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January 3rd: "Burning Bowl," led by Dan Gall
The Burning Bowl service is an opportunity to release the past year and find hope as we enter the next. UUS invites you to join this service using Zoom, Meeting ID: 422 482 660, Passcode: 006311, or dial by your location for phone conferencing)
If you would like to participate in the ritual from home, you will need a bowl of water, a scrap of paper and something to write on it with (we will be dissolving the paper in the water), a candle or equivalent (any source of light can represent the internal light we rely on for guidance). The holiday kit many of you received from UUS has the dissolving paper and the Christmas Eve kit includes candles. Single persons received an extra candle to use, and families should have plenty of candle left to use again, but any candle/light and normal paper will work as well.
All are welcome to participate in the ritual virtually through service leader and UUS member Dan Gall if you don’t want to perform the actions yourself.
January's Social Justice Offerings Benefit the Abbe Center for Community Mental Health
The professional staff of the Abbe Center, located in the Towncrest area of Iowa City, seek to improve lives in our community through the integration of mental health and wellness services. Physician, nurse practitioner, and social work services are available weekdays by appointment.
Make an online offering donation. Checks can also be mailed to the office (Abbe Center on the memo line).
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Meeting Opens at 9:50 am
Pre-Meeting Music and Zoom Instructions
Service Begins at 10 am
Prelude: "Kingsfold" (Dave Rowe, Online Music Leader)
Traditional English Melody, harmony by Ralph Vaughn Williams, Oxford University Press
Welcome (Dan Gall, Service Leader)
Call to Gather "It begins now in the imagination…" by Rev. Gretchen Haley (Dan Gall)
Chalice Lighting (Dan Gall)
Centering Music: "Asia" (Dave Rowe)
Traditional Asian melody, harmonized by Betsy Jo Angebranndt, ©1992 Unitarian Universalist Association
Lighting a Candle for Justice & Healing (Dan Gall)
Opening Hymn: #34 "Though I May Speak with Bravest Fire" (Dave Rowe)
Words: Hal Hopson, (1 Cor. 13:1-3), ©1972 Hope Publishing Co., Music: Traditional English melody, adapt. by Hal Hopson, ©1972 Hope Publishing Co.
A Time for All Ages: "Little Tree," by Loren Long (Jessica Zimmer, Director of Lifespan Religious Education)
Offering: Abbe Center (Dan Gall)
Offertory Music: "Comfort Me" (Dave Rowe)
Words and Music: Mimi Bornstein-Doble, ©1995 Mimi Bornstein-Doble
Meditation: "As a New Year Begins," by Kate Lore (Dan Gall)
Meditative Music: "Lead Me Lord," by Samuel Sebastian Wesley (Dave Rowe)
Reading: “New Years Resolutions Stink,” by Dan Gall (Dan Gall)
Water & Fire Ritual (Dan Gall)
Closing Hymn: #201 "Glory, Glory, Hallelujah!" (Dave Rowe)
Traditional
Extinguishing the Chalice (Dan Gall)
Benediction: Adapted from "Winter Meditation" by Tess Baumberger (Dan Gall)
Traveling Music: "Hyfrydol," by Rowland Hugh Prichard (Dave Rowe)
Breakout rooms for small group social time will follow the service.
A recording of the message from this service will be posted in the sermon archive on our website later in the week.
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Racial Justice Team, 8:30 am
The UUS Racial Justice Team strives to educate ourselves through various venues (reading, discussion, media, programs). We meet on the 1st & 3rd Sundays each month at 8:30 am before the service. (Link to Join, Meeting ID: 817 0436 9460, Passcode: 886687). With goals to further anti-racism, we hope to equip ourselves to be allies standing in solidarity with communities of color. Join us on our journey! Watch for weekly updates in the Wednesday emails. For more information contact Peg Bouska at racialjusticechair@uusic.org.
Men's Sunday Social, 6 pm
UUS adult men are invited to gather together the first Sunday of most months from 6 to 8 pm to socialize in a casual setting. Join via Zoom (Meeting ID: 896 8002 1482, Password: 228948, or join by phone: (312) 626-6799)
Youth Group, 7 pm
The Jr and Sr High youth will be meeting the UU of Quad Cities youth groups at 7 pm via Zoom. (Link to join, Meeting ID: 842 8639 8368, Email education@uusic.org for the passcode). This Sunday will be a holiday-themed game day, and wacky holiday attire is encouraged.
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