First Universalist Church Nov. 20, 2016 First Universalist Church Nov. 20, 2016 of Minneapolis of Minneapolis First Universalist Church Get Connected Welcome of Minneapolis Pathway to Membership People of Color We are so glad you are here. Celebrating our In the Universalist spirit of love and hope, Feeling like First Universalist could be Community Circle At First Universalist Church, in the spirit of Generosity we give, receive, and grow. your spiritual home? Join us for The love and hope, we give, receive, and grow. Today's service has been planned and Offering plates from Sunday Service: Pathway to Membership, a class exploring We welcome, affirm, and protect the light presented by members of the People of 10/30 Augsburg Fairview Academy $1,611.65 Unitarian Universalism, the history and Color (POC) Community Circle. The in each human heart; we listen deeply to mission of this congregation, and the where love is calling us next; and we act 11/6 Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative POC Circle is a radically inclusive group $1,433.49 experience of membership. Participants of Unitarian Universalists who identify with humility, bravery, and compassion in are invited to share and reflect on their service to justice. We do all this as a faith 11/13 Standing Rock Sioux Tribe DAPL Fund as People of Color. They meet regularly $4,332.36 own spiritual journeys and values. to reflect on the spiritual content and community committed to racial justice. Know a charitable organization that shares our We'd love to welcome you as a new messages from the Sunday morning These spiritual practices and commitments commitment to justice and equity? Nominate an member! We ask that all who wish to sermon. "We understand People of Color are the ways we move in rhythm with the become members take this class, which great love that is alive in the world. offering recipient at:firstuniversalistchurch.org/ to include many racial identities, and offering-plate. is next offered as a two-part series on welcome people of all sexual orientations Let Us Keep You In If you’d like to make a donation but don’t have Wednesdays, Nov. 30 and Dec. 7 from and genders. We understand the 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. To register, contact cash, use the Square Cash App. It takes no time important role of white allies in our lives Our Thoughts & at all to set up and use! First Universalist’s cash Sandy DiNanni at 612-825-1701 or and also hold dearly the safe community Prayers tag is $firstuniv. For more information, go to [email protected]. http://firstuniversalistchurch.org/new-giving- spaces where our POC communities can If you are experiencing a crisis or option-square-cash/. A Good Time for the be in UU fellowship together." Contact transition, or celebrating a joy­—please Truth: Race in Minnesota Michael Dotson at [email protected] let us know. To be included in our Cycle Helpful Information if you're interested in joining or would of Life each Sunday in worship, contact Hearing devices are available; please ask an Book Discussion like to learn more. Sandy DiNanni at [email protected] or usher. Cushions are available for the pews In this provocative book, sixteen of 612-825-1701. Worship Theme: Making Space for Discomfort and are located next to the sound booth Minnesota's best writers provide a range Contemplative Evening If you would like support, contact the and at the entrance to the Sanctuary. Please of perspectives on what it is like to live Worship at 5:30 p.m. church office at 612-825-1701 or any return them to their home after the service. as a person of color in Minnesota. They This month's Contemplative Evening member of our Pastoral Care Team. We also have fragrance-free rows marked bring us generously into experiences that Service asks us to re-imagine our place Making Space for in the balcony. For more information, stop we must understand if we are to come in the universe, and to contemplate by our Information Center in the Social Hall together in real relationships. For the the stars - the tiny, constant beams of Are You Visiting? downstairs, call 612-825-1701, or visit our Discomfort upcoming discussion on Thursday, Dec. light that suffuse our world. Vast empty Come to a brief orientation to First website: firstuniversalistchurch.org. 1 (7–8:30 p.m.), participants are asked spaces and intense celestial flames will Universalist and Unitarian Universalism, the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month. to prepare by reading the last five essays be evoked by the mysterious resonances Meal Support (pages 157-223) of A Good Time for the of the piano, played by Dr. Jerrod Our next orientation New baby? Illness? Accident? Let us know Members of the People of Truth: Race in Minnesota. Wendland. Rev. Ruth MacKenzie will takes place: Today! if you or somebody in our community lead us in silent meditation and read would like us to create a meal train for you. Color Circle and Community Global Gift Fair 11/27 poetry. This service brings us music by Meet us in the front of the Sanctuary immediately after the service. Find out more Meal trains typically run two to six weeks This year's Global Gift Fair will be held the Estonian composer Urmas Sisask. about our community in this 45-minute depending on need and give congregants in the Social Hall next Sunday, Nov. 27, Inspired equally by astronomy and by overview. No sign up needed. Childcare is a way to help. Contact Kathy Urberg at from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Come and purchase folk legends, Sisask has written volumes provided during the session after the 11:15 [email protected]. handmade items from organizations that of music decorated by his own drawings a.m. service. November 20, 2016 help people in need. Gift responsibly! of the constellations, nebulae, and The Visiting Families Welcome Station at The Weekly Liberal Vendors this year include: Under One galaxies that span the heavens. the north end of the Religious Education Roof, Mano a Mano, Native Harvest, wing has information about our Children, The Weekly Liberal is published on Thursdays. Books for Bassodawish, Unitarian Youth & Family Ministries. Stop by if you Subscribe at: firstuniversalistchurch.org/the- We welcome, affirm, and protect the light in each human heart; we listen are interested in learning more, or email Universalist Service Committee, and weekly-liberal/ deeply to where love is calling us next; and we act with humility, bravery, and Director of Children, Youth & Family Do you have news or information you’d like Frybread Love/Project Offstreets. compassion in service to justice. We do all this as a faith community committed Ministries Lauren Wyeth at: lauren@ published? Fill out the submission form on to racial justice. firstuniv.org. our website! Music for Gathering Dr. Jerrod Wendland Silence Worship Leaders Cradle Song from Home - Isak Roux People of Color Community Circle Organizers Keven Ambrus Richard Spratt Cycle of Life Rev. Ruth MacKenzie Lena K. Gardner Lillie Pang Words of Welcome Rev. Ruth MacKenzie Bobby Gillespie Sarah Lindsay Hymn of Prayer #123 (please remain seated) Rama Hart Frederic MacDonald-Dennis Spirit of Life Bellsound Channing McKinley Spirit of life, come unto me, Sing in my heart all the stirrings of compassion Blow in the wind, rise in the sea: Rev. Ruth MacKenzie Minister of Worship and Coming of Age Prelude Dr. Jerrod Wendland Move in the hand, giving life the shape of justice. Dr. Jerrod Wendland Pianist and Vocal Ensemble Director Bow Song from Home Roots hold me close. Wings set me free. Sarah Lindsay Soloist Spirit of Life, come to me. Come to me. - Isak Roux Vocal Ensemble -Carolyn McDade Halee Durkee 9:30 A.M. Chalice Lighter (reprinted with permission by the UUA) Zo Spratt Call to Worship Rama Hart Henry Mitchell-Crow 11:15 A.M. Chalice Lighter Veda Sharon Mandel - Ancient Hindu scripture, hymns, philosophy, and guidance Homilies Frederic MacDonald-Dennis Rama Hart Chancel Flowers Today’s flowers were arranged by Lena Vdakes of the Visual Arts Committee. Opening Hymn #126 (Please rise in body or spirit) Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing Hymn of Affirmation Sarah Lindsay Offering: Million Artist Movement True Colors Vocal Ensemble The Million Artist Movement (MAM) is a collective of black, brown, and - Cyndi Lauper, arr. Matthew Brown Dr. Jerrod Wendland radical artist revolutionaries and activists. We believe in the role of art in the campaign to dismantle oppressive racist systems against black, brown,

Lighting the Chalice indigenous and disenfranchised peoples. Its mission is to be a network of Love is the spirit of this church committed artists and activists that speak out as survivors of oppression and And service is its law. Homilies Bobby Gillespie a system that dehumanizes people, particularly black bodies. Their primary This is our great covenant: Channing McKinley goals are to create art that speaks powerful messages of resistance to oppressive To dwell together in peace, systems and institutions, imagine true justice, and support the liberation of To seek the truth in love, black people. Much of their art is made in public spaces such as the Juneteenth And to help one another. events, Rondo Days, Open Streets West Broadway; with specific focus on Offertory Dr. Jerrod Wendland creating art in black liberation spaces. MAM's monthly Power Series is -James V. Blake On the Farm from Home currently rotating around the Twin Cities through May 2017 and is open to all. - Isak Roux (reprinted with permission by the UUA) Musical Notes from Dr. Jerrod Wendland Isak Roux (b. 1959) is a South African composer now teaching at the Waldorf Closing Hymn #360 (Please rise in body or spirit) School in Stuttgart, Germany. His piano cycle Home was inspired by his love Musical Interlude Dr. Jerrod Wendland for Zulu guitar music. Roux sees his work not only as bridge between African Here We Have Gathered and European traditions, but as a cultural contribution towards reconciliation in view of South Africa’s turbulent past.

Homilies Lena K. Gardner November Worship Theme: Making Space for Discomfort Keven Ambrus Closing Words Rev. Ruth MacKenzie M. Scott Peck writes: “The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step Musical Offering Vocal Ensemble Blessing in Song #413 out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.” Most of Senzenina (What Have We Done?) Dr. Jerrod Wendland Go Now in Peace us want to get to the end of an uncomfortable situation, or an unfulfilled time - South African anti-apartheid folk song Sarah Lindsay as soon as humanly possible. We often will choose a questionable equilibrium over a generative imbalance any day. But what if we placed the mantle of discomfort squarely upon our shoulders, and embraced it as our greatest spiritual teacher. This month, we practice making space for discomfort and the truer answers it has to teach.