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Welcome
One And All
“The Language of Faith Spanning Cultures”
A Sunday Program Committee
Service
January 26, 2014
A Tribute to Our Faith’s International Council
of Unitarian Universalists
Ringing the
Gong
Welcome
and Announcements
Dear Congregants
Affirmation “Common Ground”
Adaptation of UUFH Mission by Maria Nielsen
Music by Richard Hyman
On different roads we travel here, To meet as one on common ground; To seek the truth with open minds, With loving hearts and helping hands.
Lighting the ChaliceMay this flame burn and remind us
that each of us can offer goodness and love, andthat each of us can be a blessing to the world.
Petr Samojsky, Religious Society of Czech Unitarians
Opening Words
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.
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Hymn #118: “This Little Light of Mine”Words & Music by an African American Spiritual
Harmony by Horace Clarence Boyer
Every where I go, I’m gonna let it shine.
Every where I go, I’m gonna let it shine.
Every where I go, I’m gonna let it shine.
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.
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Hymn #118: “This Little Light of Mine”
Building up a world, I’m gonna let it shine.
Building up a world, I’m gonna let it shine.
Building up a world, I’m gonna let it shine.
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.
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Hymn #118: “This Little Light of Mine”
“The Seeds”By Pedro Pablo Sacristan
The Wisdom Story
Spirit of Life, come unto me.
Sing in my heart all the stirrings of compassion.
Blow in the wind, rise in the sea;
Move in the hand, giving life the shape of justice.
Roots hold me close; wings set me free;
Spirit of Life, come to me, come to me.
Hymn #123: “Spirit of Life”Words & Music by Carolyn McDade
Silent Meditation
A Time for Quiet Reflection
Weaving Community
Prayers, Joys & ConcernsCandle Lighting
The Children's Recessional "Benediction"
Words and Music by Richard Hyman
Go now in peace; May the world protect you. Go now in peace; Now in peace. May the world protect you; May the world enfold you and keep you In loving arms and loving hearts, Go now in peace.
UUFH Huntington Branch NAACP Scholarship Program
Sharing in Support of
Offertory
Music by Frederic Chopin
Performed by Isabella Johnson
“Mazurka, Op. 67 #2”
“Commitment”By Dorothy Day
People say, what is the sense of our small effort?
They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time.
A pebble cast into a pond causes ripples that spread in all directions.
Each one of our thoughts, words and deeds is like that.
No one has a right to sit down and feel hopeless.
There’s too much work to do. “Singing the Living Tradition”Reading #560
“The Language of Faith Spanning Cultures”
January 26, 2014
A Tribute to Our Faith’s International Council
of Unitarian Universalists
ICUU Mission• Build relationships through communication and
collaboration• Develop spiritual community among member groups
and their leaders• Identify and nurture prospective and emerging groups• Foster our U-U faith for mutual inspiration,
development and growth.
ICUU Member Groups
Australia & New ZealandBrazil BurundiCanadaCzech RepublicDenmarkEUUFinlandGermanyHungary
IndonesiaIndiaNetherlandsNigeriaNorwayPhilippinesRomaniaSouth AfricaUnited KingdomUnited States
PakistanPolandSpainSri Lanka
Ulster Christian AssociationUU-UNOUU Esperanto Network
AustriaBoliviaCongo-BrazzavilleCubaFranceHong KongItalyKenyaMexicoUganda
ArgentinaColumbiaCongo-KinshasaCroatiaIrelandJapanPuerto RicoSingaporeTogo
Faith in Action
Rev. Ndagijimana FulgenceUnitarian Church of Burundi
ICUU Exec. Council: Member at LargeWith
Rev. Jill McAllisterUU Peoples Church, Kalamazoo, MI
Former ICUU President
Rev. Gordon OliverChairman of the Cape Town Interfaith Initiative
“Now is the time to nurture and foster this young ICUU plant that has the promise of a great harvest for many.”
“The Language of Faith Spanning Cultures”
January 26, 2014
A Tribute to Our Faith’s International Council
of Unitarian Universalists
We’ll build a land, where we bind up the broken.
We’ll build a land, where the captives go free,
where the oil of gladness, dissolves all mourning.
Oh, we’ll build a promised land that can be.
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Hymn #121: “We’ll Build A Land”Words by Barbara ZanottiMusic by Carolyn McDade
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Come, build a land, where sisters and brothers,
anointed by God, may then create peace:
Where justice, shall roll down like waters, and
peace like an ever flowing stream.
Hymn #121: “We’ll Build A Land”
We’ll build a land, where we bring the good tidings,
to all afflicted, and all those who mourn.
And we’ll give them, garlands instead of ashes.
Oh, we’ll build a land, where peace is born.
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Hymn #121: “We’ll Build A Land”
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Hymn #121: “We’ll Build A Land”
Come, build a land, where sisters and brothers,
anointed by God, may then create peace:
Where justice, shall roll down like waters, and
peace like an ever flowing stream.
We’ll be a land, building up ancient cities,
rising up devastations, from old;
restoring ruins, of generations.
Oh, we’ll build a land, of people so bold.
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Hymn #121: “We’ll Build A Land”
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Come, build a land, where sisters and brothers,
anointed by God, may then create peace:
Where justice, shall roll down like waters, and
peace like an ever flowing stream.
Hymn #121: “We’ll Build A Land”
Come, build a land, where the mantles of praises,
resound from spirits, once faint and once weak;
where, like oaks of righteousness,
stand her people.
Oh, come build the land, my people we seek.
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Hymn #121: “We’ll Build A Land”
Come, build a land, where sisters and brothers,
anointed by God, may then create peace:
Where justice, shall roll down like waters, and
peace like an ever flowing stream.
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Hymn #121: “We’ll Build A Land”
Closing Words
Paraphrase of a quote by Jean M. Richard Rowe
UU Church of Little Rock, AR(1983-1992)
Let us realize.
We have a calling in this world. We are called to honor diversity, To respect differences with dignity, To challenge those who would forbid it.
We are the people of a wide path.
Let us be wide in affection, Seeking truth, being kind, and Making sure that whatever we do We ask, before taking action, “Will it help?”
Extinguishing the Chalice
“Never doubt that a small group of
thoughtful, committed citizens can
change the world; indeed it’s the
only thing that ever has.“
Margaret Mead
Postlude
“Bagatelle, Op.5 #10”Music By Alexander Tcherepnin
Performed by Isabella Johnson
Please remain seatedand enjoy the opportunity
for quiet reflection
Go In Peace
Welcome
One And All