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Friday, March 31, 2017
Order of Service, April 2
At
the sound of the chime, please join in singing Hymn #188 Come, Come, Whoever You Are
Welcome & Announcements
Prelude: 2 Romanian Folk Dances
by Bartok
Opening
Words
Lighting the Chalice Flame (in unison):
In
this small flame dwell: the beacon light of lanterns guiding travelers
home;
the warmth of hearth fires tended through the generations; the transforming energy of furnaces and the power and life of our sun. May these blessings -- warmth and light and life-giving energy -- be kindled in each of us.
the warmth of hearth fires tended through the generations; the transforming energy of furnaces and the power and life of our sun. May these blessings -- warmth and light and life-giving energy -- be kindled in each of us.
*Hymn: # 21 For the Beauty of the Earth
Candles of Joy and Sorrow and Meditation
Reading
Offertory: The
Fools Who Dream by Hurwitz
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: # 123 Spirit of Life
Sermon: I Pity the Fool
Rev. CJ McGregor
*Hymn: # 121 We’ll Build a Land
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.
Closing
Words
Postlude: La Cinquantaine
by Gabriel Marie
Gratitude & Applause
Hearing devices, and envelopes for cash pledges are available on the hymnal cart or ask
an usher.
This
Week
Today:
Nursery is
open at 10:15am. Social Hour 11:30am in Ministers Hall. Pagans Coffee Meetup
1pm in Ministers Hall.
Monday:
P.E.A.C.E.
Nehemiah Action 7pm WPB
Tuesday:
Men’s Group
6:30pm Dinner at La Bamba.
Wednesday:
Poetry
Workshop 6:30pm in Ministers Hall.
Thursday: Teaching Thursday Community
Meal 6pm in Ministers Hall. 7pm Program:
Bob Ashmore “Our Well Being as We Age” in Ministers Hall.
Friday:
Karaoke
Party - Benefit for 1st UUPB 7pm in Ministers Hall.
Saturday:
Second
Saturday Book Group 10am in the Sanctuary to discuss Louise Erdrich’s novel LaRose,(Last meeting until November.)
Dine Around 6:30pm at Pat Knight’s home (reservations only).
Sunday: News
Talk 9:15am in Ministers Hall
Gratitude
Thank you to all who
contribute to our service and fellowship hour each week. This week:
·
Chalice
Lighter:
·
Ushers:
Vangie Gruen and Nickie Albert
·
Cover
Art: Larry Stauber
·
Fellowship
Hour Hospitality: Rev. CJ McGregor and Richard Keelan
Announcements
· Next Sunday: “Letters to the Minister” led by Rev. CJ McGregor.
· Rev. CJ McGregor Office Hours: by appointment (Please call 561-627-6106 ahead) Tuesday- Thursday 9:30am-2pm.
· 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.
Our
Staff:
Rev.
CJ McGregor, Minister
Claudia
Jimenez, Intern Minister
Peilin
Ko, Music Coordinator
Barbara
Hatzfeld, Office Administrator
Willie
Nelson, Sexton.
Monday, March 27, 2017
Sunday, March 26, 2017
NewsTalk Topics for April 2
- fallout from the failure to repeal Obamacare
- what is the status of the President's revised "Muslim" ban?
- Trump and the media - winners and losers
- is Gorsuch a Trojan Horse?
- is there a Trump-Russian connection?
- Trump's foreign policy - Obama Lite?
Thursday, March 23, 2017
PEACE Nehemiah Action Assembly April 3
People Engaged in Active Community Efforts Nehemiah Action Assembly will take place at the West Palm Beach Convention Center at 7pm, April 3, 2017. Tickets are available from Barbara Hatzfeld and the network members. There will be a bus leaving 1stUUPB at 6pm for those who reserve.
Last Chance to Reserve for March 29 Norton Tour
Natalie Lederer will lead a tour of
the Norton Museum especially for UUs on
March 29 at 10:30am.
Please RSVP -- call 790- 5981.
We will explore abstract art, beginning with this month's Spotlight selection. It features renowned contemporary artist Spencer Finch. His work is about light, color, and the passage of time. He is interested in depicting a world that is experienced differently by each of us -- our reactions to nature and to popular culture. Finch's abstract, yet personal work is on permanent display at the entrance to the 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York City. Called “Trying to Remember the Color of the Sky on That Morning”, it depicts 2,983 sheets of paper painted with varying shades of blue, representing each person who perished that day. We shall view and discuss his take on an Apple Tree and on the Wizard of Oz movie, as well as related works in the permanent collection.
Please RSVP -- call 790- 5981.
We will explore abstract art, beginning with this month's Spotlight selection. It features renowned contemporary artist Spencer Finch. His work is about light, color, and the passage of time. He is interested in depicting a world that is experienced differently by each of us -- our reactions to nature and to popular culture. Finch's abstract, yet personal work is on permanent display at the entrance to the 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York City. Called “Trying to Remember the Color of the Sky on That Morning”, it depicts 2,983 sheets of paper painted with varying shades of blue, representing each person who perished that day. We shall view and discuss his take on an Apple Tree and on the Wizard of Oz movie, as well as related works in the permanent collection.
March 26, 2017 Order of Service
At
the sound of the chime, please join in singing Hymn #188 Come, Come, Whoever You Are
Welcome & Announcements
Prelude: Lullaby by Billy Joel
Opening
Words
Lighting the Chalice Flame (in unison):
The
chalice lit amongst us is a beacon. A beacon of hope, in a world in crisis. A
beacon of possibility, made manifest in our community. A beacon of warmth
through our interconnections. A beacon of light illuminating our shared wisdom.
A beacon of connection by our being together.
New Member Recognition
(see insert)
*Hymn: #360 Here We Have Gathered
Candles of Joy and Sorrow and Meditation
Reading: Actions Change the World by
Zahari Berlin
Offertory: No One is Alone by
Stephen
Sondheim
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.
Sermon: Put Your Money Where your
Values Are
Rev. CJ McGregor
*Hymn: #128 For All That Is Our 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.
Closing
Words
Postlude: In My Life by the Beatles
Gratitude & Applause
*Please stand in
body or spirit
Hearing
devices, and envelopes for cash pledges are available on the hymnal cart or ask
an usher.
This
Week
Today:
Nursery is
open at 10:15am. Social Hour 11:30am in Ministers Hall.
Thursday:
JAM Book
Discussion 4pm in the Channing Room. Teaching Thursday Community Meal 6pm in
Ministers Hall. 7pm Program: Rich
Palermo “A Brief History of the American Labor Movement” in Ministers Hall.
Sunday: News
Talk 9:15am in Ministers Hall
Gratitude
Thank you to all who
contribute to our service and fellowship hour each week. This week:
· Ushers:
Pat Knight and Terry Last
·
Cover
Art: Larry Stauber
Fellowship
Hour Hospitality: Ramsay Laing
Our
Staff
Rev.
CJ McGregor, Minister
Claudia
Jimenez, Intern Minister
Peilin
Ko, Music Coordinator
Barbara
Hatzfeld, Office Administrator
Willie
Nelson, Sexton
Sunday, March 19, 2017
NewsTalk Topics for March 26
- Affordable Care Act v. American Health Care Act
- more on President Trump's budget blueprint for FY2018
- what's up with the President's revised "Muslim" travel ban?
- did the Obama Administration "wiretap" the Trump campaign?
- how are the Trump Administration and the media getting along?
- what's happening in the Florida legislature?
Karaoke Party, April 7
Join us for a Karaoke Party!
To benefit 1stUUPB
Come sing and dance and celebrate
life!
If you can’t sing, you can listen and
applaud!
Friday, April 7, 7 – 11pm
$25 per person, $40 per
couple.
Refreshments and various appetizers
served; B.Y.O.B.
In Ministers Hall, 635 Prosperity
Farms Road, NPB
Pay in advance to the office, or
online at http://1stuupb.org/karaoke-ticketing/
RSVP by April 5.
Over 26,000 songs to select from. Come unleash
your inner rockstar, or croon a ballad,
or twang
a country song! Sing to the crowd, sing to your
sweetheart, or sing Joy to the World!!!
Friday, March 17, 2017
NEW MEMBER INFORMATION
First Unitarian
Universalist Congregation of the Palm Beaches
635 Prosperity Farms Road, North Palm Beach, FL
We are a welcoming, liberal religious Congregation of diverse and
freethinking individuals who seek truth, spiritual growth, and social justice in a loving community.
As adults and children who learn, love, share and serve together, we welcome all into our family.
Our mission is to transform lives through liberal religious community.
Committing to
Membership: When you feel that you have
made a connection and found a spiritual home here, we invite you to complete the final steps of our Path
to Membership. This includes:
1) meeting with our minister,
2) completing and submitting this
Desire to Join form,
3) making a financial pledge for the balance of our May 1-April 30 fiscal
year, and
4) signing our Membership Book—which you may chose to do at one of our New Member
Recognition Ceremonies held twice a year, usually in March and November.
DESIRE TO JOIN Today’s date ____/_____/_________
Finding myself in
sympathy with the purposes of the First Unitarian Universalist Congregation of
the Palm Beaches, I
hereby affirm my desire to become a member and covenant to support it to the
best of my abilities. I
understand that if I do not pledge or pay towards a pledge for two fiscal
years, in keeping with our 1stUUPB
bylaws I will be removed from membership.
Signature(s)_______________________________________________________________
*Have you already made
a Financial Pledge for this current fiscal year of 1stUUPB? Yes ____ No _____
If No, please complete
and submit a Pledge Form for the rest of this current year.
Complete all
information below and on the back that applies to you. This information will be entered into our Congregational directory and database, so please
write clearly.
Your Name (as you wish it in the
directory) __________________________________________________
Email _______________________Cell Phone
_________________
Local Residence
____________________________________________________________________
Home
phone? _______________
If you have another residence where you will be living part of the
year, please list that here:
Secondary Address
__________________________________________________________________
Home
phone? ____________
When will you usually be living at this
address?____________________________________________
Spouse/Partner’s Name (If applicable)
__________________________________________________
Is your Spouse/Partner also desiring to join at this time? Yes
___ No ____
If Yes, also add this
information: (Please indicate appropriate title.)
Spouse/Partner’s Email______________________________________
Cell
Phone ________________
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
*Have [either of] you
ever been a member of 1stUUPB before: _____ If yes, approximate dates of your former membership: From ______ to ______.
Partner: From
______ to __________
*Do [both of] you
currently belong to another UU congregation? ____ If so, what is the name and location of that church?
_______________________________________________________________
Check your desire regarding that church and ours: Dual membership
____ Transfer membership ____
(OVER)
Children
If you have children
who will be participating in our Child and/or Youth programs or other activities, please
list their names, ages, and birth dates (Day/Mo/Yr).
1._______________________________________________________________________
2._______________________________________________________________________
3._______________________________________________________________________
4.______________________________________________________________________
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Membership in our
Congregation brings the privileges of voting at official Congregational meetings and
eligibility for elected leadership positions. It also entitles you to an annual subscription of the UU World, the quarterly magazine
of our national association, the Unitarian Universalist
Association (UUA).
When you have
completed this form, please submit it to a member of the Membership Committee or to our 1stUUPB
office in the Emerson Building.
The First Unitarian Universalist Congregation will share none of
your personal information recorded on this form with any organization except the UUA.
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New Member Recognition Ceremony, March 26
New Member Recognition Ceremony — Sunday, March 26, 2017
If you feel you have made a connection
and found a spiritual home at 1stUUPB, we invite you
take that next step and join us in membership. During our Sunday
worship service on March 26, we will be having a New Member Recognition
ceremony, and — if you are ready— we invite you to participate.
The final steps toward commitment on
our Path to Membership include completing a Desire to Join information form,
making a financial pledge and payment to the Congregation, and signing our
membership book—which may be done during the recognition ceremony. Rev. CJ
would be glad to meet with you sometime to discuss any of this, if you’d like.
If you are interested, please contact
our Office Administrator Barbara Hatzfeld at (561) 627-6105, and she will have a member of our committee contact you. If you have not yet received a Path to
Membership folder, you can pick one up in the Narthex before Sunday services
from Janet Fryman. We welcome you!
Thursday, March 16, 2017
Order of Service, March 19
At
the sound of the chime, please join in singing Hymn #188 Come, Come, Whoever You Are
Welcome & Announcements
Prelude:
Opening
Words
Lighting the Chalice Flame (in unison):
We
light the 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,
and for our Mother Earth, and for the Mystery. by
Paul Sprecher
*Hymn: #361 Enter, Rejoice, and Come In
Candles of Joy and Sorrow and Meditation
Story for All Ages: The White Cat and the Monk
by
Ellen Bogart
Offertory: Variations
on a Canine Favorite
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: #175 We
Celebrate the Web of Life
Sermon: Blessing of the Animals
Claudia Jimenez
*Hymn: #402 From
You I Receive
(sing
three times)
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.
Closing
Words
Postlude:
Gratitude & Applause
*Please stand in
body or spirit
Hearing
devices, and envelopes for cash pledges are available on the hymnal cart or ask
an usher.
This
Week
Today:
Nursery is
open at 10:15am. EMA Grant Collection at 10:30am. Social Hour 11:30am in
Ministers Hall. “Our Whole Lives” meets
at 12 Noon in the Channing Room.
Monday:
Ministerial
Intern Committee at 1pm in the Margaret
Fuller Room. SGM Meetings 2pm (S
& CH). “Owning Your Religious
Past” meets at 3pm in the Margaret Fuller Room. SGM Facilitators Meeting 4:30
pm in the Channing Room.
Tuesday:
Administrator Vacation Day. Pastoral
Care Team Training 4pm in the Margaret Fuller Room. Men’s Group Wisdom
Circle at 7pm in the Channing Room.
Wednesday: Art
Studio 2pm in Ministers Hall.
Thursday:
JAM Book Discussion
4pm in the Channing Room. Teaching Thursday Community Meal 6pm in Ministers
Hall. 7pm Program: Andrew Kahn: ”Japan
and China: Conflict in the East China Sea” in Minsters Hall.
Friday:
Art Studio
6pm in Ministers Hall.
Saturday:
Palm Beach
Pagans Ostara Ritual 2pm on the side lawn of the Sanctuary.
Sunday: News
Talk 9:15am in Ministers Hall
Gratitude
Thank you to all who
contribute to our service and fellowship hour each week. This week:
· Chalice
Lighter:
· Ushers:
Amy Stauber & Robin Phillips
· Cover
Art: Larry Stauber
FFellowship
Hour Hospitality: Susan Westbrook,
Vangie & Henry Gruen
Our
Staff
Rev.
CJ McGregor, Minister
Claudia
Jimenez, Intern Minister
Peilin
Ko, Music Coordinator
Barbara
Hatzfeld, Office Administrator
Willie
Nelson, Sexton.
Connect With Us
Call our office: 561-627-6105
Call or text our minister: 508-736-3361
Read the 1stUUPB newsletter, the eBeacon at
http://1stuupbebeacon.blogspot.com.
Read messages from our minister at
Announcements
· Next Sunday: “Your Children are not Your Children” led by Rev. CJ McGregor.
· Rev. CJ McGregor Office Hours: by appointment (Please call 561-627-6106 ahead) Tuesday- Thursday 9:30am-2pm.
· 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.
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