This Sunday we will wrestle with the paradox of accountability and unconditional love. Welcome! We are always delighted to welcome guests! If this is your first time visiting a Unitarian Universalist church or our congregation, here’s some idea of what to expect. Order of Service Prelude Opening Hymn: STLT #131 Love Will Guide Us Welcome Ring … Continue reading Circle of Care
“Reading fiction not only develops our imagination and creativity, it gives us the skills to be alone. It gives us the ability to feel empathy for people we’ve never met, living lives we couldn’t possibly experience for ourselves, because the book puts us inside the character’s skin.” Ann Patchett Welcome! We are always delighted to … Continue reading Have You Read Any Good Books Lately?
As a Living Tradition, how can modernizing the UUA Article II Purposes guide us on the journey towards collective liberation and becoming the anti-racist, multicultural, multi-religious Beloved Community our faith calls us to be?
It is likely every UU minister has an Iowa Sisterhood sermon or two, this week we will hear Rev. Sollie’s! Order of Service Prelude: La Cathédrale Engloutie by Claude Debussy, Linli Wang, Pianist Opening Hymn: STJ #1051, We Are… Welcome Ring Bowl Chalice Lighting: Rev. Florence Caplow Wisdom Tale: The Paper Bag Princess, Robert Munsch … Continue reading Iowa Sisterhood
Rev. Sollie is an RNUU–a Religious Naturalist Unitarian Universalist. Maybe you are too? Join us to explore this theology. Order of Service Prelude: Nature souriante by Camille Saint-Saëns Morgen by Richard Strauss, Linli Wang, piano Opening Hymn: STLT #361 Enter, Rejoice, and Come In Welcome Ring Bell Chalice Lighting: Rev. Shari Woodbury Wisdom Tale: The … Continue reading Religious Naturalism
Join us to celebrate the ways Unitarian Universalism illuminates our journeys and brightens our world. Together, we will reflect on UU values that are important to us and take the opportunity to refocus our hope and commitment to advance these values in the coming year. Join Tanya Webster, Director of Religious Education, our youth and … Continue reading Illumination
Say what?
Why is Unitarian Universalism creedless? To what question is love the answer? How can we know that love is the answer? Join us for the questions, musings, poetry, and current answers from one UU contemplating truth and meaning. Order of Service Prelude Opening Hymn: #131, Love Will Guide Us Welcome Ring Bell Chalice Lighting Wisdom … Continue reading Evolving Truth, Enduring Meaning
As we head into a New Year, what do you need to release to be ready? Join us for a morning of reflection and ritual as we metaphorically clean house. Order of Service Prelude: JOY – By J.S. Bach arranged by George Winston, Pianist, Mileva Saulo-Lewis Opening Hymn: #361 – Enter Rejoice and Come In … Continue reading Fire Communion
Join us for a multigenerational evening of singing, reflection and camaraderie! Order of Service Prelude: Greensleeves, and Ave Maria by Gounod/J. S. Bach, Lea Casini, French horn; Linli Wang, piano Opening Hymn: STLT #253, O Come, All Ye Faithful Welcome Chalice Lighting: Rev. Dr. Dan Lambert Advent Candles Hymn: STLT #244, It Came Upon … Continue reading All Ages Christmas Eve Gathering
