Please join us today at 10:00 a.m. as we join other UUs all over Alabama and the Gulf Coast of Florida

Other UU congregations in Alabama meet at 10:00 a.m. (rather than our 10:45), so note the time difference for this very special combined service.
This morning we will be joining with UUs all over Alabama and the gulf coast of Florida for a very special combined service. Ministers, Religious Educators, Musicians and Regional Staff from our area, are working hard to create this combined worship experience.
For this service, there are two options. At 10:00 a.m., the service will premiere on YouTube here. You can watch it with other UUs and comment along in the chat. Following the service, please join the Virtual Coffee Hour! (See link below.)

ORDER OF SERVICE
Alabama and Gulf Coast Unitarian Universalists
We Would Be One: A UUnited Service
Sunday, November 29, 2020,10:00 a.m.
Gathering Music
“You are Welcome Here” (John Schulz)

Opening Words 
Words by Nathan Ryan 

Prelude
“Prelude in C Minor” (Pachulski)  

Chalice Lighting
Words by Melanie Davis

Lighting of the Advent Wreath


Hymn
“Now Let Us Sing” 






Reflection      


Moment for All Ages

A is for Activist by Innosanto Nagar

Introduction to Offering
 UUCH Choir
 UU Church of Huntsville

Amy Weisberg, Board of Trustees
UU Fellowship of the Emerald Coast

Kathy Fisher, Accompanist
UU Church of Huntsville

Claire Cesarini and Rachel Cuthkelvin
UU Fellowship of Mobile

Rev. Alice Syltie, Minister
UU Church of Pensacola

Accompanist: Ken McGuire
Technical: Deb Crocker and Elliot Thomas
Vocals: Deb Crocker, Elliot Thomas, April Trusses-Smith, & Ruth Vann Lillian
UU Congregation of Tuscaloosa

Rev. Julie Conrady, Minister
UU Church of Birmingham

Matt Aspin, Acting Minister of Religious Exploration
Auburn UU Fellowship

Rev. Chris Rothbauer, Lead Minister
 Auburn UU Fellowship
Today’s offering will go to support the Yellowhammer Fund.
To give to today’s offering, visit uucbham.org/donate
Offertory 
“Each of Us Has a Light”
(Albrecht & Althouse)

Moment for Prayer and Meditation 


Music for Meditation
“Scheherazade” (Schumann) 

Reading
“Waiting for Now” by Mandie McGlynn

Reflection


Anthem
“Turn the World Around” 

Hymn 
“I Know I Can”





 
Extinguishing the Chalice                
Words by Brian Kiely                  

Benediction                          
           
                                                             
Postlude                               
“To a Wild Rose” (Schumann)    
AUUF Saints & Singers
Martha Law, Choir Director
Auburn UU Fellowship

Jaimie Dingus, Minister
UU Church of Huntsville

Kathy Fisher, Accompanist
UU Church of Huntsville

CJ Marbutt, Chair
First Universalist Church of Camp HIll

Rev. Ruth Van Lillian, Minister
UU Congregation of Tuscaloosa

Alabama & Gulf Coast UU Virtual Choir

Accompanist: Ken McGuire
Technical: Deb Crocker and Elliot Thomas
Vocals: Deb Crocker, Elliot Thomas, April Trussell-Smith, & Ruth Vann Lillian
UU Congregation of Tuscaloosa

Toni Brooks, Program Coordinator
UU Congregation of the Shoals

Rev. Lynn Hopkins, Minister
UU Fellowship of Montgomery

Kathy Fisher, Accompanist
UU Church of Huntsville
Please join us following the service via Zoom for a Virtual Coffee Hour!
https://uuma.zoom.us/j/898704351 or Meeting ID: 898 704 351
      By phone: (646) 876-9923 or (312) 626-6799 and use meeting ID 898 704 351


Special Thanks to:

The ten Unitarian Universalist congregations from Alabama and the Florida Panhandle who came together to make this service possible.

Mike Walsh, Online Video Editor, UU Church of Birmingham, for the technical expertise that made this morning’s service possible.

All who participated in this morning’s virtual choir, and Darrell Crutchley and Martha Law, Auburn UU Fellowship, for the technical and musical expertise that made the choir possible.

The ministers and lay leaders of the Auburn and Gulf Coast Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association cluster who coordinated, wrote, and delivered elements of this morning’s service.
Annual Hispanic Association Christmas Dinner and Party

UUCH is not hosting the Christmas dinner and party this year due to COVID-19. We are asking for donations for gift cards for older youth and teens by way of check or online donations. See the current newsletter article for details!
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