August 10, 2025

I See the Moon, the Moon Sees Me
Worship Leader – Rev. Jim Lewis with CUUPS (Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans)
Music: Vance Hunter, Lila Rosa; Kate Lewis – Pianist; Pam DiLavore – Cantor

August 3, 2025

The Generous Present Moment
Worship Leader: Rev. Daniel Trollinger
Music: Paul Baerman - Oboe; Kate Lewis – Pianist; Wendy Looker – Music Director

Worship Associate: Ben Bailey

 

July 27, 2025

In Defense of Hopeless Causes
Worship Leader: Kaleb Graves
Music: Johann Montozzi-Wood – Cantor; Kate Lewis – Pianist

Worship Associate: Mur Lafferty

When it feels like the end of the world, living our values can seem absurd. How do we do what is just and good, not because we will succeed, but just because it's the right thing to do? ERUUF Justice Coordinator Kaleb Graves will help us consider this question and how a new view of time may answer it.

July 20, 2025

In Celebration of Imaginative Spirits
Worship Leader: Rev. Patty Hanneman
Music: Jewelsong; Kate Lewis – Pianist; Joyce Kurpiers - Cantor

Worship Associate: Sukyi Naing

Imagination is a gift to all human beings. While reality may seem limiting, our imagination has no limits. This morning we’ll reflect on the importance of imagining the world we want to live in.

July 13, 2025

Creating Joy in Anxious Times
Worship Leader: Rev. Patty Hanneman
Music: ERUUF Summer Choir; Jim Van Verth-Djembe; Kate Lewis – Pianist; Wendy Looker – Music Director

Worship Associate: Simon Kaplan

We yearn for more joy in our lives, and we also feel called to change the world. Often, we think of these two things as mutually exclusive, but are they? This morning, we’ll reflect on the importance of creating joy in anxious times.

July 6, 2025

Religious Freedom in America: Who, What, When and How
Worship Leader: Yuri Yamamoto
Music: Yuri Yamamoto; Kate Lewis – Pianist; Claudia Kaplan – Cantor

Worship Associate: Cheryl Fenner Brown

Codified by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, religious freedom is a cherished American value. But the devil is in the details. Religious freedom has been used to oppress some while those with power enjoying its benefits. Yet religious freedom has also empowered the oppressed to fight for it. Come experience the freedom as Yuri Yamamoto will weave history, songs, contemporary situations, including their personal experience.

Read more: July 6, 2025

June 29, 2025

Marble Jar People
Worship Leader, Rev. Patty Hanneman
Music: ERUUF Treble Choir; Annelise Chilton, Kristi Chilton & Pam DiLavore-Trio; Kate Lewis – Pianist; Wendy Looker – Music Director

Worship Associate: Mur Lafferty

Monthly Theme: Freedom

In Brené Brown’s presentation called “The Anatomy of Trust” she begins with a story about her daughter’s 3rd grade classroom, where a jar of marbles represents how much students can trust one another. This morning we’ll reflect on how trust is built in the smallest of moments.

June 22, 2025

Holding Brokenness
Worship Leader, Rev. Patty Hanneman
Music: Brandon Dawson; Matt Reid – Pianist; Wendy Looker – Music Director

Worship Associate: Sarah Rose Nordgren

Monthly Theme: Freedom

As we follow the news of upheaval that appears to be escalating daily, and as we interact with those whose lives will be affected by those events, how do we manage to hold what is breaking or broken?

June 15, 2025

Juneteenth and the Intersections of Liberation
Worship Leader, Rev. Jacqueline Brett
Music: Lisa Rhodes & Elana Scheiner; Kate Lewis – Pianist; Judith Ann Lyon-Mitchell and Johnann Montozzi-Wood – Cantors

Worship Associate: Johann Montozzi-Wood

Monthly Theme: Freedom

 

June 8, 2025

Poetry As Sacred Practice: Prayers, Lamentations, Psalms, and Blessings
Worship Leader, Rev. Jacqueline Brett
Music: Paul Baerman – Oboe; Kate Lewis – Pianist Wendy Looker – Music Director

Monthly Theme: Freedom

Psalms, prayers, laments, and blessings each have a specific poetic form.
This morning's service features original works created and presented by members of this spring’s Poetry As Sacred Practice Class.

Worship Participants:
Leigh Babaian, Paul Baerman, Julie Edmunds, Barbara Sheline, Jonathan Sheline, Stephanie Turner, Karen Wysocki
With additional works by Judith Hollowood and Deborah Smiley.

Read more: June 8, 2025

June 1, 2025

Between Stories Part II: Actions and Practices
Worship Leader: Rev. Jacqueline Brett
Music: River Folk; Kate Lewis – Pianist; Pam DiLavore – Cantor

Monthly Theme: Freedom

Justice Sunday - Reproductive Justice Action Group

As we employ our imaginations to create a new story of democracy and freedom, what specific actions and practices must we bring into our lives to do so?

May 25, 2025

Between Stories
Worship Leader: Rev. Jacqueline Brett
Music: Eric Thomas – Guitar; Helen Wolfson – Hammered dulcimer; Kate Lewis – Pianist; Wendy Looker – Music Director

Theme: Imagination