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Emerson's Vision: Why we are here and what we should be doing about it (4/15/12)

Selections from a Worship Committee Sponsored Service for The Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair by Mr. David Rolfe.



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PRAYER AND MEDITATION

SERMON
"Emerson's Vision:
Why we are here and what we should be doing about it"
by Mr. David Rolfe

CLOSING WORDS

Liturgist: David Bessey


TODAY’S SERVICE IS LED BY MR. DAVID ROLFE.
David Rolfe is a long time Unitarian Universalist who is a member of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Catskills in Kingston, NY. He has a long interest in Emerson and has taught a number of Emerson courses at the Kingston Library and the Life Long Learning Institute at Bard College. He is currently chairman of the Sunday Services Committee and is a commissioned Worship Associate at his congregation.



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The Magnificence of It All (4/8/12)

Selections from our Easter Sunday Worship Service for The Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair by Rev. Charles Blustein Ortman.




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A STORY FOR CHILDREN OF ALL AGES
“The Easter Story”
SCENES I & II
HYMN: Find a Stillness
SCENES III & IV

PRAYER AND MEDITATION

HOMILY
"The Magnificence of It All"
by Rev. Charles Blustein Ortman

CLOSING WORDS

READERS FROM "THE EASTER STORY:"
David Bessey, Rev. Charles Blustein Ortman, Brian Jude Piatkowski and Rev. Judy Tomlinson.


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Call and Response (4/1/12)

Selections from our Sunday Worship Service for The Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair by Rev. Judy Tomlinson.




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PRAYER AND MEDITATION


READINGS: ANCIENT AND MODERN
From the ancient Sufi poet Rumi
From "Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation" by Parker J. Palmer

SERMON
"Call and Response"
by Rev. Judy Tomlinson

CLOSING WORDS

Liturgist: David Bessey

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On Women (3/25/12)

Selections from our Sunday Worship Service for The Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair by Rev. Charles Blustein Ortman.




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PRAYER AND MEDITATION

READINGS: ANCIENT & MODERN
A feminist perspective of Chapter 23, “Embodiment,” from Lao Tzu’s, Tao te Ching, as presented in the book, “The Tao of Women,” by Pamela Metz and Jacqueline Tobin.
From "Memories, I" by Margaret Fuller

HOMILY
"On Women"
by Rev. Charles Blustein Ortman

CLOSING WORDS

Liturgist: Tim McGough

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Justice for Immigrants (3/18/12)

Selections from a Worship Committee Sponsored Service for The Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair by Advocates from IRATE & First Friends, sponsored by the Undoing Racism Committee.



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STORY FOR CHILDREN OF ALL AGES
Dolores Davis

PRAYER AND MEDITATION

READINGS: ANCIENT & MODERN
From the Book of Leviticus, Chapter 19, Verse 33-34
From "Organizing in Our Communities Post-September 11th (2001)" by Monami Maulik

SERMON
"Justice for Immigrants"
by Advocates from IRATE & First Friends

CLOSING WORDS

Liturgist: Tim McGough


TODAY’S SERVICE IS LED BY ADVOCATES FROM IRATE & FIRST FRIENDS.
Greg Sullivan, a retired banker, is program director and lives in Wyckoff, NJ. Sue Kenny, is a high school teacher who volunteers to visit immigrant detainees held at the Bergen County Jail. Sue lives in Washington Township NJ. Kathy O’Leary is vice president responsible for advocacy and is also the chair of Pax Christi NJ. Kathy lives in Summit, NJ. Sally Pillay is a program supervisor with two released detainees.

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A Part of the Covenant (3/4/12)

Selections from our Sunday Worship Service for The Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair by Rev. Charles Blustein Ortman.




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PRAYER AND MEDITATION


READINGS: MODERN
From the Book of Genesis
From the sermon, "On Going to Church," by Rev. A. Powell Davies, All Souls Unitarian Church, Washington, DC

HOMILY
"A Part of the Covenant"
by Rev. Charles Blustein Ortman

CLOSING WORDS

Liturgist: Tim McGough

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To Affirm and Promote… (2/25/12)

Selections from our Sunday Worship Service for The Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair by Rev. Charles Blustein Ortman. Part of our February Focus Month: “Our UU Values in the Public Square.”




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PRAYER AND MEDITATION
Rev. Judy Tomlinson

READINGS: MODERN
From William Ellery Channing, the first leader of the American Unitarian Association
From the speech, “A Proper Sense of Priorities,” by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

HOMILY
"To Affirm and Promote…"
by Rev. Charles Blustein Ortman

CLOSING WORDS

Liturgist: Joel Naftelberg

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Is Your Life Worth Dying For? The Legacy of Forrest Church (2/19/12)

Selections from a Worship Committee Sponsored Service for The Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair by Mr. Dan Cryer. Part of our February Focus Month: “Our UU Values in the Public Square.”





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PRAYER AND MEDITATION

READINGSN
From Ralph Waldo Emerson
From Forrest Church’s “Love and Death" sermon

SERMON
"Is Your Life Worth Dying For?
The Legacy of Forrest Church"
by Mr. Dan Cryer

CLOSING WORDS

Liturgist: Joel Naftelberg

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You Are a What? (2/12/12)

Selections from our Sunday Worship Service for The Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair by Rev. Charles Blustein Ortman. Part of our February Focus Month: “Our UU Values in the Public Square.”




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PRAYER AND MEDITATION

READINGS: ANCIENT & MODERN
From the Hebrew Book of Micah
From the Book of Matthew
From the book Original Blessing by Mathew Fox

SERMON
"You Are a What?"
by Rev. Charles Blustein Ortman

CLOSING WORDS

Liturgist: Joel Naftelberg

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The Social Gospel (2/5/2012)

Selections from our Sunday Worship Service for The Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair by Rev. Charles Blustein Ortman. Part of our February Focus Month: “Our UU Values in the Public Square.”




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PRAYER AND MEDITATION

READINGS: ANCIENT & MODERN
From Chapter 6 of the Book of Matthew
From the words of Rev. Theodore Parker

SERMON
"The Social Gospel"
by Rev. Charles Blustein Ortman

CLOSING WORDS

Liturgist: Joel Naftelberg

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Urban Ministry and Unitarian Universalism (1/29/12)

Selections from a Sunday Morning Worship Service at The Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair by Rev. Gordon Bailey.



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PRAYER & MEDITATION

READING
From the UU World Magazine article “UU Urban Ministry mourns six deaths” by Kimberly French

SERMON
"Urban Ministry and Unitarian Universalism"
by Rev. Gordon Bailey

CLOSING WORDS

Liturgist: Jerry Fried

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Looking for the Way (1/22/12)

Selections from our Sunday Worship Service at The Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair by Rev. Charles Blustein Ortman.



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PRAYER AND MEDITATION

READINGS: ANCIENT & MODERN
Chapter I from the Tao Te Ching (The Way) by Lao Tsu, translated by Peter Merel
From Thomas Paine, 18th Century philosopher, American founding father and revolutionary

SERMON
"Looking for the Way"
by Rev. Charles Blustein Ortman

CLOSING WORDS

Liturgist: Jerry Fried

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The Victory Lies Before Us; Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution (1/15/12)

Selections from our Sunday Worship Service at The Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair by Rev. Charles Blustein Ortman.




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PRAYER AND MEDITATION

READINGS: ANCIENT & MODERN
From the Book of Matthew, Chapter 4
From Dr. Martin Luther King’s sermon, “Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution"

SERMON
"The Victory Lies Before Us;
Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution"
by Rev. Charles Blustein Ortman

CLOSING WORDS

Liturgist: Jerry Fried

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Journeys of Radiant Impurity and Obstinate Humanity (1/8/12)

Selections from our Sunday Worship Service at The Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair by Rev. Linda Goonewardene.



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PRAYER & MEDITATION

READINGS: ANCIENT & MODERN
From "The Spirit of Man" by Marcus Aurelius (Roman Emperor, 121-180) Robert Bridges, editor
From "Pilgrim Heart; The Inner Journey Home" by Sarah York

SERMON
"Journeys of Radiant Impurity and Obstinate Humanity"
by Rev. Linda Goonewardene

CLOSING WORDS

Liturgist: Jerry Fried

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Famously Bad Predictions and Why I Love Them (1/1/12)

Selections from a Worship Committee Sponsored Service at The Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair by Mr. Barnaby Feder.



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PRAYER & MEDITATION

READINGS: ANCIENT & MODERN
From the Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 24, Verses 23-34
From a letter by Thomas Jefferson to Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse, June 26, 1822
From a radio interview of Philip Tetlock conducted by Stephen Dubner

SERMON
"Famously Bad Predictions and Why I Love Them"
by Mr. Barnaby Feder

CLOSING WORDS

Liturgist: Jerry Fried

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