{"id":135612,"date":"2021-12-19T19:57:35","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T01:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/?p=135612"},"modified":"2021-12-19T19:57:37","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T01:57:37","slug":"2021-christmas-pageant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/2021-christmas-pageant\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 Christmas Pageant"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_958\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-135612-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2021-12-19_xmas_pageant.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2021-12-19_xmas_pageant.mp3\">http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2021-12-19_xmas_pageant.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2021-12-19_xmas_pageant.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/?powerpress_pinw=135612-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2021-12-19_xmas_pageant.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"2021-12-19_xmas_pageant.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Listen to the sermon by clicking the play button above.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Rev. Meg Barnhouse<br \/>December 19, 2021<br \/>First UU Church of Austin<br \/>4700 Grover Ave., Austin, TX 78756<br \/>www.austinuu.org<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">We celebrate our annual Christmas Pageant<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"4\" width=\"300\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>Chalice Lighting<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\">This is the flame we hold in our hearts as we strive for justice for everyone. This is the light we shine upon systems of oppression until they are no more. This is the warmth that we share with one another as our struggle becomes our salvation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>Call to Worship<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\"><i>The Persian poet Rumi wrote,<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">God&#8217;s joy moves from unmarked box to unmarked box<br \/>From cell to cell. As rainwater, down into flowerbed.<br \/>As roses, up from ground.<br \/>Now it looks like a plate of rice and fish,<br \/>Now a cliff covered with vines,<br \/>Now a horse being saddled.<br \/>[God&#8217;s joy] hides within these,<br \/>Till one day it cracks them open.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>Affirming Our Mission<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\">Together we nourish souls, transform lives, and do justice to build the Beloved Community.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Learn more about Beloved Community at this link. &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thekingcenter.org\/#the-beloved-community\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The King Center<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>Reading<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\">&#8220;EACH NIGHT A CHILD IS BORN&#8221;<br \/><i>by Sophia Lyon Fahs<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">For so the children come<br \/>and so they have been coming.<br \/>Always in the same way they came-<br \/>Born of the seed of man and woman.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">No angels herald their beginnings.<br \/>No prophets predict their future courses.<br \/>no wise man see a star to show where to find<br \/>The babe that will save humankind.<br \/>Yet each night a child is born is a holy night.<br \/>Fathers and mothers<br \/>Sitting beside their children&#8217;s cribs-<br \/>Feel glory in the sight of a new beginning.<br \/>They ask &#8220;Where and how will this new life end?<br \/>Or will it ever end?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Each night a child is born is a holy night<br \/>A time for singing-<br \/>A time for wondering<br \/>A time for worshipping.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Meditation Reading<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\">&#8220;IN THIS NIGHT&#8221;<br \/><i>by Dorothee Solle<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">In this night the stars left their habitual places<br \/>And kindled wildfire tidings<br \/>that spread faster than sound.<br \/>In this night the shepherds left their posts<br \/>To shout the new slogans<br \/>into each other&#8217;s clogged ears.<br \/>In this night the foxes left their warm burrows<br \/>and the lion spoke with deliberation,<br \/>&#8220;This is the end revolution&#8221;<br \/>In this night roses fooled the earth<br \/>And began to bloom in snow.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"4\" width=\"300\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Most sermons during the past 21 years are available online through this website. Click on the index link below to find tables of all sermons for each year listed by date (newest to oldest) with topic and speaker. Click on a topic to go to that sermon.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/category\/sermons\/indexes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>SERMON INDEX<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Podcasts of this and other sermons are also available for free on iTunes. You can find them by clicking on the podcast link below or copying and pasting this link. https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/first-unitarian-universalist\/id372427776<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/first-unitarian-universalist\/id372427776\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>PODCASTS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to the sermon by clicking the play button above. Rev. Meg BarnhouseDecember 19, 2021First UU Church of Austin4700 Grover Ave., Austin, TX 78756www.austinuu.org We celebrate our annual Christmas Pageant \u00a0 \u00a0 Chalice Lighting This is the flame we hold in our hearts as we strive for justice for everyone. 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