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UU COMMUNITY WORSHIP

November’s Ministry Theme:
The Practice of Repair
11 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024

“For the Gift of this Day, This Life”
Revs. Tim Temerson & Leia Durland-Jones

The Sunday prior to Thanksgiving is our congregation’s annual multi-bread
communion service. Join us as we explore how we can live our UU faith
in daily acts of acts of mindfulness, compassion, and gratitude.
All ages are welcome in the sanctuary!

A family-friendly space to participate in worship is available in the social hall.
Nursery care is provided during the service in the Lower Hall
for children 5 and under.

**Please bring perishable and holiday foods and/or cleaning supplies to share with others in our congregation whose budgets are tight.
Items can be placed on the chancel in the sanctuary. If you would like to take items home with you, please choose items from the chancel following the service.**

Attend In Person or Link to Zoom Service

LINK TO ZOOM SERVICE

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.

Climate Justice Revival Sunday!

11:00 AM

We worship this Sunday in multigenerational community for our annual Multibread Communion Service. The service has been designed to be accessible for all ages and includes story, song, and 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 we will explore the idea of “where do I come from?” and look at the personality traits and attributes that connect us to others in our family as well celebrating each of our own unique qualities.

YRUU—Young Religious Unitarian Universalists (11th & 12th Grades):Today is an Appalachia Service Project focus day as we continue to build our skills an make preparations for our service trip this summer. Plus we’ll have snacks, check-in, and enjoy fellowship!welcome!

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

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May 8, 2016: Come Thou Fount of Many Blessings

Posted on May 8, 2016 | Pastor: Rev. Alex McGee

Read the Order of Service. Monthly Theme: What does it mean to be a people of blessing? Blessings come in many forms and from many places. And often they are unexpected. This Sunday is both Mother’s Day and Music Sunday, and Rev. Alex will facilitate our explorations. Come and see where the spirit will move us. […]

May 1, 2016: The Blessings of Belonging

Posted on May 1, 2016 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

Read the Order of Service. One of the prized possessions of our congregation in Concord, Massachusetts, is a letter from Henry David Thoreau. I thought of it this week, knowing that today we would be welcoming our newest formalized members. Thing I was thinking of is the letter Thoreau wrote to the Concord church in which […]

April 24, 2016: Earth Day

Posted on April 24, 2016 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

Worship for April 2016: “What does it mean to be a people of creation?” Read the Order of service. Please note: April is designated as “Jazz Appreciation Month,” so make sure to appreciate our own jazz master, Scott DeVeaux! April 24th: Earth Day, first commemorated in the United States in 1970, is now celebrated in 192 […]

April 17, 2016: Different Strokes

Posted on April 17, 2016 | Pastor: Guest Speaker, Rev. Erik Wikstrom

Worship for April 2016: “What does it mean to be a people of creation?” Read the Order of Service. Reading: 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 Guest Speaker: the Rev. Dr. Lehman Bates of Ebenezer Baptist Church Sermon: One Body; Many Parts; All Not (Yet) Equal It is really wonderful to be back at what is beginning to feel like my second church home […]

April 10, 2016: Creativity Is a Power

Posted on April 10, 2016 | Pastor: Rev. Alex McGee

Read the Order of Service Worship for April 2016: “What does it mean to be a people of creation?” Please note: April is designated as “Jazz Appreciation Month,” so make sure to appreciate our own jazz master, Scott DeVeaux! April 10th: Creativity is a power that we can learn to harness for the good of the […]

April 3, 2016: Creativity at the Core

Posted on April 3, 2016 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

Read the Order of Service. Creativity is at the core of who we are as human beings, and our Unitarian Universalist faith encourages us to affirm one another’s inherent worth. RevWik will be preaching. Our Social Justice Spotlight will be on ForEver Green. Sunday, April 3 will be a multigenerational gathering; there will be no Religious […]

March 27, 2016: A Rite of Spring

Posted on March 27, 2016 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

Read the Order of service An Eastertide Celebration in Three Acts “[God] has written the promise of the resurrection not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.” ~ Martin Luther ~ Prelude ~ Opening Words The Unitarian Universalist minister Max Coots once wrote: “We need a celebration that speaks the spring-inspired word about life […]

March 20, 2016: Liberation Theology

Posted on March 20, 2016 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

Read the Order of Service I want to tell you a story about a guy named Frankie. That’s not his real name, actually. He came from a pretty wealthy family and had one of those long, aristocratic sounding names, but all of his friends called him Frankie. And Frankie had a lot of friends. He had […]

March 13, 2016: Out of This World

Posted on March 13, 2016 | Pastor: Rev. Alex McGee

Read the Order of Service Spiritual liberation can feel ecstatic. Throughout history, world religions have found ways to keep a person grounded even while liberated from this world. Download a pdf copy of this sermon. — Out of this Word Sermon for March 13, 2016 Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church Unitarian Universalist By Rev. Alexandra McGee […]

March 6, 2016: Liberating Ourselves; Liberating Others

Posted on March 6, 2016 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

Read the Order of Service Reading: “Our deepest fear …” by Marianne Williamson I want you to look with me in your mind’s eye at a pastel drawing. There is a figure, sitting on a bench. The drawing is simple; there are no details; the face is an oval and the body a barely disguised rectangle. But the […]