Sunday Service 07/21/2024

Crafting Time, Crafting Worth
with Special Guest: ​The Reverend Ian W. Riddell

​Crafting Time, Crafting Worth
with The Reverend Ian W. Riddell & Rory Solomon

July 21, 2024 at 10:30 AM PT

Come worship with the UUs!

See Order of Service below or HERE

We value knowledge highly in our tradition, embracing varieties of knowledge about things: thinking and ideas and theories. But we often devalue knowledge grounded in doing, making, and crafting. How might we benefit from the deep knowledge of makers and crafters and tradespeople as we imagine the beloved community?

​Rev. Ian W. Riddell is the settled Minister at the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Desert in Rancho Mirage, California. He served as Minister of Music and Worship Arts at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Diego for four years before relocating to the Coachella Valley with his husband and beloved Russell Terriers. Before FUUSD, Rev. Ian served as Developmental Minister for the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Las Vegas. He was ordained in August of 2012 after graduating from Meadville Lombard Theological School. Before entering full-time ministry, Rev. Ian served three congregations as Music Director.

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You are welcome to join us in-person at our physical location:

          3616 East Lake Mead Boulevard
          Las Vegas, NV 89115

If you are unable to join us live because of concerns for your health or other reasons, please join us online at Zoom.

You can join us at Zoom here: ​https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84823621393 
The password is chalice.
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The Zoom room opens at 10:25 AM.
​Worship begins at 10:30 AM

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50/50 Donation Sharing
UUCLV Camp Scholarships
Our camp scholarship fund will be used for Camp de Benneville Pines who offers different camps and UU retreats all four seasons.  It will also be used for a voucher Camp Pride Tree for LGBTQ+ youth.​

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Order of Service
Crafting Time, Crafting Worth​
July 21, 2024

Prelude: "The Gadfly," Opus 97 by Dmitri Shostakovich

Announcements and Welcome Words with Rory Solomon

Greeting & Ringing the Bell with Rory Solomon

Land Acknowledgment with The Reverend Ian W. Riddell  

Chalice Lighting with the Jr. Worship Team
    Congregational Response
"We light the chalice as a reminder that together we are a beacon in the desert. May its light lead the way to love, acceptance and justice as we strive for personal and societal transformation."

Opening Words/Invocation with The Reverend Ian W. Riddell  

Opening Hymn: #22 Dear Weaver of Our Lives’ Designs

Story for All Ages

Of Our Hearts & Anointing with Rory Solomon
        [Music: "Butterflies" - Suzanne Ciani]

Guided Meditation with The Reverend Ian W. Riddell  

Pastoral Hymn: Spirit Of Life

Reading with The Reverend Ian W. Riddell  
    “An Old Yurok Basket” from Finding My Elegy

Offering with Rory Solomon
    Congregational Response
“With gratitude for the abundance in our own lives, we give for the life of this congregation and the benefit of the larger community.”
    [Music “For All That is Our Life”]

Gift Box with The Reverend Ian W. Riddell

Sermon with The Reverend Ian W. Riddell
"Crafting Time, Crafting Worth"

Closing Song: #1023 “Building Bridges”

Call to Action with Rory Solomon

Benediction with The Reverend Ian W. Riddell

Chalice Extinguishing with the Jr. Worship Team
    Congregational Response:
“We release that which was called with love and gratitude, and we extinguish the flame, but not our commitment to being a beacon in the desert. This burns brightly until we gather again.”

Announcements with Rory Solomon

Postlude: "Traumerei" by Robert Schumann

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