tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27333247.post-1149174370295716122006-06-01T10:49:00.000-04:002006-06-01T11:06:10.330-04:00<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Service Leader: Anneke</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Speaker: Dr. Bonnie Lee, Minister</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Recorded Music: Rod</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">"Resilience: Rising from the Ashes"</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">"What makes some people succumb and others rise above overwhelming odds in life? Is resilience an ordinary or extraordinary quality? What are the deciding factors in coming out on top in the battle for life? Bonnie Lee, our minister, will share some of her thoughts on this intriguing topic and its implications for ministry."</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Prelude: (Pending)</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Opening Words: # 419 attributed to Kalidasa</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Look to this day!</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">For it is Life, the very life of Life.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">In its brief course lie all the verities and realities of your existence.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">The bliss of growth,</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">The glory of action,</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">The splendour of beauty;</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">For yesterday is but a dream,</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">And tomorrow is but a vision;</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">But today, well lived, makes every yesterday,</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">A dream of happiness</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">And every tomorrow, a vision of hope.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Look well, therefore, to this day.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Announcements:</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Chalice Lighting: # 455 Dag Hammarskjöld</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Each morning we must hold out the chalice of our being to receive, to carry, and give back.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Hymn # 1: # 123 "Spirit of Life"</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Spirit of Life, come unto me.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Sing in my heart all the stirrings of compassion</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Blow in the wind, rise in the sea,</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Move in the hand, giving life the shape of justice.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Roots hold me close, wings set me free.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Spirit of life, come to me, come to me.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Reading # 1: Resilience By Tim Connor, CSP</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Success and failure are neutral concepts. What makes either of them positive or negative is not the event, circumstance, or situation but what you do with them along the path of life. No one I have ever met has had a life filled with nothing but failure or one success after another. Resilience is your ability to keep coming back, again and again and again. No matter how many times life throws you a curve or brings you to your knees, you try again - you try something, new, different, or old in a new way. You refuse to give in or up. Here are a few ideas to consider when you feel like quitting.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">It is temporary.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">You need it so you could learn a valuable lesson.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">You need to be softened by life.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">You need it to give your life more integrity or character.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">You need it so you can be an example for others.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">You need to rid yourself of some arrogance or ignorance.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">You need it to grow in some area of your life.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">You need it so you can learn to laugh at yourself.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">You need it so you can learn to live in the present.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">You need it so you can learn to take life less seriously.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Regardless of your current station in life or circumstances you CAN rise again.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">All you have to do is reach inside and find courage, strength, stamina, attitudes, self-belief, self-confidence, and passion to rekindle your desire for what you believe you can do, will do, were meant to do, love to do, or want to do. Hang on to your dream, no matter how big it might seem to you. And, don't let others convince you that you can't do it, won't do it, or shouldn't do it. Be true to yourself and your destiny. You have everything you need, right now, inside of you to carry on. All you have to do is do it.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Offertory: (Pending)</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Joys and Concerns: "This is the time when those who would like to share a joy or a concern, or to simply light a candle to represent some significant even may come forward.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">"Meditation Music: (Pending)</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Reading # 2: Anneke"</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">There is a story about a woman who walks down a street, trips on a stone, and falls into a hole. It is a deep hole and it takes her most of the day to climb out of the hole but she does manage to get out and continue on her way.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">The next day she walks down the same street, trips on a stone, and falls into the same hole again. This time it only takes her half a day to get out.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">The next day she walks down the same street, trips on a stone, and falls into the hole, and within an hour she has climbed out.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">The next day she walks down the same street and trips over the stone, but catches herself before she falls into the hole.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">The next day the woman walks down the same street and walks around the hole.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">The next day the woman walks down the same street and comes to the stone. She bends down, picks up the stone, and throws it off the road, and goes on her way." Anon</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">"This guy's walkin' down the street when he falls into a hole. The walls are so steep he can't get out.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">A doctor passes by, the guy shouts up "Hey, can you help me out?" The doctor writes a prescription, throws it down in the hole, and moves on.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Then a priest goes by, the guy says "Father, I'm down in this hole, can you help me?" He writes a prayer, throws it in the hole, and goes about his way.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Then a friend walks by. "Joe, it's me, can ya help me out?" The friend jumps into the hole. Our guy says "Are you stupid? Now we're both stuck down here!" His friend says "Yeah, but I've been down here before and I know the way out." From the TV show "West Wing".</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Discourse: "Resilience: Rising from the Ashes" Dr. Bonnie Lee</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Hymn # 2: # 131 "Love Will Guide Us"</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Love will guide us, peace has tried us,</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Hope inside us will lead the way</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">On the road from greed to giving,</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Love will guide us through the hard night.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">If you cannot sing like angels</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">If you cannot speak before thousands,</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">You can give from deep within you,</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">You can change the world, with your love.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Love will guide us, peace has tried us,</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Hope inside us will lead the way</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">On the road from greed to giving</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Love will guide us through the hard night.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Closing Words: # 701 Anneke</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">We receive fragments of holiness,</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">glimpses of eternity,</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">brief moments of insight.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Let us gather them up for the precious gift that they are and,</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">renewed by their grace,</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">move boldly into the unknown.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Postlude: (Pending)</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">====</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Resources:</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Midi Files of hymns from "Singing the Living Tradition", the UU hymnbook:</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/dna/h2g2/classic/AddThread/ext/_auto/-/http://www.wuu.org/music.html" target="_top"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://www.wuu.org/music.html</span></a></div>UUFOnoreply@blogger.com