Unitarian Church of Los Alamos

Democracy as a Spiritual Practice

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Around the world, democracy is under attack. Unitarian Universalists affirm the use of democracy in our congregations and society as a principle. How and why is the use of democracy a religious and spiritual value — and how might we affirm and promote it?

SERVICE PARTICIPANTS

  • Rev. Patrick McLaughlin, Guest Speaker
  • Elisa Enriquez, Worship Associate
  • Nylea Butler-Moore, Director of Music
  • Women’s Trio: Kelly Shea, Tamson Smith, and Jenni Gaffney
  • Renae Mitchell, Mike Begnaud, Patrick Webb, Galen Gisler, and Rick Bolton, AV techs

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      • OFFERTORY 

      • Our Share the Plate partner for February is our partner church in Fenyokut, Romania.
      • 100% of all offered this month will be given to our partner.
      • We are now using Givelify.com to process the weekly offering, Please make your donation here:: https://giv.li/5jtcps 

        • MUSIC CREDITS

        • “Gathered Here” by Philip A. Porter. (Women’s trio: Kelly Shea, Tamson Smith, and Jenni Gaffney & Nylea Butler-Moore, piano.) Used by permission of the composer.
        • “For All That Is Our Life,” words by Bruce Findlow, music by Patrick L. Rickey. Words Public Domain. Music used by permission of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA).
        • “Be Ours a Religion,” words by Theodore Parker, music by Thomas Benjamin. Words Public Domain. Music used by permission of the composer.
        • “Lift Up Your Voice: Kwa Maneno Nguvu” by James M. DesJardins. (Women’s trio: Kelly Shea, Tamson Smith, and Jenni Gaffney & Nylea Butler-Moore, piano.) Permission to stream the song in this service obtained from CHRISTIAN COPYRIGHT SOLUTIONS with license #10770.
        • “One More Step” by Joyce Poley, harmony by Grace Lewis-McLaren. (Women’s Trio:  Kelly Shea, Tamson Smith, and Jenni Gaffney & Nylea Butler-Moore, piano). Song used by permission of the composer.  Harmony used by permission of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA).
        • “The Fire of Commitment,” words by Mary Katherine Morn and Jason Shelton, music by Jason Shelton. Used by permission of the creators.
        • “The Way,” words by unknown author, music by Nylea L. Butler-Moore.  Used by permission of the composer.

          • Permission to stream the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE with license #A-730948. All rights reserved.

          Permission to stream music in this service obtained from CHRISTIAN COPYRIGHT SOLUTIONS with license #10770.

          SERVICE NOTES

          Spoken Materials

          READING

          • excerpt from “The Demon-Haunted World” by Carl Sagan 
          • Source: https://archive.org/details/opensource

            • TFAA

            • “Higgins: a Drop With a Dream” by Christopher Buice 
            • Source: https://www.uua.org/worship/words/reading/higgins
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