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November’s Ministry Theme:
The Practice of Repair
11 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024

“Leaving Good Footprints”
Rev. Tim Temerson & Tori Goodloe

As we conclude the UUCville Climate Justice Revival, today’s multigenerational service invites us to envision how we want to be climate justice citizens and stewards, both in our own lives and as a congregation. The service will include storytelling, fun activities, special music from the UUCville Choir, and be followed by a sustainable potluck. Please join us!

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Sharing Joys and Sorrows

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Climate Justice Revival Sunday!

11:00 AM

We worship this Sunday in multigenerational community as we participate together in our congregation’s Climate Justice Revival. The service has been designed to be accessible for all ages and includes story, song, reflections. It will be inspirational for us all!

Nursery care is available during worship for those 5 years-old and younger in Lower Hall 1.

Neighboring Faiths (6th & 7th Grades): We are on a field trip this week to the Great American Indian Expo in Richmond.

Coming of Age (8th, 9th & 10th Grades) This Sunday’s session continues our exploration of “The Culture and Privilege I Belong To” as we unpack what it means to belong to a culture steeped in White Supremacy. We will explore how belonging to White Supremacy Culture and being a White Supremacist/Racist are two different things. We will also learn about implicit bias and the “White Supremacy Culture Iceberg” and all the things underneath it. We will meet in Lower Hall 2 in the main building at 12:15.

YRUU—Young Religious Unitarian Universalists (11th & 12th Grades): Today is a day of fun and LAWN games as we meet outside due to our congregation’s hosting of PACEM in Summit House (where we meet.) All are welcome!

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December 6. Community Worship: “Waiting in the Dark”

Posted on December 3, 2020

In this season of preparation for winter holidays, Rev Linda invites us to consider asking ourselves what it is we can wait for, hope for, during the long dark nights. The choir offers a new anthem, and we celebrate this year’s recipient of the Connie Cheetham Award, our board president, Lorie Craddock. Order of Service […]

November 29. Community Worship: “How Do You Give Thanks In Hard Times?”

Posted on November 27, 2020 | Pastor: Guest Speaker

On this Sunday after Thanksgiving, we will explore the nature of gratitude as we experience it in these unsettled times. Worship Weavers Laura Horn and Hayley Owens offer an hour of community wisdom, featuring the voices from our congregation, sharing their insights. All are welcome! Would you like to light the chalice for community worship? […]

November 22. Community Worship: “Bread Communion — Healing Through Sharing”

Posted on November 18, 2020 | Pastor: Rev. Leia Durland-Jones, Rev. Linda Peebles

with Revs. Linda Olson Peebles and Leia Durland-Jones. As we approach a Thanksgiving that may be different from others we know, due to worry about getting together during the pandemic – our congregation will invite young and old to gather on-line for a celebration. This is the annual Touchstone Service of sharing bread which we will […]

November 15. Community Worship: “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?”

Posted on November 11, 2020

This is an age-old question. The hurt of a personal pain, one that has touched the heart, is the hardest damage to repair. Rev. Linda will share reflections, and there will be poetry, music, and art to hold us in a healing hour. This Sunday the Social Action Collection is designated to be given to […]

November 15. Chapel and Faith Development: “Finding Comfort in Challenging Times”

Posted on November 11, 2020

Finding Comfort in Challenging Times with Rev. Leia Durland-Jones and Caroline Heins Chapel includes a chalice lighting, hymns and the sharing of joys and sorrows. Healing takes work, but our faith also reminds us that healing involves being gentle with ourselves. When our feelings have been hurt and we’re feeling sad and lonely, sometimes the […]

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 […]