Order of Service, December 1, 2019

THE INTERDEPENDENT WEB THROUGH SONG

Guest Musician: Rev. Faerie Elaine Silver

Service Leader: Larry Stauber

Introduction

Prelude

Welcome & Announcements

Lighting the Chalice Flame: 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. 


Children & Youth Check-In & Send-Off: Go now in peace, go now in peace; may the spirit of love surround you everywhere, everywhere you may go.

Quiet Time/Meditation/Prayer

Offertory

Our Seventh Principle: The Interdependent Web Through Song, Elaine Silver

Hymn: #123 Spirit of Life

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.

Closing Words

Postlude

Order of Service, November 24, 2019

THANKSGIVING SERVICE

led by 1stUUPB Members

Introduction

Hymn: #188 Come, Come, Whoever You Are

Prelude: With a Little Help From My Friends (P. McCartney & J. Lennon)

Welcome and Announcements

Lighting the Chalice Flame: Lighting the chalice flame on Thanksgiving is a reminder of our many gifts for which we are grateful.
We celebrate together with those who embrace Thanksgiving as a day to honor the gifts of family, friendship, abundance and security. We celebrate together, joining our voices to hold aloft our sacred blessings.
For those who hold Thanksgiving as a day of sadness, who mourn for the hurt and loss of native peoples, who are lonely, who grieve the loss of those dear and beloved, we hold your heartache and sorrow so you do not have to carry the burden alone.

Opening Words

Hymn: #128 For All That is Our Life

Story for All Ages: The Thankful Book (Todd Parr)

Quiet Time/Meditation/Prayer

Offertory: Wind Beneath My Wings (J. Silbar & L. Henley)

Reading: Thanks (W.S. Merwin)

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. 

Hymn: #21 For the Beauty of the Earth

Homily: Some Thoughts at Thanksgiving, Larry Stauber

Hymn: #18 What Wondrous Love

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.

Closing Words

Postlude: Thank You for Being a Friend (A. Gold)

Order of Service, November 17, 2019

THE SOURCE OF ALL VALUE

Pulpit Guest - The Reverend Kenneth Gordon Hurto, Unitarian Universalist Minister

I come to church — and would whether I was a preacher or not — because I fall below my own standards and need to be constantly brought back to them. 
— A. Powell Davies, (1902 - 1957)

Ringing of the Bell

Prelude: At the Same Time (A. Callaway)

Words of Welcome & Community Concerns

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.

Hymn: #95 There is More Love Somewhere

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. 

For All Ages

Children & Youth Check-In & Send-Off: Go now in peace, go now in peace; may the spirit of love surround you everywhere, everywhere you may go.

A Time for Quiet & Meditation/Lighting Candles of Joy or Sorrow

Hymn: We Give Thanks
Oh we give thanks … For this precious day.
For all gather’d here … And those far away;
For this time we share … With love and care
Oh, we give thanks for this precious day.

A Moment for Social Justice

Lessons for the Day: The 10 Commitments of Humanism by Kristen Wintermute

Hymn: #34 Though I May Speak with Bravest Fire

Sermon: The Source of All Value, The Reverend Kenneth Gordon Hurto

We Share our Gifts/Offertory: Breathe In, Breathe Out, Move On (J. Buffett) 

A Lesson for Parting: The Gates of Hope by Victoria Safford

Closing Hymn: #131 Love Will Guide Us

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.

Benediction

Postlude: If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out (C. Stevens)

Order of Service, November 10, 2019

ARE THE TRINITY AND CHRIST RELEVANT TO UNITARIANS? (PART 1)

Guest Speaker: Canon Thomas O’Brien

Service Leader: Barbara Hatzfeld

Prelude: Spirit in the Sky (N. Greenbaum)  

Welcome and Announcements

Introduction of Visitors

Opening Words: #442 We Bid You Welcome (Responsive Reading)

Lighting the Chalice Flame: Let the lighting of this flame rekindle in us the inner light of love, of peace, of joy and of hope. And as one flame lights another, we pledge ourselves to be the bearers of the light wherever we are.

Hymn: 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. 

Hymn: #38 Morning Has Broken

Story for All Ages

Children & Youth Check-In & Send-Off:  Go now in peace, go now in peace; may the spirit of love surround you everywhere, everywhere you may go.

Quiet Time/Meditation/Prayer/Candle Lighting

Hymn: #20 Be Thou My Vision

Offertory: Just a Closer Walk with Thee (Traditional)

Reading

Sermon: Are the Trinity and Christ Relevant to Unitarians? (Part 1) Canon Thomas O’Brien

Closing Hymn: #32 Now Thank We All Our God

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.

Closing Words

Postlude: Jesus is Just Alright (A. Reynolds)

Order of Service, November 3, 2019

STOP MAKING CHILDREN 

FIGHT OUR BATTLES

Guest Speaker: Meagan Bandy Bell

Service Leader: Larry Stauber

Introduction

Hymn: #188 Come, Come, Whoever You Are

Prelude: Lionheart Epic (B. Bennett)

Welcome and Announcements

Lighting the Chalice Flame:
We light our chalice with the hope
that love and wisdom
might inspire us to act
so that we may look into the eyes
of our children
and their children and truthfully say
we did our part
to care for them and their future.
May love transform us and our world
with new steps toward life. 

Opening Words: Excerpt from Greta Thunberg’s address to U.N.

Hymn: #347 Gather the Spirit

Children & Youth Check-In & Send-Off:
Go now in peace, go now in peace; may the spirit of love surround you everywhere, everywhere you may go.

Quiet Time/Meditation/Prayer

Offertory: In My Daughter’s Eye (J. Slater)

Responsive Reading: #570 Prayer for the Earth

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. 

Hymn: #21 For the Beauty of the Earth

Sermon: Stop Making Children Fight Our Battles, Meagan Bandy Bell

Hymn: #123 Spirit of Life

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.

Closing Words

Postlude: Blessed (E. John)