So, the Service Auction is over!!  But the books are still available for Pre-Order and the Fixed Costs Items 
still have openings available. Have fun!  

Visit the website to preorder HERE!

- 24 Hours in Charlottesville: An Oral History of The Stand Against White Supremacy    $25.95

- A Fire At the Center: Solidarity, Whiteness and Becoming a Water Protector    $20.00

- A Master Class on Being Human: A Black Christian and Black Secular Humanist on Religion, Race and Justice    $28.95

- A Space for Us: A Guide for Leading Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Affinity Groups    $22.95

- An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States    $28.95

- Authentic Selves: Celebrating Trans and Nonbinary People and their Families.    $22.00

- Breaking Bread: Essays from New England on Food, Hunger and Family    $18.00

- Care for the World: Reflections on Community Ministry    $16.00

- Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back    $19.00

- Desmond Gets Free    $14.00

Visit the website to preorder HERE!

- Disability Pride: Dispatches from a Post-ADA World    $19.95

- Earth Day: An Alphabet Book    $12.00

- Fighting for Recovery: An Activists' History of Mental Health Reform    $23.95

- Homeland of My Body: New and Selected Poems    $25.95

- Humanizing Immigration: How to Transform Our Racist and Unjust System    $26.95

- Incantations for Rest: Poems, Meditations and Other Magic    $10.00

- Little Did I Know: An Anthology on Loving and Companioning Young Lives    $14.00
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- Loving Our Own Bones: Disability Wisdom and Spiritual Subversiveness of Knowing Ourselves Whole    $22.95

- Mira and the Big Story    $12.00

- No Meat Required: The Cultural History and Culinary Future of Plant-Based Eating    $25.95

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- On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World    $18.00

- One Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race    $22.95

- Racial Innocence: Unmasking Latino Anti-Black Bias and the Struggle for Equality    $17.95

- Soul Culture: Black Poets, Books and Questions That Grew Me Up    $19.95

- Sweet Movie: Poems    $17.00

- Swinging on the Garden Gate: A Memoir of Bisexuality and Spirit    $18.00

- The Birdcatcher    $17.00

- The Rough Side of the Mountain: Black Women's Ministries in Unitarian Universalism    $18.00

- The Tending Years: Understanding Your Child's Earliest Rituals    $16.00

- Through the Lens of Whiteness Challenging Racialized Imagery in Pop Culture    $24.00

Visit the website to preorder HERE!

- Touched Out: Motherhood, Misogyny, Consent and Control    $27.95

- Trusting Change: Finding Our Way Through Personal and Global Transformation    $20.00

- Unitarian Universalism is A Really Long Name    $12.00

- We Need to Build: Field Notes for Diverse Democracy    $18.95

- When Time is Short: Finding Our Way in the Anthropocene    $17.00

- Why Can't I Fix It? The Questions We Ask When We Love Someone with Addiction    $14.00

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​A celebration of queer joy and liberation, and the deep connection between spirituality and self discovery. 

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 PRIDE TREE
Their mission is to create safe environments where LGBTQ+ youth and allies in the greater Las Vegas area can build community and learn about themselves. They strive to create events and programming that encourage growth, education, exploration, and fun. 

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The word “heritage” evokes different images for different people. How do we hold our heritage and our history in our hearts and in our hands when they can be both lovely and horrifying? Can we acknowledge and then discontinue the harmful pieces of our heritages, while holding on to the kind, loving, and equitable pieces? What does that look like? 

On the Piano will be Kay Sanderson

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
THE PRIDE TREE
Their mission is to create safe environments where LGBTQ+ youth and allies in the greater Las Vegas area can build community and learn about themselves. They strive to create events and programming that encourage growth, education, exploration, and fun. ​

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Photo: Roman Colosseum by ArtHouse Studio

​A discussion from two perspectives about what happened at GA 2023.

​The Water Communion, also sometimes called Water Ceremony, was first used at a Unitarian Universalist (UU) worship service in the 1980s. Many UU congregations now hold a Water Communion once a year, often at the beginning of the new church year (September).

Members bring to the service a small amount of water from a place that is special to them. During the appointed time in the service, people one by one pour their water together into a large bowl. As the water is added, the person who brought it tells why this water is special to them. The combined water is symbolic of our shared faith coming from many different sources. It is often then blessed by the congregation, and sometimes is later boiled and used as the congregation's "holy water" in child dedication ceremonies and similar events.

https://www.uua.org/worship/holidays/water-communion

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 Pastoral Care Committee
The offering this month is to our own Pastoral Care Committee. Trained Pastoral Care Associates help other members & friends with their personal affairs like: home-cooked meals delivered, occasional rides to and from church or other locations, phone call check-ups, and more. If you're interested in becoming a Pastoral Care Associate or if you need help, please reach out to Vernon B., Mary B., or Joanne L.  Thanks.

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Many will include the following elements: A blessing for the new life of the child An expression of the parent or parents’ hopes for the child A promise by the congregation to support and nurture the child.
text from https://www.uua.org/beliefs/what-we-do/celebrations/births

​Order of Service
Prelude: Maggie Mooha
Chalice Lighting: Mark Bergtholdt
Song: Come Sing a Song with Me #346 
Dedication Ceremony: Nina Kuzniak
Song: #354 We Laugh We Cry 1st, 2nd, & 4th.
Chalice Extinguishing: Nina Kuzniak
Postlude: Theme to Bluey

Please contact UUCLV at admin@uuclv.org if you're interested in getting a Child Dedication.

Prelude - Country Roads
Welcome Words - Margaret Johnston
Land Acknowledgment & Ringing the Bell - Margaret Johnston
Procession–Enter, Rejoice, and Come In Acapella #361 led by Margaret
Candle/Musician/Worship Team
Invocation - Mark Bergtholdt
Gift ‘Wonder’ Box - Bette LaCombe
Opening Hymn - Come Sing a Song with Me #346
Rory Story - Rory Solomon
Of Our Hearts & Anointing - Mark Bergtholdt and Alanna
Interlude
Reflections on Conversations with Kid - Rory Solomon
Offering and Invitations - Mark Bergtholdt 

• 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."

Small Groups - Ariel Sublett

• Introduction to small group

       Small Group Circle Covenant
           We agree to:
           Share or pass when it is our turn
           Be mindful of the time when sharing
           Speak only once before everyone in the group has shared
           Listen deeply / be fully present
           Refrain from cross-talk
           No judging or giving advice
           Hold what is shared with confidentiality

       Chalice Lighting (read together)
           We light this chalice;
           our welcome to share,
           and our communion to declare.

           May this flame
           shine bright and afar
           to serve as our community’s lodestar.

          All are welcome from everywhere.
                     By anastasi birosh

       Questions:
          What makes you feel welcome in a new space?
          How do you know you belong somewhere?
          What can we do to make sure everyone is welcome here?

       Chalice Extinguishing
          Cheered by our community,
          blessed by our covenant,
          uplifted in mind, and renewed in spirit,
          go forth with courage and in peace to meet the days to come. Amen.
                      By Burton D. Carley 

Hymn - Building a New Way #1017*
Call to Action - Mark Bergtholdt 
Extinguish the Chalice - Alanna

• 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 -Rory Solomon
Interlude
Benediction - Mark Bergtholdt 
Postlude - Philip Philips Home 

There is lots to learn this Sunday. We will be sharing the results from survey we completed in the early summer and ideas in the coming church year.  We will talk about shared leadership opportunities, adult religious education, and how we will be gathering input to develop the culture at UUCLV.  Let's light our path forward together!

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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Ukrainian Families Fundraiser sponsored by Prairie UU in Parker, Colorado 
​Families have recently taken refuge in the USA and Prairie UU are holding a fundraiser so they may continue to offer them financial support. Our 50/50 Collection will go to help the families with their needs as they get started.

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Photo by Johannes Plenio

We'll be discussing the tricky, not completely understood role of accounting/finance people in a non-profit organization.

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

​Click here to submit your announcements.
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50/50 Donation Sharing
Ukrainian Families Fundraiser sponsored by Prairie UU in Parker, Colorado 
​Families have recently taken refuge in the USA and Prairie UU are holding a fundraiser so they may continue to offer them financial support. Our 50/50 Collection will go to help the families with their needs as they get started.

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​Using examples from our Transylvanian Unitarian cousins, the service will trace the remarkable recovery from impoverished post-communist days to the present. Might there be lessons from Transylvania to inspire UUCLV as we adapt to our new reality? Come and find out.

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.
​
The Zoom room opens at 10:25 AM. Worship begins at 10:30 AM

​Click here to submit your announcements.
​
50/50 Donation Sharing
Ukrainian Families Fundraiser sponsored by Prairie UU in Parker, Colorado 
​Families have recently taken refuge in the USA and Prairie UU are holding a fundraiser so they may continue to offer them financial support. Our 50/50 Collection will go to help the families with their needs as they get started.

#UUCLV #UU #UnitarianUniversalist #UnitarianUniversalism #UUCLVEvent #SundayService #Community #Zoom #Dracula

Prelude Béla Bartók, Este a Székelyeknél (An Evening with the Székelys)
Announcements and Welcome Words
Ringing the Bell & Land Acknowledgment
Chalice Lighting
Opening Words Hilary Howarth

• What does Dracula have to do with Unitarianism?

Opening Hymn #318 We Would Be One
Reading

• Fall 2010, UU World Magazine

Of Our Hearts & Anointing
Reading

• Rev. Eric Cherry, The T-Word

Hymn #1043 Szekely Aldas (Teal Hymnal)
Offering and Invitations
Sermon Hilary Howarth

• Lessons from Transylvania

Hymn #121 We’ll Build a Land
Reading

• Our Place in the Cosmos, Erika Hewitt

Call to Action
Benediction

• Margaret Weis, The Church Has Left the Building

Chalice Extinguishing 
Announcements
Postlude Bartók, Three Hungarian Folksongs from the Csìk

Ukrainian Families Fundraiser sponsored by Prairie UU in Parker, Colorado - Families have recently taken refuge in the USA and Prairie UU are holding a fundraiser so they may continue to offer them financial support. Our 50/50 Collection will go to help the families with their needs as they get started.

​https://prairieuu.org/

​Last year the Supreme Court made a decision to overturn Roe v Wade. Not only an end to the right to abortion but an end to the right to privacy. Come for sadness for that which is lost and come for hope for the future!

Prelude –  Kids Only Matter When They’re Not Born Yet
Welcoming Words – Elaine
Ringing of the Worship Bell & Land Acknowledgement – Elaine
Chalice Lighting – Elaine
Opening Words/Invocation – Elaine

• You are Welcome Here by Rev. Dr. Debra W. Haffner

Opening Hymn/Song – There’s a River Flowing in My Soul #1007
Reflection - Mairin 
Reading - Mairin

• These Bodies by the Rev. Karen G. Johnston

Of Our Hearts & Anointing – Elaine
Meditation – Mairin

• A Survival Meditation by Nathan C. Walker

Offering and Invitations – Elaine
Reading – Mairin

• Abortion as a Blessing by Rev. Julia Hamilton

Hymn - How Could Anyone #1053
Sermon – A Year Since Dobbs by Mairin
Call to Action – Mairin
Benediction – Elaine
Extinguish the Chalice – Elaine
Closing – Elaine
Postlude - Lean On Me

MEDIA FOR 07/30/2023
Prelude –  Kids Only Matter When They’re Not Born Yet https://vimeo.com/665276925
Postlude - Lean On Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH92fjsoWA4

​It is only through understanding our own internal power that we can generate the stamina it takes to live a life of liberation. Join us as we explore how to wrangle the "chaos of our strongest feelings" and consider ways to use them to change the world. 

Prelude – Feelin’ Good by Nina Simone
Welcoming Words – Donna
Ringing of the Worship Bell & Land Acknowledgement – Donna
Chalice Lighting – Donna
Opening Words/Invocation – Nina

• The Word by Tony Hoagland

Opening Hymn/Song – Come, Come, Whoever You Are by Brother Sun
Pleasure Testimony – Brian Lhee
Of Our Hearts & Anointing – Donna
Meditation – Nina

• Buddhist body scan by Lama Rod Owens

Offering and Invitations – Donna
Reading – Donna

• Phenomenal Woman by Maya Angelou

Sermon – Pleasure as Power by Nina
Closing Poem

• Good Bones by Maggie Smith

Call to Action – Donna
Benediction – Nina
Extinguish the Chalice – Donna
Closing – Donna
Postlude - Willow’s Song by Paul Giovanni

MEDIA FOR 07/23/2023
Prelude – Feelin’ Good by Nina Simone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHRNrgDIJfo
Opening Hymn/Song – Come, Come, Whoever You Are by Brother Sun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk3BvNLeNgw
Closing Poem - Good Bones by Maggie Smith https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3dlJRJp9Jw
Postlude - Willow’s Song by Paul Giovanni https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRcwiA6hH7U

How do we reconcile the beautiful, brutal experience of having bodies with our lofty and curious minds? Come for a multi-religious walk through our sources to learn how our relationship with our bodies and spirit is informed by the religions of the world.

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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​According to adrienne maree brown, pleasure is freedom. To feel happiness, joy, and satisfaction - in short, to feel pleasure - is to know you are alive and liberated. Pleasure is not a commodity nor a reward, it is a foundational human need and a birthright. Pleasure activism is us learning to make justice and liberation the most pleasurable experiences we can have on this planet. This is part one of a three-part series. Together, we can make the revolution irresistible. 

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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Prelude: Jason Mraz - Have It All
Welcoming Words – Ariel Sublett
Ringing of the Worship Bell – Ariel Sublett
Land Acknowledgment – Ariel Sublett
Chalice Lighting – Ariel Sublett

• 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 – Nina Kuzniak
*Opening Hymn/Song: #100 – Peace Like a River
Pleasure Testimony – Ariel Sublett
Of Our Hearts & Anointing – Ariel Sublett
Sensory Meditation – Nina Kuzniak
Offering and Invitations – Ariel Sublett

• 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."

Reading – Ariel Sublett

• Not busy, focused; not busy, full by adrienne maree brown

Sermon – Nina Kuzniak
*Closing Poem

• Acceptance Speech After Setting the World Record in Goosebumps

Call to Action – Ariel Sublett
Benediction – Nina Kuzniak
Extinguish the Chalice – Nina

• 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.

Closing – Ariel Sublett
Postlude: Bear Garden – Hey Ye Ye Yeah

Jason Mraz - Have It All https://youtu.be/BFkTu8Y1KLs
#100 – Peace Like a River https://youtu.be/C5B0MUGzxfs
Not busy, focused; not busy, full by adrienne maree brown https://adriennemareebrown.net/2021/10/26/not-busy-focused-not-busy-full/
Acceptance Speech After Setting the World Record in Goosebumps https://youtu.be/fuxnTIZCMPo
Hey Ye Ye Yeah https://youtu.be/Ogt31wGl6OY

The pandemic has wrought change and created uncertainty for institutions, like our Unitarian Universalist congregations, and our wider world. Who and what are we becoming, individually and collectively? Our GA Sunday service explores these themes as we gather in community to celebrate the best of who we UUs are. With The Reverend Manish Mishra-Marzetti.

Rev. Manish K. Mishra-Marzetti serves as senior minister of the First Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Ann Arbor, Michigan. He is the co-editor of Conversations with the Sacred: A Collection of Prayers (2020) and the 2018-2019 UUA common read, Justice on Earth: People of Faith Working at the Intersections of Race, Class, and the Environment. He has served extensively in Unitarian Universalist leadership, including as a member of the UUA Board of Trustees, president of the Diverse and Revolutionary Unitarian Universalist Multicultural Ministries (DRUUMM), commissioner on the UUA Commission on Appraisal, secretary of the board of Starr King School for the Ministry, and as an author and advocate of the 2007 General Assembly resolution confronting gender identity-related discrimination. He brings to the ministry his multicultural experience serving as a U.S. diplomat during the Clinton administration.

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.

The Zoom room opens at 10:25 AM. Worship begins at 10:30 AM

​Click here to submit your announcements.
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Service of the Living Tradition (SLT)
Chris Buice, Minister of the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church

The Ministries and Faith Development Staff Group invites you to join us at this service where we honor those who have died, recognize those who have completed professional service, and welcome those who have received fellowship, credentialed, or certified status in the past year.

Chris Buice, minister of the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church in Knoxville, Tennessee, is the Preacher for the 2023 Service of the Living Tradition. He studied for the ministry at the Earlham School of Religion (Society of Friends) with supplemental classes from the Meadville Lombard Theological School reflecting his deep interest in the common ground shared by both Quakers and UUs on combining spirituality with social action. He is the author of A Bucketful of Dreams: Contemporary Parables for All Ages and Roller-skating as a Spiritual Discipline.

Our Music Director, Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout, serves as Director of Worship Arts at First Universalist Church of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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.

The Zoom room opens at 10:25 AM. Worship begins at 10:30 AM

​Click here to submit your announcements.

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Las Vegas TransPride works on bringing Pride, Awareness, Remembrance, Celebration, Empowerment and Support to the Trans* Expansive community with little or no charge to the community. We strive on bringing community together in a safe place and offering various activities throughout the year that can bring the community together, and working alongside of the larger LGBTQ community.

http://lasvegastranspride.org/
https://www.facebook.com/LasVegasTransPride
https://twitter.com/LV_TransPride

702.906.4608
info@lasvegastranspride.org

​Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) is a national organization that brings hundreds of thousands of white people into fights for racial and economic justice.

For too long, the Right has hoarded wealth and power by using strategic racism to convince white people that we have more in common with billionaires and corporate elites than with the people of color in our communities. At SURJ, we bring our folks in by offering a better alternative: a just, vibrant future where people of all races work together to win what we need. We do this work by building people power in multi-racial communities across our network — through campaigns, 200 chapters across the country, and deep local organizing projects.

​Join us at UUCLV as we celebrate New Member Sunday and affiliation and membership with our beloved congregation.  On this day we will honor the new folks amongst us along with looking more closely at the rewards and joys shared by being active and engaged with UUCLV and the UUA. Come enjoy a happy Sunday with this lovely community.