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

This is the sermon presented,  by Rev. Manish Mishra-Marzetti, at General Assembly 2023 at the Sunday service.  The pandemic has wrought change and created uncertainty for institutions, like our Unitarian Universalist congregations, and our wider world. Who and what are we becoming, individually and collectively? Our GA Sunday service explores these themes as we gather in … Continue reading Ever Willing: Becoming the People Our World Needs

2022-23 Worship Theme is “Displacement and Human Rights” UU congregations devote one Sunday to discuss the work of the UUA Office at the United Nations, the work of the United Nations itself, and how we as Unitarian Universalists both support the UN and hold it accountable to its ideals.  United Nations Day is October 24, the date … Continue reading United Nations Day

Sermon by Rev. Amanda Weatherspoon,  Associate Minister River Road Unitarian Universalist Church, Bethesda MD Although Labor Day is a time to honor and celebrate the paid labor it takes to keep our communities going, we know there are many forms of unpaid labor in our midst. How can we honor the many ways each of … Continue reading A Labor of Love

Join us this Sunday as we listen to Rev Scott Alexander explain the roots of our Universalism faith and how it relates to the Religious Right. Tamara Murray will lead the service.  Greeters are Jude Selva and Leslie Roussel.

Sermon by Rev Erika Hewitt, read by Tamara Murray. What do you get when you cross a UU with a Jehovah’s Witness? Did you hear the one about the UU monastery? How about the one about the UU at the gates of heaven? We will spend some time laughing at ourselves — but we’ll also listen … Continue reading “The Joke’s on (U)Us” 

Video sermon by Rev. Nancy McDonald Ladd, Senior Minister, River Road Unitarian Universalist Church, Bethesda, MD Sometimes we look for acts of invincible courage. The heroic times when someone in a great big cape with heaps of righteousness swoops in to change history. And yet, much of the time, history turns on the less invincible moments, … Continue reading Vincible Grace

Video sermon, GA 2022, Rev. Gretchen Haley This is the sermon from General Assembly, 6/26/22.  The last few years have not been easy, including in our local congregations. Whole swaths of members have simply stopped coming; COVID is confusing, and polarizing; many ministers have joined the great resignation; and Pew studies and friends alike have … Continue reading The Deal On Those Days

Happy Father’s Day!  We will explore fatherhood from the tales from folks at the Olympia UU Church in Olympia, Washington.   We will also celebrate and honor the national holiday of “Juneteenth”.  See you Sunday! Tamara Murray will lead the service both in person and on Zoom. Greeters: Carolyn Burns and Leslie Roussel

Introduction: Giving Meaning vs. Finding Meaning: Sermon by Rev. Norm Horofker  The inspiration for  this sermon is the Fourth Principle of Unitarian Universalism. “We the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association, covenant to affirm and promote a free and responsible search for Truth and Meaning.” As Rev. Norm Horofker was preparing this sermon, he … Continue reading Giving Meaning vs. Finding Meaning