Past Services and Recordings
July 9, 2023
- Highlights from UUA General Assembly: Faithfully Becoming
- Worship Facilitator: Connie Pearcy
July 2, 2023
- Never Give Up, Never Surrender
- Worship Leader: Rev. Alison Eskildsen
- Music: Sally Franz, flute; Barbara Welanetz - Cantor; Kate Lewis - Pianist
Finding hope for a more perfect union can be found in our shared Unitarian Universalist and American values.
June 25, 2023
- What Do You Believe?
- Worship Leaders: ERUUF Christian Fellowship
- Music: Treble Ensemble
This is a question frequently asked of UU Christians. For any Unitarian Universalist, the answer requires some reflection. For UU Christians, the answer must also contend with the current beliefs, identities and stereotypes associated with being “Christian”. Join the UU Christian Fellowship this morning, as we share our beliefs and what we prefer to emphasize - Freely Following Jesus.
June 18, 2023
- Well Beyond Wordle
- Worship Leader: Rev. Alison Eskildsen
- Music: Judith Lyon-Mitchell, soloist
Popular word games, like “Wordle”, challenge players to find the right word in a limited number of tries. We Unitarian Universalists also struggle to find the right words in our limited time on Sunday mornings.
June 11, 2023
- Delight Amidst the Challenge
- Worship Leader: Rev. Jim Lewis
- Music: Kristi & Andren Chilton; Pam DiLavore – Vocals, Devin Chilton – Percussion and Ukelele; Kate Lewis – Pianist, Wendy Looker – Music Director
In the hard times, it can be difficult to connect to delight in our world. Why is it important to embrace those delights even as we may hold the challenges?
Generosity Sundays offer the ERUUF community to practice collective generosity by designating the collection plate offering to a local Durham nonprofit working for social justice in ways aligned to UU values. The recipient this Sunday will be The Durham Crisis Response Center.
June 4, 2023
- Choosing Delight
- Worship Leaders: Rev. Jim Lewis and CUUPS
- Music: Jewelsong; Kate Lewis - Pianist; Wendy Looker - Music Director
Eno River CUUPS will be leading the service, on the subject of “Choosing Delight.” As part of Covenant of UU Pagans, we see the earth as part of the sacred whole of life. By being present to the delights in our lives we can find energy and hope.
May 28, 2023
- Worship Leader: Rev. Jacqueline Brett with Simon Kaplan - Worship Associate
- Music: Shape Note Shifters; Claudia Kaplan - Cantor; Kate Lewis - Pianist
It is said that "gratitude is the heart's memory"; our experiences of it can surface in both the praise and lamentations of life. This Sunday we will explore the depths and dimensions of gratitude and its value to us as a spiritual practice.
May 21, 2023
- Common Ground
- Worship Leaders: Rev. Jim Lewis and the Nontheist Group
- Music: Eno River Singers, Eric Thomas, Kate Lewis - Pianist, Wendy Looker - Music Director
Today ERUUF's newest sources group, Nontheists, will explore some of the reasons why nontheists might expend considerable amounts of their time, talent, and treasure supporting a community like ERUUF. After all, isn’t Unitarian Universalism a religion? And doesn’t religion mean you believe in god? And isn’t the very definition of a nontheist someone who doesn’t believe in god? Also on this Sunday, we will celebrate our Bridging High School Seniors as they cross the threshold into young adulthood.
May 14, 2023
- Finding A Path to Tomorrow
- Worship Leader: Rev. Jim Lewis and Coming of Age, Worship Leaders
- Music: Chalice Singers
ERUUF's Coming of Age Youth present their thoughts and beliefs in a service created by them. The Coming of Age youth have spent the year examining themselves, how they live, and what they believe and present this service as part of their journey with the ERUUF community.
May 7, 2023
- What If?
- Worship Leader: Rev. Jacqueline Brett
- Music: Beloved Community Chorus
This Sunday we widen our circle of beloved community by welcoming 38 new members. What if we understood this as an invitation to actively align our intentions with the new possibilities and creative potential their presence represents? What if we embraced it as an opportunity to recognize our interconnectedness with all of life, to open ourselves up to new ideas, experiences, and ways of being?
April 30, 2023
- Sabbath As Resistance
- Worship Leader: Rev. Jacqueline Brett
- Music: Kidznotes
This week we'll explore the distinction between a pause for self-care and the sabbath rest in our 24/7, non-stop, go go go culture -- and why both are needed. We'll also recognize the end of Rev. Stacy Grove's tenure with us.
April 23, 2023
- It is Time Now: Earth Day 2023
- Worship Leaders: Rev. Jim Lewis and the Earth Justice Action Group
- Music: Sunshine Kids, Chalice Singers, and Jewelsong
As the Earth changes our society must undergo rapid transformation. Children, youth and adults all have a voice in how we perceive the challenges and respond in these times of disintegration and renewal.