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WELCOME! If you are visiting today, please take a moment to fill out the yellow Newcomer Card located in the pew rack. It will allow you to sign up for our weekly e-newsletter, The Flame. Please stop by our Welcome Table in the gallery after the service or speak with a minister to learn more about our liberal religious home.
Immediately following the service - First Unitarian Universalist Building Tour, SanctuaryIf you are new to the church, or just visiting, and would like a tour of the church building, please meet your tour guide at the front of the Sanctuary immediately after the service. Tour will last approximately 15-20 minutes. Building Tour Guides coordinated by George Mayer.
COMMUNITY CENTER EVENTS THIS WEEK
TODAY
12:30 PM Newcomers Orientation, Murdock RoomWould you like to learn more about this congregation and Unitarian Universalism? If so, come to the Newcomer Orientation today from 12:30-1:30 PM in the Murdock Room led by Senior Minister Rev. Dr. John Beuhrens. Children are welcome to attend.
Info: The Rev. Dr. John Buehrens, Senior Minister, 415-776-4580 x132, [email protected]
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Sunday: August 1011AM WORSHIP, Sanctuary“Aging With Grace: An Intergenerational Discussion”by Millie Phillips, Guest Preacher9:45 AM Religious Education: UU Pre-K/Childcare, Montessori Room A UpstairsInfo: The Rev. Alyson Jacks, 415-776-4580 x232, [email protected]:15 PM Today’s Sermon Discussion Group, Kincaid RoomInfo: Donald Matusen, 415-515-8863, [email protected]:30 PM Membership: Invitation to Membership(Your day to join this Church Community), Dutton StudyInfo: The Rev. Alyson Jacks, Family Life Minister, 415-776-4580 x232, [email protected]:30 PM Young Adult Planning Meeting, Murdock RoomInfo: Molly Johnson, Young Adult Coordinator, [email protected] Singletarian Potluck, MLK RoomInfo: Karen Grech, 415-775-1822, [email protected] UU's for Peace and Justice + 99% Coalition Event, ChapelInfo: Dolores Perez Priem, 415-595-7306, [email protected]
August 3, 2014
The ReverendDr. Lynn Ungar
The First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco
1187 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA 94109 415-776-4580 www.uusf.org
The Purpose of PoetryAug 3 Sunday 2:00PM Meetup: Asperger Meetup 4:00PM Concert: Russian Choral Festival 5:00PM Potluck: Insight Meditation Sangha 7:00PM Meditation: Insight Meditation Sangha
Aug 4 Monday 8:30AM Summer Camp: Musical Theatre Works – daily thru August 15 2:00PM Meeting: Larkin Street All Management 7:00PM Meditation: Amma Satsang 8:00PM Twelve Step: AA High Sobriety
Aug 5 Tuesday 8:00AM Summer Camp: SF Shakespeare – daily thru Aug 8 10:00AM Twelve Step: AA Firefighters and Friends 6:30PM Meditation: Living Peace Meditation Sangha 7:00PM Twelve Step: NA Recovery from Addiction 8:00PM Twelve Step: AA Newcomers
Aug 6 Wednesday 6:00PM Reception: Takashi Art Show “Hiroshima Day” 7:00PM Meditation: Insight Meditation Sangha
Aug 7 Thursday 9:30AM Rehearsal: Montessori Graduation 5:00PM Master Class: Russian Choral Festival 7:30PM Lecture: Russian Choral Festival Aug 8 Friday 9:30AM Rehearsal: Montessori Graduation
3:30PM Graduation: Montessori School Aug 9 Saturday 9:00AM Rehearsals: Russian Choral Music Festival 11:00AM Worship: Church 1.0 1:00PM Reception: Takashi Art Show “Nagasaki Day” Film screening 7:30PM Concert: Russian Choral Music Festival
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CHURCH EVENTS THIS WEEK
Friday, August 8, 6:30 PM Sensible Cinema, MLK RoomSensible Cinema’s 4th Annual Green Reel Festival!
"Thirsty for Justice: The Human Right to Water"
In 2012, the California Law (AB 685) about the safe, sufficient, affordable water for daily living is a fundamental right of every resident. This film visits people in communities that didn’t have clean water and is about the activism that led to the successful enactment of the Safe Drinking Water Act.
Info: Larry Danos, Sensible Cinema Chair, 415-722-6480, [email protected]
Art Committee Presents: Artist Takashi T. Tanemori, King RoomsUS & Japan: "A Bridge Between Nations"
In 2014... the 69th Anniversary of the atomic bombings of Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki...“Today, we all must become honest historians.” August 6th and August 9th, 1945. Forever remember - Never forget. “The Greatest way to Avenge your enemy is by Learning to Forgive” - Sadao and Takashi Tanemori
• Wednesday, August 6 OPENING on Hiroshima Day, Meet and Greet the Artist, 6PM-9PM.• Saturday, August 9 on Nagasaki Day, Film Screening and Q&A with Artist, 1PM-5PM• Sunday, August 24 Artist’s RECEPTION and book signing, 12PM-2PM
Info: Paul Kensinger, Co-Chair, 415-467-9337, [email protected]
12:15 PM Join Small Group Ministry, Coffee HourSmall Group Ministry helps us make connections, listen deeply and support one another in our search for truth and meaning. Facilitators are present today to provide information about the 2014-15 September - May groups; look for the SGM table at the coffee hour. Applications will be accepted through September 14.
Info: Judith Stoddard, 415-922-1439, [email protected]
Humanists & Non-Thiests Group - Join us on September 7!We will not have our potluck & discussion today nor the third Sunday after church events during the month of August. We'll get the church year off to a great start when The Rev. Dr. John Buehrens discusses the history of Humanism in the UU Church at our September 7 potluck and discussion.
Info: Jim Barnett, Committee Chair, 415-241-0200, [email protected]
Monday, August 412PM Finance Committee, Fireside Room c/o Emily Wilson5PM Green Committee Meeting, Murdock Room c/o Kat LiuTuesday, August 55PM Green Committee: Meeting, Fireside c/o Kat Liu6:30 PM UUs for Peace and Justice: 99% Coalition, MLK Room c/o Dolores Perez Priem7:15 PM Art Committee Meeting, c/o Paul KensingerWednesday, August 66:30 PM Board of Trustees: Agenda Setting, Murdock Room c/o Stephanie Gowin7PM Small Group Ministry: Facilitator Training, Dutton Study c/o Judith StoddardThursday, August 77PM Ministerial Relations Committee Meeting, Dutton Study c/o Amy KellyFriday, August 86:30 PM Sensible Cinema: “Thirsty for Justice”, Murdock Room c/o Larry DanosSaturday, August 97PM Pagan Interest Circle: Full Moon Celebration, Chapel, c/o Carlowe Connelly
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Pastoral Prayer and Meditation The Rev. Dr. Lynn Ungar
Meditation Music Awakenings Chris Waltz
Sermon The Purpose of Poetry
The Reverend Doctor Lynn Ungar
Reading The Mad Poet’s Love Song Lynn Ungar
August 3, 2014Please remember to silence your cell phones.
Order of Service
Prelude Southwind Traditional Irish
Chalice Lighting & Opening Words The Reverend Dr. John Buehrens
Opening Hymn Come, Come, Whoever You Are #188
Reciting Our Congregational Covenant
Love is the spirit of this church, and service is its prayer. This is our great covenant: to dwell together in peace, to seek the truth in freedom, and to help one another.
Doxology
Greetings and Welcome to Guests and to One Another…Member, Board of Trustees
“There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry within it."
-Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880)
SERVICE NOTES
The Rev. Dr. John Buehrens, Senior MinisterThe Rev. Dr. Lynn Ungar Guest Minister
Judith Stoddard, Worship AssociateMark Johnson, Pianist
Millie Phillips, Song LeaderChris Waltz, Guitarist, Irish Flutest & Vocalist
Ushers led by Linda Messner Greeters led by David Hulbert
Listening aid devices handed out by Tom BrookshireBuilding Tour Guides coordinated by George Mayer
Flowers by Judy Payne, Amy Kelly, Carrie Steere-Salazar & Mark Johnson
WORSHIP STAFF
The Rev. Dr. John A. Buehrens, Senior MinisterThe Rev. Alyson Jacks, Minister of Family Life
The Rev. Margot Campbell Gross, Minister EmeritaThe Rev. Dr. Kay Jorgensen, Minister Emerita
Dr. Mark Sumner, Music DirectorReiko Oda Lane, Organist
Jonathan Silk, Sound and Order of Service
Offertory Mist on the Mountains/Over the Moore to Maggie Traditional Irish
Those exiting the sanctuary before the ending of the Postludeare asked to please do so quietly and with a minimum of bustle.
Please rise in Body or Spirit Ideal Time for Late Seating
Benediction
Postlude The Swallowtail Jig/The Butterfly JigTraditional Irish
Closing Hymn The Lone Wild Bird #15
Coffee Hour
Centering Music Taurean Moon Chris Waltz
ABOUT TODAY'S GUEST MINISTER
Rev. Dr. Lynn Ungar has served as parish minister of congregations in Idaho and Chicago, and for the past ten years she has served as minister for lifespan learning of the Church of the Larger Fellowship, our online UU congregation. In addition to Unitarian Universalism, Lynn is passionate about poetry, singing, dancing and training dogs. You can view some of her poetry (and buy her book, Bread and Other Miracles) at www.lynnungar.com.
ABOUT TODAY'S GUEST MUSICIAN
Composer, vocalist, and songwriter Chris Waltz performs an eclectic blend of Celtic, Spanish-Sephardic, Gypsy Flamenco, and contemporary folk music featuring original and traditional songs sung in Irish/Gaelic, Spanish, & English. Chris has performed at churches, concert and folk venues all over the country including the Grass Valley Celtic Festical. Waltz was a chorus singer with the Sacramento Opera during the 2007 season and has opened for Celtic groups including Dervish, Ellie Blair, Celtic & Beyond, and performed on KTAO Radio.
Sunday, August 10, 4:30 PM SF Film Premier: Brown BreadShowing @ The Roxie Cinema, 3117 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103This film was directed by Sarah Gross. Sarah's parents are The Reverend Margot Campbell Gross, Minister Emerita and Peter Gross, Board of Trustee Member of this church.
In the hills of Northern California, an unusual family gathers for its reunion. As they join hands around the table, their colorful mix of races looks like the American dream of integration.Black, white, middle class, ghetto: adoption gave the same name to six children from very different backgrounds. Scenes from the family reunion are interwoven with images from their home lives: a professor at Stanford, a manual laborer, an entrepreneur in debt. How do they bridge the differences of race and class which divide them? A personal documentary about what it means to grow up in an adoptive family.
Buy Tickets: http://www.roxie.com Info: https://www.facebook.com/brownbreadthefilm
Sunday: August 311AM WORSHIP, Sanctuary“The Purpose of Poetry ”by The Rev. Dr. Lynn Ungar, Guest Minister12:15 PM Today’s Sermon Discussion Group, Kincaid RoomInfo: Donald Matusen, 415-515-8863, [email protected]:15 PM SGM SIGN-UP's, Coffee HourInfo: Judith Stoddard, 415-922-1439, [email protected]:30 PM Membership Orientation: Newcomer Orientation, Murdock RoomInfo: The Rev. Dr. John Buehrens, Senior Minister, 415-776-4580 x132, [email protected]
BUEHRENS WELCOME ! - SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 11AMDon't miss the August 17 Worship Service, Rev. John Buehrens' first day in the pulpit. John and Gwen have already rented an apartment within walking distance of the church. A welcome reception and lunch will follow the August 17 Sunday service. The Task Force on Future Ministry is currently planning the event. We would welcome donations of wine (which may be left at the church office). Members and friends will have a chance to contribute to a scrapbook with words of welcome, including attractions, restaurants and other things the Buehrens should not miss!
Info: Ministry Task Force, Kathleen Quenneville, 510-208-5112, [email protected]
Sunday, August 10, 6PM UU's for Peace and Justice Event, ChapelPlease join the Unitarian Universalists for Peace and Justice and the SF 99% Coalition Civil Liberties Committee as they host a meeting for Bay Area civil liberties activists.There will also be a free screening of the wonderful Aaron Swartz documentary, "The Internet's Own Boy”. All are welcome to enjoy popcorn and a lively discussion with us!
Info: Dolores Perez Priem, 415-595-7306, [email protected]