<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><p class="Heading" align="center" style="margin: 0in; break-after: avoid; font-size: 18pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; border: medium; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a name="OLE_LINK1"></a><a name="OLE_LINK2"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Palisades<o:p></o:p></span></i></a></p><p class="Body" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; border: medium;"><b> </b></p><p class="Heading" align="center" style="margin: 0in; break-after: avoid; font-size: 18pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; border: medium; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">“<i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">A Fall Meditation – Let There be Peace”<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="Body" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; border: medium;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></i></b></p><p class="Body" align="center" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; border: medium; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Sunday, October 29, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="Body" align="center" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; border: medium; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></i></b></p><p class="Body" align="center" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; border: medium; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Jonathan King<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="Body" align="center" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; border: medium; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></i></b></p><p class="Body" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; border: medium;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Prelude - Sunrise: Calming Piano Music by Peder B. Helland | Soothing Sessions </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; border: medium;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="Body" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; border: medium;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Welcome and Land Acknowledgement - Jonathan King<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; border: medium;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="Body" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; border: medium;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Call to Mindfulness - Jonathan King<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; border: medium;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="Body" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; border: medium;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Chalice Lighting - written by Sara Eileen LaWall – Sydelle Postman<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; border: medium;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="Body" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; border: medium;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Hymn - <i>“Find a Stillness”</i> #352</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; border: medium;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Reading – “<i>When Life is Messy” 100 Meditations – a selection from UU meditation Manuals</i>.- Cassandra Jennings-Hall<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; border: medium;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="Body" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; border: medium;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Introduction - Jonathan King<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; border: medium;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="Body" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; border: medium;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Meditation - Jonathan King<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; border: medium;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="Body" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; border: medium;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Offering Plate </span><a href="https://uucpalisades.org/product/make-a-donation-to-uucp/#.YSVM0Y5KhPZ" style="color: fuchsia;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 112, 192);">https://uucpalisades.org/product/make-a-donation-to-uucp/ - .YSVM0Y5KhPZ</span></a><span style="font-size: 14pt; 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font-family: Roboto; color: white;"> Jackson M</span><i><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="Body" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; border: medium;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="Body" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; border: medium;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Extinguishing the Chalice – Jonathan King<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; border: medium;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="Body" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; border: medium;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="Body" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; border: medium;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="Body" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; border: medium;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="Body" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; border: medium;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Lyrics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; border: medium;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><h3 style="margin: 12pt 0in 3pt; line-height: normal; break-after: avoid; padding: 0in; font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.25pt; border: medium; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0pt;">#352 Find a Stillness</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></h3><p class="Body" style="margin: 12pt 0in 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; border: medium;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">1 Find a stillness, hold a stillness, let the stillness carry me. Find the silence, hold the silence, let the silence carry me. In the spirit, by the spirit, with the spirit giving power, I will find true harmony.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="margin: 12pt 0in 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; border: medium;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">2 Seek the essence, hold the essence, let the essence carry me. Let me flower, help me flower, watch me flower, carry me. In the spirit, by the spirit, with the spirit giving power, I will find true harmony.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Body" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; border: medium;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 2pt; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; border: medium; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;">WHEN LIFE IS MESSY<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; border: medium; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;">It is easy to pray when the sun shines And we are grateful for another glorious day of being.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; border: medium; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;">It is hard to pray when wind and rain and thunder Plague our every step and spoil our every plan.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; border: medium; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;">It is easy to be virtuous when life goes well And our existence is a journey from bliss to beauty and back.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; border: medium; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;">It is hard to be virtuous when life assaults us And our very being is a pilgrimage from bad to worse to worst.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; border: medium; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;">It is easy to be cheerful when health bursts in us So that we can feel the very pulse of life.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; border: medium; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;">It is hard to be happy when pain and fatigue beset us And we wonder if we can go on.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; border: medium; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;">It is easy to do good when our goodness is rewarded And we feel the power of pride in accomplishment.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; border: medium; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;">It is hard to do good when we suffer for our efforts and are troubled because we have been misunderstood.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; border: medium; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;">It is easy to feel religious impulses well up inside when inspiration lives at our elbow and walks on our path.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; border: medium; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;">It is hard to feel religious when we are tired with work to be done<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; border: medium; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;">And discouragement seems to mark our every move.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; border: medium; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;">O God of order and neatness, we give thanks for all that is good.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; border: medium; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;">We are grateful for manifold blessings bestowed upon us.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; border: medium; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;">O God of chaos and disorder, be with us also when life is messy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; border: medium; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;">Bless our coming in and our going out from this day forth.Richard S. Gilbert - <i>In The Holy Quite of this Hour </i>1995</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: AppleSystemUIFont;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div>
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