Order of Service, April 7, 2019

FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT

Guest Speaker:  Pat Beall

Worship Assistant: Lois Friel

Prelude: Rainbow Connection
(P. Williams & K. Ascher)

Welcome

Call to Worship: Reading #496
(in unison)

Lighting the Chalice Flame:
Come, Come, Whoever You Are
Come, come, whoever you are.
Wanderer, worshiper, lover of
leaving.
Ours is no caravan of despair.
Come, yet again come.

Affirmation: 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.

Introduction of Visitors

Birthdays & Anniversaries

Hymn: This Little Light of Mine
This little light of mine, I'm gonna
let it shine (x3)
Let it shine (x3)
Everywhere I go, I'm gonna let it
shine (x3)
Let it shine (x3)
All up in my house, I'm gonna let it shine (x3)
Let it shine (x3)

New Member Recognition

Social Justice Minute: Jenn Kuipers - Palm
Beach County Victim Services

Moment of Silence & Candle Lighting

Religious Education Class:  Go now in peace,
go now in peace; may the spirit of love
surround you everywhere, everywhere you
may go.

Offertory: A Whiter Shade of Pale
(G. Brooker, M. Fisher & K. Reid)

Sermon: From Darkness to Light - Pat Beall

Hymn: I Can See Clearly Now
I can see clearly now, the rain is gone,
I can see all obstacles in my way
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-Shiny day.
I think I can make it now, the pain is gone
All of the bad feelings have disappeared
Here is the rainbow I've been prayin' for
It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-Shiny day.
Look all around, there's nothin' but blue skies
Look straight ahead, nothin' but blue skies
I can see clearly now, the rain is gone,
I can see all obstacles in my way
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-Shiny day.

Extinguishing the Chalice Flame:
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: You Will Never Walk Alone
(Roger & Hammerstein)

Benediction

Hearing devices are available. Just ask an usher.

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Gratitude

Thank you to all who make our Sundays special:

Kim Hetrick: Office Administrator

Peilin Ko: Music Coordinator  

Willie Nelson: Sexton  

David Traupman: Cover Art

David Traupman:  RE Volunteer

Suzanne Schluter, Rhonda Kessler, Lauren Furst & Peter Koos: Fellowship Hour Hospitality 

Paul Ward & Betsy Shipley: Ushers

TODAY’S SPEAKER IS PAT BEALL

Palm Beach Post Investigative Reporter Pat Beall was born in Tyler Texas, and lived in Colombia, Louisiana, and pre-Disney Orlando before settling in South Florida. She is a cheerful college dropout, having left school to jump into journalism. Her formal career started at the age of 19 at a tiny newspaper and eventually included a stint at The Wall Street Journal.

Her exposes on inhumane prison conditions, housing fraud, the opioid crisis, sober home fraud, and others social issues have led to significant changes at the state and local levels. Pat’s 2017 memoir of her own childhood abuse garnered national recognition. 

She is a speaker at journalism workshops and a frequent panelist at the Investigative Reporters and Editors’ national conference, where she won multiple IRE finalist honors. Other recent national awards include the 2014 Hillman Prize for Newspaper Journalism, and the 2015 Barlett & Steele Bronze Medal for business investigative reporting. She shared the Sigma Delta Chi Award for Investigative Reporting, and was a 2018 Society for Features Journalism finalist for narrative storytelling. She shared the 2016 Association of Health Care Journalists Award for Public Health Reporting. She was also the Florida Sigma Delta Chi's 2017 Journalist of the Year.

In her precious spare time, she gardens, kayaks, reads and has coffee with friends. Through absolutely no fault of her own, she lives with four bullying cats. 

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Office Hours

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Rev. Dan is available for pastoral care or just to chat almost any time during the week. He & Tess have covenanted with each other to make Friday a sacred day off for both of them, so he will not be available most Fridays unless there is an emergency.

This Week @ 1stUUPB

Today

11:30am Social Hour in Ministers Hall.

12pm Council Meeting in the Channing Room.

1pm Palm Beach Pagans Coffee Meeting in the Channing Room.

6pm Dinner Out With Friends, Seasons 52, PBG. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED, Contact Frank Smith.

 Monday

7pm P.E.A.C.E. Nehemiah Action, WPB.

 Wednesday

6pm Ethnic Dinner, Queen of Sheba. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED, Contact Frank Smith.

 Thursday

7pm Teaching Thursday, Open Forum: Long Term Financial Plan Review in Minister’s Hall.

 Friday

6:30pm Art Friday At The UU Salon in Ministers Hall.

 Saturday

10am Second Saturday Book Group in the Sanctuary.

Next Sunday

9:15am News Talk in Ministers Hall.

10:30am Sunday Service: Palm Sunday in the Palm Beaches, Rev. Dr. Dan Lambert.

11:30am Social Hour in Ministers Hall.