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First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco

September 13, 2015 11:00 AM

The Longing for Belonging U P CO M I N G E V E N T S

1187 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA 94109 415-776-4580 ; FAX 415-776-4400

www.uusf.org/ info@uusf.org/ #UUSF

Senior Minister Rev. John Buehrens 132 jbuehrens@uusf.orgAssociate Minister Rev. Alyson Jacks 232 ajacks@uusf.orgAssistant Minister Rev. JD Benson 162 jdbenson@uusf.orgDirector Finance & Administration Emily Wilson 152 ewilson @uusf.orgCenter Facilities Director Kerry E. Parker 202 reservations@uusf.orgBuilding Manager Donald Johnson 272 djohnson@uusf.orgCommunications Manager Jonathan Silk 192 jsilk@uusf.orgYoung Adult Coordinator Joseph Chapot youngadults@uusf.orgMusic Director Dr. Mark Sumner 252 sngwtme@gmail.com Organist Reiko Oda Lane 282 reikolane@gmail.comAdministrative Assistant John Wright 102 jwright@uusf.orgSeminarian Zeb Armstrong-Green zgreen999@yahoo.com

UUSF STAFFTitle Name Ext. Email

Membership Matters - Invitation to Membership 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM, Chapel (TODAY!)

If you've found your spiritual home at UUSF and wish to become a member of our beloved community, please join Associate Minister Alyson Jacks and members of this community in Chapel for an Invitation to Membership.

Last Week for Small Group Ministry Registration! 12:30 PM, Gallery (TODAY)

Small Group Ministry Facilitators will be present in the TSK Room after the service today to provide information about the program and to take registrations for our 2015-16 groups. Questions may also be addressed to sgm@uusf.org.

2015 All-Church Retreat

2015-2016 TEACHING TEAMS

Chalice Children (Pre-K)Sarah Beth ChionsiniGemma DimatteoNova NevraumontAlice Sozbi

Creating Home (K-1)Sara FerreeNikki HuntMegan LehmerCourtney Young-Law

Faithful Journeys (2nd-3rd)Summer AndreasenChandra EganZeb Armstrong-GreenChristine Patch-Lindsay

Windows and Mirrors (4th-5th)Teresa GoebelKirstin HoveJan HutslarElena Perez

Neighboring Faiths (6th-7th)Simmy CoverChris DeanAudrey McDougal

Coming of Age (8th-10th)Alex DarrRachel FrothinghamGary Lorentzen

Buildings and Grounds - Mini Clean-Up! 12:30 PM, Meet in the Courtyard (TODAY!)

Help needed! September 13 after services is the mini Cleanup. Work from 5 minute to 30 minutes picking up trash on Franklin, polishing brass, sanitizing doors, removing finger marks, weeding, raking, or tending your adopted planter in the court yard. Meet Dave Chabot and Fran Chan near the courtyard to sign in, choose a job, and pick up tools and supplies.

Sign-up to be in our new Church Photo Directory! 12:30 PM, TSK Room(TODAY!)

Lifetouch studio photographers will be at UUSF between October 6 through October 16, times will vary to best accommodate member’s schedules. Weekday appointments will run from 1PM - 8:50 PM. Saturday appointments on October 10 will run from 10AM - 5:50 PM and Sunday, Oct 11 between 10AM to 6PM. Go to uusf.org to sign-up! We (REALLY) need a group of volunteers to work 2-4 hour shifts to check-in individuals and families for their photo session. If you can volunteer, please go to www.uusf.org to sign-up online or email ajacks@uusf.org.

UUSF 20s & 30s @ SF Fringe Festival Friday, September 18, 7PM - 8:30 PM, EXIT Theater

The UUSF 20s & 30s Community is going to see "Wretch Like Me" at this year's San Francisco Fringe Festival. This one man play is about the performer's experience coming of age in a deeply religious, conservative home. Should attendees desire, we may meet up for dinner before, or go out for a drink/bite afterwards. Contact youngadults@uusf.org for more information.

The Society for Community Work - Opening Luncheon Tuesday, September 15, TSK Room

Speaker: Rev. Dr. John Buehrens, Senior Minister.Business Meeting 11:15 AM., Mixer 11:30 AM, Lunch Noon, followed by program. Reserve by 7PM today with lesliebader1899@gmail.com or call Leslie Bader at 415-821-1307. Stop by our table after services for info on Membership and how to pay for a whole year of lunches--no reservations required! $10 to $15 Sliding Scale, no one turned away due to lack of funds.

Upcoming Service

Days of Awe Sunday, September 20, 11AM, SanctuarySTARTING OVER

The Rev. John Buehrens, Senior Minister, preaching

Meet with John!

Rev. Buehrens is eager to meet with church members and friends individually. Contact John to schedule an appointment at 415-776-4580 x132

* Please rise if you are able.

Second Sunday of the month Caring and Gratitude Card Table.

Come after the Sunday service to write a card of caring or of gratitude to a congregant, friend of the church or staff member! Pastoral Care Ministries table will be in the gallery today!

Upcoming EventsTuesday, September 15, 11:30 AM, TSK RoomThe Society for Community Work 2015 Meeting Opener!With Rev. John Buehrens! - Sign-up lesliebader1899@gmail.com

Friday, September 18, 6:30 PM, MLK RoomFILM: "Broken On All Sides"Sensible Cinema

Saturday, September 19, 11AM to 1PMJoin UU Animal Ministry for a Marin Headlands Hike!Info: Dolores Priem to RSVP. 415-595-7306 or doloresmp@aol.com.

Sunday, September 20, 9:15 AM, MLK Room“San Francisco Under the Microscope” with Scott WienerSunday Forum 2015-2016

Sunday, September 20, 9:30 AM, Fireside RoomMARTIN BUBER: To Hallow This Life. An Introduction & TributeMinister's Seminar with Rev. John Buehrens

Sunday, September 12:30 PM, MLK RoomHumanist and Non-Theist Committee present highlights from the 2015 UU Association General Assembly that includes a video presentation of Rev. Dr. Cornel West delivering the prestigious 92nd annual Ware Lecture, the climax of the General Assembly weekend. This presentation will end at 1:45 PM to enable folks to join the celebration of Anna Rind's life at the Sequoias one block away.

Sunday, September 20, 1PM, Sequoias AuditoriumA Celebration of Anna Rind's Life!Come any time before 3PM.

Saturday, September 26, 2PM, TSK RoomThe first of a three-part series exploring the Criminal Justice System in this country, sponsored by the UU-Unitarian United Nations Office and the SFStopmass Incarceration Network will be Saturday, September 26 at 2PM in the TSK Room. Look for more information in the Flame or contact Liz Cormier at Elizabethcormier@att.net.

Saturday, September 26, 7PM, Chapel Celebrating the HarvestJoin the Pagan Interest Circle for a special full moon service!

“in returning and rest shall you be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.”Isaiah 30:15

Sermon In Returning and Rest Rev. John Buehrens

Offertory Sentence

*Benediction

Offertory Sonata for Violin, K 296 Michael Yokas, violin

Postlude Festive Toccata Percy Fletcher

*Hymn 209 O Come, You Longing Thirsty Souls Forest Green

September 13, 2015

Anthem Sanctus from Requiem Gabriel Fauré

Concerned About Your Blood Pressure?

Pastoral Care Ministries: NEW! Today our Health Education and Advocacy Team (HEAT) Ministry begins its good works offering blood pressure checks. Check in at our table in the TSK Room. Thank you, Susan Russo-Kleuker, RN & Linda Harris, RN, Coordinator.

September is Bring a Friend to Church Month!The Welcome Table will be open every Sunday. Every time a new yellow Visitor

Card is in their hands, they will ask, “Did one of our current members invite you?” At the end of the month, the member who has invited the most new people to UUSF will be declared the winner – and given not only a surprise prize, plus a

lunch at a nice restaurant with the Senior Minister, but special commendation for truly living the welcoming, inviting spirit that we UUs so value.

Join us for coffee hour in the Thomas Starr King Room following the service.

WelcomeVisiting today? Please fill out the yellow Newcomer Card located in the pew rack to sign up for our weekly e-newsletter, The Flame. And please stop by our Welcome Table after the service or speak with a minister to learn more about our liberal religious home. If you share your UUSF experience on Instagram or other social media, please include #UUSF.

Service Animals & Scent Free ZoneIn our Sanctuary are two dedicated areas. The left pews as you face the chancel are for people with assistance dogs. The right pews are for those sensitive to fragrances such as cologne and/or perfumes. Questions? Our Sunday Worship Ushers located in the Narthex (entry way of Sanctuary) can answer them.

Building Tour, SanctuaryIf you are new or just visiting the church and would like to tour the church building, please meet your tour guide at the front of the Sanctuary immediately after the service. Tours last about 15-20 minutes. George Mayer coordinates Building Tour Guides.

Sermon Talk-Back, Kincaid RoomEach Sunday at 12:25 PM you are welcome to join members and friends for an after-worship discussion of the sermon session led by Donald Matusen.

Worship and A Message for All Ages!Each Sunday children and youth will join their parents in the sanctuary for the Message for All Ages. After the doxology, children leave the sanctuary. If you want your child to attend Sunday School, meet in the gallery following the children's recessional, or ask for assistance in the church office. Rev. Jacks (ajacks@uusf.org) can answer questions or address special needs.

Oh, we give thanks/ for this precious dayfor those gathered here/ and those far away,

for this time we share/ with love and care.Oh, we give thanks/ for this precious day.

Prelude O Come, You Longing Thirsty Souls Richard Purvis

Morning Has Broken Bunessan arr. Dale Wood

Call To Worship and Chalice Lighting The Revs. John Buehrens and JD Benson

*Processional Hymn 361 Enter, Rejoice, and Come In! Louise Ruspini

Message for All Ages The Revs. Alyson Jacks and John Buehrens

*Song for All Ages Oh, We Give Thanks Wendy Luella Perkins (call and response)

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*Covenant

Love is the spirit of this church, and service is its prayer. This is our great covenant: to dwell together in peace, to seek the truth in freedom, and to help one another.

*Doxology Tallis' Canon

Welcome and Announcements Gayle Reynolds, Vice Moderator

Greeting One Another

Meditation from In Stillness Renewal Jacob Trapp

Centering Music Brothers and Sisters Kirke Mechem

Readings Isaiah 30:15; Luke 10:38-42 from The Eternal Now Paul Tillich

Anthem The Road Home Stephen Paulus

Tell me, where is the road I can call my own, That I left, that I lost so long ago? All these years I have wandered, oh when will I know There's a way, there's a road that will lead me home?After wind, after rain, when the dark is done, As I wake from a dream in the gold of day,

Through the air there's a calling from far away, There's a voice I can hear that will lead me home. Rise up, follow me, come away, is the call, With the love in your heart as the only song; There is no such beauty as where you belong; Rise up, follow me, I will lead you home.

Meditation “Prayer to the Great Spirit”; “Longing” Jacob Trapp

*Hymn 274 Dear Mother-Father of Us All Whittier/ Maker

Mark Johnson, piano

Closing Reading Self-Transcendence Jacob Trapp

(Wolfgang A. Mozart)