Sunday Service: I Owe God a Death

Rev. Dr. Tom Owen-Towle, preaching Amy Brunell, Worship Associate Our American culture remains death-defying and our UU movement failed, a decade ago, to embrace mortality during our re-envisioning process of […]

Sunday Service: Feet on the Ground

• Rev. Dr. Kikanza Nuri-Robins,preaching
• Robbert Schalekamp, Worship Associate
How do you put your UU values into practice? How can you use what you believe to make decisions about what you should and should not do?

Sunday Worship: Truth Tellers and Pot Stirrers

Rev. Dr. Kikanza Nuri-Robins, preaching Jo An Peters, Worship Associate When you think you have to choose between telling the truth and being kind, what do you do? Is lying […]

Sunday Service: Our Democracy and Bylaws

Rev. Jeremiah Kalendae, preaching Charles Haskell, Worship Associate Our congregation is a democratic institution, and how we practice democracy as a beloved community is defined by our bylaws, covenants, and […]

Sunday Service: Ingathering and Water Communion

Rev. Jeremiah Kalendae, preaching. Cassie Winters, Worship Associate. Join us for our annual homecoming service when we commune with water and offer libations with our hopes and dreams for the new church year.

Sunday Worship: A Humble Heart

• Rev. Jeremiah Kalendae, preaching
• Chela Metzger, Worship Associate
"Humility, like the darkness, reveals the heavenly lights." Join us as we explore how we might live with a greater awareness and deeper gratitude for the gifts of life.

Sunday Worship: An Invitation to Universal Love

• Rev. Jeremiah Kalendae, preaching
• Karen Hsu Patterson, Worship Associate
What might it mean to live with universal love? Our religious ancestors declared "God is Love!" but what might the embodiment of that mean for our lives?

Sunday Worship: Camp Songs

• Rev. Dr. Kikanza Nuri Robins, preaching
• Chela Metzger, Worship Associate
While some of our members are away at Camp, we will reminisce about the best and worst of camp life. Did you go to camp? What are some of your indelible memories?

Sunday Worship: Sounding the Shofar

The Yamim Noraʾim — the Days of Awe — arrive proclaiming the Jewish New Year and inviting all to take inventory of their lives. What forgiveness might you offer to another this year? What forgiveness do you seek? Join us as we reflect upon these important religious holidays and their transformative wisdom. • Rev. Jeremiah Kalendae, preaching • JoAn Peters, Worship Associate.

Sunday Worship: St. Francis Day & Blessing of the Animals and Loved Items

Joining with congregations around the globe, we celebrate the sacred circle of life and our non-human animal companions in this special multigenerational service. You are invited to bring your animal companion or a picture of them, or a loved non-animal comfort item with you to be blessed in this service. We will also remember those who have crossed the rainbow bridge as we begin our honoring of the season of the ancestors. Young people are invited to remain in the sanctuary for the entire service. • Rev. Jeremiah Lal Shahbaz Kalendae, preaching • Cassie Winters, Worship Associate.

Sunday Worship: Explorations of the Heart

When Western Civilizations tell their stories, they speak of their explorations and discoveries. Often implying or grandly stating that nothing and no one of import existed until they arrived. How often do we speak of discovering information or interesting places, sharing the news as if we were the first to have the experience? Explorations take courage whether one is traveling across an ocean, into space or deep within one's own heart. • Rev. Dr. Kikanza Nuri-Robins, preaching • JoAn Peters, Worship Associate.

Sunday Worship: Why Pray?

Prayer is a spiritual practice at the heart of every religious tradition around the globe, including those that do not believe in a deity or the supernatural. Join us as we explore the many forms this exercise takes and the power of prayer to transform lives this Sunday. • Rev. Jeremiah Lal Shahbaz Kalendae, preaching • Chela Metzger, Worship Associate.