Sunday Service 6/30/2024

This Book Changed Me

This Book Changed Me
with Scott Wren & Sam Wren

June 30, 2024 at 10:30 AM PT

Come worship with the UUs!

See Order of Service below or HERE

There are many reasons one reads. To relax. To escape into other worlds. To learn about new ideas, or put words to ideas you've long had but lacked the language to articulate. 

And there are those special books that totally upend your world, guiding you towards new ways of thinking or being. Books that changed you.

This service is about those.

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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Order of Service
This Book Changed Me
June 30, 2024 at 10:30 AM PT

Prelude with Phil Kramer


Announcements and Welcome Words with Sam Wren

Greeting & Ringing the Bell with Sam Wren

Land Acknowledgment with Scott Wren

Chalice Lighting with Scott Wren and  the Jr. Worship Associates
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."

Prologue with Scott Wren

Story & Share #1 with Sam Wren

Story for All Ages with Sam Wren &  Scott Wren
Frog and Toad Together by Arnold Lobel: Dragons & Giants

Of Our Hearts & Anointing with Scott Wren 
(with “Book of Love” performed by Phil, Sam, Margaret)

Story & Share #2 with Donna Mead (Braiding Sweetgrass)

Sing-Along with Sam Wren
    These are My Glasses by Laurie Berkner
    These are my glasses, this is my book
    I put on my glasses and open up the book
    And I read, read, read
And I look, look, look
    I put down my glasses and (whoop!) close up the book

Offering with Sam Wren
(with Phil playing “Theme from Reading Rainbow” instrumental cover) 
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.”

Story & Share #3 with Phil Kramer

Story & Share #4 with Margaret Johnston

Epilogue with Scott Wren

Chalice Extinguishing with Scott Wren and  the Jr. Worship Associates
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 Scott Wren 

​Postlude with Phil Kramer