Two Services. 9:15am Music: Featured Musicians. 11:00am Music: Choir. Worship Leaders: Rev. Hank Peirce and Liz Weber. On this day we celebrate our commitment to our church community. Liz Weber and Rev. Hank will have a dialogue sermon where they will share tales of how this faith and this church has transformed lives. You are … Continue reading Commitment Sunday
When Senator Mitch McConnell sought to quiet the disapproving words of Senator Elizabeth Warren, he used an arcane procedure to silence her and said later, “She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted.” This exchange leads us to consider how voices for women’s rights and equality have always been warned, told words, and yet persisted
Two services: 9:15am & 11am. Worship Leader: Rev. Hank Peirce. Eight years ago my family and I traveled across the continent to attend the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. In the week we were there I learned much about strange winter sports and Canada’s issues with national pride, but mostly about the world and how we should see each other.
Two Services. 9:15 AM (Featured Musicians). 11:00 AM (Featured Musicians). Worship Leader: Hank Peirce I’m in a clergy study group that has a rule where if the person in charge that year asks you to do something, you have to answer “Yes.” I was asked to give a sermon on examples of universal salvation that is being expressed … Continue reading Universalism Forever
Two Services. 9:15 AM (Family Choir). 11:00 AM (Choir). Worship Leader: Rev. Hank Peirce. This Martin Luther King weekend marks the 450th anniversary of the Edict of Torda. The edict was an early attempt to guarantee religious freedom in Christian Europe. It was far from perfect, but it was a start. Today we’ll draw parallels between … Continue reading The Cost of Tolerance
One Service: 10:00 am (UUCR Choir). Worship Leader: Rev. Hank Peirce. January’s worship theme is: Resist. What is the role of our faith at this time of history? Is it to be a comfort, a healer of wounds, or is it to inform and direct us in our quest to build the beloved community? Ours is a … Continue reading The Theology of Resistance
One Service: 10:00am. Rev. Hank Peirce. “Hogmanay” is the term that Scots use to celebrate New Year’s and one of it’s traditions is First Footing. This morning we’ll think about the ways we start off our New Year, if you have a kilt, this is the Sunday to wear it to church!
7:00pm. Rev. Hank Peirce. Tonight we will be having our traditional family candle light service at 7:00pm, with the choir, readings and Christmas carol singing. There are a few surprises planned for tonight. So join us for this wonderful expression of love and hope.
10:00am. Rev. Hank Peirce. Our morning service will be an enjoyable trip into the traditions of these winter holidays. We’ll be singing Christmas Carols and have a no-rehearsal pageant. We will all get involved in this fun, joyous service and season!
9:15am and 11:00am. Rev. Hank Peirce.
Here we are on the edge of the holidays, and I wonder if you have had a chance to find the holy in the holiday yet? In the hustle and bustle of shopping and parties and TV specials, have you found time to seek what is truly at the center of your faith? Today’s service might bring you what you have been looking for.
