Past Services and Recordings
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.
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.
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
