First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco

December 11, 2016 11:00 AM

Wondrous Music In The Face of Wrongs

R O S T E R O F M U S I C I A N S

Guests Instrumentalists:Violin 1: David Wilson, Kati Kyme, Maxine NemerovskiViolin 2: Anthony Martin, Laura Rubenstein-Salzedo, Rachel HurwitzViola: Daria D’Andrea, Alisa Rata StutzbachCello: David Morris, Farley PearceViolone: John DornenburgOboe: Marc Schachman, Brandon LabadieBassoon: Yueh ChouHorn: Paul Avril, Sadie GlassTimpani: Kent Reed

Guest soloists:Alix JerinicGilead Wurman

Guest choristers from UC Alumni Chorus:

Sopranos:Becky Gambatese Cathy ThompsonConnie Jones Cricket Rothrum Edith Friedman Franziska Lorbeer Jessica Lindsay Jessica Margolin Jiun‐Chyi Yew Judy Iverson Karen Moore Karen Warrick Kealie Pretzlav Lisa Lim Loren Chuse Marina Iliopoulou Megan Potmesil Susan Bernstein Tammy Zhu

Altos:Ann WatrousAnne HedgesBari CornetCarly TrachtmanCarol ConwayCarrie Steere‐SalazarCathy LessClaudine JonesCricket EvansJody AmesKathie Hardy

Kathleen ClanonKathryn WinterLucy SmithMargery ErikssonMarion AthertonMarlene RogersMelinda EricksonNance WilsonPazit ZoharRuth ChangSandra DouglasSusan StanleyTina LevineViji Lew

Tenors:Allan FisherAndrew ManuelCharlie PollackDavid JonesDennis ButzlaffGustav DavilaJeffrey NeidlemanJim HillendahlJohn FordJohn MorenoJordan FongKen McCroskeyMonte MeyersTed ArnoldTim SalaverTom Watrous

Basses:Calvin JamesCharlie SchurmanClifton SchorDavid RowlandDuo WangGarrett TurnerGilead WurmanGlenn LeggoeJames NelsonJoseph RobinsonPatrick DuronPaul FarrellTerry Lee

First Unitarian Universalist Musicians:Reiko Oda Lane, organistWm Garcia Ganz, accompanistMark Sumner, director

Sopranos:Amy KellyBetsy DarrCatherine JamesonCarol MoseleyJeanine BrayJiun-Chyi YewJudy PayneKate OfferLinda RobertshawMaria SolisMary CastigliaMary RodgersNancy HardiesPaula MoultonShannon WartoSue Anthony

Altos:Anne SteeleArdeth FortierBarbara DelaneyBari CornetBernadette ArellanoCarrie Steere-SalazarDee HawkinsDiana SaylorHyejin YuJanet ScottJudith Stoddard

Linda EngerLiz MaceraManoella GonzalesPatricia KimSharon SmithStephanie KaneTrudi LionelVera Lee

Tenors:David JonesDavid KingRusty Harris-BishopSteven LindTed ArnoldTim Salaver

Basses:Alan AlpertAsher DavisonBill KlingelhofferEric LanghirtEric ShackelfordJack DarrOwen WhitmorePeter GrossRobert WeberTom Bier

(Musician Roster continued)

WELCOME TO OUR VISITORS!

STAY FOR COFFEE HOURconversation following the service in the Thomas Starr King Room.

TAKE A BRIEF TOURof our historic church. Meet your guide in the front of the pulpit immediately after service.

BOOKWAGONis open on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month following the service.

CHILDREN AND YOUTHFor information about our programs for all ages, including adults and seniors, contact Rev. Alyson Jacks, Associate Minister, ajacks@uusf.org, or see the Welcome Desk.

YOUNG ADULTS, our Church has an active and growing community of 20s and 30s year olds. Contact Young Adult Coordinator Joe Chapot at youngadults@uuusf.org

UU Public Issues Forum (MLK Room) and Minister’s Seminar (Fireside Room)9:30 AM on most Sundays September to June.

Newcomer Orientation First Sunday of each month at 12:30 PM.

Invitation to Membership2nd Sunday of alternate months: Sept, Nov, Jan, Mar, May.

Special Thanks to the University of California, Berkeley Department

of Music for the loan of the Klop portative organ.

A F T E R T H E S E R V I C E TO D AY“O thou before whom all the morning stars sang together

and all thy children shouted for joy,bless to us the memory of those songs

that have sustained great soulsin struggles for greater justice

among all peoples here on earth.”

A Reformation Prayer, adapted.

Our New Political Reality - 1PM to 2:30PM, Chapel (TODAY)Humanists and Non-Theists Event

The recent election has set our country on a path of radical change. Many of us, as well as political experts, were shocked at the outcome. Let’s come together and talk about our feelings, concerns, hopes, opinions and plans for the future. This will be a moderated discussion where each person will be encouraged to share thoughts with the group in a thoughtful, respectful manner. Everyone is welcome. We’ll be in the Chapel. Sandwiches will be available for purchase.

December 18 After Church!Please plan to come to a special congregational meeting in the King Rooms after church on December 18 after the worship service.  It is very important that everyone attends, as we will be discussing our developmental ministry and capital campaign. There will be no votes taken, but many important ideas and views shared. See you there!

N E X T W E E K

Sunday Forum - Sunday, December 18, 9:30 AM, MLK RoomGeorge Wright is Prof. Emeritus, Chico State, in the Department of Political Science where he taught African-American History, US History since 1945, Politics of Globalization and US For-eign Policy. A member of the American Federation of Teachers, he has published the Destruc-tion of a Nation: United States Foreign Policy since 1945, and on other subjects such as The Crisis in Ukraine, and Labor and Race and Neoliberalism. No stranger to controversy and strong reactions to bold statements, he looks forward to our discussion.

Order of ServiceDecember 11, 201611:00 AM to 12:15 PM

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allto

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faithfé,

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rise;mor;

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peace,dad,

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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

The children and teachers depart for classes on the second stanza. 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.

Call To Worship

*Hymn 41 You That Have Spent the Silent Night LOBT GOTT, IHR CHRISTEN

Welcome and Announcements Rev. John Buehrens

*Greeting One Another

Prelude Fantasia in G-Minor, BWV 542 Johann Sebastian Bach

Lighting The Chalice and The Third Advent Candle harmony by J.S. Bach

Regathering

Reflection Ecclesia semper reformanda Rev. John Buehrens

Cantata 79 Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild, BWV 79 J.S. Bach, 1725

*Hymn Now Thank We All Our God NUN DANKET

Now thank we all our God with hearts and hands and voices, Who wondrous things hath done, in whom this world rejoices; Who from our parents’ arms has blessed us on our way With countless gifts of love, and still is ours today. O may this bounteous God through all our life be near us, With ever joyful hearts and blessed peace to cheer us; The one eternal God, whom earth and heaven adore, For thus it was, is now, and shall be evermore.

Anthem Immortal Bach Knut Nystedt

Closing Words

* Please rise if you are able.

Offertory Overture from Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C Major, BWV 1066 J.S. Bach

Benediction

*Hymn 150 All Whose Boast It Is SALZBURG

Reading Thy Kingdom Come Jacob Trapp

Solo Ich will dir mein Herz schenken J.S. Bach

Kate Offer, sopranoI will give my heart to thee; sink thyself in it, my Salvation.

I will submerge myself in thee. and if the world is too small for thee,Ah, then for me alone shalt thou be more than world and heaven.

from St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244

Pastoral Prayer and Moments of Silent Meditation Rev. Buehrens

Reflection The Sustaining Power of Music Rev. John Buehrens

harmony by J.S. Bach

The congregation is invited to gather on the front steps of the churchfor a brief ceremony of dedication of the banner,

“BLACK LIVES MATTER”by the UUSF Human Rights Working Group

December Board Meeting Scheduled for December 13thThe regular monthly meeting of the Board of Trustees for this month will be Tuesday, December 13 in the Chapel. Normally the Trustees meet the third Tuesday of the month, but because of the holidays the December meeting has been moved up a week.

Pastoral Care Support Group Update:Caregiver Support Drop-In will meet December 15 at 1 pm. People giving care need care and support too. Please join us for conversation. All caregivers welcome. RETIRED! Our "Issues of Aging" drop-in group has (been) retired. Blessings to all who have participated over the past many months.

Sensible Cinema - Friday, December 16, 6:30 PM"Making a Killing: Guns, Greed and the NRA" In observance of the fourth anniversary of the Sandy Hook Massacre Sensible Cinema presents the film Making a Killing: Guns, Greed and the NRA by political documentarian Robert Greenwald. A discussion will follow with members of the Brady Campaign – SF Chapter, celebrating the passing of Prop 63.Popcorn and other re-freshments will also be available. Free Admission, donations appreciated). For more informa-tion please contact: Melvin Starks(mcs104@hotmail.com) or Larry Danos (415-722-6480).

Christmas Eve Poinsettia Dedications - by Sunday, December 18 by 5PM!Each year we thrill to an abundance of red poinsettias dedicated in honor or in memory of special loved ones. If you would like to contribute to this celebration, please send a check for $25 made out to UUSF for each dedication to the church office with POINSETTIAS in the memo line or email your dedication text to Jonathan Silk at jsilk@uusf.org. Your name and dedication will appear in the order of service on Dec. 24.

Complete recording of this worship service will be available

on Tuesday, December 13 at http://www.uusf.org/worship-media

1. Chorus "Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild"

(God the Lord is sun and shield)

2. Aria (Alto) Alix Jerinic"Gott ist unsre Sonn und Schild!"

(God is our sun and shield!)

3. Chorale"Nun danket alle Gott"

(Now let everyone thank God)

4. Recitative (Bass) Gilead Wurman"Gottlob, wir wissen den rechten Weg zur Seligkeit" (Praise God, we know the right way to blessedness)

5. Duet (Soprano, Bass) Jiun-Chyi Yew, Asher Davison"Gott, ach Gott, verlaß die Deinen nimmermehr!"

(God, ah God, abandon Your own ones never again!)

6. Chorale"Erhalt uns in der Wahrheit"

(Uphold us in the truth)