Curiosity is an a driving force in human existence. Are there places that curiosity shouldn’t lead us? Today’s service will be offered two times. The first service is at 9:00am Sunday, August 8, 2021 and will be held outside on our church grounds. This will be a shortened service. We ask that all attending be … Continue reading Holy Curiosity
We are a compassionate, caring people. We help one another when help is needed. But how easy do we find it to ask for help when we are in need? We will bid a fond goodbye to Cassandra Vohs-Demann, Music Director, and Billy Seger, Accompanist, as they move ahead in their careers. Speaker: Rev. Jenn … Continue reading The Gift of Receiving
Do we see the people and things that interrupt our carefully ordered days as unwelcome irritations? Or can we see them as sacred disruptions? We are invited to look around us with new eyes, recognizing the holy in our midst. Our welcome back to our pulpit as a guest speaker this Sunday Rev. Mary Dicken. … Continue reading Sacred Disruptions
Liz James, member of the Saskatoon Unitarians, on theCanadian prairie and founder of the UU Hysterical Society, shares what shelearned on a recent trip to Kenya. With humility and humor, James recounts herexperience as part of a well building project to benefit a Masai village, andhow her “Muzungu (white people) eyes” are opened by the … Continue reading My Muzungu Eyes Are Improving
What is the good news of Unitarian Universalism? What should we do with it? Speaker: Rev. Jenn Gracen Worship Leader: Ron Relic Chalice Lighter: Beth Hoover Readers: Elizabeth Young & Irene Raven Special Music: Sheryl Bass Hymn: Billy Seger #318 We Would Be One We will took a special offering for Land Conservancy of McHenry … Continue reading That’s Good News!
What does it mean to offer sanctuary? And what might we give up to be a place of sanctuary? Speaker: Rev. Jenn Gracen Worship Leader: Carol Alfus Special Music: Cassandra Vohs-Demann Hymn: Bill Seger Chalice Lighter: Patrick Murfin Reader: Irene Raven Did you miss this service? You can watch it here.
Our Sunday morning service was the service conducted for General Assembly 2021. Recognizing the importance of shared ministry and the many innovative approaches to worship created by congregations during the pandemic, UUA President, Rev. Dr. Susan Frederick Gray, selected the First Universalist Church of Minneapolis to serve as worship leaders for this year’s GA Sunday Morning Service. … Continue reading General Assembly Sunday Morning Service
Australian Indigenous activist, Lilla Watson, says, “If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time, but if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.” Join our guest preacher, the Rev. Laura Randall of UUSC (Unitarian Universalist Service Committee), as we explore the … Continue reading Love, Community, and Getting Free
Play is an important practice in many faiths. Play is also a part of pride. What role does play offer for our spiritual practices? Speaker: Rev. Jenn Gracen Worship Leader: Carol Alfus Chalice Lighter: Lorna Wolff Reader: Ivy Sitokski Music: Billy Seger Our Second Sunday offering will be given to Youth and Family Services Center … Continue reading Playful Faith, Joyful Pride
As everything continues to shift around us and the country starts to emerge from the heaviest shadows of COVID how can we approach these changes? Speaker: Rev. Jenn Gracen Worship Leader: Ron Relic Chalice Lighter: Paul Krieg Special Music: Cassandra Vohs-Demann Hymn: Billy Seger After the service we will had our Annual Congregational Meeting. Did … Continue reading With a Playful Spirit
