Order of Service, April 29, 2018

Prelude: A Place in the Choir (Celtic Thunder)

Welcome 

Lighting the Chalice Flame: (in unison)

*Hymn #188: Come, Come, Whoever You Are

Introductions of Visitors

* Affirmation: (in unison) Love is the spirit of this Congregation and service is its law. This is our great covenant to dwell together in peace, to seek the truth in love and to help one another.

*Hymn #203: All Creatures of the Earth and Sky


Offertory: How Much is That Doggy in the Window?

Quiet Time/Meditation/Prayer

Sermon: Blessing of the Animals and our Seventh Principle  Rev. Dr. Dan Lambert

*Song: I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing   (see Insert)

Announcements

Extinguishing the Chalice Flame (in unison) We extinguish this flame, but not the light of truth, the warmth of community, or the fire of commitment. These we carry in our hearts until we are together again.

Postlude: The Meow Song (Rossini)
Gratitude & Applause
* Please stand in body or spirit
Join Us for Refreshments & Fellowship in Ministers Hall 
Hearing devices, and envelopes for cash pledges are available on the hymnal cart or ask an usher.

This Week
Today:  Social Hour 11:30am in Ministers Hall.
Monday-Friday: Administration Office hours 9:30am-12:30pm
Tuesday: Men’s Group at La Bamba 6:30pm 
Thursday: Gentle Yoga with Meditation 11am in the Sanctuary, Catered dinner 6pm in Ministers Hall. Teaching Thursday presentation at 7pm “Medical Marijuana”. 
Friday: First Friday Film – Potluck Dinner at 6pm, ”The Shape of Water”- film at 7pm  in Ministers Hall. 
Sunday:  News Talk at 9:15am in Ministers Hall.

Gratitude
Thank you to all who contribute to our service and fellowship hour each week. This week:
• Music coordinator: Peilin Ko
• Cover art:  David Traupman
• Ushers: Amy Stauber & Mary Mansfield
• Fellowship hour hospitality: Kathe Bannigan, assisted by Amy Stauber .
And to our permanent staff:
• Barbara Hatzfeld, office administrator
• Willie Nelson, sexton. 

Announcements
Next Sunday: “My Spiritual Journey” Lauren Baer
Rev. Dr. Dan Lambert Office Hours: Tuesday 5pm-8pm and Thursday 9am-Noon. His office telephone # is 561-627-6106. His e-mail is revdan@1stuupb.org. 
Food Items collected during the offertory are donated to the Lake Park Food Pantry, 
Shoes and Toiletry Articles collected are donated to the Haitian Community.
Dine A Round:  May 26 at 6pm Gloria Golden & Jim Meyer Memorial Weekend BBQ $30 per,  If you wish to attend, contact Frank Smith at fjsmithgcny@gmail.com  and get payment into the office! You do not have a reservation until both are complete. Frank Smith, chair
Host Volunteers are needed for Sunday Morning Fellowship Hour. Sign-up Sheet will be available or contact Host Assistant Amy Stauber this Sunday. Remember “You Are Hospitality”. 

Order of Service, April 22, 2018

Prelude: Touch the Earth

Welcome 

Lighting the Chalice Flame: (in unison)
We light this chalice for the web of life which sustains us, for the sacred circle of life in which we have our being, for the earth, the sky, above and below, for our Mother Earth, and for the Mystery.  (Paul Sprecher)

Introductions of Visitors

* Affirmation: (in unison) Love is the spirit of this Congregation and service is its law. This is our great covenant to dwell together in peace, to seek the truth in love and to help one another.

Song: TBA 

Offertory

Quiet Time/ Meditation/Prayer

Sermon: Touch the Earth: Inner and Outer Environmental Awareness  -- Faerie Elaine Silver

Announcements

Extinguishing the Chalice Flame (in unison) We extinguish this flame, but not the light of truth, the warmth of community, or the fire of commitment. These we carry in our hearts until we are together again.

Postlude: Imagine by John Lennon
Gratitude & Applause
* Please stand in body or spirit
Join Us for Refreshments & Fellowship in Ministers Hall 
Hearing devices, and envelopes for cash pledges are available on the hymnal cart or ask an usher.

This Week
Today:  Social Hour 11:30am in Ministers Hall-Note -Birthday Celebration for Dorie Maxwell.  Annual Meeting 12:15pm in the Sanctuary. Beltane Ceremony-UU Pagans 5pm outside or Ministers Hall.
Monday-Friday: Administration Office hours 9:30am-12:30pm
Tuesday: Black Lives PBC General Meeting 7pm in the Sanctuary.
Thursday: Gentle Yoga with Meditation 11am in the Sanctuary, Catered dinner 6pm in Ministers Hall. Teaching Thursday presentation at 7pm Rev. Dr. Dan Lambert- Town Hall “Our Goals for the New Year”. 
Friday: Karaoke Songfest Party 7pm in Ministers Hall. 
Saturday: Awakening the Dreamer-UU Cluster 9am in Ministers Hall.
Sunday:  News Talk at 9:15am in Ministers Hall.

Gratitude
Thank you to all who contribute to our service and fellowship hour each week. This week:
Service Leader: Lynn Pernezny
Special Music Guest: Faerie Elaine Silver
Music coordinator: Peilin Ko
Cover art:  David Traupman
Ushers: Bob Shipley and Mary Mansfield
Fellowship hour hospitality: Shirley Bloomquist, assisted by Pat Knight.

And to our permanent staff:
Barbara Hatzfeld, office administrator
Willie Nelson, sexton. 

Announcements
Next Sunday: “Our Seventh Principle and Blessing of the Animals” Rev. Dr. Dan Lambert
Rev. Dr. Dan Lambert Office Hours: Tuesday 5pm-8pm and Thursday 9am-Noon. His office telephone # is 561-627-6106. His email is revdan@1stuupb.org. 
Food Items collected during the offertory are donated to the Lake Park Food Pantry, 
Shoes and Toiletry Articles collected are donated to the Haitian Community.
Dine A Round: April 28 at 6pm Dorie & Allen Maxwell Spring Fling Picnic $30 per. May 26 at 6pm Gloria Golden & Jim Meyer Memorial Weekend BBQ $30 per, 
If you wish to attend, contact Frank Smith at fjsmithgcny@gmail.com and get payment into the office! You do not have a reservation until both are complete. Frank Smith, chair

Order of Service, April 15, 2018

Prelude: The Garden Song (John Denver)

Welcome 

Lighting the Chalice Flame: *Hymn #188 Come, Come, Whoever You Are 

Introductions of Visitors

* Affirmation: (in unison) Love is the spirit of this Congregation and service is its law. This is our great covenant: to dwell together in peace, to seek the truth in love and to help one another.

*Hymn #128: For All That Is Our Life

Offertory: Hold On (Kansas)

Quiet Time/Meditation/Prayer

Sermon: Looking Ahead: Goals and Vision for the Coming Year   -- Rev. Dr. Dan Lambert

*Hymn #318: We Would Be One 

Announcements 

Life of the Congregation

Extinguishing the Chalice Flame (in unison) We extinguish this flame, but not the light of truth, the warmth of community, or the fire of commitment. These we carry in our hearts until we are together again.

Postlude: Into the Mystic (Van Morris)
Gratitude & Applause
* Please stand in body or spirit
Join Us for Refreshments & Fellowship in Ministers Hall 
Hearing devices, and envelopes for cash pledges are available on the hymnal cart or ask an usher.

This Week
Today: JAM Grant Collection, Social Hour 11:30am in Ministers Hall.  
Monday-Friday: Administration Office hours 9:30am-12:30pm
Monday: P.E.A.C.E. Nehemiah Action 7pm WPB  -- Bus from 1stUUPB at 6pm. Cost $12.
Thursday: JAM Meeting 5pm in Ministers Hall, Catered dinner 6pm in Ministers Hall. Teaching Thursday presentation at 7pm  Annual Meeting Board of Trustees Review 
Friday:  Natalie Lederer Tour of the Norton at 1pm. Anti Gun Violence Play 5:30pm in the Sanctuary. 
Saturday: JAM Social Justice Film at 12:30pm in Ministers Hall, Spaghetti Dinner at 6pm in Ministers Hall. 
Sunday:  News Talk at 9:15am in Ministers Hall. Annual Meeting 12:15pm in the Sanctuary 

Gratitude
Thank you to all who contribute to our service and fellowship hour each week. This week:
• Music coordinator: Peilin Ko
• Cover art:  David Traupman
• Ushers: Ramsay Laing & Betsy Shipley
• Fellowship hour hospitality: Mary Mansfield, assisted by Coleen Conway.

And to our permanent staff:
• Barbara Hatzfeld, office administrator
• Willie Nelson, sexton. 

Announcements
Next Sunday: “Earth Day” Elaine Silver
Rev. Dr. Dan Lambert Office Hours: Tuesday 5pm-8pm and Thursday 9am-Noon. His office telephone # is 561-627-6106. His e-mail is revdan@1stuupb.org. 
Food Items collected during the offertory are donated to the Lake Park Food Pantry, 
Shoes and Toiletry Articles collected are donated to the Haitian Community.
Artists: It is time to collect your art work from Ministers Hall.

Order of Service, April 8, 2018

Introduction 

*Hymn #188 Come, Come, Whoever You Are 

Prelude:  Singing Bowl Meditation

Welcome and Announcements

Lighting the Chalice Flame: Open to Unexpected Answers by Julianne Lepp: (in unison) We seek our place in the world and the answer to our hearts’ deep questions. As we seek, may our hearts be open to unexpected answers. May the light of our chalice remind us that this is a community of warmth, of wisdom, and welcoming of multiple truths. 

*Hymn #352 Find a Stillness

Quiet Time/Meditation/Prayer

Offertory:  The Journey arranged by Joseph M. Martin

* Affirmation: (in unison) Love is the spirit of this Congregation and service is its law. This is our great covenant to dwell together in peace, to seek the truth in love and to help one another.

Reading: Listening to Sacred Stillness: Stillness Which Renews Our Souls by Greg Richardson

Guided Meditation

Responsive Reading #602: If There Is To Be Peace

Sermon: Meditation: A Practice of Peace  Amy Stauber

*Hymn #149 Lift Every Voice and Sing

Extinguishing the Chalice Flame (in unison) We extinguish this flame, but not the light of truth, the warmth of community, or the fire of commitment. These we carry in our hearts until we are together again.

Benediction

Postlude: Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee
Gratitude & Applause
* Please stand in body or spirit
Join Us for Refreshments & Fellowship in Ministers Hall 
Hearing devices, and envelopes for cash pledges are available on the hymnal cart or ask an usher.

This Week
Today: Pledge Lunch 11:30am in Ministers Hall, Council Meeting 12:45pm in the Channing Room, UU Pagans Coffee after 1pm in Ministers Hall
Monday-Friday: Administration Office hours 9:30am-12:30pm
Tuesday: Board of Trustees meeting 6:30pm in the Channing Room
Thursday:   Catered dinner 6pm in Ministers Hall. Teaching Thursday presentation at 7pm “Important Spiritual Thinkers- Buddha “ presented by Rev. Dr. Dan Lambert
Saturday: 2nd Saturday Book Group “Imagine” 10am in the Sanctuary
Sunday:  News Talk at 9:15am in Ministers Hall.

Gratitude
Thank you to all who contribute to our service and fellowship hour each week. This week:
• Music coordinator: Peilin Ko
• Cover art:  David Traupman
• Ushers: Betsy Shipley and Barbara Hatzfeld
• Fellowship hour hospitality: Jesse Walters & David Traupman, assisted by Karen Wolin 

And to our permanent staff:
• Barbara Hatzfeld, office administrator
• Willie Nelson, sexton. 

Announcements
Next Sunday: “Our Seventh Principle” Rev. Dr. Dan Lambert
Rev. Dr. Dan Lambert Office Hours: Tuesday 5pm-8pm and Thursday 9am-Noon. His office telephone # is 561-627-6106. His e-mail is revdan@1stuupb.org. 
Food Items collected during the offertory are donated to the Lake Park Food Pantry, 
Shoes and Toiletry Articles collected are donated to the Haitian Community
Friday April 20 at 1pm, Natalie Lederer will lead a tour at the Norton Museum of “Spiritual Gardens from East to West”. Contact Natalie at 561-790-5981 or Ledererc@bellsouth.net to reserve a spot.