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October’s Ministry Theme: Courage
11 a.m. Sunday, October 18, 2026

Using Your Inside Voice
Rev. Leia Durland-Jones & Jason Woodson

Many of us, at one time or another in our lives, are asked to “use our inside voice.”
Often understood as a request to speak more softly, what might be benefits, strengths, or gifts from using and listening to our “inside voice.”
How might our inside voice help us in times of need? How might our inside voice give us courage? Come explore all of this and more!

Our UUCville Pick-Up Choir will sing on Sunday!
If you’d like to participate in the Pick-Up Choir, come to church at 10am Sunday morning for rehearsal in the sanctuary prior to worship. All are welcome!

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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

December 6, 2015: The Angels Tell Us Not To Fear

Posted on December 6, 2015 | Pastor: Rev. Alex McGee

How do we find reassurance when we are fearful, and how do angels show up in our lives? Rev. Alex McGee and Adam Slate will led worship. Order of Service

November 29, 2015: Giving Thanks After Thanksgiving

Posted on November 29, 2015 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

This month the theme we’re exploring is: what does it mean to be a person of ancestry? Members of our lay Worship Weavers Guild facilitated this Thanksgiving Day Weekend worship. Order of Service

November 22, 2015: Multi-Bread Communion

Posted on November 22, 2015 | Pastor: Rev. Erik Wikstrom

This month the theme we’re exploring is: what does it mean to be a person of ancestry? Now a TJMC tradition, we will celebrate a “multi-bread communion” that is an expression of multicultural community, and we’ll be asking ourselves how Thanksgiving – the practice and the holiday – can reflect our identity as “people of […]

November 15, 2015: Love Will Find a Way ®

Posted on November 15, 2015 | Pastor: Guest Speaker

This month the theme we’re exploring is: what does it mean to be a person of ancestry? A look at how this story in Luke 7:36-47 can teach us about the power of love, especially in times like these. Note: Our guest preacher, Pastor Lehman Bates, was the pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church and a […]