Should a Church Be Ambitious? (January 8, 2023) @FirstUUSLC
Should a Church Be Ambitious? (January 8, 2023)  @FirstUUSLC
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January 8, 2023 service for the First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City. Sermon by the Reverend Ian White Maher.
Upcoming events focused on the Great Salt Lake are posted on our website at: slcuu.org/programs/committees-and-groups/item/1734-environmental-ministry

ORDER OF SERVICE
00:00 🎡 Introduction: "We Will Go Out In The World" - music by David Owens
00:59 🎡 Prelude: " '23" by David Owens, piano
04:27 Welcome & Announcements - Rev. Monica Dobbins
07:30 Chalice Lighting - Rev. Monica Dobbins
08:30 🎡 Hymn # 1059: "May Your Life Be As a Song" by Jim Scott (American, b. 1945) - David Owens, piano
13:26 Lay Minister - Beck Miller
18:53 Meditation - Rev. Monica Dobbins
23:00 🎡 Meditation Response: "Wings to Altair" (excerpt) by David Lanz (American, b. 1950) - David Owens, piano
25:43 Offertory - Rev. Ian White Maher
30:20 🎡 Doxology: "From All that Dwell Below the Skies"
31:15 Sermon: "Should a Church Be Ambitious?" - Rev. Ian White Maher
56:19 🎡 Hymn # 1057: "Go Lifted Up" by Mortimer Barron (American, b. 1939) - David Owens, piano
58:05 Benediction - Rev. Ian White Maher
1:00:07 🎡 Postlude: "Skybird" from Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Neil Diamond (American, b. 1941) - David Owens, piano
1:03:00 Acknowledgments - Rev. Ian White Maher
1:03:26 End Credits

Rev. Ian White Maher, Interim Minister
Rev. Monica Dobbins, Assistant Minister
Amanda Esko, Director of Religious Education
David Owens, Director of Music
Stefanie Park, Administrator
Tristan Moore, Audiovisual Director

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