What’s UUp 4/19/26

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We Did It! Thank You!
We are excited to announce that we reached out total pledge goal of $250,000! The final amount is $256,372! Thanks so much to our Members and Friends for helping make this achievement possible for our church and for helping to ‘Grow the Light.’
 

If you have not yet pledged, but would like to, you may still do so by following this link. For our other goals, a total of 93 pledge units (either individuals or families/groups) pledged. We were a few thousand dollars shy of our goal of $11,000 to the UUA. That total came out to $8,072.  Again, thank you so much to everyone for your participation this year.
Matt, Tim, and Alexis

April 19: Celebration of Life – 11:00am 
The Art(emis) of Attention

Minister: Rev. Liz Weber

What can we learn about attention and even intention from the Artemis II voyage and crew?

They say that what you give your attention to grows.
Is that true, or is it that we feel more deeply the things we attend to? What is the relationship between attention and intention, and what happens when wonder gets thrown in for good measure?
 

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

Welcome              Kathy Thackeray

Prelude      Ethan              

Lighting the Chalice & the Black Lives Matter Candle   
Valerie Schwartz

Opening Words          Rev. Liz Weber

Hymn #398           Congregation and Choir
          To See the World
Words: William Blake; music: Edvard Grieg

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 (unison)    Valerie
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.

Joys and Sorrows      Rev. Liz

Musical Response #1009          Ethan
Meditation on Breathing
Words and Music: Sarah Dan Jones

Meditation and Common Prayer       Rev. Liz

Musical Response          Ethan

Invitation to Generosity        Rev. Liz

Offertory          Ethan

Sermon   The Art(emis) of Attention    Rev. Liz

Hymn #163      For the Earth Forever Turning       Ethan
Words and music: Kim Oler

Extinguishing the Chalice         Valerie
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               Ethan

Invitations           Rev. Liz