UUJAZ>Love is a Verb

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Sunday Worship, October 15, 2023, 10:30am

“Love is a Verb”

Worship Lead: Janine Gelsinger

Our Guest Speaker today is Janine Gelsinger — from UUJAZ: Unitarian Universalist Justice Arizona

  • UUJAZ is a State Action Network,
    • which means their role is
      • to support UUs and congregations across our entire state
      • to take action for social change.
  • Janine has served as the executive director for four years,
    • and in 2023 moved into a shared leadership role,
      • alongside Director of Finance + Operations Casey Clowes,
      • and Director of Communications + Development, Analise Ortiz.

Janine also serves the greater UU movement as…

  • a co-host of the VUU [pronounced view]
    • the weekly UU talk show and podcast,
  • as a curriculum writer for Beloved Conversations
    • the UU anti-racism program,
  • and on the steering team
    • for the Religious Professionals Joint Code of Ethics.

She lives in Phoenix, with her two young children: Vivienne and Ramona.

  • And she wants everyone to know she would love to chat with you during coffee hour after the service!

 

Worship Associate: Watercolor Golightly

Worship Leaders: Brian Moon, Jamili Omar, and Danielle Mepham

Order of Service

  • Welcome
    • Watercolor Golightly
  • Prelude
    • “The Gift of Love”
  • Call to Worship
    • Janine Gelsinger
  • Chalice Lighting
    • Watercolor Golightly
  • Hymn
    • #131 “Love Will Guide US”
  • Joys and Sorrows
    • Watercolor Golightly
  • Story
  • Song
    • “There is a Love”
  • Meditation
    • UUJAZ video
      • https://www.dropbox.com/s/i3rm557x7h1zlgh/UUJAZ%20Values.mp4?dl=0
  • Sermon
    • Janine Gelsinger
  • Offering
    • Watercolor Golightly
  • Offertory
    • Danielle Mepham
  • Hymn
    • #1020 ”Woyaya”
  • Chalice Extinguishing
    • Watercolor Golightly
  • Postlude
    • Danielle Mepham

Attributions

  • Prelude
    • “The Gift of Love”
      • arr. by Hal Hopson;
      • Desert Chorale
  • Call to Worship
    • Blessed Are the Hungry
      • by Rev. Julián Jamaica Soto
  • Chalice Lighting
    • The Sacred Power of Justice
      • by Jami A. Yandle
  • Hymn
    • #131 “Love Will Guide Us”
      • A Traditional Tune,
      • Words by Sally Roger
  • Story
  • Song
    • “There is a Love”
      • is Elizabeth Norton’s setting of a meditation
        • written by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Parker.
  • Meditation
    • UUJAZ Board
  • Hymn
    • #1020 ”Woyaya”
      • Ghanaian Afro-Rock,
        • Words by: Loughty Amoa, Solomon Amarfio, Robert M. Bailey, Roy Bedeau
  • Chalice Extinguishing
    • Closing words/Benediction
      • Do Not Fear Agitation
        • By Tania Márquez
  • Postlude