Art Project to Benefit P.E.A.C.E.

New Member Recognition Ceremony — December 3, 2017

New members will be recognized in a ceremony during the service on Sunday, December 3.

For those who have not yet become a member, 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 — if you are ready— and participate in this event.  

The final steps toward commitment on the path to membership include completing a New Member Desire to Join form, making a financial pledge and payment to the Congregation, and signing our membership book — which may be done during our recognition ceremony.  Rev. Dan or a Membership Committee member 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 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!

NewsTalk Topics for November 26

> sexual harassment

    - how to define it

    - should offenses be ranked?

    - should 1980 acts be judged by 2017 standards?

    - should Alabama voters or the Senate determine Moore’s fate?

> recapping President Trump’s 5-nation, 12-day Asian tour

> what should be deductible on federal income taxes?

Stone Soup Sunday

Don't forget, the Annual Stone Soup Luncheon and Fundraiser for Charity is this Sunday!

The folk tale “Stone Soup” teaches us the power of community and how if each one of us contributes a little, we can help others.

Join us in Ministers Hall Sunday after the service for our annual Stone Soup Luncheon.  All donations will go to hurricane relief for Puerto Rico.

We will also have birthday cake for dessert!

   

Order of Service, Nov 19, 2017

Prelude: Easy to be Hard (G. MacDermot, G. Ragni & J. Rado)

Introduction

Lighting the Chalice Flame (in unison):

If ever there were a time for a candle in the darkness, this would be it. Using a spark of hope, kindle the flame of love within us all, ignite the light of peace in our world and fan the flame of justice for all.

*Hymn #188: Come, Come, Whoever You Are

Welcome and Announcements

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.

Quiet Time/Meditation/ Prayer

Story for All Ages: Stone Soup by J.J. Muth

Sermon: Beyond Righteous Indignation -- Rev. Dr. Dan Lambert

Song: We Shall Overcome (Z. Hart, F Hamilton, G Carawan & Pete Seeger) (see insert)

Offertory: Imagine (John Lennon) (see insert)

Life of the Congregation

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.

Postlude:  For What It’s Worth (S. Stills)

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: JAM Grant Collection, Stone Soup Lunch 11:30am in Ministers Hall.

Monday-Wednesday: Administration Office hours 9:30am-12:30pm

Tuesday: Men’s Wisdom Circle 7pm in the Channing Room

Thursday & Friday: Administration Office closed.

Thursday: Thanksgiving Dinner 4pm (reservation needed).

Sunday:  News Talk at 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

·        Ushers: Gail Burwell & Mary Mansfield

·        Cover art: Larry Stauber 

           Fellowship hour hospitality:  All the contributors.

And to our permanent staff:

·        Barbara Hatzfeld, office administrator

·        Willie Nelson, sexton.

Announcements

·        Next Sunday: “Finite or Infinite?” Karl Ostermann

·     Rev. Dr. Dan Lambert Office Hours: Tuesday 5pm-8pm and Thursday 9am-Noon. His   office telephone # is 561-627-6106. His e-mail is revdan@1stuupb.org.

·     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.

NewsTalk Topics for Nov 19

- what do monuments (statues) represent?  history or slavery?

- when does “free speech” become ”hate speech”?

- should robots be taxed when they take jobs from people?

- Jefferson, FDR, JFK, Hart, Craig, Weiner – and now Judge Roy Moore – have public expectations on standards of behavior for our political leaders changed?

- an assessment of President Trump’s 12-day Asian tour

Brave Souls Wanted