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June’s Ministry Theme: The Gifts of Renewal

11 a.m. Sunday, June 30, 2024

“In Their Lives: Reflections on the Beatles”

Music Director Scott DeVeaux and Angela Orebaugh

It was twenty years ago today…no, more like sixty years ago!…that the Beatles came to America. Among those carried away by their unique sounds was Scott DeVeaux, our Director of Music, This Sunday, he will offer his own commentary on the Beatles’ creative efforts, focusing not only on their music but also on the ethical and spiritual values they managed to smuggle into rock ‘n’ roll.”

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Children up to age 5 will be cared for in the nursery during the service

Children 6 and up can attend Sunday Summer Fun Co-Op .
See the information about the co-op below

Sharing Joys and Sorrows
If you would like to have a joy or sorrow shared aloud during the worship service, please complete this form by 9AM Sunday morning.

Religious Education for Children & Youth
Sunday, June 23, 2024

HAPPENING NOW:

They Deserve a Treat
Our senior high youth (YRUU) group members will be heading off to their week-long Appalachia Service Project (ASP) adventure on Sunday June 30th at 8am.During this mission trip to Central Appalachia, the youth will make homes warmer, safer, and drier for Appalachian families by providing critical repairs to raise homes out of substandard condition and establish meaningful, long-lasting relationships with homeowners and fellow volunteers.Want to show them some love? You can do so by sending them off with yummy snacks. Snacks need to be at the church before June 30th. Click Here to Sign Up

Sunday Summer Fun Co-op

Please be sure to register your child/children for the Summer Fun program. Your children will have lots of fun and be enriched. You can also join in the fun by volunteering for two Sundays during the summer.

Please register your children for summer fun here

Children aged 0 – 5 years may engage in free play and arts and crafts in the nursery each Sunday

Elementary aged children Kindergarten through 7th grade are invited to join our weekly activity each Sunday.

Check in for all children is in the lower hall of the main building.

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November 8. Chapel and Faith Development: “Don’t Run Away”

Posted on November 4, 2020 | Pastor: Rev. Leia Durland-Jones

10 AM SERVICE: Don’t Run Away from the Hard Work of Healing! with Rev. Leia Durland-Jones and Caroline Heins Chapel includes a chalice lighting, hymns and the sharing of joys and sorrows. Our faith reminds us that healing takes work. After a fight with someone, it’s easy to never want to see that person again. […]

November 8. Community Worship: Healing a Nation – “America Waiting in Line”

Posted on November 4, 2020 | Pastor: Rev. Linda Peebles

11 AM Service. We waited in lines, we worried about mailed-in ballots being counted. We have been filled with such anxiety and pain in our nation, it is hard to wait and to worry to find out what is in our future. Rev. Linda will preach, and whether or not we know the winners five […]

November 1. Community Worship: “Honoring the Ancestors” – 11 AM

Posted on October 26, 2020

Our service at 11am on November 1 will be “Honoring the Ancestors”. Our whole community, young and old, will gather for that one Touchstone service that day. To create a virtual “Altar” of our ancestors for the Zoom worship, we would like to have a slide show of photos of your ancestors or of favorite […]

October 25. Chapel and Faith Development for All Ages: Listening to our Elders – 10 AM

Posted on October 23, 2020

Listening to our Elders with Caroline Landis & Caroline Heins, co-leading Chapel includes a chalice lighting, hymns and the sharing of joys and sorrows. Our faith reminds us that deep listening to people is important, so much so that we’ve put it in the second of our UU sources: “Words and deeds of prophetic people […]

October 25. Community Worship: “Listening to the Future” – 11 AM

Posted on October 21, 2020 | Pastor: Rev. Linda Peebles

Order of Service Below. The October theme is Deep Listening. On this Sunday when we formally welcome 20 new members to our congregation, Rev. Linda will reflect on the importance of keeping our hearts and ears open to the new visions and imagination which call us forward. We are the dreams of our ancestors. What […]

Sunday October 18, 2020: “Into a Time Such as This”

Posted on October 19, 2020 | Pastor: Guest Speaker

We are pleased that the Rev. Dr. Randolph Becker – friend and colleague of Leia and Linda – will be preaching, considering that “as much as our present situation feels unique to us – full of political, physical, and spiritual peril – we gain perspective, maybe understanding, perhaps even meaning by remembering other times such […]

October 18. Chapel and Faith Development for All Ages: “Deep Listening” – 10 AM

Posted on October 18, 2020 | Pastor: Rev. Leia Durland-Jones

The theme for October is “Deep Listening” Chapel and Faith Development for All Ages Sunday October 18 10:00AM (children, youth & adults) Chapel includes a chalice lighting, hymns and the sharing of joys and sorrows. This week’s Faith Development for all: Our faith asks us to practice compassion. It’s part of our Second UU Principle, “Justice, […]

Sunday October 11, 2020: “Listening to Creation”

Posted on October 11, 2020 | Pastor: Rev. Alex McGee

Tao of Inner Listening. Just as the symbol of yin and yang balances two energies, so, too we need to balance inner listening with outer listening. When we tend to our inner voice, we find more wholeness. Come join Rev. Alex McGee as she reflects on tools and stories for this dance.

Sunday September 27, 2020: “From the Ground of Being to the Path of Life”

Posted on September 15, 2020

“From the Ground of Being to the Path of Life” We need to find the ground which holds and supports us, to be able to move forward on the pathways before us. Yom Kippur gives us a chance to find and give forgiveness for our shortcomings in the past so that we can begin again […]

Sunday September 20, 2020: “Keep Breathing”

Posted on September 15, 2020

September Monthly Theme – Renewal “Keep Breathing!” As we welcome the New Year on this Rosh Hashana weekend, and notice the beauty of this time of Fall Equinox (when light and dark are balanced), Rev. Linda invites us to reflect on the gift of air to renew our bodies and souls. Breathing in and out […]