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UU COMMUNITY WORSHIP

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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June 5, 2016: ‘Tis a gift to be simple

Posted on June 5, 2016 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

Read the Order of service. Worship for June 2016: “What does it mean to be a people of simplicity?” The well-known Shaker hymn tells us that it’s “a gift to be simple, a gift to be free.” Just what is the gift of simplicity? What does it have to do with freedom? And how does any […]

May 29, 2016: What’s a Blessing?

Posted on May 29, 2016 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

Read the Order of Service. Monthly Theme: What does it mean to be a people of blessing? Having spent a month exploring what it means to say that we are “a people of blessing,” some of us may still be wondering about this concept of “blessing.” What is it? What isn’t it? How do we recognize […]

May 22, 2016: The Blessings of our UU Youth

Posted on May 22, 2016 | Pastor: Guest Speaker

Read the Order of Service. What Does it Mean to Come of Age as a UU? As a culmination of their Coming of Age class, our 8th, 9th and 10th graders lead the congregation in worship at both the 9:15 and 11:15 services. Come and hear what our fabulous youth have to share about what it […]

May 15, 2016: Counting Our Blessings

Posted on May 15, 2016 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

Monthly Theme: What does it mean to be a people of blessing? We are frequently encouraged to “count our blessings,” yet some see the potential for more than a little hubris in this practice. It does seem, though, that this could be a remedy to the perhaps more common practice of enumerating our failures and […]

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 […]