Worship on Sunday, August 30, 10am: “Entangled Life: Animal Blessing Worship Service.” In person in the Sanctuary and via livestream on this page.
Description: Whether they bark, purr, chirp, buzz, or wiggle, our animal friends are part of the family! Join UUCF for a service of blessings, joy, and gratitude for the companions who make our lives richer. If your pet is happy around people and other animals, bring them along for a tail-wagging, wing-spreading, heart-filling morning. Dogs can be leashed, please have carriers for all other critters. Also share photos of beloved animal friends who have passed or cannot attend the service.
Worship Leader: Rev. Rebecca Benner
Worship participants: Director of Music & Arts Laura Weiss and Worship Associate Tom Hazzard
Music: UUkesCF ukulele ensemble
Religious Exploration (RE): No RE. All-Congregation worship. The Sanctuary Nursery is infants and toddlers.
Audiovisual Support: led by A/V Specialist 1 Ben Mellott, the team is made up of the following staff/volunteers: Dave Anderson, Bill Braband, Donny Emerick, Raina G., Tom Hettenhouser, Mary Lareau, and Will Wacker.
Rebroadcasts: The service is rebroadcast on the livestreaming page on Sunday at 1 and 7pm and Monday and Tuesday at 7pm.
Worship Leader: Rev. Rebecca Benner
Worship participants: Director of Music & Arts Laura Weiss and Worship Associate Tom Hazzard
Music: UUkesCF ukulele ensemble
Religious Exploration (RE): No RE. All-Congregation worship. The Sanctuary Nursery is infants and toddlers.
Audiovisual Support: led by A/V Specialist 1 Ben Mellott, the team is made up of the following staff/volunteers: Dave Anderson, Bill Braband, Donny Emerick, Raina G., Tom Hettenhouser, Mary Lareau, and Will Wacker.
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: A Place in the Choir by Bill Staines. Performed by UUkesCF
- Introduction to the Welcome Song: Worship Associate Tom Hazzard
- Welcome Song: You Are Welcome/Here Together by Laura Weiss/David Glasgow
- Greeting: Rev. Rebecca Benner
- Land Acknowledgment: Tom Hazzard
- Chalice Lighting: Tom Hazzard
- Family Lighting the Chalice:
- Hymn #1010: We Give Thanks by Wendy Luella Perkins
- Time for All Ages: Mushroom Rain by Laura K. Zimmerman. Illustrations by Jamie Green. Read by Rev. Rebecca Benner
- Offering Introduction: Gina Wells, President, Board of Directors
- Offertory: Baby Beluga by Raffi and When Cats Get Up in the Morning (Traditional). Performed by UUkesCF
- Offering Dedication: Tom Hazzard
- Prayer: Rev. Rebecca Benner
- Community Candle: Rev. John Monroe
- Hymn #15: The Lone, Wild Bird. Words: H. R. MacFayden | Music: William Walker
- Homily: Rev. Rebecca Benner
- Music Meditation: How Much Is That Doggie in the Window? by Bob Merrill. Performed by UUkesCF
- Remembering Animals We Have Lost: Rev. John Monroe
- Blessing of the Animals: Rev. Rebecca Benner and Rev. John Monroe
- Extinguishing the Chalice: Tom Hazzard
- Announcements
- Benediction: Rev. Rebecca Benner
- Closing Hymn #203: All Creatures of the Earth and Sky. Words: St. Francis of Assisi | Music from “Ausserlesene Catholische Kirchengesang”
- Postlude: Cats by Bryant Oden. Performed by UUkesCF
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 August is Skype a Scientist, an education non-profit that makes science accessible and fun by connecting people with science in fun and meaningful ways and by making science education available and engaging for everyone. Skype a Scientist’s core values are education, succinct and clear communication, inclusion, diversity, and honesty. They work to address intentional scientific misinformation, a lack of diversity in scientific disciplines, a lack of trust in experts and science in general, and a lack of communication skills in many science professionals. DONATE HERE.