Worship on Sunday, October 4, 10am: “The View From the Mountaintop.” In person in the Sanctuary and via livestream on this page.
Worship Leader: Sabbatical Minister Rev. William Sinkford
Worship participants: Director of Music and Arts Laura Steele and Lay Minister for Worship & Arts Susan Bennett
Worship participants: Director of Music and Arts Laura Steele and Lay Minister for Worship & Arts Susan Bennett
Music: UUCF Community Choir
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
- Prelude: Bright Morning Stars. Traditional Appalachian spiritual; arr. Jay Althouse. Performed by the UUCF Community Choir
- Introduction to the Welcome Song: Lay Minister for Worship & Arts Susan Bennett
- Welcome Song: You Are Welcome/Here Together by Laura Weiss/David Glasgow
- Greeting: Sabbatical Minister Rev. William Sinkford
- Land Acknowledgement: Susan Bennett
- Chalice Lighting: Susan Bennett
- Hymn #1051: We Are … by Ysaÿe M. Barnwell
- Commissioning the Board of Directors: Rev. William Sinkford and Susan Bennett
- Singing the Children to RE: We Send You on Your Way. Tune: Halle, Halle, Halle | Caribbean folk song
- Prayer: Rev. Willam Sinkford
- Ritual of Candle Lighting: Rev. William Sinkford
- Song of Prayer: Why, Why, Worry? by Lisa Goethe
- Offering Introduction: Gina Wells, President of the Board
- Offertory: Let the Life I’ve Lived Speak for Me. Traditional spiritual; arr. Gwyneth Walker. Performed by the UUCF Community Choir
- Offering Dedication: Susan Bennett
- Sermon: Rev. William Sinkford
- Music Meditation: Laura Weiss, piano
- Extinguishing the Chalice: Susan Bennett
- Announcements: Susan Bennett
- Benediction: Rev. William Sinkford
- Closing Hymn #1028: The Fire of Commitment. Words: Mary Katherine Morn | Music: Jason Shelton
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.