Sunday Order of Service
ORDER OF SERVICE
September 10, 2023
PRELUDE & PROCESSIONAL Welcome, Welcome by Clif Hardin
The Chancel Choir
Tristan Strelitzer, director
Teresa Drews, collaborative pianist
OPENING WORDS Rev. Jennifer Nordstrom, Senior Minister
CHALICE LIGHTING Desiree Pointer-Mace, Worship Associate
*OPENING HYMN 1021 (teal) “Lean On Me”
TIME FOR ALL AGES “The Day We Began” by Jacqueline Woodson
Rev. Kimberlee Tomczak Carlson
Minister of Religious Education
SPOKEN MEDITATION by Tamara Lebak, adapted
Rev. Dena McPhetres, Associate Minister
SILENCE
CENTERING HYMN 123 “Spirit of Life”
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Desiree Pointer-Mace
UNISON AFFIRMATION OF OUR MISSION (CONGREGATION)
We gather to nurture the spirit, engage the mind, and inspire action.
INTRODUCTION OF NEW STAFF MEMBERS Steve Sieck, Ministerial Intern
Kaitlin Barron, Religious Education Assistant
OFFERING AND THE CHILDRENS RECESSIONAL
HYMN 407 “We’re Gonna Sit at the Welcome Table”
This month we share 50% of all non-pledge cash in our offering plate with Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) FAST Fund Organization. To contribute, put cash or checks made out to MATC FAST Fund in the offering plate and we will forward it for you. Or text 73256 with message give2uu.
To contribute to First Church, give cash or checks made out to FUSM in the offering plate or text to give with a credit or debit card. Just text 73256 with the message give2uu for pledge payments or non-pledge gifts. Thank you.
WORSHIP ASSOCIATE STORY Desiree Pointer-Mace
INTERLUDE Come, Yet Again Come words attributed to Rumi
music by Carolyn McDade
based upon a setting by Dr. Glen Thomas Rideout
The Chancel Choir
SERMON “Welcome Is Not a Mat” Rev. Jennifer Nordstrom
INTERLUDE Here Together by David Glasgow
The Chancel Choir
Jena Bliss and Bill Sakalaucks, soloists
CLOSING WORDS Rev. Jennifer Nordstrom
EXTINGUISHING THE FLAMING CHALICE Desiree Pointer-Mace
*RECESSIONAL HYMN 1064 “Blue Boat Home”
ANNOUNCEMENTS
SUNDAY FORUM AT 10:00 A.M. “Things Your History Teacher Didn’t Tell You: Blacks In History” presented by Derek Mosley JD, Director of the Lubar Center for Public Policy Research and Civic Education at Marquette University Law School.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN.
All Children & Youth over 5 years old begin at 9:00 a.m. today by checking-in at the R.E. Table in the Leenhouts Common Room to receive a name & safety badge. After our time together in the sanctuary, Children, Youth and R.E. Volunteers depart for the R.E. program.
For children under the age of five, the Nursery and Preschool are open from 8:45 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. during the first service, and from 10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. during the second service, fifteen minutes before service to help make the transition as easy as possible for families.
REV. NONTOMBI NAOMI TUTU, MORTER LECTURE SPEAKER SEPT. 23 & 24. Please join us as we welcome Rev. Nontombi Naomi Tutu, daughter of Nobel Peace Prize recipient Rev. Desmond Tutu, as our Morter Lecture Speaker. In her lecture titled “We Must Ask Again, Where To Now, Community or Chaos?” she will share her thoughts about diversity’s strength and beauty. On Sunday, Rev. Tutu will preach, “Welcoming People’s Wholeness.”
CIRCLE SUPPERS ARE BACK!
You can sign up online at form.jotform.com/231974141981966 or by signing up during Coffee Hour by the Member Services Table. Dinners will be on November 11, January 20, March 23, and May 4. The small-group dinners are held in participants’ homes, with everyone bringing an assigned element of the meal: main dish, salad, or dessert, with the host providing the beverages and hors d’oeuvres.