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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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December 25, 2016: Coming Together

Posted on December 25, 2016

There will be no worship service or RE on Christmas morning. TJMC will be open, however, for a pot luck Christmas brunch at 10:00 am. Whether you are looking for a place to go, or just want to expand the size of your family, this could be just the thing!

December 24, 2016: Christmas Eve Services

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

4:30: Christmas Pageant Read the Order of Service. Our annual highly participatory Christmas Pageant is a fully family-friendly event. 7:00: UU Christian Community Our Unitarian Universalist Christian Fellowship offers communion in the Unitarian Universalist tradition. 8:00: A Service of Stories and Carols Read the Order of Service. Hear the meaning of Christmas through different lenses, sing some […]

December 18, 2016: Of Holidays and Holydays

Posted on December 18, 2016 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

Read the Order of Service. During this “holiday season” there are celebrations to mark the birth of the Prophet ﷺ, Winter Solstice, Yule, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and New Year’s Eve (not to mention Festivus). What are Unitarian Universalists to make of this, and what might this season tell us about being a people of presence? Rev. […]

December 11, 2016: The Giving Tree

Posted on December 11, 2016 | Pastor: Rev. Alex McGee

Keep your eye on the TJMC Weekly Update for more about this worship service. No RE but a multigenerational Giving Tree Service at both services. Worship Theme in December: What does it mean to be a people of presence?

December 4, 2016: Be Here Now

Posted on December 4, 2016 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

Read the Order of service. When I was a kid, two of my favorite possessions were a copy of The Whole Earth Catalog and Baba Ram Dass’s book Be Here Now, admittedly a pretty trippy book that has been called a “countercultural bible,” and a “seminal” text for the 1970s hippie culture. And while it’s three-word title is now quite common […]

November 27, 2016: Sharing Our Stories

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

Read the Order of service. This month we have said that we are “a community of story.” On this Sunday after Thanksgiving, many of us no doubt have stories to tell – stories from this year, and stories of years gone by; stories that evoke laughter, and those that bring out tears. Today we will have […]

November 20, 2016: Making Room at the Welcome Table

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

Read the Order of Service. The image of “the welcome table” has been fully embraced in religious metaphor, but if its fruits can be seen nearly everywhere, it is important to remember that its roots are in slavery. Enslaved African Americans sung about a “welcome table” at which they would one day be free to […]

November 13, 2016: The Long View

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

Rev. Alex McGee and Worship Weaver Cypress Walker will help us reflect on how the “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” This quote is based on the theology of Unitarian leader Theodore Parker (1810-1860). Come share in comforting songs and stories. [Note: this will be a Social Action […]

November 6, 2016: Truth and Story

Posted on November 6, 2016 | Pastor: Guest Speaker, Rev. Alex McGee

It begins with a stoning and it ends with a stoning, and in between there are some important teachings about truth and judgement, and there’s one big challenge. That’s my 15-second synopsis of the 8th chapter of the Gospel of John, the passage my friend, and your pastor, suggested that each of us preach from this […]

October 30, 2016: Healing Our Past

Posted on October 30, 2016 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

Mainstream American culture acts as if everything important happened today, or will happen in the near future, like a car driving down the highway with no rearview mirror. Yet the majority of other world cultures know that our past is intimately intertwined with the present. Día de los Muertos, and festivals like it, are a […]