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May’s Ministry Theme: The Gifts of Pluralism
11 a.m. Sunday, May 5, 2024

“A Bouquet of Community and Hope”
Rev. Tim Temerson and Rev. Susan Karlson

Each of us has unique gifts and stories that come together to create beloved community. This Sunday will be our annual Flower Communion service. Everyone is invited to bring a flower/s to share during the service. You will take home a different flower of your choosing. All ages are welcome to this Multigenerational 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.

Religious Education for Children & Youth
Sunday, May 5, 2024

Nursery care is available during worship in Lower Hall Room One for infants through 5 year-olds.

This Sunday will be a Multigenerational service, our annual Flower Communion service. Everyone is invited to bring a flower to the service. You can choose a different flower during our Flower Communion Ritual. All ages are welcome to this service. The service begins at 11 am.

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Senior High Youth Group (YRUU) meets from 12:15-1:30 in Summit House Room 1.

OWL (Our Whole Lives) will hold its last session today with a celebration which will include parents and relatives at its usual time

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SUNDAY SECOND HOUR —
a time for connection and friendship!

Sundays from 12:30-1:30PM we provide supervised childcare for children 7th grade and younger. Most Sundays, weather permitting, care is offered on the playground. Light snacks, such as popcorn or rice cakes with optional peanut butter, are provided. Parents are invited to pick their children up from their religious education class and then sign them into care on the playground.

Sunday Second Hour allows our children the chance to spend time together socializing with free play. It offers parents the opportunity to meet and talk with others and attend church meetings knowing that their children are in good hands.

For more information, speak with Rev. Susan, Sabbatical Minister for Faith Development or Caroline Heins, RE Assistant.

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August 25, 2019: Abundant Community

Posted on July 31, 2019 | Pastor: Guest Speaker

Rev. Jamie McReynolds led this service. During this transitional time in the life of TJMC, this congregation can choose how to be in community. How shall we contribute to increasing the amount of belonging or relatedness that exists in the world? Abundant Community It was the coldest winter ever. Many animals died because of the […]

August 18, 2019

Posted on July 31, 2019 | Pastor: Guest Speaker

A report from our youth on their Appalachian service trip.

August 11, 2019: In This Present Moment

Posted on July 31, 2019 | Pastor: Rev. Alex McGee

The service was led by Rev. Alexandra McGee. We made it. We made it to the two year anniversary after the tragic events of August 12 2017. In our town this year, grassroots organizations are teaming up with city organizations to educate, inspire and celebrate what is good and true about this town. Yesterday I […]

August 4, 2019: Walking Through Spiderwebs

Posted on July 31, 2019 | Pastor: Guest Speaker

Our guest minister is Rev. Dawn Cooley who serves Unitarian Universalism as one of the Congregational Life Staff of the Southern Region. Walking Through Spiderwebs: If we are not intentional, being in community can be like walking through spiderwebs on a morning hike – something we stumble through haphazardly and then have a strong reaction […]

July 28, 2019

Posted on July 20, 2019

The service will be led by Rev. Ed Piper, retired minister from Waynesboro, and Laura Horn, Worship Weaver

July 21, 2019: “Show Me Your ID”

Posted on July 19, 2019 | Pastor: Guest Speaker

The service will be led by Pastor Lehman Bates of Ebenezer Baptist Church and Laura Horn, Worship Weaver. “Show Me Your ID”. In any organization, leadership transition provides an opportunity to identify, investigate, and inventory. Identification reminds and reaffirms us of WHO we are. Investigation helps us to uncover and rediscover WHERE, WHEN, HOW, and […]

July 14, 2019: What Does Love Ask of Me

Posted on July 14, 2019 | Pastor: Rev. Alex McGee

The service was led by Rev. Alex McGee, Assistant Minister and Bob Gross, Worship Weaver. This text and notes are generally what I said from the pulpit, but some extemporizing and changes occurred during delivery. Please give credit when citing sources. For today, I picked the sermon title “What Does Love Ask of Me?” As […]

July 7, 2019: Seeds of Transformation

Posted on July 7, 2019

The service was led by Rev. Karen Lewis Foley, retired UU minister from New England, now living in Charlottesville, and Bob Gross, Worship Weaver. Opening Words: “The Rabbi’s Gift,” as told by William Houff in Infinity in Your Hand: in which an abbot of a monastery which has fallen on hard times with decreasing members […]

June 30, 2019: It’s almost enough…

Posted on June 17, 2019 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

This is the text of the Reflections I offered on Sunday, June 30, 2019 to the congregation I have served for the past 8 years. It is the last Reflection I will offer as their Lead Minister. It is also quite possibly the last sermon I will offer for quite some time, because I do […]

June 23, 2019: Penultimate Words

Posted on June 15, 2019 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

The story is told that on his deathbed, when his closest companions were bereft and asked him, “Who’s going to teach us now?” Shakyamuni Buddha said, “Be ye lamps unto yourselves.” And on his deathbed St. Francis of Assisi was asked by his closest companions, “What are we supposed to do now?” His response is […]