This entry is part 1 of 21 in the series Upcoming Services
Upcoming Services:
November 15: “Making Community, Making Self: UU Youth Talk About Why We Come to Church”
Join the Junior and Senior High Youth for a creative youth-led service on why we come to church. Enjoy music, drama, readings, singing, and more as we contemplate the power of our time together. (Regular RE for younger children and childcare will continue downstairs as usual).
November 22: “Giving Thanks & Sharing Bread” The Reverend Alice Syltie
Our annual Thanksgiving Bread Communion Service comes from Eliot Chapel, UU Congregation in Kirkwood, Missouri, where
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November 29: Bringing Hope Where Hope Is Hard to Find
This Sunday’s service is a celebration of the seventh principle of Unitarian Universalism: our covenant to affirm and promote “respect for the interdependent web of all existence, of which we are a part.” Come welcome unseen guests, as you are introduced to the work of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee.
December 6th: Got Joy? Rev. Alice Syltie
By the time this newsletter arrives at your home, the Holiday Season will be in full swing. Do you greet this season with joy or apprehension? What might we learn from the Fifth Mindfulness Training, Right
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December 13: “JOY!”
This Sunday, we welcome back to our pulpit Rev. Barry Whittemore. Since this is the 3rd Sunday in Advent, he’ll be talking about joy. Come join us!
December 20:
The Very BEST Time of Year: Our Annual UUCH Christmas Pageant
This musical, intergenerational service celebrates the spirit of the holiday season. The Religious Education program will present our own adaptation of Joyce Poley’s service, “The Spirit of the Christmas Tree,” retelling the story of the nativity and inviting the congregation into reflection on its meaning for today. The service will include caroling, special music,
fun for all ages, and a surprise!
Our
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December 27:
“UU Voices” The Reverend Alice Syltie
Feelings of connection and belonging are essential to emotional and spiritual growth. With so few Unitarian Universalist Churches in our region, it’s easy to feel isolated and alone in our individual congregations. I invite you to open yourself to the possibility of a deeper sense of connection to our wider UU movement, as we focus on messages in words and music from some of the leaders in our UU Association.
January 3rd:
“The Flame of Hope” Jan Hosey & Rev. Syltie
A special service to acknowledge the New Year, and the limitless possibilities for renewal and change, wherever
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This Sunday, January 17th: MLK Day: A Celebration of Hope, Inspiration and Prophetic Vision
The Reverend Alice Syltie
While Martin Luther King Jr. Day may not be considered a religious holiday, it is celebrated in houses of worship across the country. The prophetic vision that sustained the Civil Rights movement was born of moral and spiritual fortitude. What of that era do we need to preserve, as we move forward on all fronts of oppression?
Time to collect our Guest at Your Table!
This Sunday, January 17, we’ll collect our Guest at Your Table program with
a special “Story of
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Sunday, January 31st: “Extraordinary Moments” The Reverend Alice Syltie
A celebration of ourselves and of what happens when, as authors Cooperrider and Whitney have noted, organizations begin with the positive presumption that as centers of human relatedness, they are alive with infinite constructive capacity.
February 7th: “Faith Reflected in Community” Chuck Vedane
UUCH has a long history with IMS, and so does Chuck Vedane. After 40 years, Mr. Vedane, who represented Trinity Methodist Church during the founding of the Interfaith Mission Service Cooperative is still passionate about, and involved in, the work of
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February 14th: “We Are Our Stories”
Michael Leuchtenberger
Not all stories are true but there is no truth without a story. No fact has meaning until it is seen and interpreted in context. Who we are and what we think possible are wrapped up in the stories we tell of ourselves and the stories others have created about us. What happens to who we are when we re-imagine the stories we believe? What happens to the truth? What happens to our future?
Michael Leuchtenberger is finishing his final year as a seminary student at Meadville Lombard Theological School in Chicago, where our
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February 21st: ” Hard Times, Challenging Faith”
The Reverend Alice Syltie
Our church community, and our city have been shaken by violence and loss. Where do we, of the liberal religious faith, look for resources to see us through times of crises?
February 28th: “Signing the Book”
The Reverend Alice Syltie
Many people who are attracted to liberal religion find joining a difficult step. On this Sunday we will welcome new members, and consider what it means to join and belong to a faith community.
Sunday, February 28th: “Signing the Book”
The Reverend Alice Syltie
Many people who are attracted to liberal religion find joining a difficult step. On this Sunday we will welcome new members, and consider what it means to join and belong to a faith community.
March 7th: “Nourish What You Cherish”
The Reverend Alice Syltie
Members of UUCH will join Rev. Alice in a joyous celebration of worship with special music and words to honor our commitment to what we love and care most deeply about in our church.
March 21: “Spring Forward”
The Reverend Alice Syltie
Every year when it’s time to set the clocks, I have to think “Spring forward, fall back.” It reminds me that this is the time of year when things come forward from the earth and as I walk around the lake by my house I see baby ducks, little turtles, and yes, sometimes snakes. All signs of the web of life regenerating. On this Sunday we will welcome spring with poetry, music, singing and celebrating. If you have a church size drum, you might enjoy having it with
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