Black Lives Matter Kickoff, July 20

Black Lives Matter- You are invited to the PBC BLM Kickoff Meeting

Come Support the Black Lives Matter Kickoff Event on July 20th

Join us in being a part of the founding of a much-needed Black Lives Matter in Palm Beach County.

Feel free to sign up on the Facebook Event Page
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Or just join us and bring your friends, Thursday, July 20 from 7 to 9pm at First Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Palm Beaches, 635 Prosperity Farms Rd, North Palm Beach, FL

NewsTalk Topics for July 9

NewsTalk will be held in the Channing Room in July.
This Sunday's topics:
-- Supreme Court decisions
-- New Florida laws
-- and, of course, Tweets

Order of Service for July 2, 2017

Welcome, Announcements

Prelude: Faith of Our Fathers

Opening Words – The Serenity Prayer

Please grant me the serenity

To accept the things I cannot change;

Courage to change the things I can;

And wisdom to know the difference.

Lighting the Chalice Flame (in unison): We light this chalice, symbol of the Light within us and around us. May this gathering for worship enlighten our hearts and our minds and our souls. And may the Inner Light of the Spirit be kindled by our time together.

Hymn #123: Spirit of Life

         

Affirmation (remain standing, 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.

Prayer and Meditation, Candle lighting

Offertory: Chester-A Song of the Revolution

          By Billings played by Bruce Holden

Sermon: The Fourth of July

                    Harry Wolin

This Land is Your Land – Woody Guthrie (insert)

         

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: America the Beautiful

Gratitude & Applause

Hearing devices, and envelopes for cash pledges are available on the hymnal cart or ask
an usher.

This Week

Today: Social Hour –Picnic 11:30am Ministers Hall

Monday: Administration Office will be open 9:30am -12:30pm.

Tuesday: Fourth of July Holiday

Wednesday-Friday: Administration Office will be open 9:30am -12:30pm.

Friday: First Friday Movie & Potluck Dinner 6pm in Ministers Hall. 7pm movie is “Hidden Figures”.

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:

·       Music coordinator: Peilin Ko

·       Guest speaker: Harry Wolin

·       Ushers: June Kleeman & Barbara Hatzfeld

·       Cover art: Larry Stauber

·       Fellowship hour hospitality: Everybody!

And to our permanent staff:

·       Barbara Hatzfeld, office administrator

·       Willie Nelson, sexton.

Announcements

·        Next Sunday: “Drugs Legalize?” led by Ben Juhl.

·        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.

The Food Gang is sponsoring a Picnic immediately following the Sunday Service  Today in Ministers Hall. Come Enjoy!

Order of Service, June 25, 2017

Welcome, Announcements

Prelude: The Circle is Cast – Robert Gass, and On The Wings of Song

Opening Words

Lighting the Chalice Flame (in unison):

We light this 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.         

Hymn #188: Come, Come, Whoever You Are

         

Affirmation (remain standing, 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, Part 1: “What Does Paganism Mean Today? An Introduction”   Dayan Martinez

Hymn # 21: For the Beauty of the Earth

Offertory: Dammerschein, by Deuter

Sermon, Part 2: “The Rains in Florida” – A story of the land.  Mathew Sydney

Hymn # 163: For the Earth Forever Turning

         

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

Gratitude & Applause

Hearing devices and envelopes for cash pledges are available on the hymnal cart, or ask
an usher.

This Week

Today: Social Hour 11:30am in Ministers Hall.

Monday-Friday: Administration Office will be open 9:30am -12:30pm.

Thursday: Congregational Open Forum - 6pm in Ministers Hall - Catered Dinner and discussion.

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:

·  Music coordinator: Peilin Ko

·  Guest speakers: Dayan Martinez & Mathew Sydney

·  Chalice lighter: Mathew Sydney

·  Ushers: June Kleeman and Margaret Robson

·  Cover art: Larry Stauber 

   Fellowship hour hospitality: Janet Fryman

   

   And to our permanent staff:

·        Barbara Hatzfeld, office administrator

·        Willie Nelson, sexton.

Announcements

·  Next Sunday: “The Fourth of July” led by Harry Wolin.

·  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

The Food Gang is sponsoring a Picnic immediately following the Sunday Service on July 2^nd in Ministers Hall. Please let us know which of the following you can bring (Sign Up Sheets in Ministers Hall): Salads (Green, Potato, Macaroni, etc.).; Vegetables and other sides; Desserts.  B Y O B .  If you can’t sign today, contact Frank Smith at 561-471-2814 or fjsmithgcny@gmail.com.

Explore Grassy Waters June 24 @ 2:30

Livestream General Assembly

Watch General Assembly livestreaming video at http://www.uua.org/ga/off-site/2017

Wednesday, June 21

• Welcoming Celebration and General Session I
  7:30 - 9:00 p.m.

Thursday, June 22

• Morning Worship
  8:00 - 8:30 a.m.
• General Session II
  8:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
• Service of the Living Tradition, sermon by the Rev. Cheryl M. Walker
  8:00 - 9:30 p.m.

Friday, June 23

• Morning Worship
  8:00 - 8:30 a.m.
• General Session III
  8:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
• Public Witness: #LoveResists Rejoicing for Sanctuary & Solidarity
  5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
• Presidential Candidates Forum
  8:00 - 9:30 p.m.

Saturday, June 24

• ​Morning Worship
  8:00 - 8:30 a.m.
• General Session IV
  8:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
• Synergy Bridging Worship
  5:00 - 6:15 p.m.
• Ware Lecture by Bryan Stevenson
  8:30 - 9:30 p.m.
  Available via live streaming video only; will not be recorded or available for on-demand viewing later.

Sunday, June 25

• Sunday Morning Worship, led by the Rev. Mara Dowdall
  9:00 - 10:30 a.m.
• General Session V and Closing Celebration
  12:30 - 3:30 p.m.

LIFE OF THE CONGREGATION – June 18, 2017

Ministerial Search

The search for a developmental minister continues but we currently have no potential candidates.

At this week’s meeting of the Board of Trustees, we agreed to initiate the search for a settled minister. When the application is submitted to the UUA, we will discontinue the search for a development minister. We also agreed to search for a contract or consulting minister (two terms for the same thing).

To enable the Ministerial Search Committee to focus on the selection of a settled minister, the Board has commissioned a sub-committee of the Board to conduct the search for a contract minister. This sub-committee is: Nickie Albert, Janet Fryman, and Bruce Holden.

We want your input on what we should be looking for in a contract minister and have scheduled a Town Hall style open forum for Thursday, June 29^th in Ministers Hall. Dinner will be a 6pm and the open forum at 7pm. I hope we will see you there.

Chalice Lighters

The Board also agreed to participate in the UUA Chalice Lighters Program. This program is a nearly 30-year old program by which individuals and congregations help their neighbors cross significant thresholds. The Spring 2017 Chalice Lighter call for our Florida geographical area has been awarded to Community Unitarian Universalist Church of New Smyrna Beach, Florida.

Community Unitarian Universalist Church (CUUC) is a vibrant lay-led congregation with 39 members. Members are active in the congregation and in the wider community. CUUC seeks Chalice Lighter funding support for the purchase of their first building. This congregation has been meeting in rented space since their founding. As they celebrate their 20th anniversary, dreams of a place to call their own and to welcome the wider community are still alive and moving closer to reality.

Community Unitarian Universalist Church, the CUUC, has been presented with a rare opportunity to help them realize that dream. An individual - not a member of CUUC - has offered to match up to $15,000 raised. We will be holding a special collection in the next few weeks to enable our congregation to help CUUC meet their financial targets.

Gratitude

Thank you all for your support of the Board of Trustees and your active participation in the committees and activities. Please reach out if I can help in any way.

  

Paul G Ward

President, Board of Trustees