What’s UUp 5/4/25?

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What’s UUp Sunday, May 4?
 

  • Meals in May
    May 4: Finger Foods after the Celebration of Life
    May 18: Spaghetti Lunch after the Celebration of Life
  • Reminder: Annual Reports Due Monday, May 5 
    Contact Barbara if you have questions ([email protected]).
  • Housing Leads Needed
    A church member is seeking to rent a studio apartment, or equivalent housing, asap. He is on a fixed (SS) income and has a limited budget including utilities. Contact the office for more information.
 

Save the Date: Budget Discussions May 10 and 11
The Board and Finance team are inviting you to join us for a 45 minute conversation about church finances and the proposed budget for 2025 -2026 at one of these times:

  1. Saturday May 10 10:30A on Zoom   Topic: Finance + Budget Mtg
    Time: May 10, 2025 10:30 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
    Join Zoom Meeting click here (this is NOT the service zoom link)
    Meeting ID: 869 3639 8538  Passcode: AARK0A
  2. Sunday May 11 10:00am session In Person: Room ## TBA
  3. Sunday May 11 12:15 session In Person: Room ## TBA

Celebration of Life 11am in the Sanctuary
 
May 4

Recalling, Reclaiming
and Reimagining:
A Calling for All

Speaker:
Shameka Parrish-Wright

About our Speaker
Shameka Parrish—Wright

Mom of 6 and grandma of 4, wife, consultant, VOCAL-KY Executive Director, organizer, fighter, bridge builder and truth-sayer who ran for Louisville Mayor and now Elected as Metro Councilwoman for District 3.

VOCAL-KY is a grassroots membership organization working to create healthy and just communities by building power among people affected by HIV, drug use, mass incarceration, and homelessness. We do this through community organizing, leadership development, participatory research, policy advocacy and direct action with the belief that true social change must come from the bottom up and be led by those most directly impacted.
 

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 Black Lives Matter   
Valerie Schwartz and Linette Lowe

Opening Words  May Your Call be Awakened      Linette
Michelle LaGrave

Hymn #397      Morning Has Come          Ethan
Word and Music: Jason Shelton

Moment for All Ages   Children’s Hymn Sing        Linette and Ethan

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.

Opening Remarks       Linette

Our Mission and Covenant         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       Linette

Musical Response          Ethan

Meditation and Common Prayer        Linette

Musical Response     Ethan

Invitation to Generosity       Valerie

Offertory               Ethan

Sermon     Recalling, Reclaiming and Reimagining: A Calling for All
 Shameka Parrish -Wright

Hymn  #121    We’ll Build a Land            Ethan
Words: Barbara Zanotti (Isaiah and Amos, adapted)
Music: Carolyn McDade

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.

Postlude        Ethan

Benediction         Our Calling    Linette
Rebekah Savage