Sunday Worship Services

This month’s Sunday Worship Service topics can be found here.

Each Sunday, we offer religious education programs for children and youth.

 

Do Unitarian Universalists “worship”? Worship means to celebrate what’s worthy. It can be defined as giving honor, reverence, and regard to something. In our congregation, worship refers to the reverence and gratitude for the wonder of each other, nature, and of being.

Unitarian Universalists gather in worship to find meaning and live more deeply. Worship creates connections within, among, and beyond us, calling us to our better selves, calling us to live with wisdom and compassion.

We gather together in spiritual community because we need constant reminders of what matters most in life. Our UU congregations and communities call us to our better selves. We learn to live with more wisdom, more connection, and more compassion.

Our Sunday Worship Services are weekly reflections that weave together our own thoughts and experiences with music, beauty, poetry, and words that both comfort and challenge. Our services inspire us, and awaken us to make a difference in our own lives and in the world.

We are inspired not just by religious sources but by the people with whom we journey: the diverse and spirited Unitarian Universalists.

We look forward to connecting with you!

A typical Sunday morning worship service can include:

• Announcement movie prior to service
• Words of welcome and announcements
• The Prelude – a musical piece by our pianist Paul Kelly
• A  Call To Worship – a reading to bring us together in the spirit of worship
• An opening hymn – raising our voices in song
• Lighting a flaming chalice, the symbol of our UU faith
• Reading aloud the “Affirmation of Covenant” by James Villa Blake
• The “Time for All Ages”, A multi-generational story or song following the theme of the service 
• If there is RE (Religious Exploration) that day, the children are invited to to the RE wing, escorted by RE volunteers. They may also remain in the sanctuary with their families.
• The Offering,collecting financial donations for the congregation or for justice work in the community. *Visitors may let the plate pass by as your presence is gift enough.
• At sharing of “Joys or Sorrows”, where we briefly name a joy or sorrow and ask the congregation to “please breathe with me”
• A meditation hymn
• Readings—ancient or contemporary
• A sermon or reflection, given by our minister, a guest speaker, or a member of the congregation
• The Closing Hymn
• The Benediction
• A postlude, a musical piece to take with us as we leave

From time to time, worship services may include holiday celebrations, multigenerational plays and pageants, child dedications, new member celebrations, and coming-of-age ceremonies.