Minister: Rev.

Michelle Collins Embracing the Darkness…

Director of Music Ministries: Julie Keefer
Worship Associate: Marj Shannon Reading From Learning to Walk in the Dark Barbara Brown Taylor
Board Representative: Joanne Saltzberg Sharing Marj Shannon
January 27, 2019
* We Sing #1053 How Could Anyone Lyrics on screen
Embracing the Darkness… Reflection Embracing the Darkness Rev. Michelle
Opening Words Going from Here…
Prelude The Sacred House, Words and Music by Dianne Conine Offertory Nocturne Alexander Borodin
Chalice Lighting Howard Thurman, adapted * We Sing #132 Bright Those Jewels Hosea Ballou II
We abandon all that we think we are,
All that we hope to be, Closing Words
All that we believe we possess.
We let go of the past, Extinguishing the Chalice (music in back of gray hymnal)
We withdraw our grasping hands from the future. Words: Rev. D. Michael Smith, Music: Dr. Marcelle Schiff
And in the great silence of the moment, We extinguish the flame in this chalice, but not the one in our hearts.
We alertly rest our souls. This is the light of our soul that shines forth when the world seems
* We Sing #55 Dark of Winter Lyrics on screen too dark; it is the spark that ignites hope when that seems lost. Your
light is precious; carry it with you … always.
Gathering as a Community…
Postlude Waegenlied (Cradle Song) Johannes Brahms
Welcome & Announcements * Please rise in body or in spirit.
Affirmation James Vila Blake
Congregational Greeting – After the service, join us for coffee and
Love is the spirit of this church, and service its law.
conversation in the Gathering Area. The coffee served at UUSD is Fair
This is our great covenant:
Trade CertifiedTM and ethically sourced. Today’s refreshments are
To dwell together in peace,
provided by the Men’s Covenant Group.
To seek the truth in love,
And to help one another.
Good morning and welcome visitors! This is a place where we teach
Time for All Ages Children’s Recessional, T. Benjamin love, we encourage compassion and justice, and we celebrate diversity.
For you shall go out in joy, for you shall go out in joy, and come back Our services vary in form and content from week to week. We
in peace, and come back in peace, blessed be. (sung twice) encourage you to join us for several weeks to get a more complete idea
of who we are and what we are about.
Joys and Sorrows
This is an opportunity to share a significant, meaningful event that has This month we will have an experimental series in worship. It is the
touched your life, refraining from general announcements or political product of many voices and ideas from many UUSD members and gives
comments. Please identify yourself and speak briefly from the heart. us a chance to try a few new and exciting things for the month, including
using the projector & screen for the month. We hope you enjoy it!
Visual Meditation The Known Universe
Each circle used in the video represents a scale factor of 10, meaning Last week’s Attendance: 128 Adults 13 Children
each larger circle is zoomed out 10x more than its predecessor.