Welcome to this house!
Unitarian Universalist Society
of Geneva, Illinois
Saturday, March 1st and
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008
A Musical Celebration
ORDER OF WORSHIP
Ingathering Music “She Bheag Si Mhor” (traditional, Conant),
“Bonnie At Morn” (traditional, Conant)
Ringing of the Church Bell
Song of Community
Words of Welcome & Congregational Greetings
At the sounding of the Rin Gong, please enter into Shared Silence.
Prelude & Chalice Lighting
“Round the Earth Turns” (M. Goetze, D.Goodkin)
* Song of Praise:
Praise God, the Love we all may share;
Praise God, the Beauty everywhere;
Praise God, the Hope of Good to be;
Praise God, the Truth that makes us free.
* Antiphonal Reading # 503 (Rabbi R.M. Shapiro)
* Unison Reading of Our Covenant [written in 1842]:
Being desirous of promoting practical goodness
in the world,
And of aiding each other in our moral
and religious improvement,
We have associated ourselves together –
not as agreeing in opinion,
not as having attained universal truth in belief
or perfection in character,
But as seekers after truth and goodness.
* Doxology:
From all that dwell below the skies
Let faith and hope with love arise;
Let beauty, truth, and good be sung
Through every land by every tongue.
Story: “Musicians
of the Sun” (G. McDermott)
“E Malama” (Kessler, Anderson; arr. Sangeet)
Offering
#163 “For the Earth Forever Turning” (Soloist: Ben Walker)
We ask the congregation to join us in singing verses 3 & 4.
“Dawn Chant” Meditation
“Bright Morning Stars” (traditional; arr. Lucas)
“Yonder Come Day” (J. Cook Tucker)
“Hey Ho Sun is High” (traditional)
Hey Ho! Sun is high, thank the earth for sea and sky!
“Rainstorm”
“Stand Up” (M. Strong; arr. Conant)
Soloists: Dawn Pokorny and Emma Baar
Stand up on your own two feet.
Feel the rhythm, feel the beat
“Turn the World Around” (Belafonte)
1. We come from the prairie, living in the prairie;
go back to the prairie turn the world around.
[repeat]
2.
We come from the sunlight…..
3.
We come from the fire….
4.
We come from the river….
5.
We come from the beauty….
“The Storm is Passing Over” (Tindley, Baker)
# 1059 “May Your Life Be as a
Song”
May your life be as a song,
Resounding with the dawn to sing awake the light.
And softly serenade the stars,
Ever dancing circles in the night.
“Night Goes Back” (D. Zola, Rumi)
Unison Closing # 678 (Anon.)
Postlude “Night Benediction” (S. Galloway)
Today & This week at UUSG
Worship
Services & Church School will be held at 5:00 PM on Saturdays
and 9:00 & 11:00 AM on Sundays. (No church school on Intergenerational
weekends).
Please join us for Social Hour in the Common Room following the service.
(March 1-2—Intergenerational Music Celebration; March 8-9—the Rev. Dr. C. Scot Giles)
The next Pioneer newsletter deadline is Friday, March 21st at 9am.
Sunday, March 2
o 8:15 am Teen/Adult Choir Warm-up
o 11:00 am Big Ideas Covenant Group
o 12:30 pm Peace Wars: Can and Should “Just War” Be Integrated with Pacifism?
o 3:00 pm Private Child Blessing
Monday, March 3: Ministers’ Sabbath
Associate Minister on Study Leave through March 9th
o 7:00 pm Adult RE—“Still Living in the Present Moment”
o 7:30 pm Technology Committee Meeting
Tuesday, March 4
o 3:00 pm Staff Meeting (office closed until 4pm)
o 7:00 pm Sacred Harp Singing
o 7:30 pm Program and Administrative Councils
Wednesday, March 5: Senior Minister’s Day Off
o 7:00 pm Buddhist Meditation Group
o 7:30 pm GAS AA
o 7:30 pm UU Paganism Study Group
Thursday, March 6
o 7:15 pm WomenSpirit Rising
Friday, March 7
Saturday, March 8: Turn Your Clocks Back Tonight!
o 6:30 pm Junior High Youth Group
Sunday, March 9: Daylight Saving Time Begins!
o 11:00 am Big Ideas Covenant Group
o 12:30 pm Membership Committee Meeting
o 12:30 pm Social Justice Committee Meeting
o 12:30 pm Teen/Adult Choir Rehearsal
o 2:00 pm Lay Ministers’ Meeting
o 7:00 pm 2nd Sunday (Storytellers) Covenant Group
Our Associate Minister will be attending a conference next weekend, and our Senior Minister will be in Texas for the Installation of the Rev. Bret Lortie as Parish Minister at First UU Church, San Antonio. Dr. Bates’s husband, Scot Giles, will be in our pulpit next Saturday and Sunday.
Getting to Know UU…
INFORMATION PLEASE!
I would like
[ ] the monthly newsletter by mail
[ ] an e-notice when the newsletter’s available on line
[ ] to receive occasional emails about upcoming events
[ ] to be added to the UUSG Directory
[ ] for my email address to be included in the UUSG Directory
[ ] my directory/mailing information corrected
[ ] a permanent nametag
[ ] to talk with a minister
[ ] to talk with a member of UUSG
[ ] other – see reverse side
Today’s Date_____________
Name(s) ___________________________________________
Address ___________________________________________
__________________________________________
phone(s) ___________________________________________
e-mail ___________________________________________
If you’re new to UUSG, how did you hear about us?
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Use the other side for any other questions you have or information we should know.
Then tear this off and place it in the Offering basket or give it to a Minister or Greeter. Thank you – and welcome to UUSG!
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NEWCOMERS: If you are not yet on our mailing list or if you would like more information about UUSG, you are invited to PRINT your name and address on the above form and place it in the offering basket, or give it to a Minister or Greeter. You can find more information on Unitarian Universalism in our pamphlet racks in the Common Room and the foyer.
You are always welcome in this house!
EVERYONE:
A cup that’s BLUE says I AM NEW and
I WOULD LOVE TO TALK WITH YOU!
Also, please wear a nametag so we can greet one another by name. If you would like a permanent nametag (or need a new one), please fill out the form above and place it in the offering basket, or give it to a Minister or Greeter. Stick-on tags are also available at the back of the sanctuary.
If you’ve requested a nametag, you can find in the nametag basket in the vestibule at the back of the Sanctuary.
Questions? Information for us? Please write it here, tear off the form, and put it in the Offering basket or give it to a Minister or Greeter!
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Inside Stories
This Year’s Canvass
We’re doing an individual canvass
this year—twenty members from our
community have volunteered to canvass everyone in our community. Very shortly,
someone from the “Canvass Crew” will be contacting you to offer a face-to-face
meeting to discuss the goals for the next church year. This is an opportunity
for you to get the details on our goals for next year and to discuss your
interests, concerns, and involvement in UUSG. Please offer your time to our
canvassers so that we can all learn and understand where we are headed and
collectively meet next year’s goals.
With this in mind, consider pledging early! Forms are available in the Common
Room.
upComing & SPECIAL Events
Daylight Saving Time! Turn your clocks back on Saturday, March 8th.
Social Justice Forum: Peace Wars At 12:30pm on Sunday, Social Justice invites you to come to the Common Room and join a discussion based on Paul Rasor's UU World article proposing a common ground for the Just War and Pacifist positions. Your voice is welcome even if you haven't had a chance to read the article.
It’s Time to “Choose or Be Chosen” Make your choice by March 9 or be chosen! If you haven’t already, please sign up for one greeter slot or social hour host slot on the “Choose or Be Chosen” display in the Common Room. Members and friends who haven’t signed themselves up by March 9 for a slot in March through May will be assigned. You’ll have an opportunity at that time to switch dates or say “no, thanks,” but it’s easier if you sign yourself up now!
Friday Flick on March 14th at 7pm Blackwater in Illinois? Join us in the Common Room to view and discuss documentaries describing the concern about creating facilities for private armies to train. People will have an opportunity to respond to an Action Alert. NOTE: This is a change in the original topic announced in the Pioneer!
New Coffee Machine! We have a new coffee system that makes hosting social hour quite a bit easier. It can make pots of coffee, pots of hot water for tea, or just a single cup of hot water. Take a walk through the kitchen on your way out today and check it out!
Today’s Worship Team
Musicians: The UUSG Teen/Adult Choir, directed by Ruth Cavanaugh
Women’s
Quartet: Emma Baar, Laura Bartoszek, Ariel Smith,
Dawn Pokorny
Instrumentalists: Emma Baar (violin), Kat Zimmerman (cello),
Laura Bartoszek (percussion), Lynn Fisher McCanne (piano), Susan Conant (piano, flutes)
Greeters: Saturday, 5pm: The Eng Family
Sunday, 9am: Jenny & Katherine Benjamin
Sunday, 11am: George & Gail Tattersfield
Social Hour: Saturday, 6pm: The Eng Family
Sunday, 10am: The Whiting Family
Sunday, 12pm:
Counters: Kevin O’Neill, Pat McGleam
Would you like to help with Greeting or our Social Hour? The “Choose or Be
Chosen” Sign-up List is on the bulletin board in the Common Room!
If you haven’t greeted or hosted before, instructions are provided.
Getting in touch
The Unitarian
Universalist Society of Geneva
102-110 South Second Street
PO Box
107 Geneva, IL 60134-0107
630-232-2350
Look for us online at www.uusg.org
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