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Order of Service

O K

arma, D

harma, pudding and pie,

gimm

e a break before I die:grant m

e wisdom

, will &

wit,

purity, probity, pluck, & grit.

—P

hilip A

ppleman

Organ

Prelu

de

Sonata in

F M

inor

Felix M

endelssoh

n A

llegro moderato e serioso

Adagio

An

dante. R

ecitative A

llegro assai vivace

Welcom

eT

he R

everend D

avid P. Hu

bner

Ch

oral Introit

“For th

e Beau

ty of the E

arth”

An

n M

acDon

ald Diers

Unitarian U

niversalist Children’s C

hoir

Call to W

orship

Th

e Reveren

d Beth

William

s

Procession

al Hym

n“R

ank by R

ank, A

gain W

e Stand”

John

Hu

ntley Skrin

eC

ongregation risesR

ecast by the R

everend C

arl G. Seabu

rg, 1990

Ran

k by rank, again

we stan

d,F

rom th

e four w

inds gath

ered hith

er.L

oud th

e hallow

ed walls dem

and

Wh

ence w

e come, an

d how

, and w

hith

er.F

rom th

eir stillness breakin

g clear,E

choes w

ake to warn

or cheer;

High

er truth

from sain

t and seer

Call to u

s assembled h

ere.

Ou

rs the years’ m

emorial store,

Hon

ored days and n

ames w

e reckon,

Days of com

rades gone before,

Lives th

at speak and deeds th

at beckon.

From

the dream

ing of th

e nigh

tTo th

e labors of the day,

Shin

es their everlastin

g light,

Gu

iding u

s upon

our w

ay.

Th

ough

the path

be hard an

d long,

Still we strive in

expectation;

Join w

e now

their ageless son

gO

ne w

ith th

em in

aspiration.

On

e in n

ame, in

hon

or one,

Gu

ard we w

ell the crow

n th

ey won

;W

hat th

ey dreamed be ou

rs to do,H

ope their h

opes and seal th

em tru

e.

Ligh

ting of th

e Ch

aliceM

s. Marilyn

Gen

tile

A L

itany of R

emem

brance

Th

e Reveren

d Dr. R

alph M

eroan

d R

ecognition

Adapted from

the R

everend R

alph N

orman

Helverson

Min

ister: We are gath

ered in rem

embran

ce and recogn

ition of all m

inis-

ters wh

o seek the ligh

t of un

derstandin

g, wh

o extend th

e fellowsh

ip offreedom

, and w

hose w

ords and deeds rem

ain as a livin

g mem

orial.

Congregation: W

e lift up thankful hearts for all ministers w

ho deal out toothers their lives passed through the fire of thought.

We rem

ember an

d recognize m

inisters w

ho seek w

isdom an

d reachacross barriers of belief an

d doctrine, w

ho affirm

in th

e spirit of truth

the

healin

g han

d of argum

ent, w

ho serve th

e needs of oth

ers—lift th

e fallen,

uph

old the w

eak, establish com

mu

nity, an

d preach th

e living w

ord.

We lift up thankful hearts for all w

ho carry on the tradition of asking questions,w

ho go beyond false stopping places that stifle growth and w

eaken faith.

We rem

ember an

d recognize m

inisters w

ho em

body goodness; em

braceth

e love of all people; encom

pass differences of color an

d creed, age and

sex; and su

rmou

nt every circu

mstan

ce of hobblin

g tradition, to pu

shback ign

orance an

d declare the glory of G

od and th

e hu

man

spirit.

We lift up thankful hearts for the m

inistry of beauty, for all who quicken our

love of nature and of ourselves, who by line and color, m

usic and ceremony,

and the spoken word, help us to rejoice in life.

We rem

ember an

d recognize every m

inister w

ho teach

es living religion

,w

ho h

elps us to see th

e limits of u

nexam

ined orth

odoxies, wh

o wh

ilestan

ding in

a particular tradition

declares the religion

un

iversal, and w

ho

leads us in

the dedication

of ourselves to th

e chu

rch of all sou

ls.

We lift up thankful hearts for the m

inisters who set before us exam

ples tofollow. M

ay the work and the purpose of their calling show

forth in those yetto com

e, the ministry they proclaim

.

Welcom

ing th

e New

Min

isters T

he R

everend D

r. Leslie A

. Westbrook

The congregation is asked to hold applause until each group of m

inisters hasbeen recognized.

Recogn

ition of T

hose M

inisters

Th

e Reveren

d David A

. Pettee

Wh

o Have E

ntered

into

Prelim

inary F

ellowsh

ip

Recogn

ition of T

hose M

inisters

Th

e Reveren

d Dr. M

ichelle B

entley

Wh

o Have A

ttained

Fin

al Fellow

ship

Exten

din

g the

Th

e Reveren

d Dr. W

illiam G

. Sinkford

Han

d of F

ellowsh

ipT

he R

everend D

r. Ken

dyl L. G

ibbons

Th

e Reveren

d Dr. L

eslie A. W

estbrookT

he R

everend D

avid P. Hu

bner

Recogn

ition of T

hose C

omp

leting

Th

e Reveren

d Dr. Joh

n H

. Weston

Service in M

inistry

Exten

din

g Ap

preciation

Th

e Reveren

d Dr. W

illiam G

. Sinkford

and

Th

anks

Th

e Reveren

d Dr. L

eslie A. W

estbrookT

he R

everend D

r. Ken

dyl L. G

ibbons

Th

e Reveren

d Dr. P

eter S. Raible

Th

e Reveren

d David P. H

ubn

er

Offerin

g for the

Th

e Reveren

d Dr. R

alph M

eroL

iving T

radition

Fu

nd

Ch

oral Offertory

“Feel G

ood”L

.C. Tyson

and L

. ScottA

rranged by B

arbara Baker an

d David J. Scott

Unitarian U

niversalist Children’s C

hoirand Singers of the Living Tradition

Sermon

“Give ‘E

m th

e Old R

azzle Dazzle”

Th

e Reveren

d Gary Sm

ith

Ch

oral Resp

onse

“We A

re On

e”B

rian Tate

Singers of the Living Tradition

Roll C

all and

Prayer

Th

e Reveren

d Dr. W

illiam G

. Sinkford

Congregation rises

Organ

Resp

onse

Sonn

etD

arwin

Wolford

Recession

al Hym

n“F

or All th

e Saints” (A

dapted)W

illiam W

alsham

How

Congregation rem

ains standing

For all th

e saints w

ho from

their labors rest,

Wh

o thee by faith

before the w

orld confessed,

Th

y nam

e, most h

oly, be forever blest: Allelu

ia, Allelu

ia!

Th

ou w

ast their rock, th

eir shelter, an

d their m

ight;

Th

eir strength

and solace in

the w

ell-fough

t fight;

Th

ou in

the darkn

ess deep their on

e true ligh

t: Allelu

ia, Allelu

ia!

An

d wh

en th

e strife is fierce, the con

flict long,

Steals on th

e ear the distan

t trium

ph-son

g,A

nd h

earts are brave again, an

d arms are stron

g: Allelu

ia, Allelu

ia!

Ben

ediction

Th

e Reveren

d David P. H

ubn

er

Pian

o Postlu

de

Medley of F

avorite Un

itarian U

niversalist H

ymn

s

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Notes on

the Service

This is the fifty-eighth annual Service of the Living Tradition. It recognizes those

ministers w

ho have been granted Preliminary F

ellowship, achieved F

inal Fellow

-ship, or com

pleted full-time service and com

mem

orates those who died betw

eenM

ay 15, 2002, and June 18, 2003. The service is prepared and led by the M

inistryand Professional Leadership Staff G

roup of the Unitarian U

niversalist Association:

the Reverend D

avid P. Hubner, D

irector of Ministry and Professional Leadership; the

Reverend D

r. Michelle Bentley, Professional D

evelopment D

irector; the Reverend D

r.R

alph Mero, C

hurch Staff Finances D

irector; the Reverend D

avid A. Pettee, M

iniste-rial C

redentialing Director; the R

everend Dr. John H

. Weston, Settlem

ent Director;

and the Reverend Beth W

illiams, R

eligious Education C

redentialing Director.

Th

e offering received today su

pports the L

iving Tradition

Fu

nd, w

hich

providesU

nitarian

Un

iversalist semin

arians an

d min

isters with

scholarsh

ips, grants, an

dfin

ancial assistan

ce in tim

es of need.

Th

e preacher for th

e service is the R

everend G

ary Smith

. Born

and raised in

Main

e,R

ev. Smith

graduated from

the U

niversity of M

aine an

d the D

ivinity Sch

ool atV

anderbilt U

niversity. N

ow th

irty-one years in

the m

inistry, h

e served chu

rches in

Middletow

n, C

onn

ecticut, an

d Ban

gor, Main

e, before workin

g on th

e UU

A staff

for three years. T

he Sen

ior Min

ister of First P

arish in

Con

cord, Massach

usetts,

since 1988, R

ev. Smith

also served as Presiden

t of the U

UM

A from

1998 to 2001.H

e is married to E

lizabeth. T

hey h

ave two adu

lt children

, married an

d living in

the

Boston

area. He su

ggests that w

e ask to see pictures of h

is grandson

Devin

.

Oth

er worsh

ip leaders are:T

he R

everend D

r. Ken

dyl L. G

ibbons, P

resident of th

e Un

itarian U

niversalist

Min

isters Association

and Sen

ior Min

ister of the F

irst Un

itarian Society of

Min

neapolis, M

inn

esota

Th

e Reveren

d Dr. L

eslie A. W

estbrook, Vice C

hair of th

e Min

isterial Fellow

ship

Com

mittee an

d endorsed C

omm

un

ity Min

ister with

the C

edar Lan

e Un

itarianU

niversalist C

hu

rch of B

ethesda, M

aryland

Th

e Reveren

d Dr. W

illiam G

. Sinkford, P

resident of th

e Un

itarian U

niversalist

Association

Th

e Reveren

d Dr. P

eter S. Raible, P

resident of th

e Un

itarian U

niversalist R

etiredM

inisters an

d Partn

ers Association

Represen

ting th

e survivin

g families of m

inisters w

ho h

ave died durin

g the past

year is Ms. M

arilyn G

entile, th

e partner of th

e Reveren

d Jody Shipley.

The organist is D

. Eric H

uenneke, Organist, F

irst Parish in Concord, M

assachusetts.

Th

e Singers of th

e Livin

g Tradition is com

posed entirely of U

nitarian

Un

iversalistm

inisters, stu

dents, religiou

s educators, m

usician

s, and th

eir family m

embers. T

he

director is the R

everend D

r. Gretch

en L

. Woods, M

inister, U

nitarian

Un

iversalistF

ellowsh

ip of Corvallis, O

regon.

Th

e pianist an

d accompan

ist for the Sin

gers of the L

iving Tradition

is the R

everend

W. D

onald Beaudreault, Minister, U

nitarian Universalist C

hurch of Sarasota, Florida.

Th

e Un

itarian U

niversalist C

hild

ren’s C

hoir is u

nd

er the d

irection of E

mily

Ellsw

orth. T

he accom

panist is Su

san M

inor. T

he co-ch

airs for the ch

oir are Lynn

eB

easley, Carol H

amilton

, and E

mily Toth

.

Th

e flamin

g chalice w

as crafted by Robert D

uprey, a m

ember of th

e Un

iversalistU

nitarian

Ch

urch

of Brockton

, Massach

usetts.

Th

e Am

erican Sign

Lan

guage in

terpreter is Kath

ryn D

eal.

Th

e volun

teers ush

ering for th

e service are min

isters in P

relimin

ary Fellow

ship

and can

didates for the U

nitarian

Un

iversalist min

istry.

We are gratefu

l to Suzan

ne M

organ of th

e UU

A P

ublication

s Departm

ent for th

edesign

of this O

rder of Service, and to th

e Reveren

d Dou

glas Morgan

Strong of

Plan

o, Texas, for hall arran

gemen

ts and for th

e flamin

g chalice “stain

ed glass”w

indow

used in

this service. W

e wou

ld also like to than

k A’Llyn

Ettien

, Adm

inis-

trative Assistan

t to the D

irector of Min

istry and P

rofessional L

eadership, Jean

Hartm

an, A

dmin

istrative Assistan

t for Profession

al Developm

ent, an

d Ch

ris May,

Adm

inistrator of th

e Min

isterial Creden

tialing O

ffice, for their h

elp in pu

tting th

eservice togeth

er.

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Margaret A

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James L

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Sunday, June 29, 2003