Sunday Services and Sermons – Page 22 – Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Charlottesville

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Blessings of the Dark & Light:
a Winter Solstice Celebration
Revs. Leia Durland-Jones & Tim Temerson,
Lauren Doran & Georgina Todd

Come welcome the return of the light as we honor the Winter Solstice. The coming months invite us to embrace the dark of the year as we rest and prepare for what will be born in us in the spring. We worship this Sunday in multigenerational community as we celebrate the solstice through story, song, and ritual. The service has been designed to be accessible for all ages and includes story, song, and reflections. All ages are warmly welcomed.

Food Sharing for Members of our Congregation –
Those who are able are invited to bring perishable and non-perishable foods as well as cleaning supplies and place them in the sanctuary on the chancel at the 11AM service. Anyone who would like is invited to stay after the service and take items home. Rev. Tim will also have grocery gift cards available so please see him if you would like one. “From you I receive, to you I give, together we share, by this we live.”

All are welcome in the sanctuary, social hall, or online for the full hour. Child care is available during worship for children 5 and younger in Lower Hall Room 1 during the service.

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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.

Children & Youth – Sunday December 22, 2024

11:00 AM

All are welcome in the sanctuary, social hall, or online for the full hour. Child care is available during worship for children 5 and younger in Lower Hall Room 1 during the service.

Celebrating Me & My World (infant through 5-year-olds): Our nursery-aged children will meet as usual in the Nursery space. This week’s lesson will be “I can Give” and we will explore the joys of gift giving.

12:15-1:30 PM

Coming of Age (8th, 9th & 10th Grades) Meets this Sunday at 12:15 in Summit House 1. Fun snack, interesting conversation, time with friends awaits!

YRUU (11th & 12th grades) today is a day for celebrating solstice yummy holidays snacks and card decorating!

Please register all children (infant through high school seniors) to participate in religious education for the 2024-2025 RE year.

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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 […]