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Giving Sunday

Join us for Giving Sunday! This Sunday we will kick off our annual Stewardship Pledge drive with a small group-centered service where, together, we will discuss our hopes, dreams, and 2024 goals for our church. Afterward, we’ll celebrate Fall and enjoy fellowship with one another with an Oktoberfest-themed potluck! Bring your favorite fall dish and/or … Continue reading Giving Sunday

Doubts and Loves: Israel/Palestine Perspectives and Peace

Sermon by The Rev. Dr. J. Carl Gregg, originally presented 8 August 2021 at the The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Frederick, MD (UUCF) Bio: The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg (he/him) has been the minister of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Frederick, Maryland since 2012. He holds a Doctor of Ministry and a Diploma in the … Continue reading Doubts and Loves: Israel/Palestine Perspectives and Peace

The Otherwise World

Rev. Nancy McDonald Ladd, River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation Video sermon delivered  9/17/2023 How do we deal with the fact that the world could be (should be?) other than it is? Better? With the world and the “otherwise world” we might wish for? This sermon explores some strategies for dealing with this distance, and some … Continue reading The Otherwise World

After the Liberation, the Dishes

Placing ourselves in art, diving into ways mindfulness and meditation can bring more liberation into our lives …. and even then, we still have to do the mundane chores … and the sacred work continues.

Ritual and Remembrance

Ritual and Remembrance Sermon by Rev. Chris Jimmerson,originally delivered September 11, 2016 at First UU Church of Austin Fifteen years (now 22 years) after the attack of September 11, what are the ways we remember those whom we lost? How does ritual help us make sense of the events of our lives? Tamara Murray will … Continue reading Ritual and Remembrance

A Labor Day of Faith

Sermon by Pastor Rachel Gardner Purdy, Presented to the Abraham Lincoln Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Springfield, IL on September 4, 2022. “It takes so much to get through life these days, especially since the onset of the pandemic. How do we survive the stress of work? How do we make it through our days when … Continue reading A Labor Day of Faith

Standing at the Threshold

“Change is situational. Transition, on the other hand, is psychological. It is not those events, but rather the inner reorientation or self-redefinition that you have to go through in order to incorporate any of those changes into your life. Without a transition, a change is just a rearrangement of the furniture. Unless transition happens, the … Continue reading Standing at the Threshold