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“The Things My Mother Taught Me…About Resisting Oppression”
Led by Rev. Roberta Finkelstein
01 June 2025
Welcome – Rosalie Clavez
Gathering Song – UUCS Choir directed by Kris Adams
‘I Shall Not Live in Vain’ words by Emily Dickinson, music by Ruth Morris Gray
Welcome and Announcements – Jack Hazerjian
Ringing the Bowl – Jack Hazerjian
Invocation – Rosalie Clavez
This is another day we have been given.
This is indeed a sacred day.
Let us be grateful for the capacity to sense, feel, and understand.
Let us be grateful for the incredible gift of life,
And let us be especially grateful for
the ties of love which bind us together
Giving dignity, meaning, worth and joy to all of our days.
Chalice Lighting – Rev. Roberta Finkelstein
‘Beacon of Freedom’ by Tracy Johnson
Chalice Hymn – Kris Adams
#6 ‘Just as Long as I Have Breath’
Time For All Ages – Rosalie Clavez
“As You Go” by Kathleen Tracy
We hold you in our love as you go, as you go.
May your heart be at peace, as you go
To nurture the spark of your precious life.
We hold you in our love as you go.
Joys and Sorrows – Rosalie Clavez
Pastoral sharing from the congregation
Moment of Silence
Meditation – Rev. Roberta Finkelstein
‘Eternal Mystery’ by Carol Meyer
Sung Response
‘Spirit of Meditation’
Reading – Rosalie Clavez
‘The Lanyard’ by Billy Collins
Anthem – Kris Adams
#109 ‘As We Come Marching, Marching’
Sermon – Rev. Roberta Finkelstein
‘The Things My Mother Taught Me…About Resisting Oppression’
Offering – Jack Hazerjian
1/3 of this month’s plate donations will support Mobile Hope
Offering Interlude– Mary Matheny
Extinguishing the Chalice and Covenant – Rosalie Clavez
This congregation is dedicated to the proposition
that behind all our differences and beneath all our diversities,
there is a unity that binds us together and makes us one
in spite of time and death and the space between the stars.
We pause now in silent witness to that unity.
by David Bumbaugh
Benediction – Rev. Robert Finkelstein
by Sarah Lamment
Closing Hymn – Kris Adams
#1028 ‘The Fire of Commitment’
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Worship Associate – Rosalie Clavez
Music Director – Kris Adams
Accompanist – Mary Matheny
Board Host – Jack Hazerjian
Live Stream Operator – Bill Roman & Bryan George
RE Leader – Carolina Terrazas
RE Teacher – Nadjah A. Ahmad
RE Teacher – Denise Dittmar