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March’s Ministry Theme: “The Practice of Paying Attention”

11 a.m. Sunday, March 8, 2026
Rev. Tim Temerson

Religion is often understood in terms of belief and having faith in a creed or a particular sacred text. Today’s service will focus on a different approach rooted in listening, humility, and the power of paying attention.

Those joining via Zoom are welcome to stay after service until 12:30pm for Zoom “Coffee Hour”.

Religious Education Sunday, March 8, 2026

Nursery care is provided for our littlest UUs concurrent with the worship service. This Sunday we will be exploring “My World Has Birds” and celebrating the beauty of our natural world as we anticipate the arrival of spring!

Spirit Play (4 year-olds through 1^st grade) will be hearing the story “Butterfly Friends”, which teaches compassion for the world as we look forward to the coming of spring! As always, we will have time for the children to explore the message of the story using a variety of material and a little snack.

2^nd-4^th grade class: This session of “Growing Anti-Racist UUs” is called “Remembering the Past” and helps our younger elementary children be aware of human rights as promised in this country’s founding principles. This session ties into the principles of respect for the inherent worth and dignity of every person, offering fair and kind treatment to others (red and orange in the Rainbow Chalice as well as insisting on peace and justice (indigo). The session explores the injustice toward children and families when freedoms and human rights are taken from them.

5^th & 6^th grade class: Our upper elementary class centers on the UU Rainbow Chalice and helping activities that we can do to make the world a more peaceful and loving place. Come have fun with your friends and live your UU values!

Our Whole Lives (7-9^th grade) meets at their regular time.

YRUU (senior high youth group) is meeting with Rev. Leia to plan the worship service they will be leading for the congregation on March 15!

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Posted on May 21, 2019 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

These are the reflections I offered to the congregation I serve on Sunday, May 19, 2019. They had just a few days earlier received the news of my decision to bring our eight-year mutual ministry to an end, as well as the decision of our Director of Administration and Finance, Christina Rivera, to resign. This was my […]

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Posted on May 7, 2019 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

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April 14, 2019: Awesome, Aaaaah, Awh!, Shock and Awe, Awe

Posted on April 22, 2019 | Pastor: Rev. Alex McGee

The theme this month is Awe. It is a grand thing, awe. The very nature of awe is that it defies words. So this brings a dilemma of how to talk about it. So, I decided to break it down into five explorations to share with you this morning: Awesome, Awh! Aaaahhh, Shock and Awe, […]

April 7, 2019: The Inevitability of Victory

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

It was just after 6:00 in the evening on Thursday, April 4th.* The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had arrived in Memphis just the day before. His plane out of Atlanta had been delayed because of a bomb threat, but he’d made it there in time to speak as scheduled at Bishop Charles Mason Temple. The address […]

March 24, 2019: Why Am I Sitting Here?

Posted on March 26, 2019 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

There is a story in the Hebrew Scriptures about a man named Nehemiah. You might be expecting me to tell the story of Queen Esther and how she outed herself as Jewish just after the King declared his intention to exterminate all of the Jews in his kingdom, saving her people. That’s the story that’s the basis of Purim, which was […]

March 17, 2019: Be Here Our Guest

Posted on March 18, 2019 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

What makes you feel at home? What makes you feel welcome? That’s not a rhetorical question. Really … what makes you feel welcome and at home? I read an article this week in which the author pondered this question. She came to the conclusion that she felt most at home, most welcome, when the place looked like someone lived […]

March 10, 2019: Transformation

Posted on March 18, 2019 | Pastor: Rev. Alex McGee

INTRO We are just a week and half away from the first day of spring. The world around us is doing its annual transformation. And we humans have a chance to think about transformations in our lives, also. The butterfly is a class example because of its change from egg to caterpillar to chrysalis to […]

March 3, 2019: I Dream a World

Posted on March 4, 2019 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

Langston Hughes wrote “I Dream a World” in 1929. 34 years before the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. famously talked about his dream in front of approximately a quarter of a million people at the Lincoln Memorial in 1963. Another 49 years would pass before the UUA published the Tapestry of Faith curricula, “Building the World We Dream About.” There’s a whole lot of […]

February 24, 2019: Belonging

Posted on February 28, 2019 | Pastor: Guest Speaker

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Posted on February 22, 2019 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

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