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March’s Ministry Theme:
The Practice of Trust

11 a.m. Sunday, March 30, 2025

“Celebrating Our Journeys”

As Unitarian Universalists we often use the metaphor of the “journey” to describe our spiritual lives. Today explore what it means to make a spiritual journey as two members of our congregation share their own stories and experiences.

Sharing Joys and Sorrows
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Children & Youth

11:00 AM Children’s Program

Celebrating Me & My World (infant through 4 years-old)
Our lesson is “My World Has Light.” We’ll be exploring the beauty and magic of our world lit by sunlight. Through song, story, and play, we’ll light our own lights shine!Children 4 years-old through 5^th grade attend Children’s Worship with Rev. Leia
On this final Sunday in March, we’ll explore together through story and song how trusting others and trusting ourselves is part of our UU values. We’ll light the candles in our rainbow chalice and share our joys and sorrows. Don’t forget to bring your money for the offertory!Our 6th & 7th Grade Neighboring Faiths class will not meet this week due to Spring Break.

12:15 AM

Youth Programs

Coming of Age (8th-10th grades) and YRUU (11th & 12th grades)
do not meet this week due to Spring Break.

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

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February 7, 2016: We are a People of Desire

Posted on February 7, 2016 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

Read the Order of service February 7, 2016 – This morning I want to talk about “nones.” That’s right, “nones.” If you think about it, “nones” have a lot to tell us about who we are as Unitarian Universalists. In fact, “nones” might be the ones to help us see more clearly how it is that […]

January 31, 2016: Resistance in the Home

Posted on January 31, 2016 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

Read the Order of Service January 31, 2016 – There were a lot of folks from here who were at the Open House of the Islamic Society yesterday. [How many of you were there?] One of the things we were told was that if a Muslim lives her or his daily life with an awareness of Allah, then everything they […]

January 24, 2016: Resistance to Temptation

Posted on January 24, 2016

This week’s Sermon was scheduled to be Resistance to Temptation. Due to the weather, Sunday services were cancelled.

January 17, 2016: Resistance to Injustice

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

Read the Order of Service. January 17, 2016 – You’ve probably never heard the name Ephraim Nute. (But it is a pretty cool name, isn’t it?) You’ve also probably never heard about the 2011 book that Skinner House published about him: The Incredible Story of Ephraim Nute: Scandal, Bloodshed, and Unitarianism on the American Frontier. (And how’s that […]

January 10, 2016: Resisting the Dominant Culture

Posted on January 10, 2016 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

Read the Order of Service January 10, 2016 – People often think of the Unitarian Universalist faith as a champion of the individual. And in the early to mid-1800s, our Transcendentalist forebears did indeed elevate the importance of the individual, yet some today argue that their true legacy to us is their commitment to challenging the […]

January 3, 2016: Resistance … Then and Now

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

Read the Order of Service This is the sermon I preached on Sunday, January 3rd, 2016. It is not the sermon that had been advertised, nor the one I’d worked on with the lay worship weavers. Instead, as I said in the introduction, “this sermon simply appeared unbidden. But if you want to keep the Muses happy, you […]

December 27, 2015: A Different Kind of Christmas Story ®

Posted on December 27, 2015 | Pastor: Guest Speaker

Read the Order of Service For our final service of 2015, we’ll take one last look at the Christmas narrative. So much of the world is inspired and moved by the idea of a child born under the humblest of circumstances growing to into one of the world’s most significant religious figures. But in honoring the […]

December 24, 2015: Christmas Eve

Posted on December 24, 2015 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

Read the Order of Service 4:30 – Our annual family-friendly, highly participatory Christmas pageant. 7:00 – A Christmas Eve communion, hosted by the TJMC Christian Fellowship 8:00 – A service of readings, carols, and candle lighting.

December 20, 2015: The Coming of the Sun

Posted on December 20, 2015 | Pastor: Guest Speaker, Rev. Erik Wikstrom

Read the Order of Service December 20, 2015 – Christians feel expectant for the coming of the Son; Pagans feel expectant for the coming of the Sun. As both of these arrivals are soon upon us, what are we Unitarian Universalists feeling expectant about? By Cypress Walker By Lucy Wayne

December 13, 2015: The Giving Tree

Posted on December 13, 2015 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

We celebrated the season in multigenerational community at this festive service led by RevWik and Leia Durland-Jones. Ceremonies of Child Dedication were offered at both services. Order of Service