Worship on Sunday, October 11, 10am: “Is Anybody Listening?” In person in the Sanctuary and via livestream on this page.
Worship Leader: Guest Minister Rev. Rebecca Benner
Worship participants: Worship Associate Tania Harbourt
Worship participants: Worship Associate Tania Harbourt
Music: UUCF’s Revolution Ringers Handbells led by Gina Wells; Steve Bogart, piano
Religious Exploration (RE): Ages 2-4 Hello Friends class, OWL grade 1 and OWL 7th-9th grade classes start in the Program Building at 10am. All other classes start in worship before transitioning to the Program Building. Childcare available in the Sanctuary nursery for infants and children through age 3.
Audiovisual Support: led by A/V Specialist 1 Ben Mellott, the team is made up of the following staff/volunteers: Dave Anderson, Bill Braband, Joanna Edie, Donny Emerick, Raina G., Tom Hettenhouser, Mary Lareau, Will Wacker.
Rebroadcasts: The service is rebroadcast on the livestreaming page on Sunday at 1 and 7pm and Monday and Tuesday at 7pm.
Rebroadcasts: The service is rebroadcast on the livestreaming page on Sunday at 1 and 7pm and Monday and Tuesday at 7pm.
Order of Worship
- Announcements Video
- Prelude: Joyful Rhythm by Kevin McChesney Revolution Ringers Handbells
- Introduction to the Welcome Song: Worship Associate Tania Harbourt
- Welcome Song: You Are Welcome/Here Together by Laura Steele/David Glasgow.
- Greeting: Guest Minister Rev. Rebecca Benner
- Land Acknowledgement: Tania Harbourt
- Chalice Lighting: Tania Harbourt
- Hymn #83: Winds be Still. Words: Richard S. Kimball | Music: Samuel Sebastian Wesley
- Time for All Ages Story – “I Have a Little Problem,” Said the Bear Written by Heinz Janisch, Illustrated by Silke Leffler. Read by Rev. Rebecca Benner and Willow Benner
- Singing the Children to RE: We Send You on Your Way. Tune: Halle, Halle, Halle | Caribbean folk song
- Prayer: Rev. Rebecca Benner
- Ritual of Candle Lighting: Rev Rebecca Benner
- Song of Prayer #391: Voice Still and Small by John Corrado
- Offering Introduction: Matt Higgins
- Offertory: Where Courage Begins by Brenda Austin. Performed by the Revolution Ringers Handbells
- Offering Dedication: Tania Harbourt
- Sermon: Rev. Rebecca Benner
- Music Meditation: Good Bones (excerpt). Written and performed by Steve Bogart
- Extinguishing the Chalice: Tania Harbourt
- Announcements: Rev Rebecca Benner
- Benediction: Rev Rebecca Benner
Share the Plate Offering
UUCF shares half of its weekly offering with a nonprofit doing work consistent with UUCF’s mission. The Share the Plate recipient for October is the Open Medicine Foundation (OMF), which aims to revolutionize the way we understand and treat chronic complex multi-system diseases – including myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and long COVID – by illuminating their mechanisms, accelerating effective treatments, and empowering personalized care. OMF funds global collaborative research that unlocks disease biology, delivers precise diagnostics, and advances treatments – giving every patient a pathway to care and hope. DONATE HERE.