What’s UUp 10/19/25?

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What’s UUp October 19?
See your Midweek Update for This Week’s Announcements
  • Special Music: We will welcome our special musical guests today, the Choir from All Peoples, a Unitarian Universalist Congregation, directed by Katie Donner.
  • More Auction Treasures Available from last week’s auction: There are a few things still available – you can shop after the service in the Social Hall. If you haven’t paid yet, please go to the church’s payment page here and look for the Auction square.  Or, bring a check with you on Sunday to pay.
  • Adult RE  Anti-Racism Challenge for the Month of October
    Join us for discussion at 9:00, Check-ins at 9:45 then class at 10:00 on the weekly topics listed below. Adult RE Classes Come to any or all of it. (Childcare begins at 9:30)
  • Children’s RE – The Children leave the service after the Moment for All Ages.  Class descriptions

October 19: Celebration of Life – 11:00am 
 
When Compassion is Hard
Speaker: Rev. Liz Weber

Sometimes it’s easy to have compassion for others. But sometimes it’s a lot tougher.
What do we do when compassion is hard to find? How do we cultivate compassion for people we dislike or strongly disagree with? How do we have self-compassion for the parts of ourselves that we dislike? Come explore these questions in the service.
 

For the zoom link, Click here. The Meeting ID is 4508929882 if you can’t attend in person.  You will not need a password. Contact the volunteer desk if you have trouble getting online.

The Order of Service (Bulletin)
Gathering Music         Ethan McCollum

Chime and Welcome        Jill Sampson

Prelude       Ethan

Lighting the Chalice and the Black Lives Matter Candle       Laura Roberts

Opening Words         Rev. Liz Weber

Hymn #1023     Building Bridges       Ethan
Words: The women of Greenham Commonplace occupation in England
Music: Contemporary English Quaker Round

Moment for All Ages           Rev. Liz

Song for Our Children      Ethan
Go in love, our hearts go with you.
Go in joy, our hopes go too.
Learn in love and grow in wisdom.
Shine your light in all you do.

Our Mission and Covenant          Laura
We are a church of reason and spirit,
that witnesses for progressive faith,
nurtures our community and transforms our world.
                                                           
Love is the spirit of this church, and service is its law.
This is our great covenant: to dwell together in peace,
to seek the truth in love, and to help one another.

Invitation to Generosity          Rev. Liz

Offertory      Sing a Tapestry       Katie Donner
Combined Choirs from All Peoples, a Unitarian Universalist Congregation
and First Unitarian Church of Louisville
Words and music: Audrey Snyder

Sermon          When Compassion is Hard            Rev. Liz

Joys and Sorrows        Rev. Liz

Musical Response  #1048    Ubi Caritas         Ethan
          Translation of Latin: Where charity and love abound, God is there.
Words: unknown; Music: Jacques Berthier

Metta Meditation          Rev. Liz

Musical Response             Ethan

Hymn #86          Blessed Spirit of My Life           Ethan
Words and music: Shelley Jackson Denham

Extinguishing the Chalice             Laura
We extinguish these flames, but not the light of truth,
the warmth of community, or the fire of commitment.
These we carry in our hearts until we are together again.

Closing Words             Rev. Liz

Postlude         Over My Head/Peace Like a River     Katie Donner
Words and music: traditional Spirituals, music arr. Greg Gilpin)
Combined Choirs

Benediction             Rev. Liz