Welcome and Announcements                                                               Rev. Amy Zucker

                                                                Morgenstern

Most people find that the best way to get to know people at UUCPA is through small-group gatherings such as these. Those that give a location have an in-person option, and those with no location given are online-only.

Today:

OWL Grades 7-9 3:30 - 5 pm, UUCPA

Senior High Youth Group – SHYG 6:30 - 7:30 pm, UUCPA

Later this week:

Brown Bag Books: Stay and Fight Tuesday, 1/4 12 - 2 pm

Sacred Text Reading Group (hooks) Wednesday, 1/5 12 - 1 pm

UUCPA 75th Anniversary ARE Classes Wednesday, 1/5 7 - 8 pm

By Your Side Singers Wednesday, 1/5 7:30 - 9 pm, Room 10

Gardening @ UUCPA Thursday, 1/6 10 am - 1 pm, UUCPA

Campus Workday Saturday, 1/8 9 am - 12 pm, UUCPA

Sacred Text Reading Group (Saturday) Saturday, 1/8 4 - 5 pm

Humanists at UUCPA Saturday, 1/8 6 - 8:40 pm, Fireside Room

Forum – What is the “Metaverse”? Sunday, 1/9 9 am - 10:15 am

Sunday School for children and youth preK through grade 8 1/9 9:30 - 10:30 am, UUCPA

Sunday Service 1/9 9:30 - 10:30 am, UUCPA

Sunday Service 1/9 11 am - 12 pm

Healing the Divide: Breaking Out of Political Echo Chambers, Sunday, 1/9 1 - 2:30 pm

Discovering UUCPA Sunday, 1/9 1 - 2 pm

OWL Grades 7-9 Sunday, 1/9 3:30 - 5 pm, UUCPA

Senior High Youth Group – SHYG Sunday, 1/9 6:30 - 7:30 pm, UUCPA

And to participate in making UUCPA go, or learn more about the groups that do, you are welcome at these meetings:

CYRE Committee Meeting Tuesday, 1/4 7:15 - 9 pm

Green Sanctuary Committee Meeting Sunday, 1/9 12:30 - 1:30 pm

Action Council Meeting Sunday, 1/9 7:30 - 8:30 pm

Wondering about those numbers next to the songs in the order of service? Our hymnals, Singing the Living Tradition (gray) and Singing the Journey (teal), are available for you to borrow. They are organized by theme, and, in the case of the gray hymnal, are also chock-full of interesting readings. To sign one out, call ahead to UUCPA and visit when Amy or our administrator Jeff Cashdollar is there.

UUCPA 75th Anniversary Adult Religious Education Classes begin this Wednesday at 7 pm, and continue for 10 sessions. Come to any or all!

January 5         Earlier Unitarian Organizations in Palo Alto

January 12    Our Buildings and Grounds

January 19    Our Music

February 2    The Ministers of Our Congregation

February 9    Spiritual and Secular Paths at UUCPA

February 16  Women’s Issues at UUCPA

March 2             Children’s Programs of Our Congregation

March 9             Social Justice Through the Years

March 16           Social Justice Through the Years

March 30           Looking Ahead—A Panel Discussion

Prelude                                         In De Col’ Moonlight, Burleigh                Veronika Agranov-Dafoe

Chalice Lighting                Rise Up, O Flame (No. 362 in the gray hymnal)

words: Anonymous; music: Praetorius

Rise up, O flame,

by thy light glowing,

show to us beauty,

vision, and joy.               (3x, or sing a round!)        

Centering Words                                                                            

Song                                       Faith of the Larger Liberty (No. 287 in gray hymnal)

words: Vincent Silliman; music: Bohemian Brethren, Kirchengesang

Faith of the larger liberty, source of the light expanding,

Law of the church that is to be, old bondage notwithstanding:

 Faith of the free! By thee we live—

By all thou givest and shalt give

our loyalty commanding.

Heroes of faith in every age, far seeing, self-denying,

Wrought an increasing heritage, monarch and creed defying.

 Faith of the free! In thy dear name

the costly heritage we claim:

Their living and their dying.

Faith for the people everywhere, whatever their oppression,

Of all who make the world more fair, living their faith's confession:

Faith of the free! Whate'er our plight,

thy law, thy liberty,  thy light

shall be our blest possession.

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                           There Is More Love Somewhere (No. 95 in gray hymnal)        

sung by the By Your Side Singers

There is more love somewhere.

There is more love somewhere.

I’m gonna keep on ‘til I find it.

There is more love somewhere.

There is more hope somewhere…

There is more peace somewhere...

There is more joy somewhere…

Readings                                        The Power of Ritual, Casper ter Kuile

Spiritual but Not Religious, Amy Hollywood

Anthem                                                 Adinu (Sufi melody)                 UUCPA Adult Choir

Samira Kharoubi, soloist

Sermon                                     Spiritual but Not Religious                Amy Morgenstern

Offering                                           St. Louis Blues, Handy                Veronika Agranov-Dafoe

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 “uucpa20212022”

Thank you!

Song                                With Heart and Mind (No. 300 in gray hymnal)          

                                        words: Alicia Carpenter, © 1990

music: Johann Hermann Schein, harmony by J. S. Bach

With heart and mind and voice and hand

May we this time and place transcend

To make our purpose understood:

A mortal search for mortal good,

A firm commitment to the goal

Of justice, freedom, peace for all.

A mind that’s free to seek the truth;

A mind that’s free in age and youth

To choose a path no threat impedes,

Wherever light of conscience leads.

Our martyrs died so we could be

A church where every mind is free.

A heart that’s kind, a heart whose search

Makes Love the spirit of our church,

Where we can grow, and each one’s gift

Is sanctified, and spirits lift,

Where every door is open wide

For all who choose to step inside.

Chalice Extinguishing                                                         

Postlude                                         Promenade, Beach                        Veronika Agranov-Dafoe

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.

Music Director: Bruce Olstad                                 Pianist: Veronika Agranov-Dafoe

Special music: Veronika Agranov-Dafoe

The By Your Side Singers go in small groups to visit and sing for any church member or friend, of any age, who seeks comfort, strength, or connection with UUCPA during times of illness, major life transition, or not being able to get to church. During COVID, they have continued to accompany us all in times of need through offerings like today’s. The singers heard on “There is More Love Somewhere” are Ed Haertel, Esa Jacobi, Jeralyn Moran, Robert Neff, Matthew Rosin, and Melissa Thomson. You can learn more about the By Your Side Singers–how to join them, how to request their presence–here.

Livestreaming, tech support, and online community creation: Greg Becker, Tim and Maribea Berry, Heather Chen, Mark Erickson, Megan Fazio, Castor Fu, Bill Hilton, Chris Jacobi, Christopher Kan, Paul Kostka, Steve Ludington, Kevin Ma, Bruce Olstad, William Phelps, Ann Zeise. Bruce Olstad creates the videos for the anthems and hymns each week.