July 16, 2023: “Love is patient; love is kind…,” but can love also be transformative?: Expanding the 1 Corinthians love passage
1 Corinthians 13:4--8, often referred to as the 'love passage,' is part of the apostle Paul’s first letter to the church in Corinth. Does Paul, writing to the church in Corinth in the 1st century CE, have something useful to say here that we might find meaning in as we live into our faith as Unitarian Universalists now?
Madison Colquette is a member of UUCB and seminarian at Meadville Lombard Theological School.
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Order of Service
Our order of service is available both here on our website and in print.Ringing of the World Bell
Prelude
Ray Fellman, piano
Welcome & Announcements
Linda Pickle
Member of the Board of Directors
Land Acknowledgement
Stephanie Kimball
Lighting the Chalice Flame
Jayne Deely
Opening Words
"Love doesn't just sit there like a stone..."
by Ursula K. LeGuin
read by UU Seminarian Madison Colquette
Opening Hymn
#128 “For All That Is Our Life”
Story
"The Drum"
interpreted by Faye Mogensen
told by Stephanie Kimball
Religious Education for Children:
Childcare is available from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. in Room 108.
Ages 3-6 meet for Spirit Play in Room 105
and ages 7-12 meet for Kids' Club in Room 208
Children may be picked up at these rooms at 11:30 a.m.
Musical Interlude
Ray Fellman, piano
Pastoral Prayer and Meditation
"Making room for all that is"
by Lyn Cox
read by Madison Colquette
Offertory
Ray Fellman, piano
During the Offertory, you are invited to silently light a candle to represent a joy or sorrow in your life.
You are invited to participate in this morning’s offering by contributing as the basket passes or online at uucb.churchcenter.com/giving. You may make a non-pledge gift or a contribution towards your annual pledge, or both, at that site. This fiscal year, 25% of our non-pledge Sunday offerings will be given to Bloomington Refugee Support Network, which supports asylum seekers and advocates for refugee resettlement in Indiana.
Reading
Excerpt from 1 Corinthians 13
The New Testament in Modern English
by John Bertram Philips
Erica Whichello, Worship Associate
Musical Interlude
Ray Fellman, piano
Sermon
"Love is patient, love is kind...", but can love also be transformative?
Madison Colquette
Closing Hymn
#34 "Though I May Speak with Bravest Fire"
Extinguishing the Chalice Flame
Benediction
Choral Benediction
“Benedictus”
by Mary Goetze and Cookie Lynch
