August 2, The 4th UU Principle, Pauline Nijander,
Paige Cupp, Worship Associate
Join us on this Sunday as we dive into one of our UU Principles: A Free and Responsible Search for Truth and Meaning, and unpack what such a simple sentence can mean in our complex world. This is the first of a back-to-back Sunday look at two of our UU Principles and what they mean to Pauline Nijander and Paige Cupp.
*** *Special Note from our Evergreen Chapter of the Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans (CUUPS), who will lead a Lammas Blessing and Meditation during the service this Sunday: “What’s in your garden? (Your neighbor’s? The farmer’s market?) Have we reached maximum zucchini? Have the tomatoes o’er-reached their cages? Is there anything more meaningful than growing food, or more rewarding than the way soil & sun & water provide so generously? Please have something freshly of this season with you when you begin the Service on this Sunday for participation in the Meditation.
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Order of Service
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton
Order of Service
August 2, 2020
Live via Zoom and YouTube Live
Announcements and Welcome, Pauline Najander and Nick Tiberi
Opening Hymn 16, ‘Tis a Gift to Be Simple
‘Tis a gift to be simple, ’tis a gift to be free,
’tis a gift to come down where we ought to be,
and when we find our-selves in the place just right, ‘
twill be in the valley of love and delight.
When true simplicity is gained,
to bow and to bend we shan’t be ashamed.
To turn, turn will be our delight,
’till by turn-ing, turning we come ’round right.
Music: American Shaker tune
Words: Joseph Bracket, 18th century
Chalice Lighting, Pauline Nijander
Unison Affirmation
We light this chalice to celebrate Unitarian Universalism.
This is a congregation of open minds,
Of helping hands.
And of loving hearts.
Together we care for our earth
And work for friendship and peace in the world.
Hymn 123, Spirit of Life
Spirit of Life, come unto me.
Sing in my heart all the stirrings of compassion.
Blow in the wind, rise in the sea;
Move in the hand, giving life the shape of justice,
Roots hold me close, wings set me free;
Spirit of Life, come to me, come to me.
Words and music by Carolyn McDade, 1935 –
Story for All Ages, adapted from The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss – Eva Foster
Lammas Blessing & Meditation – Elissa Hoeger & Ann Schremp
Anthem
Reflection, Paige Cupp
Offertory, Nick Tiberi
Sermon, The 4th UU Principle, Pauline Nijander
Hymn 1008, When Our Heart is in a Holy Place
Chorus:
When our heart is in a holy place,
When our heart is in a holy place,
We are bless’d with love and amazing grace,
When our heart is in a holy place.
When we trust the wisdom in each of us,
Ev’ry color ev’ry creed and kind,
And we see our faces in each other’s eyes,
Then our heart is in a holy place.
Chorus:
When we tell our story from deep inside,
And we listen with a loving mind,
And we hear our voices in each other’s words,
Then our heart is in a holy place.
Chorus
When we share the silence of sacred space,
And the God of our Heart stirs within,
And we feel the power of each other’s faith,
Then our heart is in a holy place.
Words & Music, Joyce Poley, 1941 – Keyboard arr. Lorne Kellett, 1950 –
Benediction