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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