Introduction
Hymn #188: Come Come Whoever You
Are
Prelude:
All Things Bright and Beautiful
Welcome
and Announcements
Lighting
the Chalice Flame (in unison): We
light our chalice this morning, grateful for the love we experience in this
beloved community. May the flame light the way for all who seek such abundance.
Opening
Words
Hymn: #68 Come Ye Thankful People
Reading
Quiet
Time/Meditation/Prayer
Hymn #123: Spirit of Life
Offertory: Your Song by Elton John
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 #52: Sweet Fields of Autumn
Sermon:
Paying Attention to the
Ordinary Rev Carole Yorke
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.
Announcements
• Next
Sunday: “Gratitude & Religion” Rev. Dan Lambert, JAM Grant Collection
• 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.
Gratitude
Thank
you to all who contribute to our service and fellowship hour each week.
This
week:
• Music coordinator: Peilin Ko
• Ushers: Carol Baxter and Carole Saunders
• Cover art: Larry Stauber
• Fellowship hour hospitality: Mary Mansfield
And to our permanent staff:
• Barbara Hatzfeld, office administrator
• Willie Nelson, sexton.
Rev. Carole Yorke has been a Unitarian
Universalist minister in Florida since 1998, having served Spirit of Life UUs
in Odessa, Treasure Coast UUs in Stuart, and 1stUUPB, in between and along with
churches she served as a vocational counselor at the Boley Institute in St.
Pete and as a Hospice Chaplain in Martin and St. Lucie Counties. Now happily
retired, she lives in Port St. Lucie with her five Pomeranians and where she
can attend spring training games of the New York Mets, and will preach at any
UU church that needs a guest preacher.
