First Friday Film, July 7th

Order of Service, June 11

Welcome, Announcements

Prelude: Hallelujah by Cohen

Opening Words

Lighting the Chalice Flame (in unison):

We give thanks for the light of hope- unrelenting and inexplicable. We give thanks for the light of peace- strong and unafraid. We give thanks for the light of joy- persistent and unpredictable. We give thanks for the light of love- hot and holy. We give thanks for the light of truth- elusive and worthy. We light this chalice as a symbol of our search for hope, peace, joy, love and truth

Song: Imagine by John Lennon (see insert)

         

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.

Reading

Offering

Song: Flowers are Red   by Harry Chapin

Sermon: Being an Evangelical in the UU World

                              Dan Lambert

Song: I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For   by U2

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: Losing My Religion by R.E.M.

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, MH. Council meeting, Noon in Channing Room.

Tuesday: Administration Office closed.

Mobilize in WPB 10am.

Board of Trustees meeting 6:30pm in Channing Room.

Wednesday: Administration Office closed. 

Friday: Art Studio 6pm, MH.

Saturday: Secular Humanists 9:30am, MH.

Film and discussion 12:30pm, MH.

Sunday:  News Talk 9:15am, MH  

Gratitude

Thank you to all who contribute to our service and fellowship hour each week. This week:

·        Guest speaker: Dan Lambert

·        Music coordinator: Peilin Ko

·        Chalice lighter: Tess Lambert

·        Ushers: Gloria Golden & Jim Meyer

·        Cover art: Larry Stauber

·        Fellowship hour hospitality:  Anand Perala and Harry & Karen Wolin

...and to our permanent staff:

·        Barbara Hatzfeld, office administrator

·        Willie Nelson, sexton.

 Announcements

·        Next Sunday: “The Dichotomous Journey” by Tess 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.

UU Naples Seeks Interim DLRE

The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Greater Naples (UUCGN) has begun the search for an Interim Director of Lifespan Religious Exploration (DLRE). The position would begin in late August 2017, and the contract year is 32 hours a week for 42 weeks of the year, including most Sundays. Please see the following link for more details:

•Job Description: http://www.uunaples.org/interim-dlre

New Member Dayan Martinez

I immigrated from Cuba when I was 12 years old and have lived in West Palm Beach ever since. I wasn’t raised in a religious household and was never really drawn to Christianity. At around this same time, however, I started learning about New Age philosophy, mysticism, and magick. It wasn’t until college that I had the courage to delve deeper into paganism and have found it to be a very grounding and fruitful journey ever since. I graduated with a Bachelor’s in Anthropology, but became a teacher after leaving the Master’s program at FAU.

I have taught middle school science for 4 years and I’m just finishing up my first year teaching elementary grade science. As a founder/member and sometime organizer of the Palm Beach Pagans, I have been able to engage in the life of this Congregation on and off for the past year. The support received for my other project of environmental activism, when the first Nature’s Spirit Conference was hosted this past January 28, was heart-warming. I am very pleased to now formally join the First Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Palm Beaches and continue this work as part of the family.

New Member Mathew Sidney

Mathew Sydney is a writer and musician based in the Palm Beaches.  A lifelong spiritual seeker, and pagan, he is a student of Plato, Marcus Aurelius, Patanjali, and Lao Tzu.  He is an initiate of both Deepak Chopra's Primordial Sound and of The Unnamed Path, a shamanistic tradition that trains queer men to minister to their communities and the world at large through their unique capacity to love.  Born in New Jersey, Sydney grew up in southeast Florida.  He is also a third generation comic book superhero fan.

Ramadan Celebration, June 17

Saturday, June 17, 8pm (please note corrected date)
Ramadan celebration (Iftar) with dinner
Rabbi Silver will speak to the Muslim community at Al Tawad Mosque
Imam Zaher Badaraany
6240 Lantana South Congress Avenue, G6, Lantana, Fl 33462 
On the SE corner of Congress and Lantana
 (561) 469-1453 tawadfl@gmail.com

Support the Paris Climate Accord

Saturday June 10, 10am
Concert and Rally in Support of the Paris Climate Accord
Led by the Interfaith Justice League
Canyon Amphitheatre, 8802 Boynton Beach Blvd.
South side of Boynton Beach Blvd, between the turnpike and Lyons Rd.
Make the Planet Great Again and show your support for the Climate accords