Past Services and Recordings
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
May 18, 2025
- Sabbatical As Wisdom Teaching and Spiritual Discernment
- Worship Leader: Rev. Jacqueline Brett
- Music: Eno River Singers, ERUUF House Band; Wendy Looker – Music Director
Theme: Imagination
Annual Meeting after the service at 11:30 am.
As Rev. Jacqueline prepares for a sabbatical, we’ll explore what the wisdom of this spiritual practice holds for both congregations and ministers.
May 11, 2025
- Imagining Our Faith
- Worship Leader: Rev. Jim Lewis and Coming of Age yout
- Music: Chalice Singers and Sunshine Kids; River Folk on the Fellowship Hall patio after the service; Joyce Kurpiers – Cantor; Kate Lewis – Pianist
Theme: Imagination
Summer schedule begins through August 31: ONE service at 10:00 am.
Coming of Age credos from our youth and Bridging Ceremony for high school seniors.
Over the course of the year, our Coming of Age youth have explored what they believe and what they don’t believe through discussions, activities, games, and contemplation with ERUUF staff and elders. This Sunday, the youth with present credos, speaking to what they believe at this current stage of their lives.
May 4, 2025
- Imagination, Faith, and Practice
- Worship Leader: Rev. Jacqueline Brett
- Music: Beloved Community Chorus (11:00 am), Kate Lewis – Pianist, Wendy Looker – Music Director
Worship Associate: Simon Kaplan (11:00 am)
Theme: Imagination
Throughout May, we’ll explore some of the many dimensions of imagination. This Sunday, we’ll ask what’s needed once our imaginations have become activated. We’ll also hear a pledge campaign update, and at the 11:00 service, we’ll enter into covenant with the 50 people who’ve signed the membership book since February.
April 27, 2025
- Alabama Pilgrimage
- Worship Leaders: Rev. Jacqueline Brett & Rev. Jim Lewis
- Music: Johann Montozzi-Wood (Cantor); Kate Lewis – Pianist
Theme: Joy
ONE SERVICE 11:00 AM
This past week 50 ERUUFians and guests went on pilgrimage to Montgomery and Selma, Alabama, the historical site of significant events and memorials of America’s racial history. Today, we’ll hear their reflections upon what it meant to be on pilgrimage and what they experienced.
April 20, 2025
- Easter Sunday and Earth Day
- Worship Leader: Rev. Jacqueline Brett
- Music: Eno River Singers, Beloved Community Chorus, ERUUF House Band, Kate Lewis - Pianist, Wendy Looker – Music Director
Worship Associates: Jonathan Sheline and Raquel Silva
Theme: Joy
ONE MULTIGENERATION SERVICE @ 11:00 am (online and in person)
As the Easter Holiday and Earth Day converge this Sunday, we shall honor them both with song, readings, reflections, and our annual flower ceremony, this year with a slightly new twist! We invite all to join in by bringing a flower from your garden or elsewhere. We’ll also close the service with a joyful community singing of “Hallelujah” from Handel’s Messiah.
April 13, 2025
- Celebrating Passover
- Worship Leader: Rev. Daniel Trollinger with the Eno River Jewish Fellowship
- Music: Paul Baerman, Oboe (9:00 am); Beloved Community Chorus (11:00 am); Kate Lewis – Pianist; Wendy Looker – Music Director
Generosity Sunday: Church World Services
Theme: Joy
