IMPONDERABLES: EVIL
Worship Assistant: Andrew Kahn
Welcome
Call to Worship: Does God Allow Evil and Suffering? by Maryann Spikes
Does God allow evil and suffering?
Yes.
Can you look me level in the eyes
and tell me what some people do
to hurt little kids is not evil?
No.
Evil is real, but how can someone
who doesn’t exist allow anything?
Yes.
If evil is real, then good is real.
But if good is real, what being
do you know who is always good?
But here we are again.
Would a good God allow
evil and suffering?
No.
We must be mistaken.
Morality must be relative.
No real evil, no real mark to miss.
Sorry, kids.
Yeah. Right.
But why doesn’t he STOP it?!
Does he just kick back,
do nothing while we suffer?
What kind of almighty God
doesn’t have the POWER
to stop our pain?
But imagine feeling nothing.
And imagine you have no choice
because evil is impossible.
Love and all that is beautiful
and worth dying for would be impossible.
Maybe it is more powerful, more loving,
to empower us to choose love?
Maybe.
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
Hymn: #299 Make Channels for the Streams of Love
Story for All Ages
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: Honesty (B. Joel)
Sermon: Imponderables, Evil, Rev Dr Dan Lambert
Hymn: #298 Wake, Now, My Senses
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: I Won’t Back Down (T. Petty & J. Lynne)
Hearing devices are available. Just ask an usher!
Watch Our Service on YouTube! We video record each service and post them on YouTube. You can find the video for today and past Sundays by going to YouTube.com and searching for 1stUUPB.
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, Jessi Meadows & Rachel Melcher: Fellowship Hour Hospitality
Sam Irwin & Thom Irwin: Ushers
Connect With Us
Call our office: 561-627-6105
Email the office: admin@1stuupb.org
Rev. Dan’s e-mail: RevDan@1stuupb.org Call or text Rev. Dan: 561-628-6954
Visit our web page: 1stuupb.org
Find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/1stuupb
Our social justice page on Facebook is at: https://www.facebook.com/1stUUPBJAM/
Office Hours
Our office is open Monday–Friday, 9:30–12:30, except for holidays.
Rev. Dan is available most days except Friday, which he & Tess have covenanted as their sacred day off together. Please email Rev. Dan to make an appointment.
This Week @ 1stUUPB
Today
11:30am Social Hour in Ministers Hall.
Noon - JAM Meeting in the Channing Room.
Tuesday
6:30pm Board of Trustees Meeting in the Channing Room.
Thursday
7pm Teaching Thursday, Building Your Own Theology in Ministers Hall.
Friday
6pm Family Fun Friday in Ministers Hall.
Next Sunday
9:15am News Talk in Ministers Hall.
10:30am Sunday Service, Imponderables: Assumptions.
11:30am Harriette Glasner Scholarship Awards & Luncheon in Ministers Hall.
5:30pm Dinner Out With Friends, U-Tiki Beach, Jupiter. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED, Contact Frank Smith 561-471-2814, fjsmithgcny@gmail.com
NOTE: It's that time of the year when we present the Harriette Glasner scholarship awards to deserving students in our community. We will be hosting a luncheon and are looking for volunteers to bring dishes for our picnic. The committee will have a signup sheet after service or see Sylvia, Judy, Sam, or Sadiqa.
Help Spread The Word!!
As we continue to use social media as way to get the word out about who we are and what we’re all about at 1stUUPB, you can help us a lot in just a few clicks (if you have a Facebook account, that is).
*Find our Facebook page by searching for us by name, and make sure you have “Liked” the page.
*Whenever you see a post from us in your newsfeed, don’t just scroll past it. Please click on it and select a “Like” option. If you hover over the Like button with your cursor and wait a moment without clicking, a few other options show up. You can choose a thumbs up, a heart, a laugh, a “what in the world?!?” face, a sad face or a mad face. Make a comment on the post.
*Share the post either on your own page or share it with someone you think might be interested in it.
*Give us a 5 star rating and tell what you enjoy about our congregation.
*If you have the Facebook app on your smart phone, anytime you are at 1stUUPB for a Sunday service or NewsTalk or Teaching Thursday or yoga or a movie or a meeting or whatever, please check in to let people know you are here.
Why are we asking you to do all this? Because it is an easy way to spread the word about who we are and the important work we do here. Plus, all this is FREE marketing! Who doesn’t like free?!?
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