Please join us at 10 AM this Sunday on the UUFEC Facebook Page and on the UUFEC website to watch a recorded message from Rev. Mark Morrison Reed. The title of the sermon is “Dragged Kicking and Screaming Into Heaven”.

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Worship Service February 7, 2021

Week One in 30 Days of Love 2021

Speaker Reverend Mark Morrison Reed, formerly a minister at UU congregations in Rochester, N.Y. and winner of the Award for Distinguished Service to the Cause of Unitarian Universalism, General Assembly 2019/UUA.org.

Sermon Title “Dragged Kicking and Screaming Into Heaven.” Living our values in the World.

ORDER OF SERVICE

Opening Hymn ”Our World is One World,” performed by the Musicians of the First Unitarian Church of Oakland.

Welcoming Words by Shar Farley

Chalice Lighting “Love is Our Greatest Purpose,” by Jay E. Abernathy, Jr.. Read by Amanda Piburn

“We affirm that love is our greatest purpose.
Accepting one another is the truest form of faithful living.
The search for truth is our constant star.
We pledge our hearts, minds, and hands: To challenge injustice with courage;
To find hope in times of fear;
And to live out our Unitarian Universalist values every day as a beloved community.
Thus do we covenant with each other and with all that is sacred in life.”

A Time for All Ages: A Guided Meditation. Led by Amy Weisberg.

Song “We are Resilient,” by Rising Appalachia

Sermon “Dragged Kicking and Screaming Into Heaven,” prerecorded by Rev. Mark Morison Reed. Recorded 4/19/2015.

Extinguishing the Chalice “May the Love That Gives to Life Its Beauty,” by George G. Brooks. Read by Amanda Piburn

“ May the love that gives to life its beauty,
The reverence that gives to life its sacredness,
Be strong within each of us and lead us into ever deepening relationships with all of life. Amen

Closing Hymn “Answering the Call of Love,” song video made by the Foothills Unitarian Church. Sung by Christopher Watkins Lamb, Chris Hutchinson, Sara Edwards and Sally Lee. With piano by Dyane Roglestad. Song written by Jason Shelton.