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?

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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

July 21, 2024

General Assembly: Service of the Living Tradition – Now What?
Worship Leader: Rev. Jacqueline Brett
Music: Kate Lewis – Pianist; Wendy Looker – Music Director

ERUUF's Board Chair, Ann Verdine-Jones, hosts today's service that features the recording of Rev. Jacqueline Brett's sermon to UUs nationwide at the 2024 General Assembly Service of the Living Tradition. Join us for viewing the sermon in person at ERUUF or online.

 

July 14, 2024

Wherever Two or Three Are Gathered...
Guest Speaker: Yuri Yamamoto
Music: Ms. Joan Tilghman; Kate Lewis – Pianist; Wendy Looker – Music Director

Worship Associate: Sarah Rose Nordgren

Yuri will consider the scripture in light of their experiences of divine presence as a chaplain.

Yuri Yamamoto (they/she) is a board-certified clinical chaplain at Central Prison in Raleigh. They are commissioned and endorsed by FCM. Yuri weaves history, arts, improvisation, and sacred stories to make sense of their life. Yuri’s website is https://accompanist4thesoul.com.

July 7, 2024

What We Bring
Guest Minister: Rev. Patty Hanneman
Music: Lisa Rhodes & Judy Moore; Kate Lewis – Pianist; Rah Bickley – Cantor

Worship Associate: Sunshine Alvarez

The concept of pluralism celebrates that we are all sacred beings, diverse in culture, experience, and theology. This morning we’ll reflect on how ageism, with its pervasive stereotypes of each generation, hinders the potential found in our congregations.

Rev. Patty Hanneman has served Unitarian Universalism as both a campus minister at Duke University and as a parish minister for the UU Congregation of Hillsborough. Her ministry currently includes offering spiritual direction, rites of passage and congregational consulting. She lives in Durham with her partner Karen Hill.

June 30, 2024

We Heal Together
Guest Speaker: Michelle Cassandra Johnson
Music: Cheryl Fenner Brown; Kate Lewis – Pianist; Wendy Looker – Music Director

Worship Associate: Cheryl Fenner Brown

We are connected to all things and the entire web of life. Through the lens and laboratory of the honeybee hive and from Michelle's direct relationship with honeybees in the earthly and spiritual realms, Michelle will guide us back into union and alignment with ourselves and all we are connected to. She will offer stories and teaching focused on interconnectedness and community. Come prepared to reconnect with the infinite hum and vibration that resides within all beings and things, the human and more than human world, and all of time and space.

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June 23, 2024

Doing What is Life-Giving
Worship Leader: Rabbi Noah Rubin-Blose
Music: ERUUF Summer Choir; Kate Lewis – Pianist; Wendy Looker – Music Director

Worship Associate: Simon Kaplan

This service will draw on poetry by contemporary Jewish poets to open up a space for renewal, reflection, and justice for all. Rabbi Noah will reflect on the choices we make to keep doing what is life-giving for us, even when we find ourselves in incredibly challenging times.

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June 16, 2024

Taking Time
Guest Minister: Rev. Patty Hanneman
Music: Triangle Vocal Project; Kate Lewis – Pianist; Joyce Kurpiers – Cantor

Worship Associate: Sunshine Alvarez

In her poem, "Fire," Judy Brown writes: What makes a fire burn/is space between the logs,/a breathing space. This morning we'll reflect on setting time aside for whatever creates that breathing space for us.

Rev. Patty Hanneman is a member of ERUUF, and has previously served our Unitarian Universalist movement as a campus minister and parish minister. Currently her ministry includes offering spiritual direction, rites of passage and congregational consultation. She lives with her partner Karen Hill in Durham.

June 9, 2024

A Theology of Absurdity & Audacity, Part 1
Guest Minister: Rev. Nato Hollister
Music: River Folk; Kate Lewis – Pianist; Pam DiLavore – Cantor

Generosity Sunday - Swim For Charlie

Worship Associate: David Huber

We will explore with Rev. Nato a theology of absurdity, and how it can connect with our UU search for meaning. From wholeness to community building to co-creating the Beloved Community, we'll explore together what connects us all.

Rev. Nathan Hollister is a long-time member and Community Minister who has worked with ERUUF on many occasions, mostly centering around racial- and social justice.

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June 2, 2024

One Light, Many Windows
The ERUUF Christian Fellowship and ERUUF Nontheist Group
Music: Beloved Community Chorus; Kate Lewis – Pianist, Wendy Looker - Music Director

Today we explore common experiences and consider the lenses that theists and nontheists use to address them.

Worship Associate: Johann Montozzi-Wood

May 26, 2024

Truth and Compassion
Rev. Daniel Trollinger with the Eno River Buddhist Community
Music: Sally Franz – Flute; Kate Lewis – Pianist; Wendy Looker – Music Director

As one of our Sources groups, The Eno River Buddhist Community will share practice and teachings focused on cultivating compassion. We will also offer a special ritual to lift up our prayers and concerns for the war in Gaza.

Worship Associate: Steve Seiberling, Eno River Buddhist Community