Sunday Service 11/12/2023

​Generosity Connects, Connects Everything

​Generosity Connects, Connects Everything
​with Mark Bergtholdt & Donna Mead

November 12, 2023 at 10:30 AM

​Come worship with UUs!

See Order of Service below or HERE.

The world is generous, it provides all that we need.
​Why come from a place scarcity, when we have plenty.

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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

​Click here to submit your announcements.
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50/50 Donation Sharing
Nevadans For The Common Good
NCG is an organization comprised of churches, synagogues, mosques, nonprofits and other community institutions building relational power for collective action in the pursuit of justice and the common good. UUCLV is a member of NCG. 

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Order of Service 11/12/2023
Generosity Connects, Connects Everything​
​with Mark Bergtholdt & Donna Mead
Kay Sanderson on Piano
Rory Solomon, Song Leader and Storyteller

Prelude - What I Need, Desiree Dawson
Announcements and Welcome Words with Donna Mead
Greeting & Ringing the Bell with Donna Mead
Land Acknowledgment with Mark Bergtholdt
Chalice Lighting with Donna Mead

• Freely Shared, Rev. Michelle Collins
• 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 - Mark Bergtholdt 

• The Chalice of our Being, Richard S. Gilbert

Opening Hymn: #346 - Come Sing a Song with Me
Rory’s Story

• Stone Soup

Of Our Hearts & Anointing with Donna Mead
Prayer with Mark Bergtholdt

• All the holy nudges we need, Rev. Dr. Rebekah Savage 

Pastoral Hymn: #123 - Spirit of Life
Reading with Donna Mead

• Giving I Connect With Others, Isabel Allende

Offering with Donna Mead

• 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.”

Gift Box with Mark Bergtholdt
Sermon with Mark Bergtholdt

• Generosity Connects, Connects Everything

Closing Song: #1008 - When Our Heart is in a Holy Place 
Call to Action with Donna Mead
Chalice Extinguishing with Mark Bergtholdt 

• It becomes more, Rev. Amy Zucker Morgenstern
• 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 Donna Mead
Benediction with Mark Bergtholdt 

• Blessing, Dawna Markova 

Postlude: Kind and Generous, Natalie Merchant

Mark Bergtholdt, Worship Leader
Donna Mead, Worship Associate
Kay Sanderson on Piano
Rory Solomon, Song Leader and Storyteller

Media
Prelude - What I Need, Desiree Dawson
Opening Hymn: #346 - Come Sing a Song with Me
Pastoral Hymn: #123 - Spirit of Life
Closing Song: #1008 - When Our Heart is in a Holy Place 
Postlude: Kind and Generous By  Natalie Merchant

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