Upcoming Services

Upcoming Services

Services are on Sunday at 10am unless otherwise noted.

June 7

Title or Theme:   A Protest and A Party
Speaker:  Rev. Amy McCormick
Worship Associate:   Marsha Donahue and Ivy Lobato

There will be rainbow stickers, stamps, and make-up grade glitter! There will be wands and ribbons and hearts and peace signs. There will be singing and dancing and remembering. There will be celebration and truth, depth, and honoring. To be exactly who you are … to love who you love without reservation. To claim the magical mystery that encompasses all that makes us individuals, full, whole, joyful, real. To be free to claim our place and to see people looking back at us in love. To let ourselves be changed by, and learn, from those who know what it is to protest like their lives depend on it, because they do, and then party for exactly the same reason. There is something for everyone in our Pride Service this year. Come and be exactly who you are. Come and worship the beauty of love and the power it has to change the world.

June 14

Title or Theme:   Did the Bible Say That?
Speaker:  Rev. Amy McCormick
Worship Associate:   Kerri Vacher

As we embrace the value of pluralism and the importance of religious freedom, in a denomination rooted in Christianity, which is rooted in Judaism, being a Unitarian Universalist can be freeing. It can also be confusing. As we step ever closer to the 250th anniversary of the signing of the declaration with our country’s highest leaders wanting to claim a Christian nation, I think it’s important to ask ourselves on what do they base this belief? On what are many of the beliefs of Christian Nationalism based? How can we as UU’s give respect and reverence to a religion like Christianity while still countering messages of hate so often promoted by those who call themselves “True Christians”. What does the Bible have to say about gay people? What does it say about the rapture? What does it say about caring for the earth? What doesn’t it say? This service will not be comprehensive in any way … but perhaps we will learn something together. 

June 21

Title or Theme:   TBD
Speaker:  Susan Coe
Worship Associate:   Rev. Amy McCormick

At what age does it seem I had the best friends? And then, when did that start to break down? In the media, we see the innocence and love of toddlers, youngsters playing sports and music with their besties, those in their twenties and thirties looking as though they’re having the times of their lives.  College, weddings, reunions, even divorces where people thought they’d met the love of their life and then they find love again. There’s TV series about Friends, Thirtysomethings, Parenthood, the Gilmore Girls, Grace and Frankie. But what about when it doesn't happen that way? What if one’s health starts to decline, their family starts to fall apart, or death starts taking away people that were once the center of our lives? How do we jump back in and get another chance where “The Best Is Yet To Come”? And what if it doesn't happen? Ironically the years go faster as we get older, but loneliness comes in slow motion. This starting over happens way differently than it did the first time.
And yet that word friendship - you know it's something that you don't put a dollar sign on, you don't attach a geography, it isn’t always at home, and it really doesn't matter about your job. Friendship is it's own thing that has meaning above everything else. We learn about it early from parents and teachers, and ultimately we are on our own to build our lives around the friends we find and lose along the way. These paths bend to be narrow, wide, steep, or smooth and fretted with gems and rocks. Memories and futures. What’s your friendship story? I’ll tell you mine today.

June 28

Title or Theme:   Flower Communion and Bridging
Speaker:  Rev. Amy McCormick and Cayla Miller
Worship Associate:   Jacquie Robb

Bring all your flowers and your open hearts. Bring that which needs a tender touch and your community to witness. What is next for you? Is it a new school, grade, adventure? Are you leaving a relationship or beginning one? Today we will share in our annual flower ritual and combine it with a moment to mark the important transitions in our lives. It promises to be a meaningful time together.