September 1st Sunday Service cancelled courtesy of Hurricane Dorian

Order of Service, August 25, 2019

ABORTION

Ben Juhl

Greetings

Prelude: Whispering Hope (Septimus Winner)

Lighting the Chalice Flame: 
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: #123 Spirit of Life

Announcements

Moment of Silence & Candle Lighting 

Children's Faith Development Program:  
Go now in peace, go now in peace; may the spirit of love surround you everywhere, everywhere you may go.

Offertory: Waltz Op.69, No.1 (Chopin)

Message

Hymn: #346 Come, Sing a Song with Me 

Sermon: Abortion, Ben Juhl

Closing Words

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: Let It Be (P. McCartney & J. Lennon)

Order of Service, August 18, 2019

ONLY KINDNESS MATTERS

The Walters-Traupman Family

Prelude: Kindness (R. Adams)

Welcome

Opening Words

Lighting the Chalice Flame: 
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.

Opening Hymn: #361 Enter, Rejoice and Come In

Introduction of Visitors

Social Justice Minute: St. George’s Center, Pat Knight

Reading

Meditation

Moment of Silence & Candle Lighting 

Responsive Reading: #651 The Body is Humankind

Offertory: Hands (Jewel)

Message: Only Kindness Matters, The Walters-Traupman Family

Closing Hymn: #121 We’ll Build a Land             
Closing Words

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

Order of Service, August 11, 2019

THE POETRY OF UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS

Prelude: If Music Be the Food of Love (Purcell)

Welcome

Lighting the Chalice Flame: 
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

Reading: Songs for the People, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper -- Read by Lynn Pernezny

Hymn: #21 For the Beauty of the Earth

Reading: The Work of Happiness, May Sarton – Read by Amy Stauber

Time for All Ages: David Traupman

Moment of Silence & Candle Lighting --Reading for Meditation: Diving for Dreams, e.e. cummings – Read by Pat Knight

Children's Faith Development Program:  Go now in peace, go now in peace; may the spirit of love surround you everywhere, everywhere you may go.

Social Justice Minute

Reading: The Garden By Moonlight, Amy Lowell – Read by David Traupman

Offertory: Change (C. Underwood)

Readings:
•In Chains, William Carlos Williams -- Read by Nickie Albert
•Blackberrying, Sylvia Plath -- Read by Suzanne Schluter
•Within the Circuit of This Plodding Life, Henry David Thoreau -- Read by Paul Ward
•The Early Bird, Ted Kooser -- Read by Carol Baxter
•For You O Democracy, Walt Whitman -- Read by Nickie Albert

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 Reading: Angels,  Mary Oliver – Read by Nickie Albert

Postlude: Come Sail Away (D. DeYoung)

Order of Service, August 4, 2019

MUSIC AS MINISTRY 

Prelude: Thankful (D. Foster, R. Page & C. Sager)

Welcome

Lighting the Chalice Flame: 
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

Reading: Why They Sing

Hymn: #108 How Can I Keep From Singing

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: Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door (B. Dylan)  

Sermon: Music as Ministry
•Introduction
•People (J. Styne & B. Merrill)
•Stand By Me (B. King, J. Leiber & M. Stoller)
•Over the Rainbow (H. Arlen & Y. Harburg)
•If I Had a Hammer (P. Seeger & L. Hays)
 If I had a hammer, I’d hammer in the morning,
 I’d hammer in the evening, all over this land.
 I’d hammer out danger, I’d hammer a warning,
 I’d hammer out love between my brothers and my sisters,
 All over this land.

 If I had a bell, I’d ring it in the morning…

 If I had a song, I’d sing it in the morning…

 Well, I have a hammer, and I have a bell,
 And I have a song to sing all over this land.
 It’s the hammer of justice, it’s the bell of freedom,
 It’s the song about love between my brothers and my sisters,
 All over this land.
•I Am Woman (H. Reddy & R. Burton)

Closing Words

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: Joy to the World (H. Axton)

***Because of the number of musical selections included in today’s service, we ask that you please hold all applause/appreciation until the conclusion of the postlude. 

Order of Service, July 28, 2019

PREACHING NAKED

Welcome and Announcements 

Prelude: Live to Tell (Madonna)

Opening Words

Lighting the Chalice Flame: #448
We gather this hour as people of faith
With joys and sorrows, gifts and needs.
We light this beacon of hope,
Sign of our quest for truth and meaning,
In celebration of the life we share together.  

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.

Meditation/Silent Time

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

Offertory: Garden Party (R. Nelson)  

Doxology: #381

Sermon: Preaching Naked, Chris Juhl

Hymn #347 Gather the Spirit

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: Beautiful (L. Perry)

Order of Service, July 21

Endings and Beginnings: Embracing Change

Service Leader: Amy Stauber

Service Assistant:  Larry Stauber

Introduction

Hymn #188 Come, Come, Whoever You Are

Prelude: Landslide (S. Nicks)

Welcome and Announcements 

Lighting the Chalice Flame: Why We’re Here by Erik Walker Wikstrom (in unison)
Here, today, in this place and with these people, may we listen so that we can hear; may we hear so that we can feel; may we feel so that we can know; and may we know so that we can change ourselves and this world. May this chalice we light, light our way.

Opening Words: For a New Beginning by John O’Donohue

Hymn #311 Let It Be a Dance

Social Justice Minute

Quiet Time/Meditation/Prayer 

Story for All Ages: Beyond Every Door by Molly Housch Gordon

Hymn: Go Now in Peace
Go now in peace, go now in peace; may the spirit of love surround you everywhere, everywhere you may go.

Offertory: Change (C. Underwood)

Responsive Reading #468 We Need One Another

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

Sermon: Beginnings and Endings:  Embracing Change by Amy Stauber

Hymn #123 Spirit of Life

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: Wind of Change (K. Meine)
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This Week @ 1stUUPB
Today
•11:30am Social Hour in Ministers Hall.
•12noon JAM Special Committee Meeting in the Channing Room.
Friday
•6:30pm Art Fridays At The UU Salon in Ministers Hall. 
Next Sunday
•9:15am News Talk in Ministers Hall.
•10:30am Sunday Service
•11:30am Social Hour in Ministers Hall.


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 
Rachel Melcher & Ameer Tohamy:  Summer RE Assistant
Suzanne Schluter, Mary Mansfield & Pat Knight: Fellowship Hour Hospitality  
Jim Meyer & Kim Hetrick: Ushers

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