Featuring reflections from Rev. Florence Caplow; Song Leaders: The CrUUners Come learn how to be a part of an emerging new “Covenant Group” program within our church community. The Covenant Group concept planned for this Fall has been designed for all new and old members and friends of UUCUC to create connections in our growing … Continue reading Creating Connections in a Growing Church Community
Beth Cobb has been the Assistant for Services at UUCUC for nearly 20 years, through five ministers and two sabbaticals and she will be retiring at the end of June (though not leaving the congregation). In this service, she will share some insights into what she has learned about being part of a team creating … Continue reading Reflections on Ending This Chapter
UU churches around the world celebrate “Flower Communion” or the “Flower Celebration” originally developed in the early 20th century by Rev. Norbert Čapek, who founded the Unitarian Church in Czechoslovakia. He wanted to unite the diverse religious traditions of his congregation by celebrating the beauty of nature. In this last service in the sanctuary before … Continue reading Flower Celebration: Sharing Our Gifts
Every year some of our young people graduate from high school and from our YRUU program. We honor that immense transition through a special service, where we hear the voices of our youth as they stop across the bridge to young adulthood. Middle school and older youth are particularly encouraged to attend this service. ORDER … Continue reading Bridging
We have made a strong commitment, as a congregation, to work on racial justice and dismantling the powerful forces of white supremacy, within and without. The congregation voted to hang our Black Lives Matter banner outside our building, we will be hanging the banner, together, on this Sunday. We will also have our annual Teacher … Continue reading Beyond Talking About Racial Justice
In this Mother’s Day service we will explore how the world’s religions honor the “inner mother” – the qualities of compassion, care, and protectiveness that are part of the human spirit, and we will also acknowledge the sometimes difficult actual relationships between mothers and children. We will have a UU Child Dedication as part of … Continue reading Just as a Mother …
The #MeToo movement has been a powerful and unexpected force for change in the last year. It has also re-awakened past traumas for many people. In this service we will honor the courage of this movement and those who have participated in it, and acknowledge the damage of sexual violence and coercion, with story, ritual, … Continue reading #MeToo
We have met many new members of UUCUC in the last year. This service will celebrate our most long-term members, those who have been members for fifty years or more. Come here stories and learn what has kept them coming back for all these decades. The UUCUC Choir will be singing. ORDER OF SERVICE LISTEN … Continue reading In Praise of Continuity
Scott Russell Sanders is an author, essayist, Professor Emeritus from Indiana University, and a member of the UU Church of Bloomington Indiana. His eighteen books include Hunting for Hope, Staying Put, A Private History of Awe, Divine Animal, and several children’s books ( http://www.scottrussellsanders.com/ ). In this multi-media sermon, Scott Russell Sanders will share stories … Continue reading In a Dark Time, the Eye Begins to See
Every Easter we celebrate renewal: renewal of the land, renewal of hope, renewal of life. This Easter will be dedicated to the promise of seeds. Rev. Caplow will draw on her long experience as a botanist to tell stories about seeds and their miraculous powers. The UUCUC Choir and the CrUUners will be singing. Easter … Continue reading Easter Sunday: Seeds
