“A Legacy Assaulted” Worship Service. In person in the Sanctuary and on this page at 10am.
Worship leader: Senior Minister Rev. David Miller
Worship leader: Senior Minister Rev. David Miller
Worship participants: Pat Jackson, Interim Chair, Fairfax County NAACP Religious Affairs Committee; Director of Music & Arts Laura Weiss; Director of Family Ministries and Lifespan Faith Formation Diana Tycer; Worship Associate Catherine Ives
Music: Parker’s Arc Worship Band: David Addis, Bob Carr, Chip McCaslin, Jon Modell, Pete Rafle, Consuelo Sevilla, and Laura Weiss
Religious Exploration: All ages start in Worship. Ages 5 through Grade 12 then go to Special RE for MLK Weekend Social Justice activities. Child care for infants through age 4 available in the Sanctuary Nursery.
Music: Parker’s Arc Worship Band: David Addis, Bob Carr, Chip McCaslin, Jon Modell, Pete Rafle, Consuelo Sevilla, and Laura Weiss
Religious Exploration: All ages start in Worship. Ages 5 through Grade 12 then go to Special RE for MLK Weekend Social Justice activities. Child care for infants through age 4 available in the Sanctuary Nursery.
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
Rebroadcasts: The service is rebroadcast on this page on Sunday at 1 and 7pm and Monday and Tuesday at 7pm.
Order of Worship
- Announcements Video
- Prelude: People Help the People by Birdy. Performed by Parker’s Arc Worship Band: David Addis, Bob Carr, Chip McCaslin, Jon Modell, Pete Rafle, Consuelo Sevilla, and Laura Weiss
- Introduction to the Welcome Song: Worship Associate Catherine Ives
- Welcome Song: You Are Welcome/Here Together by Laura Weiss/David Glasgow
- Greeting: Senior Minister Rev. David Miller
- Land Acknowledgement: Catherine Ives
- Chalice Lighting: Catherine Ives
- Hymn: We Will Not Stop Singing by Lily & Abigail Chapin
- Time for All Ages: The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander. Illustrated by Kadir Nelson. Read by Director of Family Ministries and Lifespan Faith Formation Diana Tycer
- Singing the Children to RE: We Send You On Your Way. Tune: Halle, Halle, Halle | Caribbean folk song
- Prayer: Rev. David Miller
- Ritual of Candle Lighting: Rev. David Miller
- Music Meditation #95: There is More Love Somewhere. African American folk hymn
- Offering Introduction: Lay Minister for Membership Terry Goplerud
- Offertory: Oppression by Ben Harper. Performed by Parker’s Arc Worship Band
- Offering Dedication: Catherine Ives
- Sermon: Rev. David Miller & Pat Jackson, Interim Chair, Fairfax County NAACP Religious Affairs Committee
- Music Meditation: Something Inside So Strong by Labi Siffre
- Extinguishing the Chalice: Worship Associate
- Announcements: Rev. David Miller
- Benediction: Rev. David Miller
- Closing Hymn: We Rise by Batya Levine
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 January is the African American Policy Forum (AAPF), an innovative think tank that connects academics, activists, and policy-makers to promote efforts to dismantle structural inequality. AAPF promotes frameworks and strategies that address a vision of racial justice that embraces the intersections of race, gender, class, and the array of barriers that disempower those who are marginalized in society. AAPF is dedicated to advancing and expanding racial justice, gender equality, and the indivisibility of all human rights, both in the U.S. and internationally. DONATE HERE.