Rest/Retirement: Prelim Thoughts

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Sunday Worship, July 16, 2023, 10:30 am

“Rest and Retirement: Preliminary thoughts after the first year”

Worship Lead = Rev. Robert Klein

  • Rev. Bob Klein is a retired UU Minister
    • who served 2013-2022 as Minister of 1st Unitarian Universalist Church of Stockton, CA.
    • He previously served as settled Minister of UU congregations in Little Rock, AR and Rancho Palos Verdes, CA,
    • he also served as a Consulting Minister in Bakersfield, CA and Stroudsburg, PA.
    • Prior to that, he worked in Child Protective Services and as a United Methodist Minister.
    • He is a Cubs and Bears fan from the Chicago area.

Worship Associate: Celeste Rogers
Worship Leaders: Jamili Omar, Brian Moon, and Danielle Mepham

Our Order of Service:

  • Welcome
    • Celeste Rogers
  • Prelude
    • Danielle Mepham
  • Call to Worship
    • Rev. Bob Klein
  • Chalice Lighting
    • Celeste Rogers
  • Hymn
    • #350 “The Ceaseless Flow”
  • Story
    • Jamili Omar
  • Joys and Sorrows
    • Celeste Rogers
  • Prayer
    • Rev. Bob Klein
  • Hymn
    • #1053 “How Could Anyone”
  • Offering/Share the Plate
    • Celeste Rogers
  • Offertory
    • Danielle Mepham
  • Responsive Reading
    • Rev. Bob Klein
  • Sermon
    • Rev. Bob Klein
  • Hymn
    • #163 “For the Earth”
  • Chalice Extinguishing
    • Celeste Rogers
  • Postlude
    • Danielle Mepham

Attributions:

  • Prelude
  • Call to Worship
    • #505, by Thich Nhat Hanh, in Singing the Living Tradition
  • Chalice Lighting
    • “The End is the Beginning” by Katie Sivani Gelfand
  • Hymn
    • #350 “The Ceaseless Flow of Endless Time” words by John Andrew Storey;
      • African American spiritual, adaptation and harmony by Harry T. Burleigh, in Singing the Living Tradition
  • Story
  • Prayer
    • #512 “We Give Thanks This Day” by O. Eugene Pickett, in Singing the Living Tradition
  • Hymn
    • #1053 “How Could Anyone” words and music by Libby Roderick, in  Singing the Journey
  • Offertory
  • Reading
    • #645 “Song of the Open Road” by Walt Whitman, in Singing the Living Tradition
  • Hymn
    • #163 “For the Earth Forever Turning” words and music by Kim Oler, in Singing the Living Tradition
  • Chalice Extinguishing
    • #685 by T.S. Eliot, in Singing the Living Tradition
  • Postlude