{"id":136906,"date":"2022-12-19T17:19:35","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T23:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/?p=136906"},"modified":"2022-12-19T17:19:35","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T23:19:35","slug":"2022-christmas-pageant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/2022-christmas-pageant\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 Christmas Pageant"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5409\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-136906-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2022-12-18_Christmas_Pageant.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2022-12-18_Christmas_Pageant.mp3\">http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2022-12-18_Christmas_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\/2022-12-18_Christmas_Pageant.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/?powerpress_pinw=136906-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2022-12-18_Christmas_Pageant.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"2022-12-18_Christmas_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. Chris Jimmerson<br \/>December 18, 2022<br \/>First UU Church of Austin<br \/>4700 Grover Ave., Austin, TX 78756<br \/>www.austinuu.org<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">We join together for the awe and wonder of our Annual Christmas Pageant as we hear and perform the famous story and sing beautiful carols.<\/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\">WINTER SOLSTICE <br \/>By Rebecca Parker<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Perhaps <br \/>for a moment <br \/>the typewriters will stop clicking, <br \/>the wheels stop rolling <br \/>the computers desist from computing, <br \/>and a hush will fall over the city. <br \/>For an instant, in the stillness, <br \/>the chiming of the celestial spheres will be heard <br \/>as earth hangs poised <br \/>in the crystalline darkness, and then <br \/>gracefully <br \/>tilts. <br \/>Let there be a season <br \/>when holiness is heard, and <br \/>the splendor of living is revealed. <br \/>Stunned to stillness by beauty <br \/>we remember who we are and why we are here. <br \/>There are inexplicable mysteries. <br \/>We are not alone. <br \/>In the universe there moves a Wild One <br \/>whose gestures alter earth&#8217;s axis <br \/>toward love. <br \/>In the immense darkness <br \/>everything spins with joy. <br \/>The cosmos enfolds us. <br \/>We are caught in a web of stars, <br \/>cradled in a swaying embrace,<br \/>rocked by the holy night, <br \/>babes of the universe. <br \/>Let this be the time <br \/>we wake to life,<br \/>like spring wakes, in the moment <br \/>of winter solstice.<\/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<\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Meditation Reading<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\">WORDS OF WISDOM<br \/>by Dr Howard Thurman<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">There must be always remaining in the individual life some place for the singing of angels &#8212; some place for that which in itself is breathlessly beautiful and by an inherent prerogative, throwing all the rest of life into a new and creative relatedness &#8212; something that gathers up in itself all the freshets of experience from drab and commonplace areas of living and glows in one bright light of penetrating beauty and meaning &#8212; then passes. The commonplace is shot through with new glory &#8212; old burdens become lighter, deep and ancient wounds lose much of their old, old hurting. A crown is placed over our heads that for the rest of our lives we are trying to grow tall enough to wear. Despite all the crassness of life, despite all the hardness of life, despite all the harsh discords of life, life is saved by the singing of angels.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>Sermon<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Text of this sermon is not yet available.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"4\" width=\"300\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/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\">Most sermons during the past 22 years are available online through this website. 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Chris JimmersonDecember 18, 2022First UU Church of Austin4700 Grover Ave., Austin, TX 78756www.austinuu.org We join together for the awe and wonder of our Annual Christmas Pageant as we hear and perform the famous story and sing beautiful carols. \u00a0 \u00a0 Chalice Lighting This is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[19,27,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio-available","category-chris-jimmerson","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136906"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136907,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136906\/revisions\/136907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}