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"I don't feel frightened by not knowing things,
by being lost in a mysterious universe…It doesn't frighten me."
-- Richard Feynman
Prelude Sonata in E D. Scarlatti
Opening Words Lee Barker
Opening Hymn #209 (STLT) "O Come, You Longing Thirsty Souls"
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| Jo'Ann Dequattro, Director of Outreach and
Social Justice, led the Chalice Lighting for Saturday's worship
service. |
Unison Words for Chalice Lighting led by Jo-Ann DeQuattro
May we lend one another courage
When the cold winds of life fall upon us.
May we provide one another with strength
When the blanket of hopelessness is dropped over us.
May we offer knowledge to one another
When we are dropped to the void of uncertainty.
Prayer
Invitation "Be Ye Lamps" Sarum chant
Spoken reflection Greg Stewart
Silent reflection
Choral Reading "Cherish You Doubts" Robert T. Weston
(delivered by lay leaders of Neighborhood
UU Church; Deborah Bieber, leader)
Musical Interlude "Knowledge, They Say" C. Taylor
Stephen Grimm, baritone
Sermon "It Only Adds"
Lee Barker
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| Gregory Stewart, Minister of Religious
Education, led the prayer |
Closing Hymn #345 "With Joy We Claim the Growing Light"
Unison Closing Words
Let there be knowledge in faith,
For sanctified reason is the lantern of faith.
Let our spiritual lives be guided by conscience,
For this is the source of deepest joy and happiness.
Amen.(Adapted from Francis David)
Postlude Sonata in E D. Scarlatti
Participants in the service include members of the staff and congregation
of Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church, Pasadena, CA:
Lee Barker, Senior Minister
Deborah Bieber, Administrator
Jo'Ann DeQuattro, Director of Outreach and Social Justice
Stephen Grimm, Director of Music
Gregory Stewart, Minister of Religious Education
Readers: Betsy Blue, Mary Fauvre-Holmes, Ferol Mennen, Mary
Ellen Morgan, Carol Ross, and Dick Smoak.
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