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Welcome and Announcements                                      Rev. Amy Zucker

                                                        Morgenstern

For some inspiration for the last 16 days before the election, check out videos of the Revs. Ranwa Hammamy and Susan Frederick-Gray’s homilies, and one about four UUCPA leaders who have helped people write/make thousands of letters and phone calls to empower voters.

The UUCPA Auction is coming--donations needed by October 31. As in previous years, this event will bring the congregation together for a party! Online, of course. Due to COVID-19, we are going to see how creative we can be! Please reimagine your donations for silent and live auction items. Meal deliveries . . . skills you can teach . . . a second home to which you could offer a vacation week . . . Click the link for lots more information.

Kids, send photos of your stuffie in costume for UUCPA Halloween! Email photos of your stuffie dressed up in Halloween costume asap to possum@uucpa.org and watch for them in an upcoming Sunday worship service! Please include your name and the name of your stuffie. VideoStuffies only! No humans allowed in the photos.

Check out What’s Happening at UUCPA today:

        Harmonic Circle – 2-4 pm

UU Justice Ministry of CA/Reclaim Our Vote Phone Banking – 1 - 4 pm

*Senior High Youth Group - SHYG – 7 - 8 pm

and this week:

UU the Vote Phone Banking – Tues., 10/20, 2 - 4 pm

Sci-Fi and Fantasy Discussion: The Day the Earth Stood Still – Wed., 10/21, 7 - 8:30 pm

LAST Craft-and-check-in – Thurs., 10/22, 5 - 6 pm

Sacred Text Reading Group – Sat., 10/24, 4 - 5 pm

Gardening @ UUCPA – Thurs. 10/22, 12:30 - 2:30 pm

Saturday Meditation – 10/24, 9 - 10:30 am

Forum - Selection of Forum Discussion Topics for December - Sun., 10/25, 9 - 10:15 am

Sunday Meditation – 10/25, 9:30 - 10:25 am

Green Class Sunday School (gr. 2-3)* – 10/25, 9:30 - 10:15 am

Red Class Sunday School (preschool)* – 10/25, 9:30 - 10:15 am

Ecojustice Sunday School Class (gr. 6-8)* – 10/25, 10:15 - 11:45 am

Sunday Service: What Was Left in the Box – 10/25, 10:30 - 11:30 am

Blue Class Sunday School (gr. 4-5)*  - 10/25, 11:45 am - 12:30 pm 

Neighboring Religions Sunday School Class (gr. 6-8)* - 10/25, 11:45 am - 12:30 pm 

Yellow Class Sunday School (gr. K-1)* - 10/25, 11:45 am - 12:30 pm 

Womens Group - Weekend Women – Sun., 10/25, 1 - 2:30 pm

UUJMCA/Reclaim Our Vote Phone Banking (non-UUCPA) – Sun., 10/25, 1 - 4 pm

Harmonic Circle – Sun., 10/25, 2 - 4 pm

        *for reasons of safety, advance registration is required for all children & youth programs

Prelude                                     Captain O’Kane / Dusty Windowsills                 Kris Yenney

(O’Carolan/Traditional)

Chalice Lighting                                                Ben Soule                Amy Morgenstern

Centering Words                               Robert Downey, Jr.                Amy Morgenstern                

Song                         Come, Come, Whoever You Are (No. 188 in gray hymnal)

Come, come, whoever you are,

wanderer, worshipper, lover of leaving.

Ours is no caravan of despair.

Come, yet again come.        

Story for All Ages                                  Akhenaten, part 1                 Rev. Dan Harper

Caring and Sharing               

To have your joys and sorrows shared aloud, please e-mail them

to joyconcern@uucpa.org or post them in the Zoom chat box.

Song                            Rank By Rank (No. 358 in gray hymnal; adapted)

Rank by rank again we meet,

from the four winds gathered hither.

Loud the hallowed walls entreat

whence we come and how, and whither.

From their stillness breaking clear,

echoes wake to warn or cheer;

higher truth from saint and seer

call to us assembled here.

Ours the years’ memorial store,

honored days and names we reckon,

days of comrades gone before,

lives that speak and deeds that beckon.

From the dreaming of the night

to the labors of the day,

shines their everlasting light,

guiding us upon our way.

Though the path be hard and long,

still we strive in expectation;

join we now their ageless song

one with them in aspiration.

One in name, in honor one,

guard we well the crown they won;

what they dreamed be ours to do,

hope their hopes, and seal them true.

Readings        The Bible, Daniel 2:31-35                                

        Tara Mohr        

Anthem         Song of Kabir (Alexander; text by Tagore)          UUCPA Adult Choir

Sermon        Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio?:                Amy Morgenstern

        When Heroes Fall                

Offering                                    

You can give via credit card or Paypal

at www.uucpa.org/connection/donate

or send the text message “uucpaoffering” to the number 44321

For payments towards your annual pledge, use “uucpa20202021”

Thank you!

Song                           For All That Is Our Life (No. 128 in gray hymnal)

For all that is our life we sing our thanks and praise;

for all life is a gift which we are called to use

to build the common good and make our own days glad.

For needs which others serve, for services we give,

for work and its rewards, for hours of rest and love;

we come with praise and thanks for all that is our life.

For sorrow we must bear, for failures, pain, and loss,

for each new thing we learn, for fearful hours that pass:

we come with praise and thanks for all that is our life.

For all that is our life we sing our thanks and praise;

for all life is a gift which we are called to use

to build the common good and make our own days glad.

Chalice Extinguishing                        Eric Williams          Amy Morgenstern

Postlude                                      Courante from Solo Cello Suite in G         Kris Yenney

(J. S. Bach)

Benediction                                                                   All

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Go out into the world in peace

Be of good courage

Hold fast to what is good

Return no one evil for evil

Strengthen the faint-hearted

Support the weak

Help the suffering

Rejoice in beauty

Speak love with word and deed

Honor all beings.

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return to the main room and you can enter a new breakout room from there.

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Enjoy!

Music Director: Bruce Olstad                                 Pianist: Veronika Agranov-Dafoe

Livestreaming, tech support, and online community creation: Greg Becker, Tim and Maribea Berry, Heather and David Chen, Dox Doxiadis, Mark and Alyssa Erickson, Megan Fazio, Rev. Dan Harper, Chris Jacobi, Christopher Kan, Paul Kostka, Kevin Ma, Bruce Olstad, Susan Owicki, William Phelps, Elsa Schafer, Melissa Valentine, BJ Wishinsky, Ann Zeise.