Previous Service Topics
Check out our previous services to see the diversity of our programs
2025 services
January 5: Mark Bernstein. Come, Yet Again Come.
Jan. 12: Rev. Beth Marshall. Teachers All Around Us
Jan. 19: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Advancing Justice.
Jan.26: Rev. Susan V. Rak. Be the Blessing.
February 2: Mark Bernstein. When Soft Voices Die.
Feb. 9: Marlin Barnes and Jane Peatling. Mid-Winter Music.
Feb. 16: Rev. Naomi King. Stand By This Faith.
Feb. 23: Rev. Paul Britner. Spiritual Ecstasy
2024 services:
Jan. 7: Rev. Peter Friedrichs. Do What You Can
Jan.14: A Laughing God
Jan. 21: Rev. Ed Poling. Shaped by Testing.
Jan. 28: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. A Fearless and Searching Moral Inventory.
Feb. 4 Rev. Peter Friedrichs. Be Who You Are
Feb. 11: Rev. Patrick T. O’Neill. The Shoemakers’ Window.
Feb 18: Mark Bernstein. Eating Well: The Role of Hope in Our Unitarian Universalist Lives.
Feb. 25: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. The Pearl of Great Price.
March 3: Irene Glass. Renewal and Returning Light.
March 10: Jane Peatling and Marlin Barnes. Musical Pieces
March 17: Rev. Wayne B. Arnason. How Shall We Be Healed?
March 24: Rev. Christopher Buice. Unitarian Universalists, Cats and Dogs.
March 31 (Easter): Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Was Jesus a Pacifist?
April 7: Rev. Scott W. Alexander. But Are You Happy?
April 14: Irene Glass. Community, Connection, and Conflict
April 21: UUCH Players. The Blue-Green Hills of Earth.
April 28: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. The Sabbath World.
May 5: Mark Bernstein. The Difficulty of Being Just.
May 12: Rev. Erik Walker Wikstrom. When Faced with Evil.
May 19: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Belonging with Integrity.
May 26: Taps: 24 Notes for Memorial Day
June 2: JD Stillwater. Grand Design: Aging, Alloparenting, and Evolution.
June 9: Irene Glasse. Abundance Within and Without.
June 16: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Answering Your Call.
June 23: Rev. Dennis J. Daniel. The Light That Shines Out of a Life.
June 30: Rev. Dr. Helen Lutton Cohen. Odd Arrangements and Funny Solutions.
July 7: Rev. Karyn Marsh. Freedom’s Just Another Word.
July 14: Mark Bernstein. Selling Onions.
July 21: Rev. Susan Maginn. Wandering Pilgrimage.
July 28: Irene Glasse. Magnificent Imperfection.
August 4: Bret Lortie. Music and Mediation: Resolving Conflict in a Warring World.
August 11: Robin Reichert. Walking to Walden with Emerson and Thoreau.
August 18: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Progress, Not Perfection.
August 25: Rev. Scott Alexander. Which God Don’t You Believe In?
November 3: JD Stillwater. Ancestors: Honoring Them, Becoming Them.
November 10: Irene Glasse. Winternights.
November 17: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Ethical Eating.
November 24: Fleeting Holiday or Culture of Gratitude.
December 1: Rev. Susan Rak. Perseverance.
December 8: Irene Glasse. Dark Season Spirituality.
December 15: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. The Scrooge in All of Us.
December 22: Rev. David A. Miller. Reimagining the Christmas Story: A Metanoia Moment.
December 24, 7 p.m. Christmas Eve Service. Deconstructing Christmas.
December 29: Saturnalia, UU-Style.
2023 services:
Jan. 1: Abundance and Emptiness.
Jan. 8: Lora Powell-Haney. Centering Our Values.
Jan. 15: Rev. Susan V. Rak. Grow Your Soul.
Jan. 22: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Unredeemable?
Jan. 29: The Flame Beneath the Ice. Poetry and music
Feb. 5: Rev. Peter Friedrichs. Everything is Possible.
Feb. 12: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Attributes of Love.
Feb. 19: Dr. Melanie Davis. Honoring Your Inherent Worth and Dignity.
Feb. 26: Yvonne Pfoutz. Dual Identity?
March 5: The First U
March 12: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Sources of Our Faith.
March 19: Lora Powell-Haney. Vulnerable Faith.
March 26: Robin Reichert. Return to Innocence.
April 2: Rev. Susan Rak. Calamity, Hope, and Courage.
April 9 (Easter): Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Last Words of Jesus.
April 16: Steve Maier. Reverence for Life.
April 23: Andrew McKnight. Earth Day, Everyday.
April 30. Singing Our Journey.
May 7: Mark Bernstein. The Only Way Out.
May 14: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Our Transcendentalist Heritage.
May 21: JD Stillwater. Magic Recipes: Science and the Profound Meaning of Spring.
May 28: Sturdy Oaks in Our UU Woods.
June 4: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Lincoln’s Faith
June 11: Rev. Karyn Bergmann Marsh. The Pleasure Principle.
June 18: The Second U.
June 25: 100 Years of Blossoms.
July 2: Rev. Dan Harper. A Patriotic Faith.
July 9: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Let Justice Roll.
July 16: Rev. Don Stevenson. The Centered Life.
July 23: Lora Powell-Haney. Radical Permission, Body and Soul.
July 30:. Is This a Christian Church?
August 6: Rev. Joel Miller. Living Touchstones.
August 13: Irene Glasse. Living the Liminal: Meaning, Stability, and Connection in Times of Change.
August 20: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. When Prayers Aren’t Wanted.
August 27: Explaining Unitarian Universalism Without a Pamphlet.
Sept. 3: Labors of Love.
Sept. 10: Ingathering: The Strength of Water.
Sept. 17: Rev. Karen Marsh. Being Human Is a Guest House.
Sept. 24: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Forgiving the Dead.
Oct. 1: Why Be Spiritual
Oct. 8: Rev. Jan Carlsson-Bull. On the Other Side of the Pond.
Oct. 15: Mark Bernstein. The Hobgoblin of Little Minds.
Oct. 22: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. When Love Hurts.
Oct. 29: UUCH Players. Fear and Freedom.
Nov. 5: Rev. Peter Friedrichs. Want What You Have,
Nov. 12: Rev. Bruce Clear. Fuzzy Questions, Fuzzy Answers.
Nov. 19: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. A More Perfect Union.
Nov. 26 : Irene Glass. Resilience, Gratitude and Staying Present.
Dec. 3: JD Stillwater. Love in Darkening Times.
Dec. 10: Rev. Karyn Bergmann Marsh. Mystery of Life.
Dec. 17: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Many Rivers.
Dec. 24: UUCH Players. Follow Yonder Star.
Dec. 31: Out of the Box.
2022 services: January to March entirely on zoom. From April to the present, hybrid worship (in person in the sanctuary and on zoom)
Jan. 2: UUCH Standup Comics. Laughing into 2022.
Jan. 9: Rev. Bret Lortie. Jazz, Peace, and UUs.
Jan. 16: Dr. Melanie Davis. Reconnecting with the Spirit of Life.
Jan. 23: Rev. Paul Britner. Creating Hope.
Jan 30: Rev. Kenton Stone. Renegade Role Models.
Feb. 6: Rev. Bruce Clear. The Theist in Me.
Feb. 13: Robin Reichert. The Naked Truth About Love.
Feb. 20: Rev. Paul Britner. Our UU Presidents.
Feb. 27: Rev. Kenton Stone. Remembering Fun.
March 6: Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Strong. A Theology of Evolution.
March 13: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth
March 20: Rev. Holly Lux-Sullivan. What Can We Do for Unitarian Universalism Today?
March 27: Rev. Dr. Susan Rak. We Make the Path.
April 3: JD Stillwater. One Song.
April 10: Rev. Ann Marie Alderman. Tree-Huggers and a New Model of God.
April 17: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. The Women at the Tomb.
April 24: UUCH Players. Remember the Ladies.
May 1: Rev. Kenton Stone. Pandemic Nice.
May 8: Marlin Barnes. Where Is the Music?
May 15: Dr. Melanie Davis. Jumping into Change.
May 22: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. The Power of Forgiveness.
May 29: A Life’s Précis.
June 5: Mark Bernstein. Driven by Waves
June 12: Rev. Marta Valentin. Bearers of Light
June 19: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Biblical Fathers
June 26: Rev. Ed Poling. St. Francis and al-Kamil, the Sultan of Egypt: An Interfaith Encounter
July 3: Flag-Waving UUs?
July 10: Rev. John Buehrens. Stability.
July 17: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. The Journey of Faith: Part 1.
July 24: Rev. Jan Nielsen. Happiness.
July 31: Rev. Leaf Seligman. The Evolution of Ideas.
August 7: Liz Blackadar. Acceptance 101.
August 14: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. The Journey of Faith: Part 2
August 21: Tommy Bradshaw. Embracing an Eclectic Perspective.
August 28: Rev. Don Stevenson. Dismantling Vengeance: Turning the Other Cheek.
Sept. 4: More than a Parade and Picnic: The Story of Labor Day.
Sept. 11: The Waters of Our Lives.
Sept. 18: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. The Journey of Faith: Part 3
Sept. 25: JD Stillwater. Defiant Love: Interrogating Our Heritage.
October 2: The Umbrella Sanctuary.
October 9: Rev. Beth Marshall. Embracing the Exile.
October 16: Rev. Karyn Marsh. In Praise of Darkness.
October 23: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Living in a Broken World
October 30: Behind the Mask.
Nov. 6: Andrew McKnight. What Moves Us to Keep Marching?
Nov. 13: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Gratitude and Grace.
Nov. 20: Mark Berstein. Finding Echoes.
Nov. 27: Rev. Karyn Marsh. Liberal Is Not a Four-Letter Word.
Dec. 4: Rev. Cathy Bowers. Work and Rest: The Rhythm of Our Lives.
Dec. 11: Robin Reichert. The Christmas Secret
Dec, 18: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. The Life of Winter
Dec. 24: 7 p.m. Christmas Eve Service. Christmas on the Air: The Final Chapter
UUCH closed on Dec. 25. No worship or religious education class
2021 services: Entirely on Zoom
Jan. 3: Robin Reichert. Ringing in Peace.
Jan. 10: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. MLK and the Duty to Disobey.
Jan. 17: Rev. Aaron White. Martin Luther King and Unitarian Universalism.
Jan. 24: Rev. Dr. Kenton Stone. Thinky Pain.
Jan. 31: Dr. Karen Gray. Complicity and Compromise.
Feb. 7: Winter in Our Souls. music by RitmaCordia and poetry
Feb. 14: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Love Rejoices in the Truth
Feb. 21: Mark Bernstein. Is Superman a Closet UU?.
Feb. 28: Rev. Dr. Kenton Stone. What Does Not Kill Me Makes Me Stronger.?
March 7: Reverend Don Stevenson. Innerstance, Not Circumstance.
March 14: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Progress, Not Perfection.
March 21: Finding Our Equilibrium in a Time of Coronavirus.
March 28: Rev. Dr. Kenton Stone. Say Their Names.
April 4: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. The Meaning of Easter.
April 11: Rev. Dr. Kenton Stone. Music as a Spiritual Practice: the Sequel.
April 18: Rev. Molly H. Gordon’s sermon, How to Survive the End of the World.
April 25: Robin Reichert. What If.
May 2: Rev. Dr. Kenton Stone. Quantum Spirituality—Transcending the False Choice Between Faith and Science.
May 9: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Mothers of our Faith: Maria Mitchell.
May 16: Rev. Greg Ward. Explaining Unitarian Universalism Without a Pamphlet.
May 23: Melanie Davis, PhD. A UU Non-Theist Take on Faith and Miracles.
May 30: Taps: 24 Notes for Memorial Day.
June 6: Rev. Dr. Kenton Stone. Mountaintop Moments.
June 13: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. An Optimist’s Guide to the Pandemic.
June 20: Rev. Kimberley Debus. A Mile Wide.
June 27 : Rev. Jennifer Ryuu. Pagan Influences on Modern Unitarian Universalism.
July 4: Mark Bernstein. Being in Awe.
July 11: Rev. Susan Maginn’s sermon, Wandering Pilgrimage.
July 18: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Silencing the Past.
July 25: Rev. Dr. Kenton Stone. Welcoming the Stranger?
August 1: Rev. Beth Marshall. The Boldness Within.
August 8: Rev. Wayne Arnason’s sermon, Next Time Around: a UU Revisits Reincarnation..
August 15: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. To Be of Use.
August 22: Rev. Dr. Kenton Stone. Necessary Losses Yet Again..
August 29: Rev. Bruce Bode’s sermon, Living with Contradictions.
Sept. 5: Our Lives Like Water, a Water Communion service
Sept. 12: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Rewriting Our Narrative
Sept. 19: Savoring Our Harvest.
Sept. 26: Rev. Dr. Kenton Stone. Church Signs of the Times
Oct. 3: Rev. Bruce Clear’s sermon, The Christian in Me
Oct. 10: Mark Bernstein. Stealing Second Base.
Oct. 17: Rev. Dr. Kenton Stone. Be a John, Not a Peter
Oct. 24: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Primal Religions.
Oct. 31: Rev. Erik Walker Wikstrom. When Faced with Evil.
Nov. 7: Rev. Bruce Clear’s sermon, The Humanist in Me
Nov. 14: Rev. Dr. Kenton Stone. Taking a Corny Stand.
Nov. 21: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Good Luck. I Love You
Nov. 28: Waiting with Hope: Advent
Dec. 5: JD Stillwater. Defining Enough
Dec. 12: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Coveting in the Time of Christmas.
Dec. 19: Rev. Dr. Susan Rak. Comfort and Joy.
Dec. 24, Christmas Eve Service, Christmas on the Air, the Sequel.
Dec. 26: A Breathing Space.
2020 services
Jan. 5: Rev. Paige Getty. Believing Anything You Want Isn’t Enough.
Jan. 12: Dr. Karen Gray. The Value of Enchantment to the Human Spirit.
Jan. 19: cancelled because of snow
Jan. 26: Rev. Ed Poling. In the MIdst of Genocide: Etty Hillesum’s Brief Life.
Feb. 1: All You Need Is Love. Really?
Feb. 9: Marlin Barnes and Jane Peatling. Music and Musings.
Feb. 16: Fanny Crawford. Stories of Saints and Sinners.
Feb.23: Michael Roehm. A Buddhist UU’s Observations.
March 1: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. What Moral Obligations Do We Have towards Other Animals? .
March 8. Brave Legacy, Bold Future.
March 15: No worship service. In-Person activities suspended because of Covid-19.
March 22: Together Again, first on-line worship service via Zoom meeting software
March 29: Reconnecting, via Zoom
April 5: Community & Connection, via Zoom
April 12: Spring Joy, via Zoom, with slide show of spring photos from members and friends
April 19: Healing Our Earth, Healing Ourselves, an Earth Day program, via Zoom
April 26: Hope Rises, via Zoom
May 3: Apart but Together, via Zoom
May 10: Waiting, via Zoom
May 17: We Need One Another, via Zoom
May 24: Creativity & Resilience, via Zoom, with slide show of UU creativity during Covid
May 31: How Our UU Values & Principles Help Us Hope & Cope, via Zoom
June 7: Stay Woke, via Zoom
June 14: Moving Forward with Hope, via Zoom
June 21: Onward with Purpose, via Zoom
June 28: Members and friends watched the live UUA General Assembly worship service.
July 5: UU Patriotism. Zoom
July 12: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Solitude in the Time of the Coronavirus. Zoom
July 19: Kari Gottfried. The Five Jagged Rocks of Unitarian Universalism. Zoom
July 26: JD Stillwater. Building a New Way: DIY. Zoom
August 2: Unexpected Blossoms: a Flower Communion for a Socially Distanced Congregation. Zoom
August 9: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Wild Forces. Zoom
August 16: Rev. Nathan Ryan. Black Lives Matter More than a Slogan. Zoom
August 23: Rev. Dr. Kenton Stone. Love Beyond Belief. Zoom
August 30: Rev. Scott Alexander. May Your Pillow Catch Fire! —Sources of Courageous Goodness. Zoom
Sept. 6: Rev. Dr. David Breeden. Putting Labor Back into Labor Day, Zoom
Sept. 13: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Good Trouble. Zoom
Sept. 20: Rev. Dr. Kenton Stone. Welcoming The Evangelical Left. Zoom
Sept. 27: Rev. James Ishmael Ford. Standing on the Side of Love: a Sermon for Yom Kippur. Zoom
October 4: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. When Love Hurts. Zoom
October 11: Falling Apart and Coming Out. Zoom
October 18: Rev. Dr. Kenton Stone. Winners and Losers. Zoom
October 25: Rev. Susan Maginn’s sermon, Be Not Afraid Zoom
Nov. 1: Rev. Scott Alexander’s sermon, Waiting in the Garden. Zoom
Nov. 8: Rev. Dr. Kenton Stone. Listening to Music As A Spiritual Practice. Zoom
Nov. 15: Mark Bernstein. The Case Against Gratitude. Zoom
Nov. 22: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. With Friends Like These. Zoom
Nov. 29: Rev. Carol Thomas Cissel. Don’t Get Mad, Get Busy. Zoom
Dec. 6: Rev. Dr. Kenton Stone. John Brown, Lincoln, and Racial Justice. Zoom
Dec. 13: Rev. David A. Miller’s sermon, The Radical Paradigm Shift of Christmas. Zoom
Dec. 20: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. To Life! Zoom
Thursday, Dec. 24, Christmas Eve Service at 7 p.m. UUCH Players. Christmas on the Air. An original radio-style play Zoom
Dec. 27: So Very Different, So Much the Same. Zoom
2019 SERVICES
Jan. 6: Rev. Dr. Paul Bitner. Personhood and Parenthood.
Jan. 13: church service cancelled because of snow.
Jan. 20: church service cancelled because of snow.
Jan. 27: Rev. Kenton Stone. Presence.
Feb. 3: Dr. Karen Gray. Virtue Ethics,.
Feb. 10: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Spiritual Ecstasy.
.Feb. 17: Rev. Scott Alexander’s Getting Serious About Unitarian Universalism.
Feb.24: Rev. Kenton Stone. Thyself.
March 3: Fanny Crawford. T.H. Barnes Talks About Life, Death and History.
March 10: J.D. Stillwater. Befriending the Thief—Remembering Mary Oliver.
March 17: Rev. Dr. Judith McLean. Passive Racism.
March 24: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Artificial Intelligence.
March 31: “Whispering Maggid” Melvin Metelits. Is It All About Love?
April 7: Rev. James Ishmael Ford’s sermon, Already Broken: A Buddhist Perspective on the Season of Spring.
April 14: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. When Families Hurt.
April 21: Rev. Kenton Stone. After Hallelujah, Leonard Cohen.
April 28: Rev. John H. Buehrens. Failure to Forgive.
May 5: Rev. Kenton Stone. Wikipedia Angel.
May 12: Jane Peatling and Marlin Barnes. A Path of Happiness.
May 19: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Heroes and Sheroes.
May 26: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Was Jesus a Pacifist?
June 2: Nancy Crawford. Aging? Who, ME?—A lighted-hearted look.
June 9: Rev. Dr. Judith McLean. Inner and Outer Light: The Symbolic and Mystical Attributes of Light in Religion.
June 16: Rev. Leslie Becknell-Marx. Learning the Principles by Heart.
June 23: Linda Taggart. Gaia Is… .
June 30: Rev. Ed Poling. Not Finished Yet: Aging, Diminishment and Spirituality.
July 7: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Did Unitarians Invent America?
July 14: Rev. Peter Frederick. Want What You Have.
July 21: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. The New Language of Sexuality.
July 28: Rev. Dr. Judith McLean. Baby Steps toward Environmental Action.
August 4: Rev. Helen Lutton Cohen. Odd Arrangements and Funny Solutions.
August 11: Rev. Dr. Kenton Stone. When Every Day Is Extra.
August 18: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Following Your Bliss.
August 425: Rev. Richard Davis. If I Were a Street Evangelist
Sept. 1: Love’s Labors.
September 8: Rev. Dr. Kenton Stone. The Last of the Lacandones.
September 15: JD Stillwater. Fiddling While Rome Burns.
September 22: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. What Tevye Can Teach Us About Change.
September 29: Andrew McKnight. Treasures in My Chest.
October 6: Truth and Meaning.
October 13: Rev. Dr. Kenton Stone. Necessary Suffering
October 20: Rev. Paul Britner. Paul’s Theological Dictionary: God.
October 27: Remembering with Joy
November 3: Two Evangelical Christians and a UU Minister Seated Together on a Plane
November 10: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Love Does Not Envy.
November 17: Rev. Dr. Kenton Stone. Universalism Again.
November 24: November 24: Real Gratitude.
December 1: JD Stillwater. The Climate Addiction.
December 8: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Jesus Was an Undocumented Immigrant.
December 15: The UU Christmas Connection.
December 22: Winter Solstice: Trust Darkness.
Christmas Eve, An Appalachian Christmas.
December 29: A Deep and Restful Silence.
2018 SERVICES
January 7: Marlin Barnes & Jane Peatling. Music—The Universal Language.
January 14: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. The Reckoning.
January 21: Rev. Kenton Stone. Sex, Power, Meaning.
January 28: Rev. Ed Poling. Finding Common Ground: Liu Xiaobo.
February 4: cancelled because of snow
February 11: Rev. Kenton Stone. Frank Talk.
February 18: Dr. Karen Gray. Thinking About “The Dignity of Man”
February 25: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Love Never Ends.
March 4: Judith McLean. Patriarchy Through the Ages and Its Influence on Women.
March 11: Rev. Kenton Stone. Flaming Chalices of the Heart.
March 18: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Poggio Finds a Book, Saves the World.
March 25: Rev. Ron Crawford. Our Father? Oh Brother
April 1: Rev. Kenton Stone. Beyond Bitterness.
April 8: Marcus Jaiclin. Finding Humanity Among the Robots.
April 15: Rev. Bruce Cleary. Fuzzy Questions, Fuzzy Answers
April 22: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. When Prayers Aren’t Wanted.
April 29: Rev. Ron Crawford. Mysticism and Meaning.
May 6: Rev. Ron Crawford. Ten Things You Gotta Like About God.
May 13: Stephen C. Buckingham. Social Justice Work as Spiritual Practice
May 20: Rev. Kenton Stone. Universalism Strikes Again.
May 27: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Pacifism in a Violent World.
June 3: Rev. Ron Crawford. The Fourth Quarter.
June 10: Rev. Dr. Judith McLean. Women and Inequality in the Time of Reason.
June 17: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. It’s Hard to Be the Buddha.
June 24: Rev. Dr. Helen Cohen. Talking about Death.
July 1: Rev. Lisa McDaniel-Hutchings’ sermon, Resilience
July 8: Rev. Peter Friedrichs’ sermon Do What You Can
July 15: Rev. Kenton Stone. The End of Suffering.
July 22: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Why Be Normal?
July 29: Ginny Cook. A Letter from God
August 5: Jane Peatling and Marlin Barnes. Mostly Music.
August 12: Rev. Kenton Stone. After Atheism.
August 19: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Stealing Hope.
August 26: Rev. Ron Crawford. You Are Like Salt, You Are Like Light!
September 2: Endings and Beginnings.
September 9: Rev. Kenton Stone. Losing Our Sense of Humor.
September 16: JD Stillwater. Complementarity: Coming of Age at 54.
September 23: Rev. Dr. Judith McLean. Oral Tradition.
September 30: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Awe.
October 7: Rev. Ron Crawford. Thank you, Mary Magdalene.
October 14: Dance Alchemy. The Eagle and the Condor.
October 21: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Love Does Not Insist.
October 28: Rev. Kenton Stone. Remember Me
Nov. 4: Linda Taggart. Our Spirit’s Harvest.
Nov. 11: Rev. Edward Poling. Jesus of Nazareth: Contemplative Activist.
Nov. 18: Rev. Kenton Stone. Your Quest.
Nov. 25: Rev. John Morehouse. All at the Table,
Dec. 2: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. When Life Isn’t Fair.
Dec. 9: Rev. Sarah Campbell. Moment of Truth.
Dec. 16: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. The Prosperity Gospel.
Dec. 23: Memories of Winter Lights.
Christmas Eve Service Generous Hearts in Hard Times.
Dec. 30: Marlin Barnes. The Ebb and Flow of Empathy.
2017 SERVICES
January 1: Meditations on Past, Present and Future.
January 8: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Alt Right or Alt Wrong: A Perspective from MLK, Jr.
January 15: Marlin Barnes and Jane Peatling. Why Music?
January 22: Rev. Rebekah Montgomery. Desperate Times.
January 29: Rev. Ed Poling: Finding Common Ground: Badshah Khan.
February 5: Rev. Kenton Stone: At-one-ment.
February 12: Bernadette Wagner. Frank Conversations About the End of Life.
February 19: Rev. Rebekah Montgomery: ’Forgiveness Is the Final Form of Love.
February 26: Dr. Karen Gray: An Atheist’s Sense of the Sacred.
March 5: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. The Spirituality of Sexuality.
March 12: Rev. Ron Crawford. Just What Is a Unitarian Universalist, Anyway?
March 19: Yvonne Pfoutz. A Momentary Pause in Tilting.
March 26: Fanny Crawford. Chapman, Water and Spring.
April 2: Rev. Kenton Stone. A Sunday with Morrie.
April 9: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Beyond Exodus.
April 16: Rev. Rebekah Montgomery. Light Reborn.
April 23: Plum Blossom Memories: Celebrating UUCH’s 60th Anniversary.
April 30: Rev. Ron Crawford. Falling to Grace.
May 7: Rev. Kenton Stone. The Mothers of May.
May 14: Rev. Sara Huisjen. Hey Momma
May 21: Julie Castillo. Evolution and Creationism.
May 28: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Honoring Troops, Opposing War.
June 4: Rev. Ron Crawford. To Do or To Be?
June 11: Rev. Kenton Stone. Justice in the Jungle.
June 18: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. The Bible and Homosexuality.
June 25: Rev. Ed Poling. Finding Common Ground: Rabbi Arik Ascherman.
July 2: Rev. Ron Crawford. The Essence of Being Interesting.
July 9: Rev. Wayne Arnason’s sermon. The Care of the Soul.
July 16: J.D. Stillwater. Active Love, an Antidote to Anthropocene Angst.
July 23: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. What Makes Us Who We Are?
July 30: Michael Roehm. Transcendental Practices for Today.
August 6: Rev. Marilyn Sewell. The Moral Demands of Climate Change.
August 13: Jerry Harness. In Other Words, the Golden Rule in World Religions.
August 20: Rev. Kenton Stone. Committed to Social Justice.
August 27: Marlin Barnes & Jane Peatling. Let’s Talk about Communication.
September 3: Donna Catling & Yvonne Pfoutz. Our Jobs, Ourselves.
September 10: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. The Red Badge of Reason.
September 17: Rev. Ron Crawford. Religion, Need or Nicety?
September 24: Rev. Kenton Stone. Love Beyond Belief.
October 1: Andrew McKnight. The Gifts in Our Genes: a Special Music Service.
October 8: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Religion and Domestic Violence.
October 15: Rev. Ron Crawford. Toward an Understanding of Ministry.
October 22: Rev. Ed Poling. Finding Common Ground: Valerie Kaur, Sikh Activist.
October 29: Rev. Kenton Stone. A UU Book on Christ.
November 5: Rev. Ron Crawford. UU Christianity, Contradiction or What?
November 12: Dance Alchemy. The Art of Giving and Receiving.
November 19: Rev. Kenton Stone. The Gospel According to U2.
November 26: Rev. Scott Alexander. Thanksgiving Sermon
December 3: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Saints, Sinners and Santa Claus.
December 10: J.D. Stillwater. This Is Not My Beautiful House.
December 17: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Jesus in Other Traditions.
Christmas Eve Service, Christmas Wishes.
December 31: Letting Go and Moving Forward.
2016 SERVICES
January 3: Michael Roehm. Welcoming the New Year.
January 10: Rev. Peter Friedrich. Be Who You Are.
January 17: Rev. Ed Poling. Finding Common Ground Amidst Religious Diversity.
January 24: cancelled because of blizzard
Jan. 31: Fanny Crawford. God, Mabel, Rose and Me.
February 7: Dr. Sahab Siddiqi. Muslim Understanding.
February 14: Karen Gray. Love and Justice
February 21: Rev. Jay Leach The Infinite Enlargement of the Heart.
February 28: Rev. Kenton Stone. A UU Saint from 20th Century Spain.
March 6: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. I’ve Got the Good News.
March 13: Rev. Ron Crawford. Help for Healing
March 20: Yvonne Pfoutz. Awakening to the World.
March 27 (Easter): Rev. Kenton Stone. Heaven
April 3: Rev. Ron Crawford. Humanism in Perspective.
April 10: Rev. Scott Alexander. But Are You Happy?
April 17: Rev. Ed Poling. Thich Nhat Hanh
April 24: Rev. Kenton Stone. The 21st Century Universalist Revival.
May 1: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner. Eve Was Framed.
May 8: Rev. Dr. Elizabeth M. Strong. A Theology of Evolution.
May 15: Rev. Wayne Arnason. From the One, Many: Prospects for a New Universalism.
May 22: Rev. Kenton Stone. Hope After Hope.
May 29: Rev. Ron Crawford. Reflections on Ministry.
June 5: UUCH Players. The Quarrelsome Quails
June 12: Rev. Jonalu Johnstone. Lessons Learned from a Culture of Pride.
June 19: Rev. Ron Crawford. The Gospel According to Fulghum.
June 26: Rev. Kenton Stone. The 21st Century Universalist Revival, Part 2
July 3: Musician Michael DeLalla. Mindfulness in All Things.
July 17: Rev. Ron Crawford. Beyond Spirituality.
July 24: Rev. Rebekah Montgomery. Digging Within.
July 31: J.D. Stillwater. Super. Natural: Science Beckons the Faithful.
August 7: Rev. Kenton Stone. Hope from St. Anthony, MN
August 14: Rev. Paul Britner. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and the Physics of Families
August 21: Rev. Ron Crawford. Growing Old Graciously and Other Nonsense.
August 28: Ginny Cook. Being Alive and Having to Die.
September 4: Remembering the Labor in Labor Day.
September 11: The DeMasi Brothers. Living In A World of Kindness. !
September 18: Rev. Paul Britner. The All-American Revolution.
September 25: Dance Alchemy. Writing a New Narrative.
October 2: Rev. Ron Crawford. We and Other Religions
October 9: Rev. Kenton Stone. From Terrorist to Minister
October 16: Rev. Ed Poling. Finding Common Ground: Mahatma Gandhi.
October 23: Andrew McKnight. Tilling Our Common Ground.
October 30: Rev. Kenton Stone. Halloween and the Day of the Dead.
Nov. 6: Rev. Ron Crawford. A Reason for Being.
Nov. 13: JD Stillwater. One Song: The Science of Unity.
Nov. 20: Rev. Paul Britner. Surviving a Family Gathering.
Nov. 27: Rev. Kenton Stone. Fundamentalism v Modernity
Dec. 4: Rev. Ron Crawford. We Are Now What We Were Then.
Dec. 11: Rev. Dr. Paul Britner: A UU Christmas Carol.
Dec. 18: Rev. Kenton Stone. Accidental Saints.
Christmas Eve: The Christmas Miracle. December 25. UUCH Closed