Order of Service, June 18

Welcome, Announcements

Prelude: Long and Winding Road, by The Beatles

Opening Words

Lighting the Chalice Flame (in unison):

Every endeavor begins with a first step and encounters darkness and difficulty along the way. We know the darkness of ignorance, of fear and of tyranny. Yet we know the dawning of the light, the beginning of hope and the renewal of life. Blessed be the eternal power which inspires us. Blessed be the source of light and of life. Written by Rev. Charles F Flagg, UU minister

Song: Home, recorded by Phil Phillips, performed today by Dan Lambert and Gary Evans.

         

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.

Silence for Prayer and Meditation, Candle Lighting

First Reading: John 13:35. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another. (NIV)

Second Reading: John 15:13 Greater Love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one another. (NIV)

Third Reading: 7 principles of the UU (please turn to the back of your bulletin)

Offering Song: Carry on my wayward son, recorded by Tessa Netting, originally written/recorded by Kansas.

Sermon: The Dichotomous Journey  

                    Tess Lambert

Song: What the World Needs Now (see Insert) written by Hal David, composed by Burt Bacharach.

         

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: Ease On Down the Road from The Wiz,

composed by Charlie Smalls.

Gratitude & Applause

Life of the Congregation 

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. Jam Grant Collection.

Monday:  Two SGM meetings 2pm

Tuesday: Administration Office closed.

Wednesday: Administration Office closed. 

Friday: Art Studio 6pm in Ministers Hall.

Sunday:  News Talk 9:15am in Ministers Hall  

Announcements

Next Sunday: “Summer Solstice” led by the Palm Beach Pagans

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:

Guest speaker: Tess Lambert

Chalice lighter: Dan Lambert

Ushers: June Kleeman and Polly Morgan

Cover art: Larry Stauber

Fellowship hour hospitality: Lynn Pernezny and Jim Meyer

And to our permanent staff:

Barbara Hatzfeld, office administrator

Willie Nelson, sexton.

Peilin Ko, music coordinator

Picnic July 2nd

The Food Gang is sponsoring a picnic immediately after the Sunday service on July 2 in Ministers Hall.

 

Everyone is invited.

 

You are requested to let us know that you will be attending and what you will bring.

 

Harry Wolin is cooking hamburgers & hot dogs on the grill, Frank Smith is considering a Southern Shrimp Boil and we need you to provide the rest!  If you can't bring anything ... don't worry, make a small cash donation and join us anyway!

 

Please let us know which of the following you will be bringing:

 

Salads (Green, Potato /  Macaroni / etc) 

Vegetables & other sides

Desserts

 

You also need you to BYOB. By that we mean, to those who were raised in a more refined environment, Bring Your Own beer, wine, soda, iced tea, etc.

 

What we need is for you to tell us you will be joining us and what category you will be bringing. We don't need to know the actual dish.

If you can join us please contact Frank Smith at:

561-471-2814

fjsmithgcny@gmail.com
 

Please respond as soon as possible so that we know how to set up the room and the dishes, etc., to say nothing of the amount of burgers, hot dogs and shrimp to have ready.

 

The Food Gang: Harry Wolin and Frank Smith 

Grassy Waters Trip, June 24

Times to be announced.    Sign up in Ministers Hall. 

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.