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Revs. David and Teresa Schwartz SENIOR MINISTERS OF THE FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH OF CHICAGO founded 1836 A Service for the Ordination to the Unitarian Universalist Ministry of 1839 - 1844 Joseph Harrington, Jr. 1846 - 1849 William Adam Teresa Lynn Schwartz and David Richard Schwartz 1849 - 1857 Rush Rhees Shippen 1857 - 1859 George Noyes and their Installation as 19th & 20th Ministers of 1861 - 1864 Charles Thomas 1866 - 1874 Robert Laird Collier The First Unitarian Church of Chicago 1876 - 1881 Brooke Herford 1183 - 1891 David Utter 1891 - 1901 William Wallace Fenn 1901 - 1923 William Hansen Pulsford 1925 - 1944 Von Ogden Vogt 1944 - 1962 Leslie Pennington 1963 - 1968 Jack Kent 1969 - 1978 Jack Mendelsohn 1980 - 1986 Duke Gray 1988 - 1991 Tom Chula k 1993 - 1998 Terasa Cooley 1999 - 2011 Nina Grey WELCOME Heading Out Members, friends, family, neighbors, Philip Booth the reverend clergy, and visitors: welcome all who have come with joy Beyond here there’s no map. into this house of memory and hope How you get there is where loving our shared history, you’ll arrive; how, dawn by journeying together into the future. dawn, you can see your way clear: in ponds, sky, just as Whether you are here for the first time, woods you walk through give whether you have walked these stones for decades, to fields. And rivers: beyond you belong here this hour. all burning, you’ll cross on bridges you’ve long lugged with you. Whatever your route, go lightly, toward light. Once you give away all save necessity, all’s SERVICE OF ORDINATION AND INSTALLATION mostly well: what you used to believe you owned is nothing, nothing beside how you’ve come to feel. You’ve no need now Gathering Music Ms. Carolyn Brady Riley to give in or give out: the way you’re going your body seems Ringing of the Bell Mr. Richard Blough willing. Slowly as it may otherwise tell you, whatever Prelude Prelude and Fugue in C Major, bwv 547 by J. S. Bach it comes to you’re bound to know. Dr. Phillip Kloeckner Welcome Mr. John Saphir Processional Hymn (following pages, please rise in body or spirit) Call to Worship The Rev. Victoria Safford RITE OF ORDINATION Chalice Lighting Ms. Atena Danner Mr. John Saphir Within the Unitarian Universalist religious Mr. Jason Kniss, Miss Josephine Schwartz, Mr. Matthew Schwartz tradition, the authority and privilege of ordaining ministers rests solely with the people of the congregation. Therefore, the Rite of Greetings The Rev. Dr. Ian Evison Ordination is performed by the members of the church. Tradition- The Rev. Dr. Lee Barker ally, the minister is called out of the people to serve the people. The Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Davenport David and Teresa have waited to receive our congregational call so they would be ordained by the people who have called them to Musical Invocation Choose to Bless the World by Nick Page serve. First Unitarian Family Choir & Adult Choir, conducted by Ms. Amanda Thomas It is a joyous occasion when a congregation joins together to rec- ognize one who has accepted a vocation to professional ministry. Reading Heading Out by Philip Booth This is a spiritual event of great significance in the life of Teresa The Rev. Kent Hemmen Saleska and David, in the life of the church, and in the life of our greater community. David and Teresa, please rise. Sermon Go Lightly, Toward Light The Rev. Victoria Safford The act of ordination confers no special powers or unusual abili- ties. It is the ritual to recognize one who has been called to the Offering to the Living Tradition Fund The Rev. Justin Schroeder ministry and has prepared and committed themselves to a life of religious leadership. A minister is ordained only once. Today, this Offertory Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11 by Gabriel Fauré act binds us together, and binds us to the heritage and hope of our First Unitarian Adult Choir, liberal faith. conducted by Ms. Amanda Thomas Teresa Lynn Schwartz and David Richard Schwartz, in recogni- Rite of Ordination tion of your call to the ministry and of your receipt of ministerial fellowship from our Unitarian Universalist Association of Congre- gations, we desire to ordain each of you to the ministry. Are you each ready to enter into the ministry? Mr. David Schwartz and Ms. Teresa Schwartz I am. Mr. John Saphir Will David and Teresa’s family, friends, and colleagues also please rise as you are able? Mr. John Saphir Our purpose, however, can only be realized if we, the congregation, acknowledge our own obligations. Will the Family, Friends, and Colleagues Teri and David, some of us members of First Unitarian Church please rise as you are able so knew you long before you experienced a call to ministry. Some of that together we may ordain David and Teresa Schwartz? us met you along the path you have taken to answer that call. We have seen you change and grow. We have seen you be challenged, Members We, the congregation of First Unitarian Church, ac- discouraged, strengthened, and inspired. We have supported you, cepting our right and affirming your commitment and ability, do and have been supported by you. hereby ordain you, Teresa Lynn Schwartz, and we do hereby or- dain you, David Richard Schwartz, into the ministry of our faith Now, we promise to accompany you on the road ahead, remind- and the service of humankind. ing you to be true to the calling of the spirit, encouraging you to be bold in speaking the truth as you know it, and affirming your We charge you, as far as you are able, to seek an authentic rela- strength and your vulnerability. tionship with the Holy, to speak the truth in freedom and love, to minister to the full range of human joy and sorrow, to celebrate We charge you to keep your sense of balance and to nurture your the principles of our faith, and to fulfill your ministry with integ- own wholeness so that you can transform the world through shar- rity, courage, and wonder. ing that wholeness with others. We pledge to walk with you and support you in the work of your ministry, wherever that path will May you dedicate yourselves to living mindfully and joyfully in a take you. world of pain and promise. May you never become so fearful, or so weary, that you abandon your ministry. May you care for others Mr. John Saphir Will all people gathered here please stand as and for this faith, but also for your family and yourselves, for your you are able and join us in affirming David and Teresa’s ministry? own health and your own spirits. Gathered Congregation It is with joy that we affirm and recog- We give you our full blessing and support and we pledge ourselves nize your ordination. We offer you our continuing love and sup- to walk with you in unity of spirit, bonded by peace, with truth, port, mindful that perfection is not the goal of religious life. respect, and love. Within, among, and beyond us may you always hear the voice of ACT OF INSTALLATION God, of love, of the Holy, and may you carry the blessing of us all wherever you go. Ms. Kris Barker As your ministerial search committee members, we have looked forward to this day with great anticipation. We Mr. John Saphir Teresa and David, the members of the First are mindful of our missing member Ken Schug who passed away Unitarian Church of Chicago have declared you to be ministers just a few weeks after the congregation voted to call Teri and Da- in the Unitarian Universalist tradition, and your family, friends, vid — we hold him in our hearts today. and colleagues have promised their support. Do you accept this ministry? Some months ago, we planned to make a ritual covenant with Da- vid and Teri, whom we have called to minister to us. Our choosing Mr. David Schwartz and Ms. Teresa Schwartz Yes, I do, with of a minister — our exercising the right to choose — is a precious gratitude, humility and joy. part of our liberal religious heritage. Let us proceed now with so- lemnity and joy in this act of mutual dedication to the relationship of minister and congregation. Please rise as you are able. Blessing and Laying on of Hands The Rev. Alan Taylor Members of First Unitarian We, the congregation of First Uni- tarian Church, in the presence of all that is holy and in accor- Musical Reflection You Will by Lia Ices dance with the practice of our faith, do hereby install you, David Ms. Carolyn Brady Riley Schwartz, and you, Teresa Schwartz, to serve as our ministers. Investiture Children of First Unitarian Church of Chicago We would have you live among us. Be with us in our grief and our and the Ordination and Installation Planning Committee uncertainty, rejoice with us during times of joy and grace. Preach Ms. Kris Barker, the Rev. Dr. Neil Gerdes, from your heart of hearts, for yours is a free pulpit. Listen to us. Ms. Jan Holt, Ms. Grace Latibeaudière-Williams, Represent our faith here and beyond here. Care for us as you care Ms. Madeiria Myrieckes, Ms. Cindy Pardo. for yourself, strive for balance as ministers, spouses, and parents; and be at one with yourself, as well as with us. Charge to the Ministers The Rev. Hank Peirce We pledge to walk with you in unity and peace, in the ways of Act of Installation all truths known. By these words, with joy, we install you as our ministers and welcome you among us.
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