers Travis as a kind and loving brother. Emma is currently applying to colleges (her favorites are Georgetown and Boston College), and has interests in political science, foreign relations and musical theater. Emma would like to thank John DeFaria for accompanying her today. He is a long-time family friend as well as an
accomplished musician and composer. Both Emma and her parents, Janine and Tim, cherish their happy memories of Travis and keep him in their hearts always.
 
The text for today’s musical selections by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), is taken from the Roman liturgy of the Mass for the Dead, specifically “ Hostias et preces ” meaning Oblations and Prayers and "Lux Aeterna" meaning Eternal Light.
 
Sunday, November 5, 2017
 
         November 5, 2017                                                                                                Remembrance Vespers
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Prelude                                                Requiem; Kyrie; Dies Irae                                  W. A. Mozart, (1756-1791)
                                                            “Eternal Rest; Lord Have Mercy; Day of Wrath”
 
Chalice Lighting 
 
*Opening Hymn                                    #101 Abide with Me
 
Responsive Reading                            #721 They Are Still With Us
 
Selection                                              Confutatis and Lacrymosa
                                                             “Confounded” and “Day of Tears”
Silence
 
Responsive Reading                             #468 We Need One Another
 
Offering                                                  Hostias
                                                               “Oblations”
 
Sung Litany                                            Response: You are not forgotten.
 
Candle Lighting
 
Responsive Reading                              Response: We Remember Them.
 
Closing Hymn                                         #1002 Comfort Me
 
*Benediction and Chalice Extinguishing
 
Postlude                                                  Lux Aeterna
                                                                “Eternal Light”
 
Dismissal
       *Please stand in body or in spirit
 
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s R equiem K. 626
 
The ancient liturgy of the Roman Requiem Mass deepens the solemnity and grace of our Vespers service, as we turn toward that which is sacred in remembrance of those who have passed from this life to the next.
 
Considered one of the great works of Classical music, the R equiem Mass in D minor K. 626 by W. A. Mozart was left largely unfinished at the composer's death in 1791. Franz Xaver Süssmayr, Mozart’s copyist, is credited with the work’s completion. Despite the controversy over how much of the music is actually Mozart's, the commonly performed Süssmayr version has become the most widely accepted.
 
Mozart composed over 600 works, including many which today are acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, operatic, and choral music. He is among the most esteemed and beloved of classical composers, and his influence on subsequent Western music is profound.
 
                                                                        - Notes by Melissa Hoagland, San Gabriel Valley Choral Company
                                                                             adapted by Dr. Zanaida Robles, UUCCSM Director of Music
 
Service Notes
 
Our offering tonight will benefit the Music Fund.
 
Grief is a natural reaction after the death of someone close. Yet in our society few people are prepared for the intensity and duration of the grief process. Our House Grief Support Center was founded on the premise that grievers need understanding, support, and connection. If you or someone you care about is grieving, Our House is here to help. For support: 1.888.417.1444. www.ourhouse-grief.org.
 
Sunday, October 29, 2017
 
           October 29, 2017                                                                         Spiders, Dragons, Webs & Churches
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*Gathering Hymn                             #1 “May Nothing Evil Cross this Door”
 
Call to Worship                                Jacki Weber, Worship Associate
 
Chalice Lighting
 
Music for the Morning                       Theme from “Psycho”                                                          Bernard Herrmann
 
Welcome
 
*Opening Hymn                                 #1040 “Hush”
 
*Covenant                                          Love is the doctrine of this church.
                                                           The quest for truth is its sacrament,
                                                           And service is its prayer.
                                                          To dwell together in peace,
                                                          To seek knowledge in freedom,
                                                          To serve humankind in fellowship,
                                                          Thus do we covenant with each other.
 
*Hymn of Praise                                 From all that dwell below the skies
                                                           Let songs of hope and faith arise
                                                           Let peace, goodwill on earth be sung
                                                           Through every land, by every tongue.
 
Offering for the Westside Food Bank
 
Time for All Ages
 
Song of Blessing                                 #118 “This Little Light of Mine”
                                                           This little light of mine...
                                                           I’m gonna let it shine...
                                                           Everywhere I go...
                                                           I’m gonna let it shine...
 
Life Together
 
Pulpit Message
 
Offering
 
Offertory Anthem                                “Danse Macabre”                                                             Camille Saint-Saëns
 
Devotional Time
 
Reading / Reflection                           “Fear and Loathing...”                                                       Rev. Greg S. Ward
 
Pastoral Prayer
 
Silence
 
Sung Response                                   #1002 “Comfort Me”
 
Sermon                                               “Spiders, Dragons, Webs, and Churches”                         Rev. Greg S. Ward
 
Going Deeper
 
*Closing Hymn                                    #1012 “When I am Frightened”
 
*Benediction
 
Musical Benediction
 
Invitation to Fellowship
 
*Please stand in body or in spirit
 
❦ ❦ ❦ ❦
 
Greeters:                      (9am) Bryan Cahill
                                     (11am) Barbara Gibbs
Ushers:                         (9am) Tom Early & Peggy Kharraz
                                     (11am) Tom Foretich & Dan Patterson
Coffee:                         (9am) Susan Stahl & Alicia Van Ooyen
                                     (11am) Rebecca Crawford & Linda Marten
Welcome Table:           (9am & 11am) Barbara Gibbs
Bookstore:                    (9am & 11am) Sarah Harper
 
Service Notes
 
Today, 40% of our offering will go to the Santa Rosa UU Congregation and the Napa UU
Congregation. Both congregations have been devastated, with the Santa Rosa Congregation citing
11 families who completely lost their home. Please give what you can to let these and other families
know they are not alone. Additionally, UUSM member John Sussman will match up to $1,000 of our
offerings in October to the Napa and Santa Rosa UU Congregation’s Ministerial Discretionary Fund.
The contributions will go directly to the immediate relief of those most affected by the fires. If you
are unable to make a contribution on Sunday, you can mail a contribution to the office or call Nancy
Thompson at the office at (310) 829-5436, Ext. 102 by Tuesday, October 31st . Thank you!
 
Sunday, October 22, 2017
 
         October 22, 2017                                                                                             “When Angels Meet Giants”
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*Gathering Hymn                                      #1022 “Open the Window ”
 
Call to Worship                                          Leon Henderson-MacLennan, Worship Associate
 
Chalice Lighting                                        “Teamwork”                                                                             Zero Dean
 
Music for the Morning                               “Autumn Leaves ” (9am)
                                                                    by Kosma and Mercer with James Hayden
                                                                 “Life Calls Us On ” (11am)
                                                                     by Jason Shelton
 
Welcome
 
*Opening Hymn                                       #1051 “We Are ”
 
*Covenant                                                Love is the doctrine of this church.
                                                                The quest for truth is its sacrament,
                                                                And service is its prayer.
                                                                To dwell together in peace,
                                                                To seek knowledge in freedom,
                                                                To serve humankind in fellowship,
                                                                Thus do we covenant with each other.
 
*Hymn of Praise                                      From all that dwell below the skies
                                                                Let songs of hope and faith arise
                                                                Let peace, goodwill on earth be sung
                                                                Through every land, by every tongue.
 
Offering for the Westside Food Bank
 
Time for All Ages
 
Song of Blessing                                     #118 “This Little Light of Mine”
                                                                     This little light of mine...
                                                                     I’m gonna let it shine...
                                                                     Everywhere I go...
                                                                     I’m gonna let it shine...
 
Life Together
 
Pulpit Message
 
Offering
 
Offertory Anthem                                        “Daoona Nayeesh”                                                     by Ted Warmbrand
                                                                    (9am with James Hayden; 11am with Choir)
 
                                                                      Daoona Nayeesh translation:
                                                                     Let us live in peace. Let us live in inner peace.
                                                                     Let us weave our dreams together. Let us die in peace.
                                                                     (Hymn #1032)
 
Devotional Time
 
Readings                                                      Rev. Dr. A. Powell Davies
                                                                     Roger Angell
 
Pastoral Prayer
 
Silence
 
Musical Response
 
Sermon                                                       “When Angels Meet Giants”                                          Rev. Greg Ward
 
Going Deeper
 
*Closing Hymn                                             #318 “We Would be One ”
 
*Benediction
 
Musical Benediction
 
Invitation to Fellowship
 
*Please stand in body or in spirit
 
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Greeters:                [9am: James Duckman] [11am: Kirk Attebury, Michael Young & Steve Young]
Ushers:                   [9am: Barbara Kernochan & Kit Shaw] [11am: Hugo Contreras & Nina Emerson]
Coffee:                   [9am: Sheila Bjornlie & Leah Moore] [11am: Cathy Wolfson & Sylvia Young]
Welcome Table:     [9am: Barbara Gibbs] [11am: Carol Ring]
Bookstore:             [9am & 11am: Sarah Harper]
 
Service Notes
 
Today, 40% of our offering will go to the Santa Rosa UU Congregation and the Napa UU Congregation.
Both congregations have been devastated, with the Santa Rosa Congregation citing 11 families who
completely lost their home. Please give what you can to let these families know they are not alone.
Additionally throughout October, UUSM member John Sussman will match up to $1,000 of our
offerings contributed to the Napa and Santa Rosa UU Congregation’s Ministerial Discretionary Fund.
The contributions to this fund will go directly to the immediate relief of those most affected by the
fires in this California region. Thank you!
 
Sunday, October 15, 2017
 
         15 October 2017                                                                                                     Growing Up & Liking It
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*Gathering Hymn                                  #163 For the Earth Forever Turning
 
Call to Worship                                     Rev. Kikanza Nuri-Robins, worship associate
 
Chalice Lighting                                    Everything must change; nothing stays the same.
                                                              The young become the old, and mysteries unfold.
                                                              Winter turns to spring; a wounded heart will heal.
                                                              There are not many things in life you can be sure of,
                                                              Except rain comes from the clouds,
                                                              Sun lights up the sky, and hummingbirds fly.
                                                              That's the way of time;
                                                              nothing and no one goes unchanged.                                 (Bernard Ighner)
 
Music for the Morning                           Change the World (9am)                                Kennedy, Sims & Kirkpatrick
                                                              Mood Indigo (11am)                                                 by Ellington, arr. Swift
 
Welcome
 
*Opening Hymn                                     #210 Wade in the Water
 
*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
 
Offering for the Westside Food Bank
 
Time for All Ages                                     The Giving Tree                                                                Shel Silverstein
 
Song of Blessing                                      #118 This Little Light of Mine
                                                                 This little light of mine...
                                                                  Everywhere I go...
                                                                  All around the world...
 
Life Together
 
Pulpit Message
 
Offering
 
Offertory Anthem                                     Everything Must Change (9am)                                         Quincy Jones
                                                                Don’t You Let Nobody (11am)                                         arr. Lena McLin
 
Devotional Time
 
Responsive Reading                                A Litany for Survival                                                               Audre Lorde
 
Pastoral Prayer                                        Hebrew Scriptures                                                       Ecclesiastes 3:1-11
                                                                 A message from The Teacher
 
Silence
 
Sung Response
 
Sermon                                                   Growing Up and Liking It                                 Rev. Kikanza Nuri-Robins
 
Going Deeper                                         Have patience with everything unresolved in your heart
                                                               and try to love the questions themselves...
                                                               Don’t search for the answers,
                                                               they could not be given to you now,
                                                               because you would not be able to live them.
                                                               And the point is, to live everything.
                                                               Live the questions now.
                                                               Perhaps then, someday in the future,
                                                               you will gradually, without even noticing it,
                                                               live your way into the answer.                                      (Rainer Maria Rilke)
 
*Closing Hymn                                        Lean on Me
 
*Benediction
 
Musical or Choral Benediction
 
Invitation to Fellowship
 
*Please stand in body or in spirit
 
❦ ❦ ❦ ❦
 
Greeters:                  [9am: Audrey Lyness] [11am: Roberta Frye, Wendi Gladstone & David Olson]
Ushers:                     [9am: Bonnie Brae & Peggy Kharraz] [11am: Nina Emerson & Michael Young]
Coffee:                      [9am: Alice Hall & Kit Shaw] [11am: Sheila Cummins & Pam Teplitz]
Welcome Table:        [9am & 11am: Wendi Gladstone]
Bookstore:                [9am & 11am: Sarah Harper]
 
Service Notes
 
Today, 40% of our offering will go to the Napa and Santa Rosa UU Congregation’s Ministerial Discretionary fund to go directly to immediate relief of those most affected by the fires.
 
 
A Litany for Survival
     ~ Audre Lorde
 
For those of us who live at the shoreline
standing upon the constant edges of decision
crucial and alone
            for those of us who cannot indulge
            the passing dreams of choice
who live in doorways coming and going
in the hours between dawns
             looking inward and outward
             at once before and after
seeking a now that can breed
futures
like bread in our children's mouths
                so their dreams will not reflect
                the death of ours:
For those of us
who were imprinted with fear
like a faint line in the center of our foreheads
learning to be afraid with our mother's milk
                 for by this weapon
                 this illusion of some safety to be found
                 the heavy-footed hoped to silence us
For all of us
this instant and this triumph
                  We were never meant to survive.
And when the sun rises we are afraid
it might not remain
                   when the sun sets we are afraid
                   it might not rise in the morning
when our stomachs are full we are afraid
of indigestion
                    when our stomachs are empty we are afraid
                    we may never eat again
when we are loved we are afraid
love will vanish
                      when we are alone we are afraid
                      love will never return
and when we speak we are afraid
our words will not be heard
nor welcomed
                      but when we are silent
                      we are still afraid
So it is better to speak
remembering
                        we were never meant to survive.
                                                                                                            ~ (Responsive Reading, October 15, 2017)
 
 
Pastoral Prayer from the Hebrew Scriptures
A message from The Teacher, (Ecclesiastes 3:1-11)
 
     There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:
          a time to be born and a time to die,
          a time to plant and a time to uproot,
          a time to kill and a time to heal,
          a time to tear down and a time to build,
          a time to weep and a time to laugh,
          a time to mourn and a time to dance,
          a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
          a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
          a time to search and a time to give up,
          a time to keep and a time to throw away,
          a time to tear and a time to mend,
          a time to be silent and a time to speak,
          a time to love and a time to hate,
          a time for war and a time for peace.
     I have seen the burden laid on the human race. Everything is made beautiful in its time.
                                                                               
                                                                                                                      ~ (Pastoral Prayer, October 15, 2017)