Past Services and Recordings
October 6, 2024
- The Urgency of Now
- Worship Leader: Rev. Jacqueline Brett; Guest Speaker, Floyd McKissick, Jr.
- Music: Beloved Community Chorus and debut of the ERUUF House Band (11:00); Kate Lewis – Pianist; Wendy – Music Director
Worship Theme: Deep Listening
Special Collection for Hurricane Helene Disaster Relief
Justice Sunday - Pride+ Action Group
In addition to his frequent presence at ERUUF on Sunday mornings, Floyd McKissick Jr is a former NC State Senator and currently serves on the North Carolina Utilities Commission.
Today he’ll share thoughts about the moral crossroads that are before us as we approach the upcoming elections and the implications of our decisions.
September 29, 2024
- Blessings for Pride
- Worship Leader: Rev. Jacqueline Brett
- Music: Beloved Community Chorus; Kate Lewis – Pianist; Wendy Looker – Music Director
ONE MULTIGENERATIONAL SERVICE:
9:00-9:45 am
We invite people of all ages to join us for this multigenerational service, during which we’ll celebrate Durham Pride with blessings, songs, and a candle-lighting ritual. Afterward, anyone who wishes to do so is invited to join our ministers on Duke’s East Campus as we gather with other ERUUFians as participants in or observers of the Durham Pride Parade, which begins at 11:00 am and is hosted by the LGBTQ Center of Durham.
September 26, 2024
- Flowering Spirits: Multifaith Pride Vespers
- Worship Leader, Rev. Jim Lewis joined by other local clergy.
- Music: Triangle Gay Men's Chorus
Join us as we give our ancestors their flowers and hold the possibility for all queer folk who desire a deep and/or spiritual life.
Worship Associate: Lisa Jones
Participants:
Durham Congregations in Action
Trinity Avenue Presbyterian Church
Won Buddhism Meditation Temple
September 22, 2024
- A Living Invitation
- Worship Leader: Rev. Jim Lewis
- Music: River Folk (11:00 am); Kate Lewis – Pianist; Judith Ann Lyon-Mitchell – Cantor (9:00 am); Joyce Kurpiers – Cantor (11:00 am)
Worship Associate: Jaye Vaughn
Dedication of the Religious Exploration Volunteers (11:00 am).
When we live into a practice of invitation, we create a welcoming today while transforming our spaces for a welcoming tomorrow.
September 15, 2024
- To Rest in the Grace of the World
- Worship Leader: Rev. Jacqueline Brett, Rev. Deborah Cayer, Guest Preacher
- Music: Eno River Singers (11:00 am); Kate Lewis – Pianist; Wendy Looker – Music Director
Worship Associate: Joan Tilghman (11:00 am)
In troubled times it’s easy to forget that we’re part of the natural world, that in fact we’re held within a larger natural web of all there is. What happens when we intentionally remember?
Rev. Deborah Cayer served ERUUF from 2008 to 2022. She currently divides her time between Durham and New England. She keeps busy with extended family, travel, deep listening, and messy, undisciplined art projects.
September 8, 2024
- An Inviting Welcome
- Worship Leader: Rev. Jacqueline Brett
- Music: Beloved Community Chorus (11:00 am); Kate Lewis – Pianist; Wendy Looker – Music Director
TWO SERVICES BEGIN: 9:00 am (in person) and 11:00 am (in person and online)
Religious Exploration classes for children and youth begin.
September 1, 2024
- The Practice of Invitation
- Worship Leader: Rev. Jacqueline Brett
- Music: Vocal Trio - Pam DiLavore, Kristi Chilton, Claudia Kaplan
Worship Associate: Lisa Jones
August 25, 2024
- Annual Ingathering
- Worship Leader: Rev. Jacqueline Brett
- Music: Beloved Community Chorus; Eno River Singers; Kate Lewis – Pianist; Wendy – Music Director
We celebrate the beginning of a new program year with a multi-generational service during which we'll pour libations, reconnect with one another, hear the choirs, and celebrate through a ritual that marks the gathering of the waters of our lives into beloved community. It is customary to bring a small jar of water from a place you may have visited this summer or even from your home tap.
August 18, 2024
- Annual Poetry Service: Wrestling with Love
- Worship Leader: Rev. Jacqueline Brett
- Music: Vocal Trio – Ed Norman, Joyce Deaton and Soo Keith; Kate Lewis – Pianist; Wendy Looker – Music Director
In this Sunday’s annual offering of poetry, ERUUFians share original works in authentically vulnerable expressions of wrestling with love when it is held at the center of our values. Presenters: Sunshine Alvarez, Pam DiLavore, Lisa Jones, Simon Kaplan, Sarah Rose Nordgren, Joan Tilghman, Sara Ward with additional contributions by Paul Baerman, Gail Epps, and Redford Williams.
August 11, 2024
- Power & Prophecy: The Stories That Shape Our Movement
- Guest Speaker: Rev. Lisa Garcia-Sampson
- Music: Elias Gross-Viola; Kate Lewis – Pianist, Wendy Looker – Music Director
Stories shape our understanding of our world and ourselves. They guide who we are, who we strive to be, and what is possible. In these liminal times, the way we tell our story is critical to owning our power and making real our faithful work towards collective liberation. We can be passive spectators to the rise of fascism, or active protagonists on the stage of history. Which story will we choose?
August 4, 2024
- Wisdom of the Elders
- Worship Leader: Rev. Daniel Trollinger with Rev. Jacqueline Brett
- Music: Christian Nadell, Kimberly Slentz-Kesler, David Tucker & Chrissey Trainello – Vocal Quartet; Chrissey Trainello – Cantor; Kate Lewis – Pianist - Music Director
In the words of the elders, we find the lessons that shape us, the insights that guide us, and the strength that sustains us. Join us this morning as we hear from several long-time ERUUF members about their journey in this community (Lillie Searles, Paul Baerman, & Holly McKinney)
July 28, 2024
- Lammas Abundance
- Eno River CUUPs and Rev. Jim Lewis
- Music: Jewelsong (Betsy Bickel, Marilyn Grubbs, Lila Rosa, and Sue-Anne Solem); Judith Ann Lyon-Mitchell–Cantor; Vance Hunter-Flute, Marilyn Grubbs-Celtic harp, Lee Raymond-Fiddle; Thomas Hirschman–Guitar; Kate Lewis – Pianist; Wendy Looker - Music Director
Honoring the sacred cross-quarter season of Lammas / Lughnasa
