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Passover ~ April 13 ~ 10:30 a.m. Children’s Chapel for children in grades 4 to 8 takes place in the Assembly Room at 10:30. To maintain a spirit of reverence, we ask that you hold any applause until the conclusion of the service Opening Music Prelude Number 1 Matt Anderson George Gershwin Ringing the Bell Our service of worship begins Words of Gathering Sh’ma Yisra’el David Horst Deuteronomy 6:4 *Hymn #104 When Israel Was in Egypt’s Land African American spiritual Latecomers are requested to use the Forest Avenue entrance following the hymn Welcome! Arthur Eves and Rev. Horst Chalice Lighting Benjamin Malin and Elizabeth Timperman The flaming chalice is the symbol of our Unitarian Universalist living tradition of faith Chalice Lighting Words Spirit of Freedom Mr. Eves Passover Haggadah Our Mission All Central Unitarian Church welcomes all into a home of spiritual diversity that challenges us to become our best selves, to minister to one another in love, and to serve the greater community. Song for All Ages Miriam in the Desert Rev. Horst Jacqueline Jules Children’s Chalice Lighting Early Elementary We pass this flame of religious freedom from generation to generation Song This Little Light of Mine All This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.... Everywhere I go, I’m gonna let it shine.... Building up the world, I’m gonna let it shine.... Grades pre-K to 8 children depart for Sunday school at this time Offertory Words Mr. Eves Offertory Music I (From Four Pieces for Piano) Mr. Anderson Matt Anderson Sharing Joys and Sorrows Rev. Horst The Worship Leader shares joys and sorrows submitted by members of the community Time for Reflection *Hymn #220 Bring Out the Festal Bread All Words by Mark L. Belletini. Hebrew folk song Reflection This I Choose Pam Zeldin Musical Interlude Song Without Words, Op. 67, No. 4 Mr. Anderson Felix Mendelssohn Sermon Leaving the Narrow Place Rev. Horst *Hymn #215 Praise to the Living God All Words by Daniel Ben Judah. Synagogue melody Words of Parting Choose Life Mr. Eves Deuteronomy 30:15 – 16, 19 Extinguishing the Chalice Mr. Malin and Ms. Timperman Our service of worship concludes News and Gratitudes Rev. Horst S UNDAY L EADERS , AND V OLUNTEERS Participating this week: Worship Leaders: David Horst, Arthur Eves, and Pam Zeldin • Music: Matt Anderson • Chalice Lighters, Flowers and Coffee Hour Hosts: Benjamin Malin and Elizabeth Timperman • Welcome Host Captain: Thelma Fedele • Welcome Hosts: Zoe Fechner, Jay and Sue Pearly, Vincent Rogers, and Joan Whelan • Sunday Morning Coordinator: Jim Karabin • Children’s Chapel: Robin Slaw • Sunday School Teachers and Youth Advisors: Lynda Fritsch, Carina Kuhl, Dina Cutrone, Angelo Petruzzella, Isaac Wecht, Jaclyn Wecht, Randi Petruzzella, Andrea Freund, Jen Kistner, Jacquie Flynn, Jay Pearly, Amy Panetta • Childcare Providers: Luci Passaretti and Carrie Graham Service attendance last Sunday: Adults: 141 / Children: 46 Children’s Chapel: Adults: 5 / Children: 16 L IFESPAN F AITH D EVELOPMENT P ROGRAM Lifespan Faith Development for people of all ages is one of our key ministries. Here young and old alike pursue spiritual growth through a personal search for truth and meaning – a search informed by our faith’s core principles and diverse sources of wisdom. Children may stay for the first part of the service then leave for classes. Childcare is provided for infants and toddlers. Children’s Room (infants and toddlers): 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. – Classroom 7 Children’s Chapel: 4-8 grade: 10:30 a.m. – Assembly Room Sunday School: 10:45 a.m. Youth Group: 10:45 a.m. – Lounge Playground Ministry: 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. – Classroom 12 or playground U PCOMING F AITH D EVELOPMENT E VENTS Sunday, April 20: Easter Egg Hunt! – Noon Sunday, April 27: Building Your Own Theology, facilitated by Bill Howe. Being a UU Parent: Living Our Beliefs. Clarify UU views on good and evil, sin and salvation. Facilitated by Rev. David Horst. G ENERAL I NFORMATION At the rear of the Sanctuary ● Listening devices are available so you can hear every word. ● Grocery cards for local grocery chains are available for purchase. You get the full face value of the card, and in return, CUC receives five percent on every dollar. The Center for Food Action accepts donations of these cards to support its eight food pantries. Cards are from ShopRite, A&P, Kings, Stop & Shop and Whole Foods retailers in denominations from $5 to $100. ● Lifespan Faith Development programs for all ages. Committee members will register your children and youth for the 2013-2014 church year. ● Meet members of the Social Action Committee to learn more about Central Unitarian Church service and advocacy projects, the Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry of N.J., and local and global social justice issues. At the Welcome Center Welcome all visitors! We invite you to make Central Unitarian Church your religious home. Come by to fill out a visitors form to receive our newsletter and other information. We will be there before and after service. T HIS W EEK ’ S C ALENDAR For more details visit www.cucparamus.org or find us on Facebook TODAY, APRIL 13 Endowment Trust Committee meeting: 9 a.m. – Annex Memorial Garden Committee meeting: 9 a.m. – Lounge Focus Group: Congregational Covenant Writing: Noon – Sanctuary Garden work: Noon – Outside, plase join members helping with the outside work. Spring Fling Committee meeting: Noon – Lounge Passover Seder: 6 p.m. – Assembly Room MONDAY, APRIL 14 Choir practice: 7:30 p.m. – Sanctuary Drop-In Covenant Circle: 7:30 p.m. – Lounge WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16 Social Action Committee meeting: 7:30 p.m. – Sanctuary THURSDAY, APRIL 17 Music and Worship Committee meeting: 7:30 p.m. – Sanctuary SATURDAY, APRIL 19 Being a Healing Presence, CUC and UU Metro-N.Y. District Program: 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. – Assembly Room. SUNDAY, APRIL 20 Children’s Room (infants and toddlers): 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. – Classroom 7 Easter Intergenerational Service: 10:30 a.m. – Sanctuary CUC’s Art Show: Noon – Assembly Room. CUC is inviting all artists to participate in its fourth art show. Please contact Luis Merlo at [email protected] or 201- 487-9136; or Karl Hartman at 201-967-8811 or at [email protected], so we can plan and reserve space for all participants. Playground Ministry: 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. – Classroom 12 or playground CYFD Easter Egg Hunt: 11:45 a.m. – Outside D ROP -I N C OVENANT C IRCLE Ever want to know what we are doing in Covenant Circles, but were afraid to ask? Come to the Drop-In Covenant Circle if you are fairly new to us or to the idea of Covenant Circles. This month Covenant Circle will meet on Monday, April 14, at 7:30 p.m. in the lounge at CUC. Contact Pam Zeldin or call 201-262-6300.
Transcript of Passover April 13 OLUNTEERS EADERS10:30 a.m. S L , V G...
Passover ~ April 13 ~ 10:30 a.m.
Children’s Chapel for children in grades 4 to 8 takes place in the Assembly Room at 10:30. To maintain a spirit of reverence, we ask that you hold any applause until the conclusion of the service
Opening Music Prelude Number 1 Matt Anderson George Gershwin
Ringing the Bell Our service of worship begins
Words of Gathering Sh’ma Yisra’el David Horst Deuteronomy 6:4
*Hymn #104 When Israel Was in Egypt’s Land African American spiritual
Latecomers are requested to use the Forest Avenue entrance following the hymn
Welcome! Arthur Eves and Rev. Horst
Chalice Lighting Benjamin Malin and Elizabeth Timperman The flaming chalice is the symbol of our Unitarian Universalist living tradition of faith
Chalice Lighting Words Spirit of Freedom Mr. Eves Passover Haggadah
Our Mission All Central Unitarian Church welcomes all into a home of spiritual diversity that challenges us to become our best selves, to minister to one another in love, and to serve the greater community.
Song for All Ages Miriam in the Desert Rev. Horst Jacqueline Jules
Children’s Chalice Lighting Early Elementary We pass this flame of religious freedom from generation to generation
Song This Little Light of Mine All This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.... Everywhere I go, I’m gonna let it shine.... Building up the world, I’m gonna let it shine....
Grades pre-K to 8 children depart for Sunday school at this time
Offertory Words Mr. Eves
Offertory Music I (From Four Pieces for Piano) Mr. Anderson Matt Anderson
Sharing Joys and Sorrows Rev. Horst The Worship Leader shares joys and sorrows submitted by members of the community
Time for Reflection
*Hymn #220 Bring Out the Festal Bread All Words by Mark L. Belletini. Hebrew folk song
Reflection This I Choose Pam Zeldin
Musical Interlude Song Without Words, Op. 67, No. 4 Mr. Anderson Felix Mendelssohn
Sermon Leaving the Narrow Place Rev. Horst
*Hymn #215 Praise to the Living God All Words by Daniel Ben Judah. Synagogue melody
Words of Parting Choose Life Mr. Eves Deuteronomy 30:15 – 16, 19
Extinguishing the Chalice Mr. Malin and Ms. Timperman Our service of worship concludes
News and Gratitudes Rev. Horst
SUNDAY LEADERS, AND VOLUNTEERS
Participating this week: Worship Leaders: David Horst, Arthur Eves, and Pam Zeldin • Music: Matt Anderson • Chalice Lighters, Flowers and Coffee Hour Hosts: Benjamin Malin and Elizabeth Timperman • Welcome Host Captain: Thelma Fedele • Welcome Hosts: Zoe Fechner, Jay and Sue Pearly, Vincent Rogers, and Joan Whelan • Sunday Morning Coordinator: Jim Karabin • Children’s Chapel: Robin Slaw • Sunday School Teachers and Youth Advisors: Lynda Fritsch, Carina Kuhl, Dina Cutrone, Angelo Petruzzella, Isaac Wecht, Jaclyn Wecht, Randi Petruzzella, Andrea Freund, Jen Kistner, Jacquie Flynn, Jay Pearly, Amy Panetta • Childcare Providers: Luci Passaretti and Carrie Graham
Service attendance last Sunday: Adults: 141 / Children: 46 Children’s Chapel: Adults: 5 / Children: 16
L IFESPAN FAITH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Lifespan Faith Development for people of all ages is one of our key ministries. Here young and old alike pursue spiritual growth through a personal search for truth and meaning – a search informed by our faith’s core principles and diverse sources of wisdom. Children may stay for the first part of the service then leave for classes. Childcare is provided for infants and toddlers.
Children’s Room (infants and toddlers): 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. – Classroom 7
Children’s Chapel: 4-8 grade: 10:30 a.m. – Assembly Room
Sunday School: 10:45 a.m.
Youth Group: 10:45 a.m. – Lounge
Playground Ministry: 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. – Classroom 12 or playground
UPCOMING FAITH DEVELOPMENT EVENTS
Sunday, April 20: Easter Egg Hunt! – Noon
Sunday, April 27: Building Your Own Theology, facilitated by Bill Howe. Being a UU Parent: Living Our Beliefs. Clarify UU views on good and evil, sin and salvation. Facilitated by Rev. David Horst.
GENERAL INFORMATION
At the rear of the Sanctuary
● Listening devices are available so you can hear every word. ● Grocery cards for local grocery chains are available for purchase. You get the full face value of the card, and in return, CUC receives five percent on every dollar. The Center for Food Action accepts donations of these cards to support its eight food pantries. Cards are from ShopRite, A&P, Kings, Stop & Shop and Whole Foods retailers in denominations from $5 to $100. ● Lifespan Faith Development programs for all ages. Committee members will register your children and youth for the 2013-2014 church year. ● Meet members of the Social Action Committee to learn more about Central Unitarian Church service and advocacy projects, the Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry of N.J., and local and global social justice issues.
At the Welcome Center
Welcome all visitors! We invite you to make Central Unitarian Church your religious
home. Come by to fill out a visitors form to receive our newsletter and other information. We will be there before and after service.
THIS WEEK’S CALENDAR
For more details visit www.cucparamus.org or find us on Facebook
TODAY, APRIL 13
Endowment Trust Committee meeting: 9 a.m. – Annex
Memorial Garden Committee meeting: 9 a.m. – Lounge
Focus Group: Congregational Covenant Writing: Noon – Sanctuary
Garden work: Noon – Outside, plase join members helping with the outside work.
Spring Fling Committee meeting: Noon – Lounge
Passover Seder: 6 p.m. – Assembly Room
MONDAY, APRIL 14
Choir practice: 7:30 p.m. – Sanctuary
Drop-In Covenant Circle: 7:30 p.m. – Lounge
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16
Social Action Committee meeting: 7:30 p.m. – Sanctuary
THURSDAY, APRIL 17
Music and Worship Committee meeting: 7:30 p.m. – Sanctuary
SATURDAY, APRIL 19
Being a Healing Presence, CUC and UU Metro-N.Y. District Program: 9:30 a.m.
to 5 p.m. – Assembly Room.
SUNDAY, APRIL 20
Children’s Room (infants and toddlers): 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. – Classroom 7
Easter Intergenerational Service: 10:30 a.m. – Sanctuary
CUC’s Art Show: Noon – Assembly Room. CUC is inviting all artists to participate in its fourth art show. Please contact Luis Merlo at [email protected] or 201-487-9136; or Karl Hartman at 201-967-8811 or at [email protected], so we can plan and reserve space for all participants.
Playground Ministry: 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. – Classroom 12 or playground
CYFD Easter Egg Hunt: 11:45 a.m. – Outside
DROP-IN COVENANT CIRCLE
Ever want to know what we are doing in Covenant Circles, but were afraid to ask? Come to the Drop-In Covenant Circle if you are fairly new to us or to the idea of Covenant Circles. This month Covenant Circle will meet on Monday, April 14, at 7:30 p.m. in the lounge at CUC. Contact Pam Zeldin or call 201-262-6300.
2014 SPRING FLING
Join Your Friends and Make New Ones!
Auctions, Raffles, Music, Good Food for the Whole Family
Free childcare and a special ‘Paramus’ Derby for children while their parents enjoy the auctions
We’re Very Close. Important dates to remember
Make Your Donations; Buy Your Tickets; Sign-up for Childcare
April 20: Last day for donations to be published in the auction book Late April: Auction book, absentee bid forms available
May 3, 6 p.m: 25th Spring Fling Festival of Memories Old and New!
Let’s All Make the 25th
Spring Fling the Best One Ever!
For further information contact Co-Chairs, Randi Petruzzella or Marilyn Masur, or call the office at 201-262-6300, send an e-
mail at [email protected] OR any member of the Spring Fling Committee
► Spring Fling this year celebrates 25
th year, and the committee wants your picture of
any Spring Fling event or celebration taken over the years here at CUC. All pictures will be returned back to you. You can give the pictures in frames if you prefer, or if you just give the pictures, Jenn and Dave will scan them for displaying the night of Spring Fling. Please remember to put your name on the back of your pictures so we can return them to their rightful owner. You can give the pictures to any Spring Fling Committee member.
THINKING OF MEMBERSHIP AT CUC?
Considering membership with CUC? Now’s the time! If you’ve been considering membership with Central Unitarian Church, now’s the time to join! A new member breakfast is planned for May 4 followed by a welcome ceremony during the Sunday morning music and worship program. Please see Rev. Horst or Membership Committee members Lisa Horton or Cecelia Bistrim.
CUC’S ANNUAL MEETING
Plan to attend the Annual Meeting, May 4: All voting members of Central Unitarian Church are urged to attend the Annual Meeting of the Congregation on Sunday, May 4, at noon in the Sanctuary following the morning worship service and Sunday school. Your opinion and vote is needed to approve the 2014-15 budget and elect new members of the Board of Trustees, officers, and committees. Childcare provided.
RUMMAGE SALE 2014
Now is the time. Tired of those winter clothes? Spring clothes not looking as good as they did in the Fall?
Start a box or bag of items for Rummage Sale week October 12. Moving? Redecorating? Rummage can post the larger items on the Furniture x-change to sell within our community. Store your smaller items in a corner and mark them "For Rummage" and will remind you when to bring them to CUC. . Questions? Contact Mark Devlin, Ronda Fultz or Susan Smilon.
OR ask Shailja at [email protected]
THANK YOU’S
► Thank you to Kim and Kaitlyn Hunter, and the Girls Scout Troop for helping with the homeless shelter in Glen Rock. And thanks to Betty Buffington and Helen Brender who volunteered to sleep over. ► Last week we sold $165 in ShopRite gift/grocery cards for our monthly Center for Food Action food drive. Thanks to all who contributed!
WELCOME TO CENTRAL UNITARIAN CHURCH
In 1897, a small group of folks founded the Hackensack Unitarian Congregational Church. By 1956, the congregation had outgrown its walls and moved to Paramus, changing the name to Central Unitarian Church (CUC). Our members come from all over Bergen and neighboring counties. CUC is a member of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA); the UUA's Central East Regional Group (CERG) that includes congregations in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania; UU Legislative Ministry of N.J.; and the UU District of Metro New York.
CONTACT CUC
Central Unitarian Church OFFICE: 201-262-6300 156 Forest Avenue, Paramus, NJ 07652 FAX: 201-262-6369 E-MAIL: [email protected] WEBSITE: www.cucparamus.org Facebook: Central Unitarian Church Twitter: @CUnitarian
For pastoral needs: Call 201-262-6300, ext. 202 / E-mail: [email protected]
For emergencies call 201-262-9595
STAFF AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Minister: Rev. David M. Horst – [email protected] Director of Music: Matt Anderson – [email protected] Director of Lifespan Faith Development: Robin Slaw – [email protected] Choir Conductor: Robert René Galván – [email protected] Youth Program Coordinator: Amy Panetta – [email protected] Service Coordinator: Jim Karabin – [email protected] Office Manager: Shailja Rastogi – [email protected] Board of Trustees – [email protected] President: Jeff Feinstein Vice President: Merielle Lupfer Secretary: Maria Nieves Controllers: David Kraft and Anna Levy Treasurers: Janice Pevide and Ruth Viera Trustees: Zoe Fechner, Dawn Focaraccio, Amory Hartman, Jennifer Kelemen, Kim Komonchak, Herb Ouida, Phil Sosinsky, and Jill Wecht
V ISION STATEMENT
Adopted by the congregation on June 10, 2012
We dream of a future in which ... CUC’s commitment to Unitarian Universalism as a union of reason and faith is a beacon to all who seek nourishment of the heart, mind and spirit in a life-changing religious home. We dream of a future in which ... CUC is a loving community built on bonds of trust that offers powerful, tangible ways for every person who walks through our doors to work for a better world. We dream of a future in which ... CUC offers multiple pathways to generous service
in which all members and friends find personal meaning and share their abundant talents and ideas. We dream of a future in which ... CUC celebrates the whole human experience, gathering many cultures and voices through our richly diverse programming. We dream of a future in which ... CUC works passionately for justice and empowers each person to change lives within and beyond our walls every day. We dream of a future in which ... Our past is honored and our resources enable this vision to flourish.
“Leaving the Narrow Place”
April 13, 2014
Central Unitarian Church
a welcoming congregation
