Service Production Team

Rev. Tom Rosiello, Minister

Bill Dalsimer, Service Leader

Robin Loving, Offering

Malcolm Halliday & Paula Peace, Pianists

Dan Neuspiel, Zoom Host

Diego Vargas, Audio/Visual Editor and Lead Technician

Miguel Angel Espinosa, Audio/Visual Technician

Ivan Mendez, Online Order of Service

Diana Amaya, Administrator

Joseph Plummer, Publicity

About Today's Speaker

The Reverend Tom Rosiello was appointed as this Fellowship’s first minister in January 2019. He is Minister Emeritus of the First Parish of Stow and Acton in Massachusetts.

About Today's Flowers

Brought by Veronicka Koebach, a member of our UU women’s group, Mis Hermanas. Today’s flowers will be shared after the service with someone selected by our Care Team.

Singing Bowl

Prelude Based on Hymn #215 “Praise to the Living God”

Daniel Ben Judah, 14^th century, Words

Synagogue melody, adapted by Meyer Lyon 1757-1797

Paula Peace, pianist

Welcome & Announcements

Opening Words / Chalice Lighting

Hymn #389 "Gathered Here"

Philip A. Porter, Words & Music

Covenant

We respect the interdependent web of life and work for a just and peaceful world. We encourage the search for truth and meaning, strive for compassion in our relationships, and seek values that will benefit our lives and the lives of others. This is our covenant.

Respetamos todos los estilos de vida dentro de su red interdependiente y trabajamos por un mundo justo y pacifico. Alentamos la búsqueda de la verdad y la comprensión total. Nos esforzamos por mantener compasión en nuestras relaciones y buscamos valores que beneficien nuestras vidas y las vidas de los demás. Este es nuestro convenio.

Joys and Concerns

A Litany of Atonement, #637

By Robert Eller-Isaacs

For remaining silent when a single voice would have made a difference

               We forgive ourselves and each other; we begin again in love.

For each time that our fears have made us rigid and inaccessible

               We forgive ourselves and each other; we begin again in love.

For each time that we have struck out in anger without just cause

               We forgive ourselves and each other; we begin again in love.

For each time that our greed has blinded us to the needs of others

               We forgive ourselves and each other; we begin again in love.

For the selfishness which sets us apart and alone

               We forgive ourselves and each other; we begin again in love.

For falling short of the admonitions of the spirit

               We forgive ourselves and each other; we begin again in love.

For losing sight of our unity

               We forgive ourselves and each other; we begin again in love.

For those and for so many acts both evident and subtle which have fueled the illusion of separateness

               We forgive ourselves and each other; we begin again in love.

Musical Meditation Video "Hashiveinu"

Ann Arbor Youth Chorale

A Time for Generosity

Offering Music "Kol Nidre" Opus 47,

By Max Bruch

Malcolm Halliday, pianist

The Story of Jonah and the Nineties

Sermon "A Forgiveness Practice"

Hymn #213 "There’s a Wideness in Your Mercy"

Frederick William Faber, Words

Amos Pillsbury’s United States’ Sacred Harmony, 1799, Music

Benediction from "Gates of Repentance"

Extinguishing the Chalice

Postlude Based on Hymn #217 "O Sing Hallelujah" (Avinu Malkeinu)

A.W. Binder, Music

Paula Peace, Pianist

This Monday marks the annual observance of Columbus Day in the United States -- an anachronistic national holiday marking the date in October 1492 when, as every American schoolchild learns, Christopher Columbus “discovered” the New World (five centuries after the Vikings had earned that distinction). Exploring the Caribbean islands, Columbus founded Spain’s first colony in the Americas, and over the next century or more the genocide of millions was pretty much assured as European “manifest destiny” clashed with indigenous values of belonging to a particular place.

 In this UUFSMA Sunday Service, two members of the Fellowship will share what has drawn them to the cultures and spiritual traditions of North American indigenous peoples. These traditions varied across tribes yet shared a common belief that the spirit of all creation resides in every created thing. Indigenous people considered humans to be more responsible than other beings for the care of all creation. However, they did not claim greater worth than the rest of the created world. Our Unitarian Universalist principles share a similar belief in the inherent worth of all peoples and the interdependent web of existence.

After retiring from a non-profit career, Susan MacDonnell completed a Master of Divinity in 2010. During seminary internships, she lived two summers on the Rosebud and Crow Creek reservations in South Dakota. She will share what she has learned about the deeply divergent worldviews of indigenous and Euro-American cultures.

Jurgen Ahlers is a graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary and ordained in the Presbyterian tradition. As an undergraduate, he majored in Far Eastern Affairs, studying the Taoist, Confucian, and Buddhist traditions. He will explain how the Native American medicine wheel represents the alignment of physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual realities.

The President's Hour - Mondays, Zoom Meeting (11:00am)

If you join us, you will get to hear details of plans underway that will probably blow
your socks off, if you are wearing such. If not, you will need to hang on to something
so you won't be blown away in the flurry of unfettered activity Robin generates.
This is vour chance to ask questions. Learn what's happening in our Fellowship and
get to know members.

Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 931 3431 8748
Passcode: 424766

Tom’s Coffee Hour Discussion, Tuesdays (9:30am)

Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 442 374 895
Passcode: 724450

Tuesday Discussion Group - October 4, 2022 (11:00am)

The Tuesday Zoom discussion group is led by Donna Shubrooks.

Topic: Forgiveness

Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81997626702

Friday Buddhist Group, Sangha of the Heart (10:00am)

Regular participation is encouraged or drop-in when you want. Please email Joan at joanwolf@umich.edu if you would like to be added to the Sangha of the Heart email list and receive the Zoom link in a weekly reminder.